Designing and Implementing Systems
Which of the following is a methodology used by systems analysts?
a. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
b. Total Quality Management (TQM)
a. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Which of the following describes the process of turning data points into useful information?
a. Market analysis
b. Data analytics
b. Data analytics
What is the collective name for creations that are not the intellectual property of anybody?
a. Royalty Free
b. Public Domain
b. Public Domain
Which type of Information System (IS) is used to help doctors diagnose diseases?
a. Expert systems
b. Transaction processing system
a. Expert systems
Which of the following terms is used to describe a cycle or version that is repeated over and over?
a. Waterfall
b. Iterative
b. Iterative
Which of the following describes using data analytics to inform business operations?
a. Data-driven business decisions
b. Market analysis
b. Market analysis
A business has come up with a new logo for the company and they want to protect the logo as part of their brand. Which of the following protections should they use?
a. Copyright
b. Trademark
b. Trademark
An information system is made up of which of the following general components?
a. Input, processing, and output
b. Technology, people, and procedures
b. Technology, people, and procedures
Which of the following terms is used to describe a lightweight development process with very little overhead?
a. Waterfall
b. Scrum
b. Scrum
When working with an application such as Microsoft Excel to generate graphical reports, which of the following chart types would work BEST for data that has relative percentages of a whole?
a. Pie chart
b. Line graph
a. Pie chart
Bill wants to use an image he found online. The license says he can use it but must credit the original creator. Which Creative Commons license was used?
a. No Derivative Works
b. Attribution
b. Attribution
Which of the following BEST describes expert systems?
a. They are programs designed to solve complex problems in specific domains.
b. They use machine learning algorithms that discover patterns.
a. They are programs designed to solve complex problems in specific domains.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an information system?
a. Electrical system
b. Transaction processing
a. Electrical system
When working with an application to generate graphical reports, which of the following chart types would work BEST for data that changes over time at intervals?
a. Bar chart
b. Line graph
b. Line graph
Which Creative Commons license type states that a work can be distributed as long as it is not changed?
a. Share Alike
b. No Derivative Works
b. No Derivative Works
Which of the following Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts includes self-driving cars?
a. Expert systems
b. Robotics
b. Robotics
Andy is a very detail-oriented person. Which of the following Information Systems careers would likely be the BEST option for him?
a. Systems analyst
b. Project manager
b. Project manager
Which of the following Microsoft Access database features provides the BEST way to organize and summarize data for analysis?
a. Forms
b. Reports
b. Reports
Which legal doctrine allows the use of copyrighted works for purposes that benefit the public, such as teaching and news reporting?
a. Fair Use
b. General Welfare
a. Fair Use
Which Information Systems (IS) career can work in other fields such as construction management and engineering?
a. IT technician
b. Project manager
b. Project manager