MIS 111 Exam 2

A “Fishbone” process analysis diagram is also known as

In a vertical cross-functional business process diagram, the orderof items in one column (from top to bottom) shows what relationship among these items?

All of the symbols representing tasks and decisions that are shown insingle columnof a vertical cross-functional diagram are related to the same what?

What term describes the method of doing business by which a company sustains itself?

Which of the following does a Fishbone Diagram typically notinform you about a problem?

The command shown in class, to ‘touch’ another computer over the internet using its address and the command line, was what?

A graphical description of a database that describes the way in which an organization’s data and business activities are associated with one another is known as

In a relational database, what term refers to the collection of items that are all related to a single unique value, where the single value often serves as the primary key?

What type of data mining analysis identifies patterns in the data based on geographic (physical) or temporal (time) proximity?

Subjective knowledge that is based an individual’s experiences is known as what?

How does telemedicine improve the delivery of medical care in rural communities?

What type of data structure allows us to organize multi-dimensional information from a data warehouse so that it can be viewed using different data abstractions (or projections)?

What technique has been used by companies such as Starbucks and Netflix used to engagelarge numbers of non-employees to innovate, manage, design and market new products?

The terms “contextual,” “relevant,” and “actionable” are commonly related to what term?

Maintaining multiple copies of the same data in multiple information systems that can be independently updated commonly results in what information management problem?

The characteristics of big data (data science) are described as being related to volume (of the information), velocity (speed at which information is collected), and what other characteristic?

With respect to a database, what term is used to describe an abstract representation of all of the information included in a data structure about a particular type of entity?

The task of brainstorming in a group decision support system is similar to what step in the knowledge management cycle?

What collaboration tool was discussed in class that enhances the participants’ contextual awareness by sharing non-verbal information during meetings?

The sequence of activities performed by users of GroupSystems’ ThinkTank product directly parallel the steps in what other business process?

Concerns over discrimination, data contamination, and intellectual property (ownership of information) were legal and ethical issues discussed in relation to what topic?

Which of the following knowledge management concepts includes an organizational culture focused on problem solving, a desire to share knowledge because of mutual interest, and norms that build trust, such as might be found in an MIS 111 FlexLab?

In the case study discussed in Database Management class, how did marketing use information to improve the profitability of their sales?

Businesses like to use Virtual Private Networks for every reason except?