business system chapter 9 – Flashcards

What integrates information from multiple components and tailors the information to individual preferences? Drill-down Sensitivity analysis What-if analysis Digital dashboard

Which of the following represents the top-down (executives to analysts) organizational levels of information technology systems? TPS, DSS, EIS DSS, TPS, EIS EIS, DSS, TPS None of the above, it varies from organization to organization

What is a special-purpose knowledge-based information system that accomplishes specific tasks on behalf of its users? Intelligent system Artificial intelligence Neural network Intelligent agent

What finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal, such as a desired level of output? Drill-down Sensitivity analysis What-if analysis Goal-seeking analysis

Which of the following is an incorrect enterprise view of information technology? Processes are analytical for executives and transactional for analysts. Granularity is coarse for executives and fine for analysts. Processing is OLTP for executives and OLAP for analysts. None of the above.

Which of the following is the most commonly used form of AI in the business arena? Intelligent system Artificial intelligence Expert system Neural network

Which of the following is a quantitative model typically used by a DSS? Sensitivity analysis What-if analysis Goal-seeking analysis All of the above

What is consolidation? Involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information. The ability to look at information from different perspectives. Enables users to get details, and details of details, of information. Finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output.

What can a model accomplish? Calculate risks Understand uncertainty Manipulate time All of the above

What is a category of AI that attempts to emulate the way the human brain works? Intelligent system Artificial intelligence Expert systems Neural network

What is slice-and-dice capability? Involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information. The ability to look at information from different perspectives. Enables users to get details, and details of details, of information. Finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output.

Which of the following is a type of decision support system? Order processing Inventory tracking Manufacturing All of the above

What integrates information from multiple components and tailors the information to individual preferences? Drill-down Sensitivity analysis What-if analysis Digital dashboard

Which of the following is not a reason for the growth of decision-making information systems? People need to analyze large amounts of information People must make decisions quickly. People must apply sophisticated analysis techniques to make good decisions. People no longer have to worry about protecting the corporate asset of organizational information.