MIS 2 – Flashcards
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copyright
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legal protection afforded an expression of an IDEA, such as a song, book, or video game
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patent
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exclusive right to make, use and sell an invention. A THING.
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intellectual property
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INTANGIBLE creative work embodied in physical form. includes: copyrights, trademarks, and patents.
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privacy
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right to be left alone when you want to be, have control over personal possessions, and not to be observed without consent.
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confidentiality
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the assurance that messages and information remain available only to those authorized to see them.
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digital rights management
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a technological solution that allows publishers to control their digital media to discourage illegal copying and distribution
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software piracy
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unauthorized use, duplication, distribution, to sale of copyrighted software.
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6 E policies
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CIESWA claire is eating sexy white ass computer, information, email, social media, workplace, acceptable use.
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ethical computer use policy
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guide user computer behavior
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information privacy policy
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principles regarding information privacy
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email privacy policy
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the extent to which emails may be read by others.
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social media policy
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guidelines governing employee online communications
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workplace monitoring policy
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employees may watch, read, and listen to your workplace communications
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acceptable use policy
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provides corporate email, information systems, and the internet.
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nonrepudiation
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contractual stipulation to ensure that Ebusiness participants do not deny their online actions.
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information security policies
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identify the rules required to maintain information security, ex. requiring users to log off before lunch or meetings, never sharing passwords, and changing passwords.
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information security plan
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details how an organization will implement information security policies.
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hacker
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expert in technology who break into computers and networks
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virus
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software written to malicious intent to cause damage
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black hat
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break into other peoples computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy info.
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grey hat
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may sometimes violate laws or ethical standards, but doesn't have malicious intent.
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white hat
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work at the request of the system owner to find system vulnerabilities and plug holes in the system
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types of security threats caused by hackers and viruses
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virus, adware, spyware
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first line of defense in information security
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people authentication and authorization
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second line of defense in information security
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technology prevention and resistance - content filtering, encryption, certificate authority (3rd party), firewall
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detection and response
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an attack intrustion detection software
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companies want to operate in which quadrant?
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1 (legal and ethical)
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what quadrant do companies sometimes find themselves in?
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2 (illegal but ethical)
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what quadrant do companies never want to operate in?
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4 (illegal and unethical)
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chapter 4 learning outcomes
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1) explain the ethical issues in the use of information technology 2) identify the 6 E policies 3) describe the relationships and differences between hackers and viruses 4) describe the relationship between information security policies and information security plan 5) provide an example of each: authentication and authorization, prevention and resistance, detection and response.
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hardware
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physical devices associated with a computer system
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software
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set of instructions the hardware executes
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client
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computer designed to request information from a server ex. web browser
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server
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a computer dedicated to providing information in response to requests ex. a website
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network
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communications system created by linking 2 or more devices and establishing a standard methodology in which they can communicate
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enterprise architect
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a person grounded in technology, fluent in business, and bale to provide an bridge between MIS and the business.
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backup plan
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exact copy of the systems information
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recovery plan
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the ability to get a system up and running in the event of a crash or failure
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hot site
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separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move to after a disaster
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cold site
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separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place they can go after a disaster
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warm site
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separate facility with computer equipment that requires installation and configuration
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business continuity planning
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details how a company recovers and restores critical business operations and systems after a disaster. includes: identifying critical systems, business processes, departments
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3 types of MIS infrastructure
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information, agile, and sustainable MIS infrastructure IAS **I eat sauce**
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3 primary areas of an information MIS infrastructure
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backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, and business continuity plan.
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characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure
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accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability AAMPRSU **andrea ate moldy pussy right side up**
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environmental impacts of MIS
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increased electronic waste, increased energy consumption, increased carbon emissions
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sustainable MIS infrastructure components
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grid computing, virtualized computing, cloud computing
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grid computing
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collection of computers, often geologically dispersed, coordinated to solve a problem. benefit: greater scalability
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virtualized computing
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creates multiple "virtual" machines on one device. ex. a computer printer, it can fax, copy, and do other things than just print benefit: requires less hardware, multiple systems on a single computer
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cloud computing
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can access you files or anything you want on any device. benefit: on demand, accessible easily
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chapter 5 learning objectives
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1) explain MIS infrastructure and its 3 primary types 2) identify 3 primary areas associated with an information MIS infrastructure 3) describe the characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure 4) identify the environmental impacts of MIS 5) explain 3 components of sustainable MIS infrastructure along with their benefits
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4 primary traits that determine the value of information
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type, timeliness, quality, governance TTQP
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5 characteristics of high quality info
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accurate, complete, consistent, timely, unique ACCTU Andreas cu*t can turn up
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entity
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a table, stores info about a person, place, thing, transaction, or event. the CAPITAL LETTER TITLES
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attribute
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also called fields, are the data elements associated with an entity
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record
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collection of related data elements
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primary key
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uniquely identifies a given record in a table
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foreign key
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primary key of one table that appears as an attribute in another table and act as a logical relationship between the two tables
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business advantages of using relationional databases
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increased flexibility (PHYSICAL VIEW OF INFO), increased scalability & performance, increased info integrity, increased info security, and decreased info redundancy
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database
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maintains DATA about inventory, transactions, etc.
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date warehouse
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logical collection of info, gathered from many different operational databases, that supports business analysis activities and decision making. purpose - combine strategic info into a single repository
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how can a date warehouse make a manager more effective
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developing customer profiles, improving business operations, identifying financial issues, analyzing trends, understanding competition, understanding product performance.
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elements of the ELT process
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(extraction, transformation, and loading) process that extracts info from internal and external databases, transforms it, and loads it into a data warehouse. may send data to data marts too.
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data mart
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contains subsets of data warehouse info. ex. marketing data marts, inventory data marts, sales data marts.
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data mining
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analyzing data to extract info not offered by raw data alone
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3 data mining methods
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clustering, classification, affinity grouping, estimation *CCAE*
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multidimensional analysis
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the true test of a data warehouse is its ability to provide multidimensional analysis. analyze info in any number of ways and dimensions to gain insight on info.
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Chapter 6 learning objectives
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1) explain the 4 primary traits that determine the value of info 2) describe a database, a database management system, and the relational database model 3) identify the business advantages of a relational database 4) explain the business benefits of a data-driven website 5) define a data warehouse 6) explain ELT and the role of a data mart 7) define data mining and explain 3 common forms 8) identify the advantages of using business intelligence to support managerial decision making
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design view
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most flexibility. add new fields. must save changes to be permanent. best for queries
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data sheet view
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enter, modify, delete, or view data records. create and edit a new table.
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data integrity rules
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ensure data is accurate and consistent. ex. data format, range, consiststency, and completeness
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creating data integrity rules
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ensures the quality of the data in the database
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query
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finds data in a database by allowing you to ask a question
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how to create a query
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- simple query wizzard - use other tables - use other queries
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specific a parameter in a query
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the text phrase you enter into the criteria row of the field enclosed in brackets [ ]
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4 major access things
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tables, forms, reports, queries
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create a form
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create tab, create blank form
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types of controls that can be added to a form
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button, text box, file, link, graph, line,
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database management system
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creates, reads, updates, and deletes data in a database while controlling access and security
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entity relationship diagram ERD
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A technique for documenting the relationships between entities in a database environment
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composite attribute
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can be divided into subpart
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multi-valued attribute
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potential to contain more than one value for an attribute at a given time
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composite entities
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exist to represent the relationship between two other entities
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field
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characteristic of a table
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stored vs derived
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derived - can be calculated using another attribute
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null-valued
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assigned to a an attribute when no other value applied or when a value is unknown
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Edgar Codd
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invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational databases
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cardinality
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expresses the specific # of entity occurrences
