IS290 EXAM#3 Chapter 9

What is the study of the effect that changes in one (or more) part of the model has on other parts of the model? Goal-seeking analysis Sensitivity analysis Statistical analysis Drill-down

What is drill-down capability? Finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal, such as a desired level of output. Enables users to get details, and details of details, of information. 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.

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

Which system differentiates an executive information system from a decision support system and a transaction processing system? Order processing system Stock market information system Manufacturing system Transportation system

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

Which of the following is a type of transaction processing system? Manufacturing Order processing Transportation Sales

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

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

What is an artificial intelligence system that mimics the evolutionary, survival-of-the-fittest process to generate increasingly better solutions to a problem? Genetic algorithm Intelligent system Artificial intelligence Neural network

What are various commercial applications of artificial intelligence called? Drill-down Intelligent systems Digital dashboard Sensitivity analysis

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

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

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

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

What is slice-and-dice capability? Finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal, such as a desired level of output. Enables users to get details, and details of details, of information. 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.

What is consolidation? 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. Involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information.

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

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

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