In a typical IS operations department, the network manager and the computer center manager will report to the ______.
operations manager
Green computing is environmentally conscious computing consisting of three major components: power management, virtualization, and ______.
e-waste management
In organizations in which individuals and workgroups manage their own applications, with support from the IS department, enterprise applications include ______.
some functional applications and all cross-functional applications
EAI is used to enable the ______.
integration of disparate systems
Sustaining-applications developers work on _____ applications.
existing
Outsourcing is the process of hiring another organization to perform a service. Outsourcing is undertaken in order to _____.
cap an organization's financial exposure
_____ is a form of hardware outsourcing.
cloud hosting
As an IS user, you have a right to a secure computing environment, this means that _____.
the organization should protect your computer and its files
Which of the following statements is true for the structure of IS infrastructure?
A decentralized organization requires information systems that facilitate autonomous activity
The _____ is the representative for IS and IT issues when the executive staff, provides the IS perspective during discussion of problem solutions, proposals, and new initiatives.
CIO
Which of the following is NOT true for information systems?
Information systems change only when organizations merge
If the organization does not develop programs in-house, then the development group of the information system department will include _____.
system analysis
An important function of the _____ group in an IS department is to monitor the user experience and respond to user problems.
operations
Developing, operating, and maintaining the organization's computing infrastructure is a major function of the _____ department.
information systems
Once a company has chosen a vendor, further risk management is up to that vendor.True or false?
TRUE
A data dictionary contains an entry for each standard data item.True or false?
TRUE
When the IS department provides the computing infrastructure to users, a system must exist to record user problems and monitor their resolution.True or false?
TRUE
Problems are prioritized on the basis of how easy they are for the IS department to sole.True or false?
FALSE
In addition to its other functions, the IS department also must manage the computing infrastructure staff.True or false?
TRUE
Green computing is environmentally conscious computing consisting of three major components: power management, visualization, and e-waste management.True or false?
TRUE
Development costs of an information system include ________.
Data conversion costs, initial training costs, project costs for custom software, hardware purchases.
A(n) ________ is a set of rules that two communicating devices follow.
Protocol
Web 2.0 encourages ________, which occur(s) when the output from two or more Web sites is combined into a single user experience.
