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Fall 2016
The exam will consist of the following types of questions:
Matching of terms and definitions (25 @1 each)
Interrelationship
Interfaces
An information system should be able to add values (increase profits) to an
organization by
Improving productivity
Lowering costs
Reducing errors
Enhancing customer relationships
Increase competitive advantage
Six components of information systems:
Procedure
Operational instructions for users
Industry standards, regulations, laws
Hardware
Tangible components, peripherals
Software
Most of the tailoring of systems occurs in the software where machines are
directed to act in user desired ways
Networks
P2P, LAN, WAN, Internet, intranet
Data
System input and output
People
All systems respond to the needs of people even those which appear to be
automatic systems
Types of IS:
Transaction Processing Systems (TPS)
Focusing on capturing transaction data, e.g.,
ATM, cash register, point-of-sales
Management Information Systems (MIS)
Focusing on generating reports
Decision Support Systems (DSS)
Focusing on strategic decisions, what-if analysis, etc
Decomposition
The process of breaking down a system into smaller components
Allows the systems analyst to:
Focus on one component at a time
Build different components at independent times
Localize problems and errors
cohesion
Sources of software
Incremental commitment
Aspects of feasibility
4. Requirement Determination
Purpose of requirement gathering
OO Modeling
1. Be prepared to identify syntactical errors in UML use case diagrams. (Hint: You should
pay special attention to the diagram examples on the slides.)
2. Be able to interpret a use case diagram and determine if a statement is true or false based
on your interpretation.