Answer ALL Questions. 1. What is the difference between information technology and information systems? Describe some of the functions of information systems. In your answer include two examples of information technologies and two examples of information systems. Information technology is the use of computer hardware‚ software and associated technologies to process data and achieve company’s business objectives. Some examples of information technologies include mobile computer devices such as PDAs
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Assignment 2 The three major macroeconomic goals of an economy should be economic growth‚ low unemployment/full employment‚ and low inflation rates. Economic growth occurs when an economy ‘increases its ability to produce goods and services’ (AmosWeb‚ 2012). The growth or loss of the economy is measured by the production of goods made in a year compared to the production of goods made in the previous year. If there is a greater production of goods and services in the present year‚ then there has
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Assignment # 3 1a) List the columns of the two tables. Students (Student ID‚ firstName‚ lastName‚ Course ID) Courses (Course ID‚ CourseName) b) For each of the tables you created‚ what are the candidate keys? There are Students Table and Courses Table. Students Table: Candidate keys include student ID‚ firstName and lastName. Courses Table: They candidate key is the Course ID and courseName. c) For each of the tables you created‚ what is the primary key? The primary key of Students
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Bonds is something that retains and holds on together with one another. There are three major chemical bonds and they are‚ Ionic‚ Covalent‚ and Hydrogen bonds. An example of a covalent bond would be SCl^2 which is Sulfur dichloride. SCl^2 is a covalent bond because since they are close to each other in valence electrons‚ they have almost full outer shells so they share electrons with one another. A good example is table salt NaCl‚ because they are on opposite sides of the periodic table therefore
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MIS EXAM - QUESTIONS 1) Developing a new product‚ fulfilling an order‚ and hiring a new employee are examples of business processes. Answer: True False 2) A fully digital firm produces only digital goods or services. Answer: True False 3) A business model describes how a company produces‚ delivers‚ and sells a product or service to create wealth. Answer: True False 4) Information technology (IT) consists of all the hardware that a firm needs to
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In Beowulf‚ Beowulf has three major battles. The battle with Grendel‚ the battle with Grendel’s mother‚ and the dragon. Beowulf exemplifies a youthful and boastful warrior. Beowulf‚ who could very possibly have the strongest and most powerful body‚ became the option for King Hrothgar to fight with Grendel‚ who had recently terrorized the city. Beowulf shows a strong and loyal warrior who grows up to become one of the best rulers in the land. The first battle that Beowulf came in contact with happened
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Information System in Organization This topic might be complicated for the one who have not experience any real functioning information system in organization. For this topic‚ various information systems in organization will be described. Learning Objectives Describe and categorize of information system then utilize the organization Evaluate the role played by system serving the various levels of management Describe different types of decisions and decision-making in organization Assess how
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Financial Information System (FIS) Definition - What does Financial Information System (FIS) mean? A financial information system (FIS) accumulates and analyzes financial data used for optimal financial planning and forecasting decisions and outcomes. FIS is used in conjunction with a decision support system‚ and it helps a firm attain its financial objectives because they use a minimal amount of resources relative to a predetermined margin of safety. FIS can be thought of as a financial planner
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Major trends in 21st century ESL language teaching Teaching students to be literate is a high educational priority throughout the world. Though this area is one of our greatest priorities‚ it is also one of our greatest challenges. The classroom environment has changed from many years ago. Teachers face the challenges of a large population who do not speak English and have high transient rates. For this large population‚ becoming proficient in a new language is a very difficult transition.
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Identify and briefly explain three reasons why the New Christian Right might have failed to achieve its aims (9marks) The New Christian Right is a politically and morally conservative‚ protestant fundamentalist movement. The aims are extremely ambitious as they wish to make abortion‚ homosexuality and divorce illegal. They want to turn back to a time before liberalisation of American culture and society began. The New Christian Right may have failed to achieve its aims because the group lacked wide
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