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Bus 217:Management Information Systems Question Paper

Bus 217:Management Information Systems

Course:Business Administration

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2010

FACULTY : BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES

DEPARTMENT : BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

TIME : 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS Answer Question ONE (compulsory) and any Other THREE Questions

Question 1

a) What is an information system? What are some ways information are changing our lives? (6marks)

b) What kind of information system considered strategic? (3marks)

c) What are the basic transaction processing activities? (6marks)

d) Classify the following entities as one of the five components of information systems:

i) Word processing

ii) The Internet

iii) Telecommunications specialist

iv) Collection of customer records

v) Disaster recovery plan (5marks)

e) How would you distinguish data and information? Information and knowledge? (4marks)

f) What is the relationship between a field, a record, and a file? Give an example including all three. (6marks)

Question 2

a) What is a database? How does it relate to a database management system (DBMS)? (4marks)

b) How has the availability of databases influenced the operations and management? of organization? (16marks)

Question 3

a) Briefly describe four guidelines of approaches to information systems acquisition. (8marks)

b) How does life-cycle development of information systems differ from rapid applications development with prototyping? What types of systems lend themselves best to development with each of these methods (8marks) c) What possible pitfalls of prototyping should be avoided? (4marks)

Question 4

a) Examine some of the different types of computer crimes that are frequently committed in and against organizations. (10marks)

b) What potential security problems do you see in the increasing use of intranets? and extranets in business? What might be done to solve such problems? Give several examples.(10marks)

Question 5

a) Do you think that information appliances like PDAs will replace personal computers (PCs) in business applications? Explain (10marks)

b) What major trends are occurring in software? What capabilities do you expect to see in future software packages? (10marks)

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