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Information Systems Management Ii Question Paper

Information Systems Management Ii

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Computer Technology

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2012

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2011/2012
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
SCT 411: INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT II
DATE: WEDNESDAY,11TH APRIL 2012 TIME: 8.00A.M - 10.00 A.M

INSTRUCTIONS
Attempt question ONE and any other TWO Questions.

QUESTION ONE(30 MARKS)

a) Define the following terms:
i. Transaction Processing System(TPS) (1 Mark)
ii. Management Information Systems(MIS) (1 Mark)
iii. Executive Information System(EIS) (1 Mark)
iv. Strategic Information System (SIS) (1 Mark)
v. Artificial Intelligence (1 Mark)

b) Describe the key characteristics of Management Information Systems. (5 Marks)
c) Distinguish between structured and unstructured decisions. (4 Marks)
d) Briefly explain the reasons why some information systems projects fail. (4 Marks)
e) Describe Decision Support System(DSS) in relation to organization functions (4 Marks)

QUESTION TWO(20 MARKS)

a) Bring out the functions of an information system in an organization. (4 Marks)
b) Outsourcing is a major trend in the development and management of information systems. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing the IS/IT services. (6 Marks)
c) Business models are symbolic models which represent the operations of the organization by sets of logically and algebraic statements.
Discuss various types of Computer based Information System models giving their descriptions and functions. (10 Marks)

QUESTION THREE(20 MARKS)

a) Briefly explain the following Information System development.
i)Online systems (3 Marks)
ii)Web based systems (3 Marks)
iii) Mobile systems (3 Marks)

b) Using appropriate examples and illustrations bring out the End-User Computing and Office Automation based on any one of your answers for Question Three (a) above. (11 Marks)

QUESTION FOUR(20 MARKS)

a) Distinguish between the Strategic Information System and Expert System (4 Marks)

b) In what ways have information systems in business changed for the last 40 years? Highlight the key major changes in the trends of the information systems. (6 Marks)

c) Construct a simple work breakdown structure for a Point of Sale Terminal (POST) with a client side and server side that store records on a database. (10 Marks)

QUESTION FIVE(20 MARKS)

a)Briefly explain the term Prototyping as used in Information Development arena. (3 MARKS)

b)Discuss an application system development using prototyping model that focusing on how prototyping combined the steps of traditional systems development cycle of information system specialist and end users. (9 Marks)

c)Using a well labeled diagram, prepare a template view of an end user application of your choice. (8 MARKS)

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