COB 204 JMU Test #1 Study Guide
Solutions
Business professionals need to... - ANSWER--Take active role to ensure systems meet their needs.
-Understand how information systems (IS) are constructed.
-Consider users' needs during development.
-Learn how to use IS.
-Don't forget security and back...
The Digital Revolution - ANSWER✔✔--From mechanical/analog devices to digital devices.
Information Age - ANSWER✔✔--Production, distribution, control of information primary economic
drivers.
Five Technology "Laws" - ANSWER✔✔--Bell's, Moore's, Metcalfe's, Neilsen's, & Kryder's
Bell's Law - ANSWER✔✔-- Today's highly successful business could be bankrupt quickly because
technology changed and it didn't.
- "A new computer class forms roughly each decade establishing a new industry."
Implications: Digital devices will evolve so quickly that they will enable new platforms, programming
environments, industries, networks, and information systems every 10 years
Moore's Law - ANSWER✔✔-"The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles
every 18 months."
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