Mis 2201 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is MIS? - ANSWER-Interrelated components that interact with each other in order to achieve specific goals Information System - ANSWER-collects, stores, and processes data to provide useful, accurate, and timely information typically within the context of an organization Name of the first electronic airline reservation system? - ANSWER-American Airlines: system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to airfare, hotel, and car rental Sabre History of Co...

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) - ANSWER-A method of querying and reporting that takes data from standard relational databases, calculates and summarizes the data, and then stores the data in a special database called a data cube. data mart - ANSWER-A database or databases focused on addressing the concerns of a specific problem (e.g., increasing customer retention, improving product quality) or business unit (e.g., marketing, engineering). data cube - ANSWER-A special database used to...

Describe the goal of information systems security - ANSWER-1. Threat - person or organization seeks to obtain data or other assets illegally, without owner's permission and often without owner's knowledge 2. Vulnerability - opportunity for threats to gain access to individual or organizational assets; for example, when you buy online, you provide your credit card data, and as data is transmitted over Internet, it is vulnerable to threats 3. Safeguard - measure individuals or organizations...

What is a data warehouse? - ANSWER-a set of databases to support decision-making in an organization. What is a data mart? - ANSWER-database or databases focused on addressing the concerns of a specific problem or business unit. What are the query and reporting tools? - ANSWER-Canned reports, ad hoc reporting tools, dashboards, OLAP, data cube What is canned reports? - ANSWER-provide regular summaries of information in a predetermined format What is ad hoc reporting tools? - ANSWER-puts us...