Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
College of Computer and Information Sciences
Information Systems Department
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Information systems strategy and policy
IS 611
Dr. Abdul Rauf Baig
Final
Spring 2022
2-06-2022
120 minutes
40
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☐ Take Home Exam
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Instructions:
1. Answer all questions; there are 4 questions in 8 pages.
2. Write your name on each page of the exam paper.
3. Write your answers directly on the question sheets. Use the ends of the question pages for
rough work or if you need extra space for your answer.
4. If information appears to be missing from a question, make a reasonable assumption, state
your assumption, and proceed.
5. No questions will be answered by the invigilator(s) during the exam period.
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Student Name (in English):
Choose the correct answer then write
it down in the table
Question 1:
Question
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Student ID:
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To be answered in ( 40 ) Minutes [
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Answer
1. A broad set of concepts, methods and technologies to improve context-sensitive
business decisions.
A. Business Intelligence
B. Decision maker.
C. Skills.
D. None of the answers.
2. Ability to be aware and assess situations that seem important to the organization
A. Sense making.
B. Decision making.
C. Project management.
D. Risk management.
3. The use of computers to uncover unknown correlations from a large data set
requires knowledge in
A. Data mining.
B. Spreadsheets.
C. Data warehouse.
D. Requirement analysis.
4. For object communication and to support the real time enterprise, companies are
using smart sensors and tags that provide information about the physical world
via real-time data.
A. RFID.
B. CCIV.
C. Database.
D. Monitoring systems.
5. For organization to enforce……….. there is a need for a right balance when
disseminating data within organization.
A. Privacy.
B. Outsourcing.
C. Sharing.
D. All the above.
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6. Generally interpreted as the delegation or contracting of operations or jobs within
a business to an internal, but mostly independent sub-contractor.
A. Outsourcing.
B. Offshoring.
C. Insourcing.
D. Moving.
7. Provides the means to integrate business departments and functions across an
organization
A. ERP.
B. CRM.
C. DBMS.
D. RFID.
8. A class of software products that enables IS to integrate disparate systems is
called …
A. DBMS
B. Application.
C. Software.
D. Middleware.
9. Groupings of businesses working together to reduce costs and time across value
chains.
A. Change management.
B. Business outsourcing.
C. Business ecosystems.
D. BRP.
10. An iterative process to test assumptions and gather feedback about aspects like
user requirements and application design :
A. Software prototyping.
B. Waterfall development.
C. Requirement analysis.
D. None of the answers.
11. An approach to improve the system is to Add new extensions to a “good working”
old system.
A. Redesign.
B. Reengineering.
C. Refurbishing.
D. Innovation
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12. The …………. are the main tool for managing corporate data.
A. Data warehouse.
B. Data mining.
C. DBMS.
D. BI.
13. The logical level in the three level database model is controlled by.
A. CEO.
B. CFO.
C. CIO.
D. None of the answers.
14. The part of the warehouse that defines the data known as………
A. DBMS.
B. Data warehouse.
C. Metadata.
D. None of the above.
15. A subset of data pulled off the warehouse for a specific group of users for Faster
search time and lower costs.
A. Data mining.
B. Metadata.
C. Data warehouse.
D. Data mart.
16.------------ uses new technologies for document management to produce significant
impact.
A. EDM.
B. DBMS.
C. Documents.
D. None of the above
17. Computer-based systems that help decision makers confront ill-structured
problems through direct interaction with data and analysis models.
A. DSS.
B. DB.
C. Information gathering.
D. None of the answers.
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18. The…….. is used to gauge company performance, address a critical business need
and scan the environment
A. EIS
B. Personal IS
C. Enterprise IS
D. None of the above.
19. An Integrated and seamless system that is capable of selecting, filtering and
compiling data to send them in real time to designated users on demand.
A. Substantial computing resources.
B. Database management system.
C. Data warehouse.
D. None of the answers.
20. Expert systems are real world application of ……….
A. AI.
B. Management.
C. Analysis
D. None of the answers.
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Question 2:
Answer the following question
To be answered in ( 30 ) Minutes [
] / 10 Marks
1. Information systems can play three roles what are the roles? [3 marks]
2. What are the four types of information in an organization? [4 marks]
3. To create a content management strategy, companies need to understand the
three phases of content, what are the three phases? [3 marks]
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Question 3:
Answer the following question
To be answered in ( 25 ) Minutes [
] / 5 Marks
Question: Explain the differences between operational, tactical and strategic planning. Give examples for each
type as well as people responsible for each type.
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Question 4:
Answer the following question
To be answered in ( 25 ) Minutes [
] / 5 Marks
Question: Pick any two of the eight planning techniques explained in chapter 4 (Information Systems
Planning) and compare them to each other. You should also explain which one of them you think is more
suitable for today IT companies and why?
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