Closing
August 9, 2011
The Internet
Administration
 Final
 I’ll
post final grades by Wednesday night
on my Web site. You have ONE DAY to
argue anything. I’ll send in the final
grades, Friday morning.
Animal Lingo
AWARDS!
Most Visited
Furthest Away Visitor
Most “Impulsive” Game
 Moose
Most “Frustrating” Game
 Penguin
Cutest
 Tarsier
Best Looking
 Dragon
Best Overall
 Catty
Care Corner
Most Sold
 giraffe
2
X Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Instant PDF
Sheet-Fed Scanner for PC
 $800+
Future
Jeopardy!
Data
Globalization
and SOA
Management
Applied
Systems
Systems
Analysis
And
Design
Other
MIS
The Internet
10 Point
10 Point
10 Point
10 Point
10 Point
10 Point
10 Point
20 Points
20 Points
20 Points
20 Points
20 Points
20 Points
20 Points
30 Points
30 Points
30 Points
30 Points
30 Points
30 Points
30 Points
40 Points
40 Points
40 Points
40 Points
40 Points
40 Points
40 Points
50 Points
50 Points
50 Points
50 Points
50 Points
50 Points
50 Points
Make Your Bid!!
Remember this guy?
How can you avoid this type of
attack?
Install updates to your software
and system!
Thanks for Playing!
And remember to use “Green” IT!
Define MIS.
Solving real world problems
using technology!
List two careers someone with a
degree in MIS can have?
Business Analyst
Business Application Developer
IT Consultant
Systems Analyst
IT Development Project Leader
Database Administrator
Business Intelligence Analyst
Systems Developer Database Analyst
Web Developer
Network Administrator
Technical Support Specialist
Information Systems Manager
IT User Liaison
Auditor
Entrepreneur
What does MIS stand for?
Management Information
Systems
How is MIS different from
computer science?
Name one finished technology
that we developed and sold at the
MIS department at the U of A.
Copy Link
Group Systems
What is the difference between
Web 1.0 and Web 2.0?
Web 1.0
–
–
Provides info in
simple HTML format,
more like finding
published content
online
View pages
passively, no
interaction with
publisher
Web 2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Interactive websites**
Accessibility
Crowd-sourced content**
Collaboration**
Social interaction**
Easily-manipulable info
Name three ways to make money
online.
Sell products
Sell services
Subscriptions
Advertising
Affiliate programs
Define the Long Tail.
The statistical
property that a larger
share of population
rests within the tail of
a probability
distribution than
observed under a
'normal' or Gaussian
distribution
List the three rules of the long
tail.
Rule 1: Make Everything Available
Rule 2: Cut the Price in Half; Now Lower it.
Rule 3: Help Me Find it.
List a type of e-commerce.
Business-to-Consumer
Business-to-Business
Consumer-to-Consumer
Business-to-Employee
E-Government
Mobile Commerce
According to Friedman, what are
four “flatteners” that have lead to
globalization?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Availability of Netscape
Workflow Software
Uploading
Outsourcing
Off-shoring
Supply Chain Management
Insourcing
Informing
“The Steroids”
What are some signs that the
worlds is not “Flat” according to
Thomas Friedman?
People are too sick
People are too disempowered
People are too frustrated
How can you benefit from the
“flat” world?
You can compete with anyone!
What are the benefits of a Service
Oriented Architecture?
Improved integration and interoperability
Inherent reuse
Inherent reuse
Streamlined architectures, standards, and solutions
Leverage existing legacy code
Establishing standardized XML data representation
“Best of the breed”
Agility
Business Intelligence -> Collaborative Intelligence
Integration
Internal cloud -> external
Make to order vs. make to stock
Micro-business and micro-outsourcing
Co-creation
Customer-driven innovations and delivery
Define Service Oriented
Architecture.
Deployment of loosely coupled
services to complete a business
process, independent from the
specific technologies or platforms
used
Name an application of HCI or
interface design?
Medical
Web development
Technology development
etc.
What are the four steps of Search
Engine Optimization (SEO)?
Pick keywords
On Page optimization
Get people to link to you
Social interaction
What is wrong with this ER
diagram?
Missing Cardinalities
What are the cardinalities for the
following weak entity class?
When you convert the following ER diagram to a relational schema, how
many tables will you have?
4
When you convert this ER diagram to a relational schema, where would
the foreign key go?
In the “Courses” table
What is the difference between
Descriptive and Predictive data
mining?
Prediction Methods:
Use some variables to predict
unknown or future values of
other variables.
Description Methods:
Find human-interpretable
patterns that describe the data.
What is the difference between a
decision support system and an
expert system?
Decision Support Systems combine models and
data in an attempt to solve semi structured and
some unstructured problems with extensive user
involvement
Expert Systems are computer systems that
attempt to mimic human experts by applying
expertise in a specific domain
List an example of an expert
system?
Deep Blue
Topio
Deception Detection “Avatar”
Watson
Expert systems use artificial
intelligence to make decision.
What is the difference between
the hill-climbing and the genetic
algorithm?
Exploitation (“mate”) and
exploration (“mutation”)
In reference to knowledge
management systems, what is the
difference between explicit and
tacit knowledge?
Explicit Knowledge: Deals with
more objective, rational, and
technical knowledge
Tacit Knowledge: The
cumulative store of subjective or
experiential learning
What is the bullwhip effect, and
how can supply chain
management, enterprise resource
management, or customer
relationship systems help?
The oscillating demand
magnification upstream in a
supply chain
What is the difference between
the “waterfall approach” and
“interactive and incremental
development” in systems analysis
and design?
What happens in the planning
phase?
. Define the Problem
2. Produce the Project Schedule***
3. Confirm Project Feasibility
4. Staff the Project
5. Launch the Project
What is wrong with this event
table?
A
What is wrong with this diagram?
Black hole?
Also.. .what is a “miracle” in
DFD fragments?
What is are the three constraints
focused on in project
management?
What are the three phases of egovernment?

1. Publish
–

2. Interact
–

Canada has one of the best portals for
governmental info in the world
Namibian Parliament allows people to participate
in political discussions through its website
3. Transact
–
Vietnamese website offers one-stop shopping for
businesses and investors seeking to obtain
government licenses
How do you prevent hackers
from “sniffing” your internet
activity?
Use a secure wireless network!
List one difference between a
virus and a Trojan horse?
A Trojan horse, or Trojan, is a destructive program that masquerades as an
application. The software initially appears to perform a desirable function
for the user prior to installation and/or execution, but (perhaps in addition
to the expected function) steals information or harms the system.[1]
Unlike viruses or worms, Trojan horses do not replicate themselves, but
they can be just as destructive.
A Trojan horse, or Trojan, is a destructive program that masquerades as an
application. The software initially appears to perform a desirable function
for the user prior to installation and/or execution, but (perhaps in addition
to the expected function) steals information or harms the system.[1]
Unlike viruses or worms, Trojan horses do not replicate themselves, but
they can be just as destructive.