Identify how information technology differs from information systems.

Select one:

a. Information systems are a subset of information technology.

b. Unlike information systems, information technology is used for producing information.

c. People are an important component of information technology, but not of information systems.

d. One can buy information technology, but not information systems.

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Mainframes were invented in the late 1950’s and like many technology innovations have become a thing of the past.

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True

False

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The study of Answer

management information systems

 arose in the 1970s to focus on the use of computer-based information systems in business firms and government agencies.

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Information

 systems contain information about significant people, places, and things within the organization or in the environment surrounding it.

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MIS deals with Answer

behavioral

 issues as well as technical issues surrounding the development, use, and impact of information systems used by managers and employees in the firm.

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The study of information systems is a Answer

multidisciplinary

 field. No single theory or perspective dominates.

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Computers are only part of an information system.

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True

False

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The process of automation is a process of moving work from ________

Select one:

a. procedures to people

b. processes to procedures

c. human side to computer side

d. instructions to actors

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Which field of study focuses on both a behavioral and technical understanding of information systems?

Select one:

a. sociology

b. operations research

c. economics

d. management information systems

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Information technology (IT) can be defined technically as a set of interrelated components that collect, process, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization.

Select one:

True

False

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