MIDTERMS – Submit this on or before Feb.

8, 2019
CHAPTER 2. QUIZ
1. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF HARDWARE COMPONENTS OF A COMPUTER
SYSTEM?
2. DEFINE THE TERM GREEN COMPUTING AND IDENTIFY THE PRIMARY
GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM.
3. DIFFERENTIATE A SERVER AND A WORKSTATION.
4. WHAT IS A COMPUTER PROGRAM?
5. EXPLAIN THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TWO BASIC KINDS OF SOFTWARE.
6. DISCUSS HOW APPLICATION SOFTWARE CAN SUPPORT PERSONAL,
WORKGROUP, AND BUSINESS OBJECTIVES.
7. IDENTIFY THE THREE BASIC APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING
SOFTWARES. DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS.
8. List down at least 5 examples of input devices and 5 output devices.
9. List down at least 3 examples of storage devices.

Chapter 2. Discussion Questions

1. Why is the use of 3D printers critical to the manufacturing of human organs?
2. What other potential uses does 3D printing technology have in health care and other
industries?

Chapter 2. Critical Thinking Questions

1. What competitive advantage did technology provide Organovo?
2. Organovo is now a private corporation, but much of the research for the patents it
holds was funded by the U.S. government through NSF and the National Institutes of
Health. Is it right that Organovo and its investors should be the sole financial
beneficiaries of this research? Why or why not?
CHAPTER 3. QUIZ
1. Define general data management concepts and terms, highlighting the
advantages of the database approach to data management.
2. Describe logical and physical database design considerations and the relational
database model.
3. Identify the common functions performed by all database management systems,
and identify popular database management systems.
4. Identify and briefly discuss business intelligence, data mining, and other
database applications.

Chapter 3. Discussion Questions

1. Brandwatch can create a graph of Twitter activity over time. The time at which a
commercial air can be indicated on that graph. What could an advertiser do with this
information?
2. Is Brandwatch as helpful for small companies as it is for large companies? Why or
why not?

Chapter 3. Critical Thinking Questions

1. Draw an entity-relationship diagram for the tables that a database would need to
store information about tweets related to Super Bowl ads after data cleaning is
complete. List the attributes that the database must store for each entity.
2. How accurate do you think sentiment analysis is? How do you think it is carried out?
Chapter 4. QUIZ
1. Identify and describe the fundamental components of a telecommunications
system.
2. Identify several network types and describe the uses and limitations of each.
3. Name three basic processing alternatives for organizations that require two or
more computer systems and discuss their fundamental features.
4. Briefly describe how the Internet works, including methods for connecting to it
and the role of Internet service providers.
5. Describe the World Wide Web and how it works.
6. Explain the use of markup languages, Web browsers, and Web servers.
7. Identify and briefly describe the process of creating software applications for the
Web.
8. Explain how intranets and extranets use Internet and Web technologies, and
describe how the two differ.

Chapter 4. Discussion Questions

1. What steps did Safaricom take to prevent hate speech during the 2013 elections? Did
Safaricom act ethically? Why or why not?
2. Were these steps effective? Why or why not?

Chapter 4. Critical Thinking Questions

1. Violence broke out a few months prior to the elections. Should Safaricom and other
organizations do more to stop hate speech? If so, what measures should they take?
2. Should Safaricom be allowed to intercept and vet peer-to-peer messages? Or should
the right to privacy trump the need to stop hate crime?
Chapter 5. QUIZ
1. Describe the current status of various forms of e-commerce, including B2B, B2C,
C2C, and m-commerce.
2. Identify several e-commerce and m-commerce applications.
3. Identify several advantages associated with the use of e-commerce and m-
commerce.
4. Identify the key components of technology infrastructure that must be in place for
e-commerce and m-commerce to work.
5. Discuss the key features of the electronic payment systems needed to support e-
commerce and m-commerce.
6. Identify the basic activities and business objectives common to all transaction
processing systems.
7. Define the terms enterprise resource management, customer relationship
management, and product lifecycle management systems and identify their
functions and benefits.

Chapter 5. Discussion Questions

1. What are the advantages of deploying a single ERP across all of Dunbia’s facilities?
2. What factors should a company consider when adopting an ERP system? How can it
avoid outgrowing the system?

Chapter 5. Critical Thinking Questions

1. How might Dunbia use its new ERP system to change work processes in the
companies it has acquired?
2. What challenges might Dunbia face when its employees begin to use the new
system?