Mis 290 Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

Phases of development life cycle {Ans: Feasibility, requirements analysis, design, implementation, maintenance and review}batch processing {Ans: Processing transactions in a group, no human interaction is required once underway.}Porter's 5 Forces {Ans: 1. Threat of new entrants 2. Threat of substitute products or services 3. Bargaining power of suppliers 4. Bargaining power of buyers 5. Rivalry among competitors}real-time processing {Ans: Processing that will immediately update corp database from stored operational data to make business decision. Little to no delay}Three main functions of system analyst {Ans: 1) plan and design 2) coordination 3) communication}Biometric {Ans: In IT this usually refers to technology for measuring and analyzing human body characteristics especially for ID purposes}