Information Systems and Management Quiz
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How can information be distinguished from data?

  • Information is meaningful data, while data are just raw facts
  • Information is processed data, while data are uninterpreted facts
  • Information is a sequence of symbols that can be construed to a useful message, while data are unprocessed facts and figures (correct)
  • Information is user-specific, while data are general facts
  • What is the main objective of an information system?

  • To gather data and disseminate information to users (correct)
  • To process data into meaningful information
  • To interpret data into useful messages
  • To evaluate and analyze an organization's data
  • What does a Management Information System do?

  • Provides general information to all users within an organization
  • Gathers raw data and disseminates processed information to users
  • Evaluates, analyzes, and processes an organization's data to produce meaningful and useful information for decision-making (correct)
  • Interprets raw data into useful messages for management use
  • From a system analyst's point of view, what is information?

    <p>A sequence of symbols that can be construed to a useful message</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does raw data become useful information?

    <p>When it is meaningfully interpreted and recorded as a sequence of symbols that conveys a message</p> Signup and view all the answers

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