1. While walking down the hall at work the Vice President for Operations stops you and asks "What is XX?".

You know from experience that you have to have a brief, concise, simple and accurate response - or her eyes will glaze over.

What would be your one sentence answer to her for the following:

a. Operating System

b. Database

c. HTML

d. SDLC

e. ERP

f. Office automation

g. Prototyping

h. Encryption

i. BPR

j. Legacy System

(A)

2. Place the following terms into a logical sequence. Tell why you chose this sequence.

Character

Data Warehouse

Database

Employee Data: ID = 42719

Field

File

Bit

Record

Key

1. DATABASE, DATA WAREHOUSE, CHARACTER,BIT, EMPLOYEE DATA ID, FIELD, FILE, RECORD, KEY

3. Please solve the following equation for :

10 base 2 + 10 base 8 + 11 base 7 = ?? (i HAVE NO IDEA)

4. Distinguish between the Internet, intranets, extranets. (Three paragraphs or less.)

5. What is e-Commerce? How can e-Commerce businesses be categorized? What are three major issues facing e-Commerce?

6. Over time computers have evolved from room-sized machines to hand-held devices. What has been the impact of this evolution?

7. Explain how database processing differs from file (sequential) processing.

8. During your business career, you will probably be involved in the implementation of a new computer system-as a project team member, new system user, manager of the department, etc. Select three significant issues you will be concerned about when you are involved in a system implementation. Discuss these issues. Give at least one example for each issue. (I'VE ANSWERED THIS SEPARATELY)

9. In question 8 above, how might you use an SDLC?