JOHN-PAUL II INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

HIGHER INSTITUTE OF BAFANG

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Course Title: Introduction to Information Systems

Continuous Assessment (CA)
Duration: 1Hour 30 Minutes
Instruction: Answer all the question.

Section1: MCQ (20 marks)

1. What is the main purpose of an 5. Which of the following best describes the
information system? concept of a system?
a) To collect and store data a) A set of independent components
b) To process and analyze data b) A set of interrelated elements that
c) To disseminate information accomplish goals
d) All of the above c) A set of hardware and software
components
2. Which of the following is not a d) A set of data, processes, and people
component of an information system?
a) People 6. What is the measure of the extent to
b) Hardware which a system achieves its goals?
c) Software a) Efficiency
d) Machines b) Effectiveness
c) Productivity
3. Data is considered to be: d) Accuracy
a) Meaningful information
b) Raw facts 7. What are the three main activities of an
c) Processed information information system?
d) None of the above a) Input, processing, output
b) Collect, transform, disseminate
4. Digitization refers to: c) Store, distribute, analyze
a) Transforming business processes using d) Both a and b
digital technologies
b) Converting analog data into digital format 8. Which of the following is not a
c) Leveraging digital information to component of an information system?
transform a business a) Communications network
d) Both b and c b) Data resources
c) People

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9. What is the feedback mechanism in an 14. Which of the following best describes
information system responsible for? the difference between digitization and
a) Collecting input data digitalization?
b) Storing processed information a) Digitization is the conversion of analog to
c) Helping organizations achieve their goals digital, digitalization is the use of digital
d) Transmitting output data tech to transform a business
b) Digitization and digitalization are the
10. Which of the following best describes a same thing
bank information system (BIS)? c) Digitization refers to storing data
a) An arrangement of data, processes, people digitally, digitalization refers to using digital
and IT that supports bank management tech for operations
b) A computer system used exclusively in d) Digitization is the process, digitalization
banking operations is the outcome
c) The information technology infrastructure
of a bank 15. What is the measure of what is produced
d) The data processing activities performed divided by what is consumed in a system?
by a bank's IT department a) Efficiency
b) Effectiveness
11. What is the main purpose of processing c) Productivity
in an information system? d) Accuracy
a) To convert raw data into useful
information 16. Which of the following is not one of the
b) To store data for future use components of an information system
c) To transmit information to users mentioned in the text?
d) To gather input data a) Communications network
b) Data resources
12. What is the main purpose of output in an c) Power supply
information system? d) Software
a) To display processed information
b) To provide useful information to users 17. What is the purpose of the feedback
c) To feedback information to the input mechanism in an information system?
stage a) To collect input data
d) Both a and b b) To transmit output data
13. Which of the following is not a c) To help organizations achieve their goals
characteristic of data? d) To store processed information
a) Raw facts
b) Meaningful information
c) Unorganized

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18. Which of the following is not a c) Disseminate information
characteristic of a bank information system d) Transform information
(BIS)?
a) Arrangement of information, processes, 20. What is the main difference between
people and IT efficiency and effectiveness in the context of
b) Exclusive use of computer systems for information systems?
banking operations a) Efficiency measures what is produced
c) Supports bank management organization divided by what is consumed, effectiveness
d) Interacts to collect, process and provide measures goals achieved
information b) Efficiency and effectiveness are the same
thing
19. Which of the following is not one of the c) Efficiency measures accuracy,
three main activities of an information effectiveness measures productivity
system? d) Efficiency measures speed, effectiveness
a) Store information measures user satisfaction
b) Collect information

Section2: Structural (20 marks)

1. Differentiate between Information System (IS) and Information Technology (IT) (2

marks)
2. Differentiate between Data and Information (2 marks)
3. Differentiate between Digitization and Digitalization (2 marks)
4. Differentiate between a Manual and a Computerized Information System giving
examples of each (4 marks)
5. What is an Expert System? (2 marks)
6. List the components of an Information System and state the functions of each (4 marks)
7. Briefly describe the following (5 marks)
a) Database
b) Entity
c) Primary Key
d) Data type
e) Data redundancy
8. Consider an extract of a Library Management System, where for each Book in the library
we keep record of the book name, the number of pages and the price of the book. Each
Book is written by an Author and published by a Publisher. Each Author has a name, an
email address, contact and a gender. Each publisher is known by its Name, address, email
and phone.
a) Identify the Entities and for each, state the attributes and the primary keys (3 marks)
b) Produce an ER-Diagram to represent the database model (3 marks)
c) State three Database Management Software you know. (3 marks)