Exam 2: Understanding and Modeling Organizational Systems

An open system allows free passage of resources (people, information, materials) through its boundaries.

A use case model describes what a system does without describing how the system does it.

An attributive entity can only exist if it is connected to at least two other entities.

Which level of management makes decisions using predetermined rules that have predictable outcomes?

The elements that make up an organizational system are referred to as entities.

List the three broad, horizontal levels of management in organizations.

The management group that has a high need for historical data along with information that allows prediction of future events is:

Which of the following symbols is not used on the context-level data flow diagram?

Use cases allow people to tell stories.

A many-to-many relationship is replaced with ________ to form two one-to-many relationships.

Which view of organizations concentrates on myths, metaphors, humor, and ceremonies?

The context-level data flow diagram depicts:

Which of these is most closely associated with system control?

Often, considering organizational subcultures is more useful than is considering organizational culture.

Feedback is a form of system control.

Another name for an associative entity is:

Describe the elements of an E-R diagram depicting the relationship between a person and a tee-shirt. This description should show the following relationship: Each person can have many tee-shirts, but each shirt can only be owned by a single person.

A primary use case describes the standard flow of events in the system.

Strategic managers tend to use information that is more current than information used by middle managers.

The level of management concerned with making decisions using predetermined rules which have predictable outcomes is the operations manager.