Exam 1: Business Information Systems

__________is the raw material in the production of information.

__________records sums owed to the organization and by whom.

The term __________refers to the sequence of activities involved in producing a product or service.

A(n)__________ is a business event such as a sale,a purchase,the hiring of a new employee,and the like.

A(n)__________ helps track every click a web user makes on that site,so that companies specializing in consumer profiling can learn their shopping and buying habits.

A(n) __________consists of all the components that work together to process data and produce information.

__________ISs provide information that helps management decide how many sales representatives to assign to specific products in specific geographical areas.

Business intelligence applications access large pools of data,usually transactional records stored in large databases called__________ .

A__________ is responsible for creating and maintaining an organization's intranet and extranet.