study chapter and answer questions and exercise

Homework1

Chapter 1 – study questions 1-5, Exercise 3

Text Book Information Systems for Business and Beyond. https://opentextbook.site/informationsystems2019/

• What are the five major components that make up an information system?
• List the three examples of information system hardware?
• Microsoft Windows is an example of which component of information systems?
• What is application software?
• What roles do people play in information systems?

Exercise 3 : Everyone interacts with various information systems every day: at the grocery store, at work, at school, even in our cars. Make a list of the different information systems you interact with daily. Can you identify the technologies, people, and processes involved in making these systems work.

Chapter 2 – study questions 1-10, Exercise 2 (Information Systems for Business and Beyond)

• Write your own description of what the term information systems hardware means.
• What has lead to the shift toward mobility in computing?
• What is the impact of Moore’s Law on the various hardware components described in this chapter?
• Write a one page summary of one of the items linked to in the “Integrated Computing” section.
• Explain why the personal computer is now considered a commodity.
• The CPU can also be thought of as the _____________ of the computer.
• List the units of measure for data storage in increasing order from smallest to largest, kilobyte to yottabyte.
• What is the bus of a computer?
• Name two differences between RAM and a hard disk.
• What are the advantages of solid-state drives over hard disks?

Exercise2: Re-read the section on IoT, then find at least two scholarly articles about IoT. Prepare a minimum of three slides that address issues related to IoT. Be sure to give attribution to your sources.

The above assignments should be submitted in one-word document.