Topics to Review Some, but not all, topics you should review for the Final Exam - Information Systems
- IS Diagram components - what are they, with examples
- Nature of Data and Information
- Data vs Information - what is the difference
- Different Data types - what are they?
- Text, Numeric, Boolean, Image, Audio
- Data Dictionary
- Record / Table Name
- Field Headings
- Field Name
- Data Type
- Size (if necessary)
- Data Format - ####.##, NNNNNNN, DD/MM/YYYY
- Description
- Examples of Data
- Social and Ethical Issues
- Information Processes
- Social and Ethical Issues for each of the processes
- Human-centred vs Machine-centred Systems
- Describe each Information Process, with examples
- Tools for Information Processes
- Hardware - with examples for each
- Collecting - How they work
- OCR,
- Scanners
- Organising
- What is the Digitizing of Data/Information?
- Storing and Retrieving
- Primary vs Secondary Storage ?
- Transmitting
- Netiquette - what is it and examples?
- Processing
- How OCR converts to ASCII?
- Display -
- Printer types?
- Different Screen Displays - LCD, CRT, Plasma - How do they work?
- Software - with examples
- Developing Information Systems
- Stages of Development
- Understanding the Problem
- Planning
- Project Management Tools - Gantt Charts - what and why?
- Designing
- Data Flow Diagrams vs Context Diagrams
- What are these and what are the differences?
- Good UI Design
- Implementing
- Conversion Methods
- Training and Help Documentation - different types with examples
- Testing, Evaluating and Maintaining
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