Question

A. On May 29, 1790, by a mere 2 votes, Rhode Island ratified the US Constitution and completed the Union of the original 13 English colonies into the United States of America. Today more than 220 years later, the US is 50 States, additional commonwealths, and more than 320 million human lives. Generations of Americans have been born, lived, and died as the country has grown and matured. To what can we owe the longevity and strength of the United States as a country on the global stage?

1. It was created by an legal act.

2. A country is a collection of individuals and states. Collections represent stocks that last.

3. A system goes on being itself as long as the interconnections and purposes remain intact.

4. It's not a system. It's a government.

B. The software components of an information system will act as a(n) ________.

functional anchor on the human side

2. actor on the computer side

3. actor on the human side

4.bridge between the computer side and the human side

5. instruction on the computer side

C. Which phase of the customer life cycle focuses on presenting prospects with information about the value the organization provides?

1. loss/churn

2. customer endorsement

3. marketing

4. customer acquisition

5. relationship management

D. Anyone who gathers data from a variety of sources, arranges that data into meaningful structure, and then aggregates the results to discover information hidden in the details engages in what activity?

1. automation

2.data mining

3.data hiding

4.encapsulation

5. cataloging

Answer 1

ans a=option 3

System is ‘an interconnected collection of elements which is organized coherently in a manner which obtains something. A system comprises of 3 types of things ,namely- elements ; interconnections & a purpose’.

Elements of a system are its individual parts which are quite visible & are easily recognizable.

Interconnections are the relations which hold the elements together / defines how the elements function together to fulfil the system’s purpose.

Purpose is ascertained based on the systems behavioural pattern

Changing elements normally has the least impact on the system except if changing any element outcomes in changing relations / purpose.
A system usually carries on being itself, altering only gradually if at all, even with total replacements of its elements- so long as the interconnections & its purposes stay intact.

If the interconnections or the purpose change then the system may be altered greatly.