INF 110 - Fundamental Informatics

1. Identify the major steps of the systems development process and state the goal of each.
2. Define the types of roles, functions, and careers available in informatics.
3. Explain how the use of information systems to add value to the organization can also give an organization a competitive advantage
4. Develop a plan for selecting computer hardware to meet the evolving needs of the organization and its supporting information systems
5. Explain why systems and application software are critical in helping individuals and organizations achieve their goals
6. Identify several key software issues and trends that have an impact on organizations and individuals
7. Describe the relational database model and outline its basic features
   1. Identify the common functions performed by all database management systems, and identify popular database management systems
   2. Identify and briefly discuss current database applications
8. Identify several network types and describe the uses and limitations of each
9. Describe how the Internet works, including alternatives for connecting to it and the role of Internet service providers
   1. Outline a process and identify tools used to create Web content.
   2. Define the terms intranet and extranet and discuss how organizations are using them
10. Identify several advantages associated with the use of electronic commerce and mobile commerce
    1. Identify the key components of technology infrastructure that must be in place for e-commerce and m-commerce to work
    2. Identify key control and management issues associated with transaction processing systems
11. Discuss information systems in the functional areas of business organizations.
    1. Identify and describe the basic components of a decision support systems.
    2. State the goals of a group support system and identify the characteristics that distinguish it from a decision support system
    3. Identify the fundamental uses of an ESS and list the characteristics of such a system
    4. List and discuss the use of other special purpose systems
12. List some of the tools and techniques used in knowledge management.
    1. Define the term artificial intelligence and state the objective of developing artificial intelligence systems
    2. List the characteristics and basic components of expert systems.
    3. Define the term virtual reality and provide three examples of virtual reality applications
13. Identify the key participants in the systems development process and discuss their roles.
    1. Discuss the key features, advantages, and disadvantages of the traditional, prototyping, rapid application development, and end-user systems development life cycles
    2. Discuss the use of computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools and the object-oriented approach to systems development.
    3. State the purpose of systems analysis and discuss some of the tools and techniques used in this phase of systems development
    4. State the purpose of systems implementation and discuss the various activities associated with this phase of systems development
    5. State the importance of systems and software maintenance and discuss the activities involved
    6. Describe the systems review process
    7. Identify specific measures to prevent computer crime.
14. Identify specific actions that must be taken to ensure the health and safety of employees as it relates to the use of technology in the work place
15. Outline criteria for the ethical use of information systems.