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23-Ind-B4 Design of Information Systems

Worked solutions to 2 past sittings (2013–2017), 26 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.

Topics across the sittings

Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.

Questions by sitting

December 2017

  1. Question 1: Information Systems Terminology — Select-20 Glossary
  2. Question 2: DBMS Capabilities — Relational vs. Non-Relational Systems
  3. Question 3: Types of Networks in a Large Corporate Network Infrastructure
  4. Question 4: How the World Wide Web Works — Technologies, Standards, and Addressing
  5. Question 5: Securing Information Systems — Framework, Encryption, and PKI
  6. Question 6: IT Infrastructure Components and the Impact of Cloud Computing
  7. Question 7: IT Strategies for Competitive Forces — Porter's Model and the Internet
  8. Question 8: Business Processes, Functional-Area Examples, and IT Improvements Tied to Strategic Objectives
  9. Question 9: Legal Frameworks for Intellectual Property Protection and IT's Challenges to Them
  10. Question 10: Big Data Analytics — A Concrete Example and Its Ethical Dilemmas
  11. Question 11: Traditional vs. Internet-Enabled Digital Markets, and the Impact on Digital Goods
  12. Question 12: The Software Development Life Cycle and Alternative Development Approaches
  13. Question 13: Costs and Benefits of an Information Systems Project

December 2013

  1. Question 1: Information Systems Terminology — Select-20-of-40 Glossary
  2. Question 2: Cloud Computing — Characteristics, Service Types, and Deployment Models
  3. Question 3: Contemporary Software Platform Trends
  4. Question 4: Core Capabilities of a DBMS
  5. Question 5: Hardware and Software Components of a Typical Computer Network
  6. Question 6: Internal and External Threats to Information Systems
  7. Question 7: Strategic Business Objectives and How Information Systems Support Them
  8. Question 8: Economic, Organizational, and Behavioural Impacts of Information Systems
  9. Question 9: The Business Value Chain Model
  10. Question 10: The Five Moral Dimensions of Information Systems
  11. Question 11: Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of an Information System
  12. Question 12: Major Steps in the Information System Development Process
  13. Question 13: Why Large Information System Projects Fail, and How to Minimize the Risk