Computing and Information Systems
DIPLOMA
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
TIME ALLOWED: 3 Hours Question 1 Why do businesses and other organisations have to plan strategically? What factors affect the timescale of the strategic plan? (20 marks) Question 2 Describe the benefits and difficulties that might arise for a small building society that wishes to install an expert system to undertake checking the suitability of potential borrowers. (20 marks) Question 3 A long-established traditional furniture manufacturer has a range of old, individual computer systems handling its ordering, purchasing, payroll, and invoicing processes. What would be the likely advantages and disadvantages of replacing these legacy systems with a new integrated information system? (20 marks) Question 4 Why should a team developing an information system use a systematic approach that requires the system to be developed in a sequence of stages? Include in your answer a brief description of one such approach. (20 marks) Question 5 Who should be the participants in an information systems development project, and what should be their roles? (20 marks) Question 6 You have been appointed data protection officer for your company. It has a large number of PCs used by employees, some containing personal data of clients. The employees may also have installed personal software and all have access to the Internet on their PCs at work. At present, no attempt has been made to satisfy the requirements of data protection legislation. Describe the steps that you would take in order to ensure compliance with the legislation. (20 marks) Question 7 What advantages do modern computerised management information systems have compared with their manual predecessors? (20 marks)
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
TIME ALLOWED: 3 Hours Question 1 Why do businesses and other organisations have to plan strategically? What factors affect the timescale of the strategic plan? (20 marks) Question 2 Describe the benefits and difficulties that might arise for a small building society that wishes to install an expert system to undertake checking the suitability of potential borrowers. (20 marks) Question 3 A long-established traditional furniture manufacturer has a range of old, individual computer systems handling its ordering, purchasing, payroll, and invoicing processes. What would be the likely advantages and disadvantages of replacing these legacy systems with a new integrated information system? (20 marks) Question 4 Why should a team developing an information system use a systematic approach that requires the system to be developed in a sequence of stages? Include in your answer a brief description of one such approach. (20 marks) Question 5 Who should be the participants in an information systems development project, and what should be their roles? (20 marks) Question 6 You have been appointed data protection officer for your company. It has a large number of PCs used by employees, some containing personal data of clients. The employees may also have installed personal software and all have access to the Internet on their PCs at work. At present, no attempt has been made to satisfy the requirements of data protection legislation. Describe the steps that you would take in order to ensure compliance with the legislation. (20 marks) Question 7 What advantages do modern computerised management information systems have compared with their manual predecessors? (20 marks)