Is 310 Ch 1 Assignment
Galina Goncharova
Professor Pak
IS 310 Software and Hardware Concepts
Assignment 2 Chapter 1
August 31, 2012
Vocabulary Exercises 1. Students of information systems generally focus on application software. Students of computer science generally focus on system software. 2. Configuring hardware and system software is an activity of UP (Unified Process) deployment discipline. 3. IS students and professionals should be familiar with professional societies, such as Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society. 4. Selecting hardware, network components, and system software is an activity of the UP design discipline (divided into architectural design and detailed design). 5. Typically, a(n) computer operations manager is responsible for a large computer center and all the software running in it. 6. The computer specialties most concerned with hardware and the hardware-software interface are computer science and computer engineering. 7. During the business modeling and requirements UP disciplines, the business, its environment, and user requirements are defined and modeled. 8. The job titles of people responsible for developing application software include systems analyst, system designer, and software developer.
Review Questions 1. How is the knowledge needed to operate complex devices different from the knowledge needed to acquire and configure them?
This question is similar to comparison of driving a car and being a car mechanic. To operate a car one needs a minimum knowledge about how it engine works. All he or she has to do is know how to read sensors on a dashboard. However, if we need to change the breaks, oil or transmission fluid in a car one needs a deeper knowledge. These are the responsibilities a car mechanic would have. 2. What knowledge of computer hardware and system
Professor Pak
IS 310 Software and Hardware Concepts
Assignment 2 Chapter 1
August 31, 2012
Vocabulary Exercises 1. Students of information systems generally focus on application software. Students of computer science generally focus on system software. 2. Configuring hardware and system software is an activity of UP (Unified Process) deployment discipline. 3. IS students and professionals should be familiar with professional societies, such as Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society. 4. Selecting hardware, network components, and system software is an activity of the UP design discipline (divided into architectural design and detailed design). 5. Typically, a(n) computer operations manager is responsible for a large computer center and all the software running in it. 6. The computer specialties most concerned with hardware and the hardware-software interface are computer science and computer engineering. 7. During the business modeling and requirements UP disciplines, the business, its environment, and user requirements are defined and modeled. 8. The job titles of people responsible for developing application software include systems analyst, system designer, and software developer.
Review Questions 1. How is the knowledge needed to operate complex devices different from the knowledge needed to acquire and configure them?
This question is similar to comparison of driving a car and being a car mechanic. To operate a car one needs a minimum knowledge about how it engine works. All he or she has to do is know how to read sensors on a dashboard. However, if we need to change the breaks, oil or transmission fluid in a car one needs a deeper knowledge. These are the responsibilities a car mechanic would have. 2. What knowledge of computer hardware and system