Answer the following questions.
Question 1)a) What is a transaction? Provide appropriate examples of various types of organizational transactions.
(b) What are some of the main problems associated with manual transaction processing system?
Question 2)(a) Write down the differences between transaction processing systems and decision support systems?
(b) Write down the characteristics of each of the steps in transaction processing cycle?
Question 3)(a) What is a decision support system? What are its primary components of a decision support system?
(b) Describe in detail the decision support system development tools.
Question 4)(a) What are the typical activities of work groups and desktop organizers?
(b) What are the main characteristics of word-processing packages in the market today?
Question 5) Write notes on the following topics:
• Types of Decision
• Development of Workgroup MIS