1. What is a system and an information system? What are the basic activities of information systems? What are the steps to develop an information system?
2. What are the 5 competitive forces in the market (illustrate via an example). How would a company use competitive strategies to address specific competitive forces?
3. What is the value chain concept? What are its primary/support processes (illustrate using an example). How can IT be used to support specific processes?
4. Compare and contrast hierarchical, network, and relational databases.
5. Illustrate the OSI model and functionalities for each layer. Briefly discuss IPv4 and IPv6.