1. What is the difference between data, information and knowledge and why a knowledgeable worker is critical to an organization?
2. Describe the following and give an example of each and a person in the organization that would make use of this type of system:
Transaction Processing System
Management Information System
Decision Support System
3. What is dirty data?
4. What are data silos? What is the problem that occurs with data silos and what can be done to overcome the problem?
5. How is Cloud Computing of value to a small to medium organization such as Utica College in comparison to a large university such as Ryerson in Toronto, Canada?
6. Describe the following types of Cloud services:
SaaS
PaaS
IaaS
DaaS.
7. What are the functions of a Database Management System?
8. What are some examples of DBMS?
9. What are the differences between a centralized and distributed database architecture?