CS507 Assignment

Solution Idea
Question No 1:

What kind of information systems can help organizations in their day to day operations?
You have to identify two major groups of such systems and clearly differentiate between
them, and describe whether one type of support system is dependent on other or vice versa.

Ans; Transaction Processing System is a small business processes transactions that result from
day-to-day business operations, such as the creation of paychecks and purchase orders, using a
transaction processing system.
TPS and MIS are used to support system
The Defference between TPS and Mis is that TPS becomes a major source of data for MIS

QUESTION NO 2:
The values of attributes in an information system may not necessarily be exact rather such
attributes require a system that allows use of non-exact or comparative values. Your task is
to identify a mathematics branch that information systems can use in such cases. You also
need to provide three attributes that may have non-exact values

Ans; Information systems use Descrete mathmatics

Stored, Coded and Derived Attributes are use as non exact values.

QUESTION NO 3:

A financial organization requires transactions among its customers be scrutinized before

they are committed. However cost of setting up of a regular scrutiny process incurs a lot of
operational man-hours cost and delayed transaction processing. According to your
knowledge from information systems, what solution do you feel that can potentially fulfill
the requirements of faster transaction processing and minimal operational cost? You answer
should include high level composition of proposed solution.

Ans;

Transaction Processing System can potentially fulfill the requirements of faster transaction
processing and minimal operational cost because this provides high speed and accurate processing
of record keeping of basic operational processes.
QUESTION NO 4:

The CEO of a large multinational enterprise is facing some issues with customer’s
communications. However managing a large number of products and customers seems to be
infeasible solution especially end user management. As an information system specialist how
you can easily manage end users, clients, agents, contact them efficiently and effectively. You
should justify your answer with suitable points

Ans; Marketing Information System use to manage end user, clients, and agents and contact them
efficiently and effectively. Because it identified of customer for firm’s products and services and
develop of those products and services to meet customer’s need.