USN 101872 Seventh Semester B.E. Degree Examination, Dec. 2013/Jan. 2014 Information Systems ‘Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks:100 Note: Answer FIVE full questions, selecting atleast TWO questions from each part. i PART-A = 1 a. Whatare the fundamental roles of information system in business? Explain briefly 7 ; (10 Marks) j . Explain components of an information system. (10 Marks) 2 2 a. List and describe asic competitive strategies. Explain in dethil (10 Marks) 5 b. How to build knowledge creating company using IT? (10 Marks) 3a. Explain the enterprise application architecture illustrating the major cross functional enterprise application and their interrelationships. (10 Marks) b. Explain: i) Human resource system (HRM) ii) Accounting systems. (10 Marks) 4 a. What is SCM? Explain benefits and challenges of SCM. (10 Marks) b. What is ERP? Benefits and challenges of ERP, explain in detail. (10 Marks) PART-B 5 a. Explain ecommerce application and issues in detail (10 Marks) b. Explain these ) Business t6 business ecommerce i) Business.to consumer ecommerce. (10 Marks) 6 Write short notes on : a. Decision support systems 5 b. Anificial intelligence 5 > Expert systems wy ‘> Management information system. (20 Marks) a] 3 7 a. Explain ethical responsibilities of business professionals. (10 Marks), be b. Explain the goal of security management. List the important security defenses. (10 Marks) zg 8 Write short notes on : z a. Global IT management : b. Global data access issues zg ¢. Global business/ IT strategies é d. Managing the IS function ¢. Failure of IT management. (20 Marks)