Assignment No.

02 Total Marks: 20

SEMESTER Spring 2021 Due Date:

CS507- Information Systems 7-6-2021

The responsibility for compliance with the Regulations is that of the Board of Directors of the Company. Our
responsibility is to review, whether the Statement of Compliance reflects the status of the Company's compliance with
the provisions of the Regulations and report if it does not and to highlight any non-compliance with the requirements of
the Regulations. A review is limited primarily to inquiries of the Company's personnel and review of various documents
prepared by the Company to comply with the Regulations.

Covering Lectures: Assignment No. 2 Covers Lectures 8-15.

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Objective

The objective of this assignment is:

o To understand the basic concepts of Information System its different types.

o To understand different types of problems.

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Question No.1

Suppose there is an online shopping store which is providing online delivery of products to
customers at their doorsteps.
Transaction Processing System (TPS), Management Information System (MIS) and Decision
Support System (DSS) are different components/subsystems of Computer Based Information
System (CBIS). Keeping in mind given scenario, consider the following situations and identify
whether they are part of TPS, MIS or DSS.

Situations Type of System

Customer pays bill through credit/debit card.
Store wants to see the list of the products which sale is
declined in current month.
Manager checks daily sales report of store.
On Pakistan Day, store plans to offers 23% discount to
customers whose order value is more than Rs. 10,000.
Store pays salary to its employees on 1st of each month.
The store wants to see the list of all customers who are
their regular customers for the last 6 months.
The store plans to start winter sale in January.

Solution:

Situations Type of sub-system

Customer pays bill through credit/debit card. TPS
Store wants to see the list of the products which sale is MIS
declined in current month.
Manager checks daily sales report of store. MIS
On Pakistan Day, store plans to offers 23% discount to DSS
customers whose order value is more than Rs. 10,000.
Store pays salary to its employees on 1st of each month. TPS
The store wants to see the list of all customers who are MIS
their regular customers for the last 6 months.
The store plans to start winter sale in January. DSS
Question No.2

There are three broad categories of problems: structured, semi-structured and un-structured.
Consider the scenario of online shopping store given in Question No. 1, and identify two
structured and two unstructured problems in this domain.

Problem Type of Problem

Solution:
Problem Type of Problem
The Product returns and refunds Structured
Managing Products’ stock Structured
Measuring customer satisfaction Unstructured
Dealing with Products’ Quality Issues Unstructured

Note: Problems can be identified from the “online shopping store” scenario in general and they
can also be identified from given situations too.

Good Luck!