SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND ARCHITECTURE

I. DISCUSSION. Briefly discuss the following. (5 points each)

1. Why is it important for software developers to understand horizontal and

vertical silos in an organization?

2. Why SI is considered as a key issue for an organization for its growth?

3. Why is it not always the case that people in the organization will favor
automation of processes?

4. What is the difference between Horizontal Silos and Vertical Silos in terms of IS
they use?

5. Why Information Systems are considered as critical component of a successful

organizations today?

6. Why do you think that SI in terms of replacing old hardware and software can be
a major challenge in the organization?

II. IDENTIFICATION. Provide the appropriate word or phrases/s that will answer the
following statements. Write in your test booklet the answers in UPPERCASE format.
ACRONYM is allowed.

1. It refers to the tier which consists of load balancing, application servers, batch server,
and print servers. BUSINESS LOGIC TIER

2. It is considered to solve critical problems of integrating information from different

sources and makes it available in real-time. ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING or ERP

3. Its goal is to make the information flow dynamic and immediate, therefore, increasing
its usefulness and value. ERP SYSTEMS

4. It refers to a system which makes use of mainframe legacy systems using 3rd generation
software. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & CONTROL

5. It focuses on linking a business with its external partners and stakeholders. E-BUSINESS

6. It has multiple levels of management, each requiring different levels of analysis and
details of information. FUNCTIONAL SILOS IN ORGANIZATION

7. It refers to the requirements which covers unstructured, semi-structured and structured

going up and down the management pyramid. DECISION REQUIREMENTS

8. It refers to the requirements which covers Pre-specified scheduled detailed frequent

historical internal narrow focus, among other things. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
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9. It refers to the type of system used by IT Staff in the infrastructure support. OS & DBS

10. It refers to ERP Systems components in terms of people. End users and IT staff

11. It refers to the process level which provide seamless connectivity between
heterogeneous systems. PHYSICAL OR TECHNICAL LEVEL

12. It refers to the benefits of SI with limitations on high initial set-up costs. INCREASED
REVENUE AND GROWTH

13. It refers to the limitations of SI with benefits on enhanced information visibility. LONG-
TERM AND INTANGIBLE ROI

14. It refers to the tier which consists of production DB server, reporting DB server, and Disk
DB server. BUSINESS LOGIC TIER

15. It refers to the process of allowing a heterogeneous IS to communicate or integrate and

share information seamlessly with one another. SYSTEM INTEGRATION

16. It refers to systems which are major kind of IS allowing organizations to integrate
different systems into one organization-wide application with an integrated DBMS. ERP
or ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

17. It refers to compartmentalized operating units which are isolated from their
environment. SILOS

18. It refers to classification of organizations into departments like Accounting and Human
Resources, and used to break complex tasks into smaller manageable tasks that could
be assigned to a group of people. HORIZONTAL SILOS

19. It refers to roles divided in hierarchical layers from strategic planning to management
control and operation control. VERTICAL SILOS

20. It refers to the result of combining ERP and E-Business. BUSINESS STRATEGY
ALIGNMENT

21. It refers to ERP Systems components in terms of hardware. SERVERS AND PERIPHERALS

22. It refers to an ERP Architecture which focuses on the supporting needs of the end users.
LOGICAL

23. It refers to an ERP Architecture which focuses on the efficiency of the system. PHYSICAL
24. It refers to the tier which consists of remote user clients, integration servers, load
balancing web servers, and CITRIX server farm. PRESENTATION LOGIC TIER

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25. It refers to the type of system used by knowledge workers and professionals in the staff
support. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS

26. It refers to the people supported using the MIS. MIDLEVEL MANAGERS

27. It refers to ERP Systems components in terms of information. ORGANIZATIONAL DATA

FROM INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SOURCES

28. It refers to the people who benefit from using Office Automation System. CLERICAL
STAFF

29. It refers to the structure which breaks the functional silos by opening up the information
flows from one department to another. CROSS-FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE

30. It refers to the process level who develop information systems that allow organization
to share data with all of its stakeholders based on need and authorization. LOGICAL OR
HUMAN LEVEL

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