41) Briefly identify and discuss four powerful worldwide changes that have altered the business environment.

42) What must a manager be prepared to understand and deal with in working with information systems that a technician may not need to know?

43) While globalization and information technology are exciting, they are also carriers of threats to existing economies and businesses. List and discuss at least two of the difficulties brought about by this new environment.

44) What is an information system?

45) Discuss the ability of the Web site owner to increase personalization of the site to his customers and the advantages this brings to the business.

46) Describe the three basic operations of the relational database.

47) Identify five challenges information systems pose for management. For each challenge, identify at least one question that must be answered.

48) How has the Internet made possible the swift rise of electronic commerce?

49) What is a strategic information system? In what ways can these systems be used differently at the business level, the firm level, and the industry level?

50) In what ways has electronic commerce changed the relationship between buyer and seller?

51) List and describe the three categories of electronic commerce as defined by the participants in the transactions. Give an example of each one.

52) List and describe the six major components of a contemporary computer system.

53) List and define the four major types of information systems, and give at least two information outputs to be expected from each one.

54) Define and discuss the types of service providers that have arisen in the recent decades. Give an example of each one.

55) List and describe the four critical elements in a database environment.