IT Solutions, Systems and Globalisation: Exam Paper for BSC (Hons) Business Management with Foundation

BSC (Hons) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT WITH
FOUNDATION
SEMESTER 1, EXAMINATION 2021/22
NFORMATION SYSTEM & BIG DATA ANALYSIS
MODULE NO: BMP4005
Exam Paper Release Date & Time: Saturday 06 August 2022 at 10:00am
Submission Cut-off Date & Time: Monday 08 August 2022 at 10:00am
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Q.1 Describe theories, methods and techniques which relate to the design and development for
TWO of the following IT solutions listed below:
 Mc Afee
McAfee is also known as McAfee associates. It was founded in 1987. Headquarters are established
in California, San Jose and united states. McAfee is applicable to block and identify both
sophisticated and simple threats such as ransomware, crypto ackers, trojans, spyware and viruses. It
is the leading organization in online protection across the wordmaker emphasize not only protecting
device but also protecting people. McAfee's solution adjusts client's requirement and enable
customers to experience online life with confidence. It manufactures best antivirus equipment’s and
has superb malware detection rates. It has also some other chrematistic features such as VPN and
password managers. It is known for customer support. McAfee is considered as the best Antivirus
tool by the different security professionals of cyber world as it has excellent malware detection
rates, effective features like managing the passwords and VPN so as to provide the customer
support. it is also easy for the setting up and convenient in use (Baker, 2022).
 MS office
Microsoft office is referred as the suite of various applications which are designed and
created to help with the productivity and completion of tasks and activities on the computer.
It can also be helpful in creating the documents and editing them too. The Ms office also
helps managing the data through the spreadsheets and databases. It is popular because of its
excellent features, easy to use, accessibility, interactivity and also the adaption across
various operating systems which has chosen Ms office as the most common and opted tools
all around the world.
This application can be used in writing various fonts and sizes with the uses of tables,
borders and bullet format which can avoid the obstacles in effective working and increases
the productivity as well. It also allows the individuals to create the wimple word processing
and documents such as, letters, reports including the adding colour option and clip art. There
are a lot of applications of Ms office which has unique feature and purpose so as to add the
specific value for its users. Such as, Microsoft word is used to create documents, Microsoft
PowerPoint is used to make presentations and outlook is used to manage the e-mails and
calendar.
Q.2 Define and provide examples for each of the systems below:
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DSS (Decision Support System)- Taking effective decision is very important for any business, it
helps the company to achieve their goal more efficiently. Decision support system beneficial for
saves time and build confidence during the organisation decision- making. When the company use
this system, so they assist from its data analysis and ability to identify patterns. Different Decision
support system have an option to streamline their productivity and helps the company for decisions-
making at work. It is type of information system that benefits to analyse the data to support
executive, mangers and employees in company decision- making. These system asses the huge
amounts of data, find the patterns and analyse the effects for business decisions. DSS uses the
current and past data to predict the future trends, that reduce the risk and saves time. This
information systems encourage the company in decision- making activities that require in judgment,
willpower and categorisations of actions (Bhaskar, Tiwari and Joshi, 2020).
i) Along with it assist by the mid- and high- level management of the company to
examining the huge volumes to unstructured data and accruing the information that can
help to solve problems in decision – making. The main purpose of support system to
produces the detailed information report for the meeting and analysing data, which is
used for a planning department like operations departments which is used for collect the
data and creates the report that can be require by the manger for the decisions- making.
For example, model- driven DSS, communication- driven DSS
ii) ESS (Executive Support System)- This software is used by the companies and enables
to the top management to take batter decision in favour for the organisation, this data is
related to the departments such a billing, accounting, staffing etc. this data is essential
for the company growth, they support the company to maintain their books and making
strategy planning for future. It helps to save the time and spend more time on suggesting
and decision making by providing only the require data for example- market report,
financial reports and information.
iii) TPS (Transaction Processing System)- It is the process system which support the
company to processing system for the transactions which is involving the collections,
modification of transition data. This system allows the customer to give confidence
during the time of translons. It is the stable databases are helps to reduce the risk for loss
the user information by doing the network failure. For example, employer records, order
processing.
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