CS 507 Assignment No 2 Solution Fall 2019

Virtual University of Pakistan

Assignment No. 02

Fall 2019

CS 507: Information Systems

Due date: 06 December , 2019

Total Marks: 20 Obtained Marks

Objective

All questions in this assignment cover the topics from lecture 10 to 18. For all questions your answer must be concise, to the point and compact not more than 4 to 5 lines.

The objective of this assignment is to;

Evaluate the student understandings of the Information
Evaluate the understandings of Decision Support
Evaluate the students understanding in Software development life

Instructions to solve Assignment

This assignment contains 4 questions; you are required to solve all of them. It should be clear that your assignment will not get any credit if:

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Question No 1: (10 Marks)

a) How Decision Support System (DSS) helps organizations? Discuss it with at least three points. (4 marks)

Identify the techniques & DSS Model in each of the following example scenarios. (6 marks)

#	Scenario	Technique	DSS Model
1	What would happen to sale when we cut down advertising cost 20%?
2	Increase the cost of advertisement until sales reach $2 million.
3	Find out about this year’s revenues in compared to the previous year.
4	Past Admissions Analysis using exploration of data and discovering features/patterns.
5	To receive $950, what number of items must be sold at the cost of $10?
6	What is the prediction on sales for next year?

Question No 2: (10 Marks)

Identify the type of Information System (IS) or related subsystems that best describes the followings scenarios. (6 marks)

#	Scenario	Answer
1	An IS to measure the success of your client with your products/services.
2	An IS used to manage contacts, forecast and generate reports for sales.
3	An IS that maintain the correct amount of inventory and notify when under- stockage occurs.
4	An IS that guarantees that the produced or completed material shipped to the consumer complies with the company’s quality standards.
5	An IS used to notify the customers about product recommendation based on their previous order.
6	An IS that tracks the whole conversion process of raw material into the finished goods.