This assignment will be checked for plagiarism by the professor and this assignment should be less than 20 % of Plagiarism and should be in APA format and have to include at least two APA references. Please find the below attachment and refer to chapter 1 and chapter 2 to prepare the below answers. And I need the answer by Sunday 10:00 am EST. (03/06/2020).
Questions:
Chapter 1 – study questions 1-5, Exercise 3 (Refer chapter 1 in the attachment)
1.What are the five components that make up an information system?
2.What are three examples of information system hardware?
3.Microsoft Windows is an example of which component of information systems? 4.What is application software?
5.What roles do people play in information systems?
Exercise.3: We all interact with various information systems every day: at the grocery store, at work, at school, even in our cars (at least some of us). Make a list of the different information systems you interact with every day. See if you can identify the technologies, people, and processes involved in making these systems work.
Chapter 2 – study questions 1-10, Exercise 2 ((Refer chapter 1 in the attachment)
1.Write your own description of what the terminformation systems hardwaremeans.
2.What is the impact of Moore’s Law on the various hardware components described in this chapter?
3.Write a summary of one of the items linked to in the “Integrated Computing” section.
4.Explain why the personal computer is now considered a commodity.
5.The CPU can also be thought of as the _____________ of the computer.
6.List the following in increasing order (slowest to fastest): megahertz, kilohertz, gigahertz.
7.What is the bus of a computer?
8.Name two differences between RAM and a hard disk.
9.What are the advantages of solid-state drives over hard disks?
10.How heavy was the first commercially successful portable computer?
Excersise.2: Review the timeline of computers at the Old Computers website(http://oldcomputers.net/indexwp.html). Pick one computer from the listing and write a brief summary. Include the specifications for CPU, memory, and screen size. Now find the specifications of a computer being offered for sale today and compare. Did Moore’s Law hold true?
