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DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
KEVIN STREET, DUBLIN 8
Degree in Computing
Year 4
Sample Paper
Enterprise Systems Infrastructure & Architecture
Mr. D. Manley
TBA
Attempt question ONE and any TWO from the remaining FOUR questions.
Question 1 is worth 40 marks.
The remaining questions are worth 30 marks each.
1
Answer part a or part b or part c or part d
(a)
(40 Marks)
Discuss, using examples, how you would design a distributed database that
will help senior management in the formulation/implementation/evaluation of
their strategies..
or
(b)
On-line analytical processing, (OLAP), systems are a technology that can
analysis and present enterprise wide data to senior managers. Discuss the
ways that OLAP systems help senior managers with making strategic decision.
or
(c)
Data mining can help organisations extract important strategic decision making
information from its data stores. Explain three ways in which such data can be
extracted (mined) and discuss how this data can contribute to help
organisations achieve its long term objectives.
or
(d)
Discuss how you would design a data warehouse so that it can improve the
competitiveness or increase the competitive advantage of an organisation.
2
Explain, using suitable examples how to use porter’s five force model to analyse a
firms external environment
(30 marks).
3
Discuss, using simple examples the types of strategy: integration, intensive,
diversification or defensive, which you would consider to be most appropriate for the
D.I.T. in the current economic climate.
(30 marks)
4
What is enterprise resource planning (ERP).
(2 marks)
Explain, using s suitable example, an business process that involves a number of
different functions within and outside the organisation.
(8 marks)
How would an ERP approach help resolve two limitations of the semi-automated
approach?
(12 marks)
Describe the ways to implement ERP and the risks of its implementation between two
different ways of implementing an ERP system.
(8 marks)
2
5
Describe, using a suitable example, a typical supply chain.
(12 marks)
What are the two main reasons for supply chain failure?
(8 marks)
Explain,
using suitable examples, how a supply chain management system can
alleviate the reasons for supply chain failure.
(10 marks)
3