This following Questions in Information technology for manag

This following Questions in \"Information technology for management\" by Turban. 10th edition. Chapter 2 (critical Thinking Question 3 & 5) 3.Assume you had: a. A tall ladder with a sticker that listed a weight allowance only 5 pounds more than you weighed. b. You know the manufacturer and model number b. Perishable food with an expiration date 2 days into the future c. c. A checking account balance that indicated you had sufficient funds to cover the balance due on an account. In all three cases, you cannot trust the data to be ex actly correct. The data could be incorrect by about 20 percent. How might you find the correct data for each instance? Which data might not be possible to verify? How does data impact your decision making? 5. Assume a bank\'s data are stored in silos based on financial product-checking mortgages, auto loans, and accounts, saving accounts, so on. What problems do these data silos create for the bank\'s managers?

Solution

a. i can verify the ladder which are more than 5 pounds and which are more than 5 pounds. but i can not say that all the details on the sticker are true only.

b. when it comes to perishable food also, i should relay on the information on the sticker. even if i doubted at that, i can not check it.

c. i can check the bank balance with my account or with ATM.

5. if the data is not stored in a proper way, then the banker will confuse to comeout with proper services to the cusomer at the required times. even if data lost in one item, show impact on the existed data of the customer. all these are interrlated, so, should manage with care. any kind of variation will leads to many problems.