2. Identify the data that is captured about you—as a
student, a professional, and a customer at a local grocery store. Discuss how
the data is used by each of these organizations. What steps would you take to
minimize the data that organizations collect about you?

3. What is a modem? When and why are modems necessary? What
is a cable modem, and how does it differ from a traditional modem?

4. Choose one of the five competitive forces in Porter’s model.
Describe a new opportunity and a new threat due to e-commercevia the Internet
for a specific industry of your choosing.

5. Define the term system. Give an example of a business
system, and create a context diagram to show its boundary, environment, inputs,
and outputs.

6. Describe how logical and physical representations of a
To-Be system will differ.