MIS Ch. 10, 11, 12, TG3 Quiz Answers
________ is an approach that integrates various automated factory systems.
CIM
________ is the most recent evolution of the modern IT infrastructure.
Cloud computing
________ is an advantage of cloud-based ERP systems.
Cost
_________ analytics is the first step in data reduction.
Descriptive
__________ analytics answers the question "what has happened".
Descriptive
_________ is a capability of dashboards that gives the user the ability to go to details at several levels by a series of menus or by clicking on a portion of the screen that can be expanded.
Drill down
________ systems are interorganizational ERP systems that provide web-enabled links among a company's key business systems and its customers, suppliers, distributors, and other relevant parties.
ERP II
Cloud computing has the following benefit for employees:
Efficiency
________ link(s) business partners over ________ by providing them access to certain areas of each other's corporate ________.
Extranets; the Internet; intranets
The customer manages the most with ________.
IaaS
________ users install their operating system and their application software on the cloud computing provider's computers.
IaaS
________ delivers the precise number of parts to be assembled into a finished product at precisely the right time.
JIT
________ flows are the physical products, raw materials, supplies, and so forth that flow along the chain.
Material
_________ involves slicing and dicing data, drilling down in the data, and rolling up data to greater summarization.
OLAP
________ analytics examines recent and historical data to detect patterns and predict future outcomes and trends.
Predictive
_________ analytics answers the question "what could happen?"
Predictive
_______ analytics answers the question "what should we do".
Prescriptive
________ cloud vendors provide applications, storage, and other computing resources as services over the internet.
Public
________ reports are produced at scheduled intervals.
Routine
________ is a cloud-based ERP system.
SaaS
________ refers to erratic shifts in orders up and down the supply chain.
The bullwhip effect
________ is a disadvantage of EDI.
The number of standards
________ computing allows service providers to make computing resources and infrastructure management available to customers as needed and then charges them for its specific usage rather than a flat rate.
Utility
Private clouds provide IT activities and applications as a service over ________.
an intranet
The ________ component of SCM is often referred to as logistics.
deliver
Considering the nature of decision, acquiring and using resources efficiently in accomplishing organizational goals is
management control
The optimal result of the organization's CRM efforts is to ________ the number of high-value repeat customers while ________ customer churn.
maximize; minimizing
Remote job entry was enabled by converting from _______.
stand-alone mainframes to mainframe and dumb terminals
With the ________ approach to on-premise ERP implementation, a company implements a standard ERP package using the package's built-in configuration options.
vanilla
Each department or functional area within an organization has its own collection of application programs or _________.
FAIS
_____ analysis attempts to calculate the value of the inputs necessary to achieve a desired level of output.
Goal-seeking
________ computing pools various hardware and software components to create a single IT environment with shared resources.
Grid
Which of the following cloud computing characteristics allows organizations to use a single physical server for multiple purposes?
Virtualization
With the ________ approach to on-premise ERP implementation, a company develops new ERP functions designed specifically for that firm.
custom
Validation of the model and answering the question "what are my options" occur in the _____ phase of the IDC.
design
A(n) ________ report summarizes the performance of critical activities.
key indicator
In the ________ component of SCM, supply chain managers create a responsive and flexible network for receiving defective, returned, or excess products back from their customers, as well as for supporting customers who have problems with delivered products.
return
In the ________ component of SCM, supply chain managers develop processes for managing their goods and services inventory.
source