MIS Final (Quizzes)

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Developing an information system has been compared to the problem-solving process. Which one of the following problem-solving steps is not a part of systems analysis?

It lowers costs to the customer

Disintermediation has which of the following effects?

simple programs

End user development is useful primarily for creating:

business intelligence

Enterprise application vendors are now including ________ features such as tools for data visualization, flexible reporting, and ad hoc analysis as part of the application

implement structured methods for organizing and evaluating ideas

GDSS are designed to:

About 75 percent

In 2015, what percentage of mobile phone users accessed the Internet by using their phones?

and the old are run together

In a parallel conversion strategy, the new system:

view data according to different dimensions of the data.

In a parameterized report, users can:

combines data with processes

In object-oriented development, an object:

are limited to providing information requirements and reviewing the technical staff's work

In the traditional systems development lifecycle, end users:

subscription

In which of the following revenue models does a website charge a fee for access to some or all of its offerings on a continual, regular basis?

asymmetry

Information ________ exists when one party in a transaction has more information that is important for the transaction than the other party

total amount and quantity of information available to all market participants

Information density refers to the:

establishing standards for project requirements

Management can control the development of end-user applications in part by:

provide a digital environment where buyers and sellers can establish prices for products

Market creators:

assigning and managing customer service requests

Marketing modules in CRM systems provide tools for all of the following except:

Subscription

Netflix uses which of the following revenue models?

generalization

Neural network applications in medicine, science, and business address problems in all of the following except:

Structured

Operational management typically makes which type of decisions?

disintermediation

Reducing the business process layers in a distribution channel is called

managing customer service requests

SFA modules in CRM systems provide tools for all of the following except

increased inventory levels

The business value of an effective supply-chain management system includes all of the following except

search costs

The effort required to locate a suitable product is called

end-user user information requirements

The entire system-building effort is driven by:

Yelp receives a fee after steering a customer to a participating website where he or she makes a purchase

Which of the following best illustrates the affiliate revenue model?

Apple accepts micropayments for single music track downloads

Which of the following best illustrates the sales revenue model?

eBay receives a small fee from a seller if a seller is successful in selling an item.

Which of the following best illustrates the transaction fee revenue model?

eBay

Which of the following companies uses the market creator business model?

Analytical CRM

Which of the following customer relationship management applications provides analysis of customer data?

richness

Which of the following dimensions of e-commerce technology involves the integration of video, audio, and text marketing messages into a single marketing message and consumer experience?

Supply Chain Planning System

Which of the following enables a firm to generate demand forecasts for a product, and to develop sourcing and manufacturing plans for that product?

lead management

Which of the following is an important capability for sales processes that is found in most SFA modules in major CRM software products?

Debugging Tools

Which of the following is not a typical CASE tool?

executive users

Which of the following is not an element of the business intelligence environment?

i2 Technologies

Which of the following is not an example of a next-generation enterprise application?

Global supply chains are no different from domestic supply chains.

Which of the following is not true about global supply chains?

E-commerce technology is available everywhere and anytime.

Which of the following is the best description of ubiquity as it relates to e-commerce technology?

ERP Systems

Which of the following provides a suite of integrated software modules for finance and accounting, human resources, manufacturing and production, and sales and marketing that allows data to be used by multiple functions and business processes?

Upstream portion of the supply chain

Which of the following refers to a company's suppliers, supplier's suppliers, and the processes for managing relationships with them?

Today, EDI is only used for document automation.

Which of the following statements about EDI is not true?

Some Net marketplaces are owned by a single firm and used to link solely to the firm's suppliers and key business partners.

Which of the following statements about Net marketplaces is not true?

cash flow

Which of the following would be a typical production report for an organization's financial division?

Digital Asset Management System

Which of the following would not be classified as a knowledge work system?

requirements analysis

Which process develops a detailed description of the functions that a new information system must perform?

it increases inventory costs

Why isn't overstocking warehouses an effective solution for a problem of low availability?

Big data analytics

You are developing a customer recommendation system for a department store's e-commerce site. Which of the following tools will provide the most accurate recommendations?

Select the functions of the system you wish to use.

You have been asked to implement enterprise software for a manufacturer of kitchen appliances. What is the first step you should take?

Links to external knowledge bases

________ are an essential component of a knowledge work system.

process specifications

________ describe the transformation occurring within the lowest level of the data flow diagrams. They express the logic of each process.

artificial

________ intelligence technology consists of computer-based systems that attempt to emulate human behavior and thought patterns.

ERM

________ modules deal with issues such as setting objectives, employee performance management, and performance-based compensation

Enterprise content management

________ systems help organizations manage both structured and semistructured knowledge

Bullwhip

distortion of information about the demand for a product as it passes from one entity to the next across the supply chain is called the ________ effect

demand-driven

A build-to-order supply-chain model is also called a ________ model

Request for Proposal

A detailed list of questions submitted to external vendors to determine how well they meet the organization's specific requirements is called:

just-in-time

A scheduling system for minimizing inventory by having components arrive exactly at the moment they are needed and finished goods shipped as soon as they leave the assembly line best describes a ________ strategy

pull-based

A supply chain driven by actual customer orders or purchases follows a ________ model

drill-down

A(n) ________ capability allows users to view more detailed views of data.

massive open online course

A(n) ________ is a free, online course made available via the web to very large numbers of participants

provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting

Acceptance testing:

phased approach

According to the chapter case, the Girl Scouts' conversion strategy of first introducing the modules for ordering cookies and then introducing the modules for transmitting orders and instructions to the cookie factory and shipper is called a(n) ________ strategy.

The ordering process was inefficient for a large volume of orders

According to the chapter case, what was the primary problem facing the Girl Scouts regarding their supply chain problems?

lack of a paper trail

According to the chapter case, which of the following is not one of the problems created by the Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) booking tool, Choose and Book?

network effects

All of the following are increased in traditional markets compared to digital markets except:

high transaction costs

Compared to digital markets, traditional markets have

micropayment

Content providers use ________ systems to process large amounts of very small monetary transactions cost-effectively.

unstructured decision

Deciding whether to introduce a new product line is an example of a(n):

intelligent techniques

Decision making is enhanced by a diverse group of ________, such as data mining and fuzzy logic

VRML

Virtual reality applications for the web use a standard called:

unstructured

Where there is no well-understood or agreed-on procedure for making a decision, it is said to be:

identify the transportation mode to use for product delivery

Supply chain planning systems:

planning;execution

Supply chain software can be classified as either supply chain ________ systems or supply chain ________ systems.

tests the functioning of the system as a whole

System testing:

data flow diagram

The primary tool for representing a system's component processes and the flow of data between them is the:

RAD

The process of creating workable information systems in a very short period of time is called:

conversion

The systems design step comes before:

structured

The type of decision that can be made by following a definite procedure is called a(n) ________ decision.

intelligent agents

To automate routine tasks to help firms search for and filter information for use in electronic commerce and supply chain management, a firm would most likely use:

learning management systems

Tools for the management, delivery, tracking, and assessment of various types of employee learning best describes:

conversion

Transferring data from a legacy system to the new system would be defined by which system design specification category?