Test 1 - Information Systems

Which of the following are applications of GIS? More than one answer may be correct.

-A gas station uses the location of where travelers are when they search for a gas station on their mobile phone map to determine the best spot to put a billboard advertising their location. -Three new neighborhoods are under construction in different parts of a large, rural town. A telecommunications company wants to determine the best locations for cell towers to service all three neighborhoods. -

Select what's true regarding all-in-one computers.

-All-in-one computers house every component except the keyboard and mouse inside the same case as the monitor. -An all-in-one computer is a stationary device with a separate keyboard and mouse.

Which statement describes part of the process for sending information on the Internet? More than one answer option may be correct.

-Each device connecting to the Internet must have a network interface card (NIC) installed. -Devices connect to the Internet using either network cables or wireless technologies. -Modems and routers are connected to the Internet via an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Which of the following are manufacturers of enterprise resource planning system software? More than one answer may be selected.

-Sage Group -Microsoft -Oracle

Which of the following statements correctly defines a TCP/IP layer? More than one definition may be correct.

-The network access layer handles the physical parts of sending and receiving data. -The Internet protocol layer controls the movement of packets throughout the network. -The transport protocol divides data into packets and acknowledges these have been received.

Troy is sending an email from his smartphone using his school's free Wi-Fi network. From the following list, select all the basic connections that must be made to send the email.

-The phone's NIC must wirelessly connect it to the school's Wi-Fi network. -The school's network router must connect to the school's ISP. -The school's ISP must connect to the Internet.

Select the true statements about BlueDot's pandemic detection software.

-The software scans over 100,000 worldwide media sources in over 65 different languages to determine outbreaks in real-time. -Serves as an early warning system for identifying pandemics. -The software uses artificial intelligence to predict pandemics.

Which of the following areas do executives gain visibility into by using HRM elements of EIS systems? More than one answer may be selected.

-grievance management -benefits administration -

What brought about the post-trust era?

A series of business scandals and economic crisis

Some computers use ________ to represent characters in a binary format.

ASCII

Headquartered in Toronto, ________ has developed a software application that serves as an early warning system for identifying pandemics.

BlueDot

A colleague asks you for advice on how to understand the audience of his persuasive message. How would you advise this person?

Consider the psychological principles that influence people's decisions.

Creating efficiencies by ensuring that nearly all aspects of the firm's operations coordinate with each other is why many corporations integrate a SCM system with their

ERP system.

What was the driving principle behind McGregor's Theory Y?

Employees are capable of working without constant supervision.

An application that navigates all of the files and folders on your Mac is the ________.

Finder

Which statement accurately describes persuasion in the post-trust era?

In the post-trust era, persuasion is becoming increasingly difficult.

What is characteristic of egalitarian cultures?

Leaders can be approached directly by subordinates.

What does research consistently demonstrate about nonverbal communication?

People are not good at masking their feelings, but most people are inconsistent in their ability to decode nonverbal signals.

Which statement about choosing attention-getters for persuasive messages is accurate?

Posting a testimonial is a good attention-getter, particularly for external messages.

What is the dominant U.S. financial services software for small business?

Quickbooks

Arguably the most powerful business intelligence (DSS) software available is Business Objects, offered by Germany-based

SAP.

Which business software company develops software known to integrate well with existing apps, competes in the same environment as PayPal, and had both Elon Musk and Peter Thiel as early investors?

Stripe

What is a benefit a student gains by using an LMS?

Student performance is more easily tracked through the gradebook, giving a student a constantly updated view of what their grade will be.

A computer platform is commonly referred to as an operating system or OS.

TRUE

Which business intelligence software is owned by Salesforce?

Tableau

Which statement about using manipulation in persuasive messages is true?

The FAIR test can help you avoid sending manipulative messages.

Why did Max Weber believe that personal responsibility, ethical behavior, and charity were fundamental to capitalism?

These are the basic principles of Protestantism.

What is a trait of people who are collectivists?

They stay in contact with and work through extended networks built on family and friends.

Which statement accurately describes the use of you-voice in persuasive messages?

Using the you-voice forces you to personalize the message for your readers.

How does VPN software ensure that people accessing a network are authorized to do so?

VPN software authenticates users.

The wireless network protocol is called ________.

Wi-Fi

Which person demonstrates the active listening skill of clarifying?

William asks the other person to explain a point more completely.

Learning platforms that use algorithms to adjust the content that each student sees in order to maximize learning efficiency is called ________ learning.

adaptive

What type of company is required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to have a code of ethics available to all employees?

all companies that are publicly traded

Barb saw her best friend, Marcie, take office supplies from the workplace. Marcie said it was no big deal, and Barb didn't want to turn her in, but she knew it was ethically wrong and felt guilty that she was being disloyal to the company. Barb discovered that making the right choice isn't always easy. This is an example of

an ethical dilemma

An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is

an integrated MIS system for agility and a competitive edge.

High cultural intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to

approach cross-cultural work relationships with a learner mind-set.

The model of a decision support system (DSS), or business intelligence (BI) system, typically adapts its processes based on the degree of accuracy of each prior decision. This type of processing can be called

artificial intelligence (AI).

Using cyberattacks, such as the May 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack which struck British hospitals particularly hard, is an example of how a nation with less military strength can level the field using technology. This is an example of ________ warfare.

asymmetric

What is a characteristic of high cultural intelligence?

avoiding inappropriate stereotypes

Which speech pattern is more common among women than men?

avoiding verbal opposition

Allowing people to share a digital ledger across a network of computers, ________ uses computer code to create concatenated (linked together) blocks of transactions.

blockchain

Marco works for a research firm. He discloses a client's confidential information publicly. This action is an example of a

business ethics violation

Manufacturers of computers and other electronic devices follow the IEEE 802.3 protocol to ensure that their products

can be used to create a standard ethernet connection.

Most sales messages contain a(n) ________; one of the most common is price.

central sales theme

Geoff is the purchasing manager at a company that manufactures clothing. He knows he could save his company money by using cheaper, thinner cotton, but he says, "Our customers count on us to provide a durable product. I do not want to let them down." What quality does this demonstrate?

character

Which of the following processes would operations management systems software be used for in a manufacturing firm?

creating bedroom furniture from lumber

Ayanna says, "You're so generous!" in a sarcastic tone. Marvin decides that Ayanna thinks he is cheap. What process has Marvin just completed?

decoding

What is the leading cause of disability in the workplace?

depression

In addition to overall digital flexibility, technological savings, and increased collaboration, computing in the cloud provides organizations with

disaster recovery.

Recommendations can be made with DDS software using artificial intelligence (AI) because

each process advances according to the accuracy of the previous one.

At the time cash registers were invented, "ringing up" a customer meant

each time the cash drawer was opened, the register rang, alerting a shop owner to register activity.

Which dimension of emotional intelligence is the "ability to accurately pick up on emotions in other people and understand what is really going on with them"?

empathy

External persuasive messages often

focus more on promoting products and services.

Which of Williams and Miller's decision-making styles comprises the highest percentage of executives?

follower

A series of questions that attempt to deconstruct a business issue by moving from general to specific are known as ________ questions.

funnel

Dr. Deborah Tannen studies gendered communication in the workplace. She found that the way men and women speak is related to

how they socialized as children.

Sandra is preparing for a business meeting in a foreign country. What is most important for her to do to ensure proper etiquette?

identify acceptable conversation topics

What does the "I" in the FAIR test of ethical business communication stand for?

impacts on stakeholders

The writing style of most persuasive messages tends to be

indirect and implicit.

How does establishing credibility to maintain a high level of trust impact communication?

it improves communication because people give the benefit of the doubt

In cultures with a high humane orientation,

leaders are expected to be generous and compassionate.

Mechanical cash registers were first created to

make it difficult for employees to steal money.

An electronic element that stores data by changing its resistance based on the current that has passed through it (similar to RRAM) is called a

memristor.

Megahertz is the same as a ________ cycles (or instruction) per second.

million

Which of the following is a strength of the Android platform?

most widely used OS for smartphones and tablets

The information in the memory (the RAM, the caches, the registers) is ________ when a computer is shut down.

not saved

In cultures that are high in uncertainty avoidance,

orderliness, consistency, and structure are important.

The smallest image element is a(n) ________.

pixel

Which type of touchscreen uses a single metallic-coated panel and uses electricity to calculate touch points?

projective capacitive

Remote desktop software

provides access to all networked devices from a separate computer.

Focusing on ________ is most likely to help you communicate with a red MVS in a way that he or she prefers.

results

Which of these is a domain of emotional intelligence?

self-management

Edgar's boss has told him that he needs to demonstrate more competence on the job. What action will help him do so?

setting specific work goals and achieving them

Introverts can work more effectively with extroverts by

speaking up more quickly than feels comfortable to them.

Candy is writing a brochure to explain the benefits of buying produce from local farmers at the farmers' market rather than from chain grocery stores. What information will most likely make her brochure effective?

stories about local farm families who participate in the farmers' market

A company uses an HR management system with artificial intelligence to deliver badges to the employees who have received the best scores in annual online training modules and let managers know which employees have not completed it as the deadline approaches. What function is this HR management system helping the company perform?

training

Martha was once mugged on the subway, so now every time she enters the subway she starts to shake and feel afraid. For Martha, the subway is a

trigger

Which communication technique shows that someone has a team orientation?

using the pronouns "you" and "we" to discuss goals and needs

5G cellular technology offers the promise of download speeds as high as 20 Gbps. This will likely require more antenna arrays with each antenna sending out ________ microwave signals.

weaker

The post-trust era is a period of time

when people have lost the trust they once had in the business community

Which of the following are considered major cloud service providers? More than one answer may be correct.

-Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a broad set of global cloud-based products. -Google Cloud offers a suite of modular cloud computing services. -Kamatera Performance Cloud offers a range of flexible cloud infrastructure services.

Which of the following is an example of an employee behaving in a way that confirms the theories of Elton Mayo? More than one answer may be correct.

-An employee comes in to work every day and competently does the tasks that are assigned to him. He does not frequently engage with his manager and is unsure how his job relates to the overall company goals. Although he used to frequently finish his tasks earlier than assigned, lately he is unable to complete them all in one day. -An editorial assistant is hired after college graduation by an editor in chief at a publishing house. Although the assistant's main tasks are to make appointments, arrange for conference travel, and send out review copies, the editor in chief frequently meets with the assistant to let her know details of how conferences went and how books she has worked on are selling, describing to the assistant how these sales occur and why each conference is important. The assistant finds herself staying late at work to ensure that everything is done correctly and looks forward to her meetings with her boss.

Which of the following are important questions to ask before signing a service level agreement (SLA) with a cloud services security vendor? More than one answer may be selected.

-Are you in compliance with local, state, and federal security standards and regulations? -Do you go through external security audits? -How is data from different corporations kept separate?

Machine-learning software is being used to explore databases of existing molecules (and their associated properties) to generate information that can be used to develop new drugs to treat a variety of conditions expeditiously and at lower costs. Firms at the forefront of this new strategy include

-Atomwise. -Insilico Medicine. -Kebotix.

Describe key features of content delivery networks (CDN). More than one answer may be correct.

-CDNs are geographically distributed network server groups that work together to deliver web pages and other web content to users. -CDNs provide more efficient delivery of Internet and Web content because the closer the CDN server is to the user geographically, the faster the content will be delivered. -PoPs include various caching servers that assist in delivering content to website visitors within its operational proximity.

From the following list, select all the ways in which improvements in MIS technologies and tools are likely to affect managers who telecommute.

-They will be able to do additional tasks on their mobile phones. -They will face additional work demands on their personal time.

Machine learning is the field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed. Which of the following are categories of machine learning?

-supervised -unsupervised -reinforced

Which situation is an example of disrespecting the dignity and worth of others?

criticizing a subordinate in front of others

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and LiteCoin all use blockchain algorithms to control quantity and verify the validity of transactions. They are referred to as

cryptocurrency.