Chapter One Quiz MIS

Which of the following pairs of components constitutes the human side of information systems?

procedures and hardware

Which of the following best describes data?

recorded facts or figures

Which of the following terms is described as processed data or data presented in a meaningful context?

reports

In 1972, computer scientist ________ recognized that digital devices would change the world as they evolved and became widely used.

Gordon Bell

_______ is the ability to model the components of a system, to connect the inputs and outputs among those components into a sensible whole that reflects the structure and dynamics of the phenomenon observed.

Systems thinking

Carlos is a business student doing an internship at Bruno and Venus, a firm specializing in the export of sophisticated equipment to other countries. He finds that he is unable to create a representative chart depicting the relation between processes such as procurement, shipping, and billing. This indicates that he lacks ________ skills.

abstract reasoning

Carlos is a business student doing an internship at Bruno and Venus, a firm specializing in the export of sophisticated equipment to other countries. He finds that he is unable to create a representative chart depicting the relation between processes such as procurement, shipping, and billing. This indicates that he lacks ________ skills.

abstract thinking

Which of the following types of skills is most likely to be outsourced to the lowest bidder?

accounting skills

Which of the following is the least critical aspect of good information?

additional data

In the five-component model of information systems, which of the following components is considered an actor?

hardware

The storage controllers in a computer are an example of the ________ component of information systems

hardware

Information is considered inefficient if ________.

it is out of context

Which of the following is a common description of information?

knowledge derived from data

Abstract reasoning is the ability to ________.

make and manipulate models

The CEO of a large company asks the sales manager to report the sales figures of the previous quarter. The manager immediately sends her the list of products sold in the previous quarter. These details do not qualify as good information because they are ________.

not relevant

According to Moore's Law, the ________.

number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months

According to the five-component model of information systems, the ________ component provides instructions for the people who use information systems.

procedure

Mark follows certain steps to access the supplementary readings for a course when using his organization's library management system. These steps that he follows are examples of the ________ component of an information system.

procedure

Adobe Acrobat is an application that allows users to create and edit digital documents. This is an example of ________.

software

In the five-component model, the process of automation is a process of moving work from ________.

the human side to the computer side

Which of the following statements is true about the changes and developments foreseen by the year 2026?

traditional classrooms will be replaced by classrooms in a box

________ skills determine the ability to conceive information from data.

cognitive

Which of the following is a major implication of Moore's Law?

costs of communications and storage have become very low

A customer relationship management (CRM) system contains the names and phone numbers of customers. Such details stored in a CRM system are part of the ________ component.

data

Silway Travels organizes tours to a number of cities in Illinois. The manager of the company examines a spreadsheet which is an annual record of airfares to different cities from Chicago. The contents of the spreadsheet will be used to determine the difference in peak season and off-season airfares. The spreadsheet, in this case, represents ________.

data

The ________ component in the five-component model of information systems is considered a bridge that connects the computer side and the human side.

data