IFMG 300 exam 1
The core capabilities of computer-based information systems include:
1. High-speed calculations 2. Staging and processing of large amounts of data 3. Quick access to information
Managing information systems is a modern organization is challenging because:
1. The systems are very expensive to acquire, operate, and maintain 2. The systems are critical to the organization's operations
Global outsourcing helps an organization to:
1. find the best person for the job 2. find more economical resources 3. implement spatial and temporal flexibility
What are some characteristics of today's business environment?
1. interconnected 2. hypercompetitive 3. global
Sales and marketing professionals use IT for what functions?
1. promotion analysis 2. site analysis
While information systems, such as transaction processing systems, generate more information for managers to process, other information systems, such as _____, help them analyze this information to make better-informed decisions.
Business intelligence applications
T or F: A network is a connecting system that can only be wireless
False
T or F: Business-oriented MIS majors typically find jobs as programmers/analysts
False
T or F: Information technology impacts individuals and organizations, but has little impact on our planet.
False
T or F: It decreases the number of employees who can report to a single manager.
False
T or F: Process and procedures are important but not critical to the effective use of computer based information systems.
False
T or F: Robots are being used in a decreasing number of everyday tasks
False
T or F: TPS stands for Transfer processing systems.
False. (Transaction processing system)
HR information systems, POM information systems, CRM information systems, and marketing information systems are usually classified as:
Functional area information systems
Telepresence systems can help make _____ a more popular choice for small and medium enterprises.
Global outsourcing
What is a negative societal effect associated with the increased use of information technology?
It can place employees on constant call
___ consists of information that has been processed to convey expertise as it applies to a business problem.
Knowledge
Which of the following is a useful, cost-effective, hands-on, and safe teaching tool in the medical field?
Simulation environments
What are 2 IT components in CBIS?
Software and database
What is not a characteristic of today's business environment?
Static
T or F: A student majoring in MIS can follow a more technical track or a more business-oriented track.
True
T or F: An application is a computer program designed to support a specific task
True
T or F: Business analysts act as "interpreters" between the user community and technical specialists
True
T or F: Career opportunities are strong in IS and are projected to remain strong for the next 10 years.
True
T or F: IT can both improve and decrease our quality of life
True
T or F: IT means that managers have less time to make decisions.
True
T or F: IT offers excellent career opportunities
True
T or F: One impact of IT will be to decrease the numbers of managers employed in organizations.
True
T or F: One of the big advantages of being an informed user and consumer of IT is that it enables you to anticipate future innovations and their potential applications.
True
T or F: One of the main reasons for being an informed user is that you will have more effective interactions with your IT department.
True
T or F: Over the years, the MIS function has changed to a partnership between the MIS department and the end users
True
T or F: The competitive advantage of replacing people with computers is increasing rapidly.
True
Which of the following is an IT job within an organization? a. system analyst b. CIO c. network manager d. program manager e. all of these
e. all of these
IT affects middle managers by _____.
increasing their productivity
