KATIE MIS
In the decision support process, formulating a module to be evaluated and setting criteria for making a choice would occur during what phase of the decision making process?
Design Phase
With respect to a database, what term is used to describe an abstract representation of all of the information included in a data structure about a particular type of entity?
Entity Class
When describing the invention of the cell phone, who said "For the first time, you were calling a person, not a place..."?
Martin Cooper
What is the name of the wireless technology that is designed to be embedded in mobile devices such as cell phones and credit cards allowing you to pay for items by waving your card within a few centimeters of a point-of-sale terminal?
Near-field Communication
In a decision matrix, a "weighting" allows what additional information to be included in the analysis?
Relative importance
Who was the founding director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program?
Ronald S. Weinstein, M.D.
What common function do "HTTP", "TCP" and "IP" share?
They all define internet-based protocols
Which of the following types of security risks would ben identified weakness in which necessary controls are not present or effective?
Vulnerability
Signals used to send messages can be _______ or digital.
analog
Weak passwords are a(n) ___________ threat.
employee
Due to the curvature of the earth, microwave towers generally cannot be spaced more than about how many kilometers apart?
48
According to MIT Sloan Management Review, what percentage of companies have placed sustainability permanently on their management agendas?
70%
What would be the correct function to find the price of a Caffe Mocha, size Grande?
=VLOOKUP(A14,$A$2:$D$10,3,FALSE)
What term was coined by Goldman Sachs in 2001 to describe the fastest growing market economies?
BRIC
With respect to Porter's Forces, which of the five factors would have be the LEAST (weakest) impact on Starbuck's business model?
Bargaining power of suppliers
The equity on a company's balance sheet is most closely related to which of the following?
Book value
What approach to knowledge management would best describe the Eller FlexLabs?
Community of Practice
What is the name for the path containing the minimum set of tasks that you must traverse in order to reach completion of your project on time?
Critical Path
Which of the following security measures would be considered a "last line defense" for Information Security?
Cryptography
What term is used to describe an individual who was born after the widespread adoption of digital technology and have grown up using technology like the Internet, computers and mobile devices?
Digital Native
Converting all MIS 111 students from clickers to response cards without an initial test period is an example of what type of conversion?
Direct conversion
What is the named used to describe daily spending decisions like eating at a restaurant, buying clothes, drinking Starbucks, or playing a round of golf?
Discretionary
In the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) "http://www.arizona.edu", what does ".edu" define?
Domain
[Systems] What term is used to describe interorganizational ERP systems that provide web-enabled links among a company's key business systems—such as inventory and production—and its customers, suppliers, distributors, and other relevant parties?
ERP-II
What was the name of the legislation adopted by the European Parliament that mandated that all countries within the EU must setup laws requiring websites to obtain informed consent before they can store or retrieve information on a visitor's computer or web-enabled device.
EU Cookie Law
Purchasing an entire box of screws, even though only a small number are need for the master production schedule is an example of making a purchasing decision based on what approach?
Economic Order Quantity
Often presented visually on an executive dashboard, what type of report focuses attention on business processes whose performance falls outside the range of their defined KPI metrics?
Exception
What network security control prevents information from moving between two networks?
Firewall
What phrase is used to describe the current and developing environment in which disruptive technologies and trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the way we live and work?
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Which of the project management documents includes all three of the triple constraints that are in the Scope Triangle?
Gantt Chart
Pioneered at the University of Arizona, what decision support technology as developed to address problems such as a lack of focus, fear of speaking, hidden agendas and misunderstandings then collaborating with others?
Group Decision Support Systems
Which of the following is TRUE?
IT impacts entire industries.
What type of inventory management systems deliver the precise number of parts, called work-in-process inventory, to be assembled into a finished product at precisely the right time?
JIT
What term is used to describe the percentage value of the number of times a keyword or key phrase appears on a webpage as compared to the total amount of words on the page?
Keyword density
What term is used to describe the conversion of tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge, so that the knowledge can be used in the organization by the staff?
Knowledge Codification
What Center in the Eller College of Management has the mission to help students improve their potential and advance society by developing an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset?
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship
Explicit, or "leaky" knowledge, is based on information that is:
Objective and rational
What action did Stacy Snyder take that resulted in her losing her job?
Posting a photo of herself at a party on her personal social media account
Which of the following are similar actions in the DM, KCC, and GDSS cycles?
Problem Definition, Create, Brainstorm
Keyword selection and density, image alt tags, and links to content are mostly commonly associated with which of the following concepts?
SEO
What type of electronic commerce helps shoppers connect with one another based on tastes, location, age, gender, and other selected attributes allowing them to share information using voting, comments, discussions, and reviews focused on shopping?
Social shopping
Using the Internet of Things to increase the efficiency of a company's operations by allowing it to track, in real time, the movement of raw materials and parts through the manufacturing process to finished products delivered to the customer is related to what business function?
Supply chain management
Originally spun out of Stanford University as a research project, what big data tool started out by offering visualization techniques for exploring and analyzing relational databases and data cubes and has expanded to include Big Data research?
Tableau
What collaboration tool was discussed in class that enhances the participants' contextual awareness by sharing non-verbal information during meetings?
Telepresence
When displaying a webpage, such as http://www.u.arizona.edu/~wilbur, what is the name of the directory the web browser will check in the "wilbur" account for the "index.html" website?
The "public_html" directory
Developed by the US Navy, a PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique) chart would help a project manager understand what aspect of a project?
The project milestones and the order they are scheduled to be completed
As I move farther away from campus, I notice that my UAWiFi connection gets progressively weaker. What factor will always cause this to occur?
The signal strength is lost due to attenuation
What British Scientist invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in 1989?
Tim Berners-Lee
If the search column for a VLOOKUP contains a duplicate value, which value will be returned?
VLOOKUP will return a value based on the the first match
As a possible password, how many variables would the password MIS111Exam (just the underlined string of characters) have when assessing its security strength?
3
Satellites used for data communications that appear to be stationary from a fixed location on earth are placed in what type of orbit?
Geosynchronous orbit
What tool is commonly used to track how, when and from what location users are using website?
Google Analytics
[RelativeSize] What type of chart would be show the values of individual components proportional to a whole, allowing you to easily know relative size of a component, such as might be done to analyze the allocation of expenditures in a budget?
Pie Chart
______________ is the process of forming a digital dossier.
Profiling
Assume you need to put a sign that says "PUSH" on a door handle to explain the correct way to operate the door. The "PUSH" sign helps a user understand what aspect of usability?
he sign explains a false affordance
When the DNC was targeting voters using their data-driven approach, which of these voting groups were the most appropriate to target? (This question is from the online lecture)
emocratic and swing voters who sometimes vote
What type of guided media uses light for signaling?
fiber optics
Google's main business reason for installing fiber in select US cities is to _______.
generate more web traffic, which generates more ad revenue for them
What term is used to describe a physical interface between peripheral devices and the computer?
port
What normative ethical theory expects a corporation to create more value to society that it consumes?
social contact theory
in the video case for Nestle, data-driven decisions were primarily based on visualizations of information from what source?
social media platforms
When you use Google Drive to work on a document with a classmate, this is considered _________.
virtual collaboration
Since our firm's sales are cyclical, we adjust the commissions of our sales team sales each quarter. What HLOOKUP function would be used to determine the correct commission rate for March 15th, as shown below?
=HLOOKUP(C5,C2:F3,2,TRUE)
What term is used to describe an online advertising service developed by Google, where advertisers pay to display advertising, product listings, and video content as a result of Google search
Adwords
In the Jack Welch Video Case in the SCM Lecture, What approach was he discussing as key to providing customer value?
Six Sigma
a firewall is ______ control
communication
An I^2 diagram helps identify opportunities that are "low hanging fruit". What does the term "low hanging fruit" mean in this context?
rojects that easy to do and also have a high value proposition
What term is used to describe the behavior where small changes in customer demand that result in large variations in raw material orders causing inefficiency in the supply chain?
Bullwhip effect
When we discussed the design of network infrastructure, we noted that the design of connectors on computers we generally related to the speed of the communication interface, the function being supported (number of signals required), and what other issue related to human-computer interaction?
Constraints to improve reliability
the __________________ test proposes a scenario in which a man and a computer both pretend to be women or men, and a human interviewer has to identify which is the real human
turing
Which of the following is *NOT* a behavioral issue for meetings?
wrong people
For companies managing their supply chain business processes using CPFAR (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment), the process improvements over the traditional ordering process could be primarily considered as an improvement in which of the following?
Efficiency
The University of Arizona is nationally recognized for sustainability in its academics, research, operations, and administration by the Assocation for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. What Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating SystemTM (STARS) rating was the University of Arizona awarded in 2017?
Gold
In the Online Democracy model, the "Voter Activation Network" uses voter registration rolls to categorize voters as always/sometimes/never voting by using information obtained from:
Government records
Allowing individuals to file tax returns, renew driver's licenses, and obtain various permits online is an example of what type of eGovernment?
Government-to-citizen (G2C)
When adding your icon to your ABP-3B website, what section should you add the link directive to your icon file?
HEAD
What is NOT an advantage of digital transmission?
Harder to encrypt
If your sales system shows a customer's name as "Johnny Smith", but your logistics system for shipping shows the same customer as "John A. Smith", what type of database problem does this represent?
Inconsistency
In Thomas Friedman's discussion of globalization, he described the process of globalization as being realized through actions that were first defined by your country, then later defined by multi-national companies, and finally, in the most recent age of globalization is defined by:
Individuals
What term best describes when consumers are able to use their smartphones to obtain information about a company's competitor's product pricing, features, customer reviews and availability while shopping in their company's brink-and mortar store?
Information transparency
The sequence of activities performed by users of GroupSystems' ThinkTank product directly parallel the steps in what other business process?
Knowledge management cycle
Who said the following quote "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
Maya Angelou
What name is used to describe results found when a search engine algorithm analyzes all the pages across the web in an unbiased way and reports the pages considered to contain the most relevant information for your search terms?
Organic
What is NOT a factor contributing to the Bullwhip Effect?
Outsourcing
Which type of website file contains software that's executed on the host before sending the results to the browser?
PHP
What term does Google use to describe how important a website is based upon counting the number and quality of links to a page, using the underlying assumption is that more important websites are likely to receive more links from other websites?
Page rank
Which of the following technologies would *not* require line-of-sight scanning?
RFID Tags
Dr. Patton discussed the Hacking Google Glasses video case in class and talked about what it could be a precursor to something else getting hacked in the future. What did he say might be the next thing hacked using the same technique?
Smart / Autonomous Cars
Sending phishing emails that demand users respond immediately or risk losing access to a critical resource, such as email, is an example of what?
Social Engineering
Applications such as "find a friend" (FourSquare), driving directions (Smartrek), roadside assistance (OnStar), and fleet management (UPS and FedEx) are all examples of services that have been enhanced by knowing what?
The location of the requester
Pie charts have several limitations, including all of the following except?
They have limited color and don't draw the eye and attention
What technology do companies use to make the links between connection between two corporate intranets more secure?
VPN
When you check your credit score for incorrect information, you're responding to which of the "4 V's" discussed for "big data" in the financial reporting business sector?
Veracity
Businesses like to use Virtual Private Networks for every reason except?
Virtual networks are faster than ordinary internet connections
According to the articles what technologies enable businesses and their employees to get in front of clients and customers but do it in a cost-savings manner?
VoIP and web conferencing
The "Porter's Forces" model deals with what aspect of globalized business?
competition
In the Ruby Tuesday's sales analysis case, analyzing historical data about the sales dimensions of products categories, sales regions, and months of the year would be best using which of the following approaches we've previously discussed?
data cubes
Requiring students to use a combination of a numeric passcode and their CatCard to enter a locked door on a UA dorm is an example of approach for security control?
defense in depth
The pattern of financial fraud undertaken by David Myers, MCI?s Controller, is a good example of what type of ethical situation?
ethical drift
Planned, recurring expenses that occur on a routine schedule, such rent or car payments that must be paid every month, are examples of what?
fixed expenses
In the video case describing the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) presented by Vint Cref, what common problem did his analogy using the postal service to email a page from a book have with sending TCP packets?
he message might get lost and not delivered
What is the correct filename for your ABP-3A website?
index.html
What dimension of Porter's Forces focuses on the decision that a buyer makes when choosing among direct, existing competitors when all of the competitors offer the same identical name-brand product (e.g., an iPhone 6)?
industry rivalry
ERP address information silos by _____________.
integrating functional areas
Operating unregulated WiFi networks, clickers, Bluetooth headsets, cordless telephones, and microwave ovens using the same 2.4GHz ISM frequency range in close proximity to one another might result in what problem?
interference
Which of the following is the correct order of the traditional System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)?
investigation, analysis, design, programming and testing, implementation, operation and maintenance
in addition to possessing contextual and relevant information, what other characteristic aspect does knowledge possess
it is actionable
The terms "contextual," "relevant," and "actionable" are commonly related to what term?
knowledge
With respect to an individual, what term describes the process of managing one's earnings, savings, and debt to meet the actual and budgeted expenses?
personal finance
Which of the following business component are *not* included in an MRP-II planning cycle?
product margins
The old accounting maxim of "promise low" and "deliver high" is related what costing and budget concept?
prudence
What is the name of the directory where the files for your websites for ABP-3A and ABP- 3B will be stored on the U.Arizona.Edu web server?
public_html
[ChartingTool] What is the name of the Business Intelligence tool that is used for interactive analytics and data modeling?
tableau
Cisco uses the term "the power of in-person" to describe the ability of what technology to improve access to subject matter experts and to open doors to small business people?
telepresence
In a vertical cross-functional business process diagram, the order of items in one column (from top to bottom) shows what relationship among these items?
time
When applying for advanced standing in the Eller College of Management, the process of selecting your major would be best described as having what characteristics of a decision?
Unstructured and Strategic
Assume you are 22 years old when you graduate from the University of Arizona and have a credit card with a $2,000 credit balance with an 18% annual rate. If you only make minimum payments of 2% of the balance or just $10 (whichever is greater) each month, what birthday will you likely be be celebrating when the the credit card is paid off?
52
Put the following assets in order of increasing liquidity (least to most)
. Cash, Inventory, Property & Plan
[ERPModules] Which of the following is typically not considered a "core" ERP module?
. E-Business
Similiar to the expansion of telecommunications in the 1800's with the telegraph, what transportation infrastructure was discussed in class that guided the decision the placement of the long-haul fiber-optic cable infrastructure?
. Inter-continental Railroads Network
Approximately what percentage of applications for jobs are rejected by potential employers before the interview due to public information posted online by the applicant (e.g. social networking, blogs, media sites, etc. - that is, your online reputation)?
60% or more
"Fishbone" process analysis diagram is also known as:
A cause-and-effect diagram
In June of 2018, Exactis, a marketing and data aggregation firm, disclosed that the personal details of over 340,000,000 individuals and businesses had been compromised. What security failure caused this massive security breach?
A database was able to be accessed on a server open to the internet
In a relational database, what term refers to the collection of items that are all related to a single unique value, where the single value often serves as the primary key?
A record
What term is used to describe the marketing analysis where two versions of a web page are compared to see which one gives a better conversion rate for similar visitors at the same time?
A-B (or Split) Testing
What is the name of a highly popular crowdsourcing Internet marketplace enabling individuals and businesses (known as Requesters) to coordinate the use of human intelligence to perform tasks that computers are currently unable to do?
Amazon Mechanical Turk
Disclosing personal information such as your race, religion, sex, disabilities, and age on social media undermines what type of protections otherwise provided to you as a citizen in the United States?
Anti-discrimination laws
What is the importance of the triple constraint?
Any changes to one constraint will likely affect the project outcome
When a company purchases a high-value software package, how is the ownership of the software package represented on the company?s balance sheet?
As an asset
What type of data mining analysis identifies patterns in the data based on demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, income, ethnicity, etc.)?
Classification
Which of the following types of analysis would be used to produce the Clery report, which is a public annual security report (ASR) that includes statistics of campus crime for the preceding 3 calendar years identifying the crimes committed in physical (geographic) proximity to a college campus as an effort to improve campus safety?
Cluster
What is the name of software that allows publishing, editing, and modifying content from a central interface, providing procedures to manage workflow in a collaborative environment?
Content Management Systems
A Cost-Benefit Analysis is related mostly to what type of project management feasibility assessment?
Economic
An unobstructed, straight line-of-sight path between a transmitter and receiver is required by which of the following high-speed, commercial wireless network technologies?
Microwave
Related to the concepts of globalization, what computer "law" states that the density of transistors will double approximately every 18 months?
Moore's Law
Which of the following is the technology that enables most mobile wallet applications?
NFC
what is affordance?
Physical property of an object that shows functionality
What Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification was the building where our classroom is located, Environment and Natural Resources 2, awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council?
Platinum
What is the term used to describe the process of reducing the number of dimensions of a multi-dimensional data cube (e.g., from three dimensions, perhaps season, location, and product, into two dimensions, such as season and location)?
Projection
Which of the following terms are related to production based on the mass customization initiated by a customer's order?
Pull model
What type of decision based on explicit knowledge and involves analysis using an algortihm and measured data?
Quantitative
Which of the following causes of the bullwhip effect is related to a trading partner intentionally sharing inaccurate information with a company's future inventory requirements?
Shortage gaming
Which of the following factors related to the bullwhip effect was due to deception between two trading partners?
Shortage gaming
What is the name used to describe when a person visits a brick-and-mortar store only to check physical characteristics of a product but intends to purchase the product online?
Showrooming
Information systems professionals understand business needs and analyze processes, methods and data to create customer-oriented solutions. The value proposition for MIS was described more briefly by Dr. Jay Nunamaker, Regents Professor and founding chair of the MIS Department, as a discipline focused on doing what for business?
Solving real problems
Donut Charts are difficult to read, Microsoft recommends what as an alternative?
Stacked Column or Bar Charts
What normative theory of ethics focuses on the belief that manager's actions should be guided by the understanding that they are entrusted with a responsibility to manage and protect the assets of the company for the benefit of all of those who the actions of the firm affect?
Stakeholder
When classifying items on an I^2 diagram, we depend on individuals with domain knowledge and consultants about the items. When discussing knowlege management, what name did we use to describe an individual with domain knowledge?
Subject-matter Expert
What term describes individuals with tactic knowledge about a particular domain?
Subject-matter Experts
Porters five forces focuses on what part of competition?
The Business Environment
What is considered to be the high-capacity data transmission core of the Internet structure?
Tier 1 ISP
In the decision matrix example shown below, which of the answers would have the highest score for Project A?
Time to complete
