MIS EXAM 2 Review

(T/F) In the production process, a production order is used to request that the company produce a specified quantity of goods.

False

Which of the following is an example of organizational data? Data about:

Sales Organizations

(T/F) A purchase order is created by the accounting department?

False

A company does not have sufficient inventory of materials ordered by a customer. So, it ships what it has now and will ship the ship the remaining at a later date when more materials are available. Which of the following best describes the above scenario?

Backorder

Which of the following identifies the parts needed to make one unit of a product?

Bill of Material

(T/F) Due to globalization, organizations tend to locate their operations in one country

False

(T/F) In the integrated process, a make-to-stock strategy is employed by SSB.

False

Which of the following is the correct sequence of steps in the Procurement Process?

Create Requisition, Create & Send PO, Receive Shipment, Receive Invoice, Send Payment

Which of the following is an example of master data? Data about:

Customers

Which activity would likely be performed by a knowledge worker?

Deciding whether to outsource manufacturing

(T/F) In the integrated process, the steps related to procurement are triggered by a need to increase inventory of finished products.

False

The integrated process is triggered by which previously discussed process?

Fulfillment

What activity is performed when a shipment arrives from a vendor?

Goods Receipt

Which of the following is NOT part of the 3-tier architecture? Hardware, application,data,presentation

Hardware layer

Flows in a business process consist of?

Physical flow, data & document flow, information flow

Which of the following processes is triggered when someone in the company determines that a specific quantity of a certain material is needed?

Procurement Process

Which of the following defines the steps or operations necessary to create the product?

Product Routing

Payment terms are declared by the seller at what step?

Quotation

Which of the following is the correct order of the Fulfillment Process?

Receive Customer Inquiry, Receive Customer Purchase Order, Create Sales Order, Prepare and Send Shipment, Create and Send Invoice, Receive Payment

Which of the following is the sequence of activities in the Production Process?

Request Production, Authorize Production, Issue Raw Materials, Create Product, Receive Finished Goods

Which of the following was the earliest stage in the evolution of enterprise systems?

Stand-alone mainframe architecture

(T/F) Dates, times and locations are examples of transaction data in an ES.

True

(T/F) In the integrated process, the steps related to the production process are suspended when there are insufficient quantities of the needed raw materials in stock.

True

(T/F) The Cisco System case illustrates the "excess inventory" problem resulted from the silo effect

True

(T/F) The packing list is part of the receive goods step in Purchasing Process?

True

(T/F) Under a make-to-stock strategy, the production process is triggered by a need to increase inventory.

True

(T/F) When using ES, much of the data needed to create a customer invoice is automatically obtained from data previously stored in the system.

True

In the Fulfillment process, which department prepares and sends the shipment?

Warehouse

In the procurement process, which department creates the Purchase Requisition?

Warehouse

In the integrated process, under which of the following conditions will the fulfillment process steps be suspended until the production process steps are complete?

When there are insufficient quantities of the finished product in Inventory