MIS Quiz 1 Chapter Quiz

What percent of Facebook's users access the service from mobile phones and tablets

98 percent

Maintaining the organization's financial records is a central purpose of which main business function? A) Human resources B) Sales and manufacturing C) Manufacturing and accounting D) Finance and accounting E) Finance and sales

Finance and accounting

All of the following exemplify the new face of e-commerce in the twenty-first century except: Apple Music, GE, Netflix, Tumblr, Facebook

GE

Which of the following Statements is not true: most of the organizational, management, and cultural changes inside firms, In 2019, US spending on IT equipment, software, and research and development accounted for about 35 percent of the total US capital spending (in nominal GDP), Much of the money spent by businesses on management consulting and services involves redesigning firms' business operations to take advantage of new technologies, In 2019, firms spent $160 billion on management consulting and service, In 2019 global spending on information technology (IT) and IT services was nearly $3.8 trillion

In 2019, US spending on IT equipment, software, and research and development accounted for about 35 percent of total US capital spending (in Nominal GDP)

Which of the following is not an expression of a superior return on the investment in an information system? A) Increase in productivity B) Increase in firm transaction costs C) Superior long-term strategic positioning of the firm D) Increase in the firm's stock market value E) Increase in revenue

Increase in firm transaction costs

What is an example of a business using information systems to improve supplier intimacy?

JCPenny's information system allows its contract manufacturers to see what garments have been sold and need to be replaced

Which of the following deals with behavioral issues as well as technical issues surrounding the development, use, and impact of information systems used by managers and employees in the firm? A) Information technology infrastructure B) Management information systems C) Computer literacy D) Information systems architecture E) Business processes

Management information systems

Which of the following is an example of raw data from an automobile manufacturer? A) An average of 120 Subarus sold daily in New York in 2020 B) One Subaru Outback sold July 27, 2020 in Mohegan Lake, New York for $24,000 C) Annual sales of Subaru Outbacks increased 5.3 percent D) An average sale price of $25,500 for all Subaru Outbacks sold during July 2020 in Mohegan Lake, New York E) 1,200 Subaru Outbacks sold during the first quarter 2020 in New York

One Subaru Outback sold July 27, 2020 in Mohegan Lake, New York for $24,000

Data management technology consists of which of the following? A) Two or more computers linked together to share data or resources B) Physical hardware and media used by an organization to store data C) Hardware and software used to transfer data D) Software governing the organization of data on physical storage media E) Detailed, preprogrammed instructions that control and coordinate the computer hardware components in an information system

Software governing the organization of data on physical storage media

Which of the following statements is not true: More than 50 percent of Intel's revenues in 2019 came from overseas sales of its microprocessors, half of Fortune 500 US firms derive nearly 50 percent of their revenues from foreign operations, a growing percentage of the economy in the united states depends on imports and exports, since 2000, the United States has lost an estimated 5 million manufacturing jobs to offshore, low-wage producers, The Internet has eased competitive tensions among nations as global trade expands

The Internet has eased competitive tensions among nations as global trade expands

Which of the following statements about digital firms is not true? Digital firms offer extraordinary opportunities for flexible global organization and management. Today, most firms are fully digital. Digital firms have more flexibility to survive in turbulent times In digital firms, time-shifting and space-shifting are the norm Digital firms sense and respond to their environments more rapidly than traditional firms

Today, most firms are fully digital

All of the following are examples of environmental actors in an information system except: A) customers. B) employees. C) suppliers. D) regulatory agencies. E) competitors.

employees

Verizon Corporation uses a web-based digital dashboard to provide managers with real-time information in order to

improve customer intimacy

Which of the following is not one of the six strategic business objectives that businesses are seeking to achieve when they invest in information systems? Competitive advantage, improved community relations, survival, improved decisions making, operational excellence

improved community relations

As discussed in the chapter-opening case, AWM Smart Self can help brands and retailers achieve which of the following? Survival, improved employee morale, increased supplier intimacy, increased customer intimacy, development of new products

increased customer intimacy

Walmart exemplifies the power of information systems coupled with state-of-the-art business practices and supportive management to achieve which of the following the development of new products and services, survival, competitive advantage, customer intimacy, operational efficiency

operational efficiency

In a hierarchical business organization, the upper level consists of

senior management

A firm that must invest in new information systems capabilities in order to comply with federal legislation is investing to achieve which business objective? improved decision-making, customer intimacy, survival, operational excellence, creation of new products

survival

True/False: Creative work driven by new knowledge and information is a significant part of management responsibility

true

True/False: Parts of an organization's culture can always be found embedded in its information systems

true