Chapter 1 MIS T/F

Converting raw data into a more meaningful form is called:

processing.

True

An IT infrastructure provides the platform on which the firm can build its information systems.

True

An extranet is a private intranet extended to authorized users outside the organization.

True

An understanding of enterprise-wide systems for customer relationship management is one of the skills relevant to careers in marketing.

True

As a result of new public laws, accountants are beginning to perform more technical duties, such as auditing systems and networks.

True

Employee attitudes about their jobs, employers, or technology can have a powerful effect on their abilities to use information systems productively.

False

Whereas marketing and financial careers have been transformed by the growth in information systems, management has-so far-remained relatively unaffected.

A hierarchy:

is a pyramid structure of rising authority and responsibility.

False

Political conflict is an example of the people dimension of business problems.

False

There are two types of outsourcing: offshore outsourcing and foreign outsourcing.

The fundamental set of assumptions, values, and ways of doing things that has been accepted by most of a company's members is called its:

culture

True

UPS's use of Web-based tools that allow customers to embed UPS functions, such as tracking and cost calculations, into their own Web sites was an information systems solution used to achieve customer intimacy.

The field that 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, is called:

management information systems.

In a hierarchical organization, the upper levels consist of:

managerial, professional, and technical workers.

Electronic computers and related software programs are the technical foundation, the tools and materials, of:

modern information systems.

False

IT managerial jobs are outsourced easily because of the universal standards used by the Internet.

True

Identifying a problem includes agreeing that a problem exists

True

In order to understand how a specific business firm uses information systems, you need to know something about the history and culture of the company.

False

Information systems consists of all the hardware and software that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives.

True

Purchase of information systems and telecommunications equipment constituted more than half of all capital investment in the United States in 2013.

An example of raw data from a national chain of automobile stores would be:

1 Toyota RAV4 sold January 7, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky - $28000.

True

A business model describes how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service to create wealth.

False

A network requires at least three computers and a shared resource.

False

Business processes are those logically related tasks for accomplishing tasks that have been formally encoded by an organization.

True

Developing a new product, fulfilling an order, or hiring a new employee are all examples of business processes.

False

Information systems literacy describes the behavioral approach to information systems, while computer literacy describes the technical approach.

The average number of tickets sold daily online is an example of:

Meaningful Information

True

The dimensions of information systems are people, organizations, and information technology.

All of the following can be considered managerial responsibilities except:

designing new information systems.

Output:

transfers processed information to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used.