Investigating MIS (#2)

Which of the following is an example of an MKIS being used to evaluate industry trends within a market? More than one answer may be correct. 1. Determine if a decrease in sales of a frozen food product is unique to the company or is occurring at all companies that sell that type of frozen food 2. Determine if increased demand for a cleaning product after a severe weather event occurs in all regions or is just a local phenomenon 3. Determine the correct pricing structure for a line of personal care products 4. Analyze customer feedback regarding a new product launch

1 and 2

A retail chain store uses a centralized mainframe system that connects all of the cash registers within a region. Regional managers are able pull sales reports for all units on this mainframe. Salespeople are able to easily ring up and total customers purchases, as well as communicate with other associates at different machines. What is his mainframe system an example of? More than one answer may be correct. 1. mobile POS station 2. transaction processing system 3. cloud computing system 4. client-server network

1 and 4

Which of the following scenarios describes a situation that would benefit from a mobile POS system? More than one answer may be correct. 1. A pop-up art space is opening downtown. They will be in their retail space for two months before closing up shop and hope to sell the works of three local artists. They would like to use one system to manage inventory, purchasing and customer payment. 2. A handy man runs a business where he does small repairs and maintenance work at homes in his town. He does not advertise and gains new client by word of mouth only. Currently, he only accepts cash or check for payment but would like to accept credit and debit cards. 3. Two yoga instructors plan on offering weekly pop-up yoga classes for small children and their parents. They will advertise on social media and parents will pay the fee as they arrive for the class. Each class will be held a different local brewery or restaurant bef

1, 2 and 3

Which of the following are examples of cloud-based management information systems support offered by mobile POS systems? More than one answer may be correct. 1. A system that keeps track of which required online training courses each employee has taken and makes new training available once prerequisites have been met. 2. A system that alerts management when different items are selling faster than expected and need to be restocked. 3. A system that works with payroll systems to keep track of how many hours an employee has worked and totals up their weekly paychecks. 4. A system that detects fraudulent expenses or sales information when an employee submits an expense report.

1, 2, and 3

A marketing manager requests and receives a report on consumers who use a competing brand of laundry detergent. Included in this report is demographic information such as age, gender, and geographic location; frequency with which the product is purchased; estimated amount of revenue generated by this product per geographic location; and qualities that consumers rank as important to their purchasing decision. These reports represent what function of a marketing information system (MKIS)? A. Distributing sales and marketing information B. Gathering marketing data C. Storing marketing data D. Analyzing marketing data

B. Gathering marketing data

What function of a micro-networked POS systems is responsible for increased accuracy of employees when ringing up customer purchases? A. Data backups that occur while items are being rung up B. The total button which automatically added up the amount owed for items purchased C. Centralized mainframes that allowed different cash registers to be connected to one network D. Increased training on how to use POS systems

B. The total button which automatically added up the amount owed for items purchased

Cloud computing can best be described as: A. avoiding issues with the Internet to store data. B. computing data analyses in the cloud. C. using the Internet to store and access resources. D. setting up a private server on the Internet.

C. using the Internet to store and access resources.

What did Peter Drucker mean by "decentralization"? A. Organizations break down into units that focus on a specific function. B. Organizations expand their geographic footprint in order to touch more customers. C. Organizations adapt their marketing plan to address regional concerns. D. Organizations work at what they do best and have a comparative advantage and outsource the work at which they have no advantage.

D. Organizations work at what they do best and have a comparative advantage and outsource the work at which they have no advantage.

Which of the following statements most clearly describes Mary Parker Follett's contribution to management theory? A. The true sources of power within an organization are planning and training. B. Organizational processes and societal processes can be studied through a common lens. C. Resolution of conflict is best carried out by employees themselves, before involving managers. D. The most important elements of an organization are relationships, informal processes, and communications.

D. The most important elements of an organization are relationships, informal processes, and communications.

Smaller businesses are able to get the benefits of an enterprise resource (ERP) system through: A. significant investments in their IT budgets. B. partnering with businesses with similar business plans. C. performing all the functions that an enterprise resource system encompasses. D. scalable cloud-based ERP systems.

D. scalable cloud-based ERP systems.