MIS - Chapter 1

An example of raw data from an automobile manufacturer would be:

1 Subaru Outback sold January 7, 2015 in Mount Kisco, New York for $25,000.

An example of a business using information systems for supplier intimacy is:

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

Walmart exemplifies the power of information systems coupled with excellent business practices and supportive management to achieve which of the following?

Operational efficiency.

Which are the three major dimensions of business problem solving?

Organizational dimensions, people dimensions, and technology dimensions

A firm that must invest in a new information system in order to comply with federal legislation is investing to achieve which of the following business objectives?

Survival

Which business objective were competitors seeking when they rushed to provide ATMs as well after Citibank introduced the first ATMs in New York?

Survival

Which of the following is a global network that uses universal standards to connect millions of different networks around the world?

The Internet

As described in the chapter case, which of the following constitutes an organizational element in the UPS tracking system?

The specification of procedures for identifying packages with sender and recipient information

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

culture.

The first step in the model of business problem solving discussed in the chapter is:

identifying the problem.

Verizon's implementation of a web-based digital dashboard to provide managers with real-time information, such as customer complaints, is an example of:

improved decision making.

The average number of baseball tickets sold at a particular price is an example of:

meaningful information.

Consider an information system in a moving company that analyzes travel patterns and decides which routes are the most efficient for every van. The need for employees to follow procedures to update this system with arrival and departure times would be considered a(n) _________ dimension of the systems.

organizational

Converting raw data into a more meaningful form is called:

processing.

Inadequate database capacity is an example of the __________ dimension of business problems.

technology

Journalist Thomas Freidman's description of the world as "flat" refers to:

the flattening of economic and cultural advantages of developed countries.

Data management technology consists of:

the software governing the organization of data on physical storage media.

Intranets:

use Internet technology for a private company network.

Which of the following is an important skill for a marketing major?

An understanding of product management enterprise systems

Which of the following would not be considered part of the implementation phase of problem solving?

Evaluating a selection of software packages for implementing a new business process