CIS Test 1

Which model is used to describe the interaction of external forces that affect an organization's strategy and ability to compete?

Competitive Forces Model

What is the most important function of an enterprise application?

Enabling business function or departments to share info

A(n) ________ system collects data from various key business processes and stores the data in a single, comprehensive data repository, usable by other parts of the business.

Enterprise

All business processes are formally documented by an organization.

False

An SCM is considered to be an intraorganizational system because it manages information that flows between different companies.

False

An inventory control system is an example of an MIS.

False

Middle managers make long-range strategic decisions about the firm's products and services.

False

Software programs were unprotected by copyright law until the early 1990s.

False

Networking and telecommunications technologies, along with computer hardware, software, data management technology, and the people required to run and manage them, constitute an organization's:

IT Infrastructure

Which of the following is not one of the current key technology trends that raises ethical issues?

Increase in data quality

All of the following statements are true about information technology's impact on business firms except:

It helps firms expand in time

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?

Management Information Systems

Producing a bill of materials is a business process in which of the following functional areas

Manufacturing and Production

Which of the following is a data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources?

NORA

The divergent viewpoints about how resources, rewards, and punishments should be distributed, and the struggles resulting from these differences are known as organizational:

Politics

________ is a competitive strategy for creating brand loyalty by developing new and unique products and services that are not easily duplicated by competitors.

Product Differentiation

The use of computers to assemble data from different sources to create digital dossiers of detailed information about individuals is known as which of the following?

Profiling

RFID sensor-generated data on stored food items such as storage location is an example of:

Raw Input

The U.S. Department of Commerce developed a ________ framework in order to enable U.S. businesses to legally use personal data from EU countries.

Safe Harbour

Which ethical rule states that if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all?

Slippery-Slope Rule

Which type of system integrates supplier, manufacturer, distributor, and customer logistics processes?

Supply Chain Management Systems

A firm that invests in an information system because it is a necessity of doing business does so because it is seeking to achieve which of the following business objectives?

Survival

Which of the following job categories is expected to experience the most growth over the next eight years?

System Analysts

Which of the following statements about digital firms is not true?

Today most firms are fully digital

A DSS uses internal information as well as information from external sources.

True

According to the network economics perspective, the more people offering products on eBay's site, the greater the value of the site to all who use it.

True

Creative work driven by new knowledge and information is a significant part of management responsibility.

True

Customers are one of the competitive forces that affect an organization's ability to compete.

True

Laws and regulations creating fair, stable market environments are examples of complementary social assets required to optimize returns from IT investments.

True

One of the key concepts in patent law is novelty.

True

Private business investment in information technology constituted 37 percent of all invested capital in 2015.

True

Smart products are an example of the Internet of Things

True

Some forms of illegal sharing of music files have declined as legitimate online music stores have expanded

True

The number of IS/MIS jobs is projected to grow 50% faster than the average job growth for the economy as a whole in the next eight years.

True

The value chain model classifies all company activities as either primary or support activities.

True

Transaction-level information is essential for operational management to be able to direct the day-to-day operations of the business.

True

Web beacons are tiny, invisible software programs hidden in e-mail messages and web pages that are used to track and report a user's online behavior.

True

When the output of some units in a firm can be used as inputs to other units, synergies develop, which can lower costs and generate profits.

True

A virtual company:

Uses networks to link people,assets, and ideas.