Concepts Assessment 1

When you buy a new laptop, how much RAM should it come with?

4-8GB

How many bits equal a byte?

8

Lightning connectors and ports are used by which company?

Apple

Managers track the individual components of the process as well as the process as a whole.

Closure Stage

What is gathering, storing, and searching relevant data known as?

Data Science

Which of the following could have a traditional (magnetic) hard drive?

Dell desktop computer

What is the acronym for End-User Licensing Agreement?

EULA

An application that navigates all of the files and folders on your Mac is the ________.

Finder

The ________ computer creates images on your computer.

GPU

The ________ is a separate processor (computer) on your computer that enhances your video.

Graphic processor (GPU)

The SSD cost is ________ than the traditional hard drive cost.

HIgher

Adding software to a digital device, or adding hardware components to a digital device is called ________.

INstalling

What is the goal of the process design step of business process management (BPM)?

Identify redundancies and inefficiencies in existing processes.

What is gathering, storing, and searching relevant data known as?

Initiation Phase

Which chip and manufacturing company is the largest in the world?

Intel

A mobile hinged computer with an integrated keyboard that uses a full operating system is called a notebook or a ________ computer.

Laptop

Digital music devices are connected to computers using ________ ports.

MIDI

All of the following are common ports that are included with laptop computers except ________.

MIDI ports.

Windows OS is owned and maintained by ________.

Microsoft

Which of the following might be risky to uninstall from a Windows PC laptop?

Microsoft Works 6-9 Converter

shows that the number of transistors on a computer chip doubles roughly every 18 months, a phenomenon that reflects the speed at which business management systems and other technologies can advance.

Moores Law

How can picturing a long series of "if-then" statements best explain how the model of a decision support system works?

NOT "If-then" is the basis of computer logic and is used in all software methodologies.

Most new laptop computers come with how much storage?

NOT 123 MB - 206 GB

Devices allowing data to be retained when your computer is shut down are called ________ devices.

NOT Cache

Where is the headquarters of SAP, the recognized leader in the development of HRM software, located?

NOT California

Marketing manager Zia needs to know if increasing the firm's social media advertising budget will result in a higher return-on-investment. She uses a decision support system (DDS) to determine how much of a budget increase is needed to achieve a targeted sales increase. Later, if actual sales data do not match the DSS determination, Zia will rely on the system to adjust its recommendations. What does this example demonstrate?

NOT DDS provides primarily logistics guidance.

Most tablets and phones use ________ as their main storage device.

NOT Harddrives

Which of the following is an example of a benefit to using a scroll-over feature on a Business Intelligence (BI) dashboard?

NOT It allows the user to overwrite the data with information they know to be more accurate.

A computer that is highly mobile, has a smaller OS, and uses a touchscreen as the primary input method is called a ________.

NOT Laptop

What is conducted in the process design step of business process management?

NOT Managers track the individual components of the process as well as the process as a whole.

Which of the listed programs are used for creating documents, basic web pages, and desktop publishing?

NOT Microsoft Publisher

Which software company has expanded its credit card payment processing products to also sell point-of-sale (POS) stations?

NOT Paypal

Which type of touchscreen uses a single metallic-coated panel and uses electricity to calculate touch points?

NOT Resistive

Which of the following is the data analytics software platform run by Google?

NOT SAP Analytics Cloud

Keeping in mind that all SCM systems have three basic components, how do individual systems vary?

NOT SCM systems vary according to the decisions of middle managers.

Which of the following is not a presentation software term?

NOT Slide Master

Which business software company develops software known to integrate well with existing apps, competes in the same environment as PayPal, and had both Elon Musk and Peter Thiel as early investors?

NOT Square

What is the most likely reason that unstructured decisions are typically made by higher-level management?

NOT They influence the organization's success.

Managers have the greatest degree of control over a new business management system that is implemented as

NOT a custom, cloud-based system.

In the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) programming model, what is the first thing placed into a hierarchy to facilitate the decision-making process?

NOT all possible decisions that can be made

What is the last step in the Five Whys?

NOT continue to ask why

Hubspot CRM, Zoho CRM, and Freshsales CRM are designed to meet the needs of

NOT corporations that use ERP systems.

The business world is overwhelmed by data. It estimated that 1.7MB of data is created every second by every person. Data volume has grown substantially in the last few years, when 90% of the world's data has been created. Of the following, what is the most useful fully computerized tool that can directly translate data into decisions and solutions?

NOT executive support systems

What type of decision-making software can identify issues and find and implement solutions at transactional speed?

NOT executive-speed

HubSpot, Zoho, and Freshsales focus on

NOT finance and accounting management.

Which type of MIS report pinpoints outliers that vary from the norm, such as when a production quota falls below forecasted levels?

NOT forecasting reports

What is the third step when applying multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)?

NOT identify available options

How is the screen size of a laptop computer measured?

NOT left to right across the center of the screen

Checks are quickly processed by point-of-sale (POS) stations with the use of

NOT near field communication (NFC).

The element of the supply chain management system that may include payment and demand management, customer service management, and returns management is

NOT order fulfillment, or procurement, element.

The first step in business process management, in which analysts often "storyboard" the processes in an attempt to view the entire system prior to investigating each component is called

NOT process execution.

Providing managers with increased visibility of the entire logistics process so that they can improve the efficiency of the entire system is the primary function of any

NOT project management system.

The visual image output created by the computer is called ________.

NOT resolution

What manages hardware and software, supports the computer's basic functions, and runs programs?

OPerating System

Which stage of the project management process involves meetings with project stakeholders to ensure everyone understands their role in the project?

Planning

System BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is stored in ________.

ROM

Which step of business process management allows managers to create a continually improving process?

Step 5: process optimization

Which statement best describes the current landscape or state of human resource management software and/or service providers?

There are a variety of HRM companies that serve different business needs.

Today, many computers use ________, a coding scheme that uses at least 16 bits to represent a character.

Unicode

Tiffany has purchased a new laptop. She noticed many unwanted programs came pre installed on her laptop. She wants to ________ the programs from her device so they do not take up storage space.

Uninstall

The wireless network protocol is called ________.

WIFI

Troy has a customized business management system that he likes. However, it cannot easily scale up to meet his growing database storage needs, offers poor protection from hackers, and requires maintaining a large IT department. Troy should replace this system with

a custom, cloud-based solution (PaaS or IaaS).

Which component of a business management system can help a manager check and report on the company's current inventory?

a database management system (DBMS)

Combining a desktop's power with a clean look, ________ computers are popular with companies. However, their inability to expand makes them less popular with serious gamers.

all in one

FireWire connectors were developed for ________ computers.

apple

IBM estimates the U.S. economy loses over $3.1 trillion per year as a result of

bad data.

A channel over which information flows inside a digital device is called a ________.

bus

Which of the following was invented by a saloonkeeper in 1879 and became the most common transaction processing system for 100 years?

cash registers

The ________ speed of the processor dictates the number of instructions that CPU can process per second.

clock

The understanding that retaining customers is more profitable than finding new ones is behind which business management system?

customer relationship management

The business management system that collects customers' email, telephone, and social media data and adds information about their buying habits is a(n)

customer relationship management system.

To ensure adequate spacing between flights, track changes in aircraft airspeed and altitude, and issue alerts at any deviations, air traffic controllers use

decision support systems (DSS).

Devices with a separate system unit and a relatively large footprint are called ________ computers.

desktop

RAM is ________ and has no moving parts.

electronic (solid state)

Benefits administration involves the human resource (HR) function of

enrolling, maintaining, managing, and discontinuing employee benefits.

The machine cycle consists of which four steps?

fetch, decode, execute, and store

The ultimate purpose of a customer relationship management system (CRM) is to

increase sales, market share, and profit.

Recruiting and hiring management software can help HR managers evaluate how their organization's future staffing needs are influenced by

internal factors such as employee turnover and external factors such as public demand for the organization's products.

Which of the following represents the least amount of storage?

kilobyte

Along with salary, human resources (HR) managers typically need to track employee hiring dates, marital status, number of dependents, and benefits choices and usage. To ensure this is done correctly, nearly all firms use a system that

manages benefits.

Which of the following is a strength of the Android platform?

most widely used OS for smartphones and tablets

A site on the Windows operating system where you can uninstall programs, adjust settings, and manage tasks is the ________.

not Memory management

What manages hardware and software, supports the computer's basic functions, and runs programs?

operating system

Many manufacturers have made ________ optional equipment when purchasing a new laptop computer.

optical drives

Which element of the belief action outcome (BAO) framework explains the methods used to measure and monitor the belief and action steps of the framework?

outcome terminology

Quantifiable values that validate how effectively an organization is accomplishing significant business objectives are called key

performance indicators (KPIs).

The smallest image element is a(n) ________.

pixel

What are the five classical functions of managers as identified by management theorist Henri Fayol?

planning, organizing, coordinating, deciding, controlling

What is Jira and GanttPro examples of?

project management software

What is the primary purpose of fragmenting your hard drive?

reduces the time it takes to find files on a hard drive

In which stage of Herbert Simpson's four stage process for decision making are solutions identified?

second

A processor that consists of one control unit and one ALU is called a ________.

single-core processor

Of the following business computer applications, which one offers the manager a single dashboard that integrates reports from multiple logistics software products?

supply chain management (SCM) application

Which of the following represent the highest amount of storage?

terabyte

Decision-making management information systems are necessary because

the amount of information available far exceeds any manager's ability to use it.

A kilobyte is equal to approximately one ________ bytes.

thousand

Used in a variety of devices including ATMs and point-of-sale terminals, ________ allow for the input of data with the use of a stylus or finger.

touchscreens

What is the correct term for systems that allow money to be exchanged for goods and services more efficiently?

transaction processing systems

If you purchase a new graphics computer game or a new photo/video editing software for your desktop computer, you may want to purchase a new ________ card.

video

The maximum number of bits per CPU instruction during one machine cycle is ________.

word size