MIS Test 3

_____ reports summarize the performance of critical activities.

. Key indicator

Which of the following has not been identified as a reason for ERP implementation failure?

. Lack of documentation

Which of the following is an advantage of social commerce over traditional e-commerce?

.The ability to predict buying habits based on real-time data

Which of the following statements concerning blogging is false?

A reader can believe the details in a blog.

Carter is a member of a team of five students working on a research project that comprises 25% of his overall grade. The team is trying to decide how they can most effectively work together to complete the final paper. Which of the following would work the best for this team?

A wiki

Which of the following is not an example of Web 2.0 applications?

AJAX

. _____ reports contain special information not found in routine reports.

Ad hoc

Greg is mowing lawns in the neighborhood for the summer. Which type of report would he used to see which if a particular client still owe him money?

Ad hoc

52. Which of the following is false?

An organization doesn't have to use the business processes coded into the ERP.

. _____ are the most successful solutions or problem-solving methods for achieving a business objective.

Best practices

Greg still follows his high school's lacrosse team. He set up a meeting with the coach to ask how he could help with recruiting. Which of the following Section reference 1s would make the most sense from the coach's point of view?

Blog about the games and include his own insights about his experience.

Many traditional media companies are using ________ to provide a richer version of the stores they cover.

Blogs

Which of the following statements concerning RSS is false?

Blogs cannot be part of an RSS feed.

Enterprise resource planning systems take a(n) _____ view of the overall organization.

Business process

LinkedIn is a _______________________ social networking site that makes money from advertising and services.

Business-oriented

The comments of consumers in the blogosphere concerning a company's products are called ____________________.

Consumer-generated media.

54. Which of the following is true?

Customizing an ERP system is permitted.

Which of the following is an advantage of tagging?

Despite the variation in individual rules, the Web collection is rather organized.

Greg is mowing lawns in the neighborhood for the summer. Which of the following is not an example of a transaction he has in his business?

Driving to the client's house

. _____ are interorganizational ERP systems that provide Web-enabled links between an organization's key business systems and its customers, suppliers, business partners, and others.

ERP II systems

41 . Which of the following is false?

ERP systems look the same to users as functional information systems.

_____ integrate the planning, management, and use of all of an organization's resources, and are designed to tightly integrate the functional areas of the organization.

Enterprise resource planning systems

. Greg is mowing lawns in the neighborhood for the summer. Which type of report would he used to see which of his clients still owe him money?

Exception

When the chief financial officer of a company wants a report on business units who have spent 10 percent more than their allotted budget, she would be requesting which type of report?

Exception

_____ reports include only information that falls outside certain threshold standards.

Exception

Which of the following is not a process within an information system for Human Resource Management?

Firing decisions

Which of the following statements concerning tagging is true?

Folksonomies are a version of tagging.

44. Which of the following is false?

Functional area information systems easily communicate with each other.

Which of the following is false?

Information systems are only used by large organizations.

Which of the following is not a process within an information system for Accounting and Finance?

Inventory management

The reliability of the content in Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is questionable because

It is difficult to test the authenticity of the content due to the fact that anyone can contribute content.

A Web site that combines content from other Web sites to form new content is called a(n) ______.

Mashup

Gerry has a dog-walking business, and he wants to help his walkers plan their route. Which of the following should he use?

Mashup

Universities are using ________ to provide students with access to lectures.

Netcasts

. Business transactions that are processed as they occur is an example of

OLTP

Kathy has taken a job with her ideal company and is excited to start in their sales department. During orientation, she is told that the company is very proud of their ERP system from SAP. Looking at the list of modules the company has, Kathy wonders which one she won't be using. From the list below, which one would you tell Kathy is the one she won't be using.

Operations management

With Web 1.0 sites, users ------------------------------, whereas with Web 2.0 sites, users _________________.

Passively receive information, participate with the site.

Which of the following is not an example of crowdsourcing?

Posting a call for new manuscripts

Which of the following is not an example of a transaction?

Printing a report

Which of the following statements concerning printing-on-demand as a Web 2.0 application is false?

Printing-on-demand companies market books for their authors.

Which of the following statements concerning RSS is true?

RSS feeds transmit a link to the full text of new content to subscribers.

. _____ reports are produced at scheduled intervals.

Routine

Which of the following was not included in early ERP systems?

Sales and Marketing

Building relationships, anticipating needs, and providing special deals for the community's members is a function of which category of Web 2.0 applications?

Social commerce

Sean is organizing a 5K race to support the local food bank. The event takes place in three months. Which of the following would be the best strategy?

Start a business page in Facebook, and let his friends know about it.

Sean ran a very successful 5K race to support the local food bank. They had 210 runners and raised over $5,000. He wants to continue to do more for the local food bank. Which of the following would be the best use of his time?

Start blogging about how the food bank helps people living in the community.

Which of the following is false?

TPS need large computers to process the transactions

Which of the following statements concerning tagging is false?

Tags fall into categories.

40. Which of the following is false?

The POM function within an organization monitors sales

Which of the following is not a social networking site?

Wikipedia

Many companies are using ________ to capture updated product features and specifications.

Wikis

You just started to work on a project with three other people. You realize that everyone has their own notes, which makes it hard for you to keep track of what has been done and what still needs to be done. Which of the following applications would you suggest the team use?

Wikis

You sign up for an RSS feed from CNN.com. Which of the following would you expect to happen?

You will be notified of updates in the content areas you selected.

Organizational transactions are typically _____ volume, _____, and therefore _____ to computerize.

high, repetitive, easy

To effectively manage by exception (i.e., use exception reports), the company must first create:

performance standards

Crediting interest to your savings account at your bank once a month, it is called a:

process

Which of the following is not a function of functional area information systems?

providing data from business events to the corporate database

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a transaction processing system?

small amounts of data are processed

Enterprise resource planning systems are very _____ software products, meaning that companies typically have to change their _____ to accommodate how the software functions.

structured, business processes

The characteristics of ERP systems include all of the following except:

typically fitting an organization's existing business processes

Which of the following is true?

The actual processing of a Transaction has to be standard.

Which of the following statements is false?

The only downside of social networks is the required bandwidth.

Which of the following is false about ERP II systems?

These ERP systems have no optional modules.

Which of the following statements concerning Web 2.0 sites is false?

They cannot be used to start a business.

. The drawbacks of ERP systems include all of the following except:

They consist of modules

When interest is credited to your savings account at your bank, it is called a:

Transaction

Data that have been processed by the organization's _____ are inputs into the organization's database

Transaction processing systems

The most fundamental information systems in an organization are:

Transaction processing systems

Which of the following statements concerning social networking Web sites is false?

Users find the social network feeds distracting.