CIS 3.10 Midterm Questions Review
All of the following are correct domain suffixes except .
.neo—network organizations
are those companies that operate in the traditional, physical markets and do not conduct business electronically in cyberspace.
Brick-and-mortars
Trying to "outsmart" a search engine to improve a page's ranking is known as
SEO
Which of the following is the protocol of the internet?
TCP/IP
Other terms that can be used to represent the knowledge society include
The new economy, the network era, and the digital world.
Information systems today are
Ubiquitous
A minimum viable product is .
a product containing just the features needed to demonstrate how a solution meets the problem
In cloud computing, services are typically offered using .
a utility computing model
The revenue model involving the referring of customers to another business is called .
affiliate marketing
A wiki .
allows users to add content, revert edits, read content
All of the following are examples of infrastructure components except
applications
is using technology as a way to help complete a task within an organization faster and, perhaps, more cheaply.
automating
Each of the following was described in this chapter as a source of competitive advantage except for .
being the subject of a hostile takeover
is the process of creating an online diary made up of chronological entries.
blogging
reflects the percentage of users for whom a particular page is the only page visited on the website.
bounce rate
A company is said to have when it has gained an edge over its rivals.
competitive advantage
Being , or knowing how to use the computer as a device to gather, store, organize, and process information, can open up myriad sources of information.
computer literate
Whereas data are raw unformatted symbols or lists of words or numbers, information is
data that have been organized in a form that is useful
The ability to sell products directly to the end customers, without the need for distributors or retailers, is called .
disintermediation
To minimize fraud, e-tailers look for anomalies in .
email addresses provided, shipping and billing addresses, transaction patterns.
The process of adding metadata such as latitude and longitude to pictures, videos, or other content is called .
geotagging
EC is the exchange of among firms, between firms and their customers, and between customers, supported by communication technologies and, in particular, the internet
good, services, money
Large-scale computing problems can be solved using computing.
grid
Which of the following is not considered an intellectual property violation?
if you think it violates ip, it probably does.
Which of the following is not improving the value chain?
increasing operating cost
Collective intelligence is based on the notion that distributed groups of people with a divergent range of information and expertise will be able to outperform the capabilities of .
individual experts
For the most flexibility in the use of computing resources, companies choose a(n) provider.
infrastructure as a service
involves creating new products, processes, or services that return value to the organization.
innovation
Business models based on catering to niche markets in addition to (or instead of) purely selling mainstream products are said to center on the .
long tails
Which of the following is not a consequence of lack of availability, performance, or security?
loss of managerial oversight
Magnetic tape is typically used for .
maintaining customer records
At the level of the organization, functional managers (e.g., marketing managers, finance managers, manufacturing managers, and human resource managers) focus on monitoring and controlling operational-level activities and providing information to higher levels of the organization.
managerial
Tagging is adding to content such as maps, pictures, or web pages.
metadata
Offering the customer different (independent) touchpoints, such as a retail store and a catalogue is referred to as .
multichannel retailing
According to the Internet Tax Freedom Act, e-tailers must collect sales tax .
only from customers residing in a state where the business has substantial presence
A website asking you for permission to send you a weekly newsletter is an example of
opt in
Successful enterprise-oriented social media initiatives consider .
organizational culture, organizational hierarchies, technological inertia.
Webcasts are also known as .
podcasts
What are new technologies, products, or services that eventually surpass the existing dominant technology or product in a market called?
radical innovation
The ability to adapt to increases or decreases in demand for processing or storage is referred to as .
scalability
Microblogging is used primarily for .
short status updates
A supervisor's having to decide when to reorder supplies or how best to allocate personnel for the completion of a project is an example of a(n) decision.
structured
communication is when people are all meeting at the same time or in real time.
synchronous
Information systems were described in this chapter as
the combination of people and information technology that create, collect, process, store, and distribute useful data
What is meant by BYOD?
the use of personal devices and applications for work-related purposes
is using the network effect to increase brand awareness.
viral marketing
Which of the following was not discussed as a common type, or category, of information system used in organizations?
web graphics
Engineering drawings are typically prepared using .
workstations