Information Systems
network interface device
Each computer on a network must contain which of the following?
True
Enterprise applications integrate information from multiple functions and business processes to enhance the performance of the organization as a whole.
True
Feedback is output returned to appropriate members of the organization to help them evaluate or correct the input stage.
BYOD
Firms that allow employees to use their own devices are embracing which of the following?
Forecasting
In data mining, which of the following involves using a series of existing values to determine what other future values will be?
intermediate products
In the supply chain, components or parts are referred to as:
False
Intranets are used by organization to coordinate their activities with other firms for making purchases, collaborating on design, and other interorganizational work.
determining call center resolution rates
Location analytics can be used for all of the following except:
TPS (Transaction Processing System)
Managers use which of the following systems to monitor the status of internal operations and the firm's relations with the external environment?
tools for assessing its selling partners' performance.
Marketing modules in CRM systems provide tools for all of the following except:
False
Microsoft is no longer the market leader in client/server networking.
True
Outsourcing has accelerated the development of new information systems in the United States.
False
Research has shown that a majority of firms are able to align their information technology with their business goals.
has become increasingly concentrated in top firms.
The Internet hardware server marketplace:
A file deleted from a hard disk
Which of the following is a type of ambient data?
Duplicated
________ systems are an emerging pattern for Franchise companies.
True
A TPS is an information system that keeps track of all of the daily routine transactions of a business.
CIO
A ________ is a senior manager who oversees the use of IT in the firm.
False
A business model describes how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service to create wealth.
False
A business process must be tied to just one specific functional area.
website.
A wiki is a type of collaborative:
neural network
A(n) ________ is a type of intelligent technique that finds patterns and relationships in massive data sets too large for a human to analyze.
Behavioral Targeting
Advertisers use ________ in order to display more relevant ads based on a user's search and browsing history.
Disruptive Technologies
All of the following are competitive forces in Porter's model except:
relational DBMS.
All of the following are technologies used to analyze and manage big data except:
increases in transaction costs.
All of the following describe the effects of globalization except:
True
Because of their special claims to knowledge, wisdom, and respect, professionals take on special rights and obligations.
True
Checking for quality is a business process handled by the marketing function.
digital asset management system
Coca-Cola uses a ________ in order to classify, store and distribute all the images of the brand.
True
Computer abuse refers to acts involving a computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical.
True
Creating a marketing plan is an example of a business process.
Transaction processing system running on a mainframe
Which of the following is an example of a legacy system? Select one: A. Scalable grid computing system B. Transaction processing system running on a mainframe C. Quantum computing system D. Web services running on a cloud computing platform E. MDM software
One Subaru Outback sold July 27, 2020 in Mohegan Lake, New York for $24,000
Which of the following is an example of raw data from an automobile manufacturer?
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
Which of the following is not a U.S. federal law affecting private institutions?
Balanced scorecards
Which of the following is not a part of business intelligence infrastructure?
Digital Dashboard
Which of the following is not an application of social business?
What-if scenario analysis
Which of the following is not an example of a BI predefined production report?
RSI
Which of the following occurs when muscle groups are forced through tens of thousands of repetitions under low-impact loads?
Informal groups tend to be more stable in terms of longevity and routineness than organizations.
Which of the following statements about organizations is not true?
Trademark laws are designed solely to protect consumers.
Which of the following statements about trademarks is not true?
DSS
Which of the following systems incorporates data from external events as well as summarized information from internal business intelligence systems?
Digital divide
Which of the following terms refers to significant disparities in access to computers and the Internet among different social groups and different locations?
Very large-scale or complex systems projects
Which of the following types of projects have a higher likelihood of failure?
Knowledge Workers
Which of the following work at the same level as middle management?
The Internet backbone is owned entirely by the federal government in the United States.
Which one of the following statements is not true? Select one: A. The IAB establishes the overall structure of the Internet. B. The Internet must conform to laws of the nation-states in which it operates. C. ICANN manages the domain name system. D. W3C determines programming standards for the Internet. E. The Internet backbone is owned entirely by the federal government in the United States.
Gantt chart
Which type of planning tool shows each task as a horizontal bar whose length is proportional to the time required to complete it?
Extranet, to enable quick collaboration over the Internet, minimize the time spent communicating with its clients, and minimize the amount of paperwork needed
You have been hired by BizCom to help it improve its business processes and financial performance. BizCom is a business communications consulting firm that services many clients in different industries throughout the United States. BizCom provides customized written recommendations about how to best use a client's existing resources to improve the client's internal communications. The company has approximately 50 consultants, all of whom are located in its central headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. Which of the following would you recommend that BizCom install?
Extranet
You manage the IT department for a firm that manages regional farmer's markets. You need to set up an inexpensive system that allows local vendors to see real-time statistics about which of the firm's markets have vendor openings on which days. Which of the following systems would most efficiently provide a solution?
Web mashup
ZipRealty, which combines Google Maps with real estate data, is an example of:
Process specifications
________ describe the transformation occurring within the lowest level of the data flow diagrams.
Patent law
________ grants the owner exclusive ownership of the ideas behind an invention for 20 years.
Nanotechnology
________ uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other devices.
A Virtual Company
uses networks to link people, assets, and ideas, enabling it to ally with other companies to create and distribute products and services without being limited by traditional organizational boundaries or physical locations.
two-tiered client/server architecture
A client computer networked to a server computer, with processing split between the two types of machines, is called a(n)
a standalone application that does not use a browser.
A native mobile app is:
Nike's use of celebrities to market their products.
All of the following are IT-enabled products and services providing competitive advantage except: Select one: A. Ping's golf club customization. B. PayPal's online person-to-person payment system. C. Amazon's one-click shopping. D. Nike's use of celebrities to market their products. E. Apple's iTunes.
application controls.
All of the following are types of information systems general controls except
Pandora
All of the following are, or were, file-sharing services except:
ethanol
All of the following could be considered substitute products for industrial electricity generation except:
False
Data is information that has been shaped into a form that is meaningful to human beings.
Detailed, preprogrammed instructions that control and coordinate the computer hardware components in an information system
Data management technology consists of which of the following?
find hidden relationships in large databases
Data mining allows users to:
False
Identifying the stakeholders—people who have a vested interest in the outcome of the decision—is the last step in analyzing an ethical issue.
processing logic resides within objects
In object-oriented development
social media
In planning a robust e-commerce presence, you will want to consider the blog platform as part of your ________ presence.
books.pearson
In the domain name "http://books.pearson.com", which element is the second-level domain?
50
On average, private sector IT projects are underestimated by ________ percent in terms of budget and time required to deliver the complete system promised by the system plan
True
Some experts believe that exposure to computers reduces intelligence and cognitive abilities.
CKO (Chief Knowledge Officer)
The ________ helps design programs and systems to find new sources of knowledge or to make better use of existing knowledge in organizational and management processes.
Heavy centralization of corporate activities in the home country of origin
The domestic exporter strategy is characterized by which of the following?
switching costs.
The expenses incurred by a customer or company in lost time and resources when changing from one supplier or system to a competing supplier or system are known as:
tacit knowledge
The text defines ________ as expertise of organizational members that has not been formally documented.
Meaningful Information
The total number of food items with storage temperature problems is an example of which of the following?
True
Today, many business firms continue to operate legacy systems because they meet a business need and would be costly to replace.
Portfolio analysis
Which method would you use to develop risk profiles for a firm's information system projects and assets?
CLTV
Which metric is based on the relationship between the revenue produced by a specific customer, the expenses incurred in acquiring and servicing that customer, and the expected life of the relationship between the customer and the company?
It has a ripple effect, raising new ethical, social, and political issues.
Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?
Interactivity
Which of the following dimensions of e-commerce technology involves engaging consumers in a dialogue that dynamically adjusts the experience to the individual?
Small Retailer
Which of the following industries has the lowest barrier to entry?
Manufacturing
Which of the following industries is most affected by globalization?
SaaS
Which of the following involves hosting and managing access to software applications delivered over the Internet to clients on a subscription basis?
Green computing
Which of the following involves practices and technologies to minimize the environmental effects of manufacturing and managing computing devices?
Web mission statement
Which of the following is a milestone for the Phase 1: Planning phase of developing an e-commerce presence?
It blurs the traditional boundaries between work and family time.
Which of the following is a primary drawback to the "do anything anywhere" computing environment?
The World Wide Web
Which of the following is a service provided by the Internet that uses universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting, and displaying information in a page format on the Internet?
Technology
Which of the following is a support activity in a firm's value chain?
Fortune 500 Firm
Which of the following is an example of a divisionalized bureaucracy?
programs that can "teach themselves" without human intervention.
Unsupervised machine learning involves:
long tail marketing.
Using the Internet to find potential customers inexpensively for products that have low demand is an example of:
False
Web services can exchange information between two different systems only if the operating systems and programming languages upon which the systems are based are identical.
cooptation.
When developing a global system, bringing the opposition of local groups into the process of designing and implementing the solution without giving up control over the direction and nature of the change is called:
True
Whereas HTML is limited to describing how data should be presented in the form of web pages, XML can perform presentation, communication, and data storage tasks.
GSM
Which digital cellular standard is used widely throughout the world except the United States?
a strategy used to search through an expert system's collection of rules and formulate conclusions.
An inference engine is:
ESS
An information system that combines data from internal MIS with information from financial systems and external sources to deliver reports such as profit-loss statements and impact analyses, is an example of
The Law of Diminishing Returns
The idea that the more any given resource is applied to production, the lower the marginal gain in output, until a point is reached where the additional inputs produce no additional value, is referred to as:
Cybervandalism
The intentional defacement or destruction of a website is called:
allowed computers to be customized to the specific needs of departments or business units.
The introduction of the minicomputer:
True
The market power of suppliers can have a significant impact of firm profits.
Unsupervised learning
The seminal research effort often referred to as "The Cat Paper" involved which of the following?
