ISM3011 Test 2

Which statement is true of information systems?

Using information systems on a global scale is more challenging than doing so on a local scale.

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Opera are examples of _____.

Web browsers

In a value chain, service involves _____.

activities to support customers after the sale of products

In _____ data transmission, multiple pieces of data are sent simultaneously to increase the transmission rate.

broadband

Large corporations (such as General Electric or Boeing) as well as consortiums of large companies use the _____ model.

buyer-side marketplace

With a global information system (GIS) in place, an international company _____.

can increase its control over its subsidiaries

Initially, offshore outsourcing was used mostly in manufacturing to find _____.

cheap labor

A similarity between e-commerce and traditional commerce is that both:

concentrate on selling products to generate profit.

Online auction sites that involve business transactions between users of products and services are categorized as _____ e-commerce.

consumer-to-consumer

In data communication, _____ refers to integrating voice, video, and data so that multimedia information can be used for decision making.

convergence

When a Web page changes, _____ update their indexes and databases automatically to reflect the change.

crawler-based directories

Coordination in a global information system requires a(n) _____ architecture for data, standardization within departments.

decentralized

In _____, each department has its own computer for performing processing tasks.

decentralized processing

By generating and delivering timely and relevant information supported by networks, _____ creates new opportunities for conducting commercial activities.

e-business

A(n) _____ is the electronic version of a paper check and offers security, speed, and convenience for online transactions.

e-check

In the context of the seller-side marketplace model, _____ prevents purchases from suppliers that are not on the approved list of sellers.

e-procurement

In the universal resource locator (URL) https://www.exsat.org, the domain name is _____.

exsat.org

Buyline is an e-commerce Web site. It has come up with a promotional offer where buyers get a 60 percent discount on refrigerators if a minimum of 100 buyers agree to buy the product within 24 hours of the offer being announced. In this case, it is evident that BuyLine is a _____.

group buying plaMCorm

In a global information system (GIS), high coordination:

helps maintain control of market needs around the world.

In the context of a global information system (GIS), _____ networks offer electronic data interchange standards, encryption, secure e-mail, data synchronization, and other services to conduct international business.

value-added

In the third-party exchange marketplace model, a _____ market concentrates on a specific industry or market.

vertical

Which indicates the top-level domain for the universal resource locator (URL) http://www.csub.edu?

.edu

In the uniform resource locator (URL) http://www.csub.edu/~hbidgoli/books.html, _____ represents the name of the directory in which files are stored.

/~hbidgoli

_____ offers a secure, convenient, and portable tool for online shopping and stores personal and financial information, such as credit card numbers, passwords, and PINs.

An e-wallet

The _____ layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model provides services that support users' tasks, such as file transfers, database access, and e-mail.

Application

_____ is the loss of power in a signal as it travels from the sending device to the receiving device.

Attenuation

_____ is the amount of data that can be transferred from one point to another in one second.

Bandwidth

In the context of multinational corporations (MNCs), which is one of the four factors in a global environment?

Cultural

_____ is the electronic transfer of data from one location to another.

Data communication

_____ encompasses all the activities a company performs in selling and buying products and services using computers and communication technologies.

E-business

_____ are used to connect computers, hubs, switches, and routers to a network in a local area network (LAN).

Ethernet cables

T/F Any computer that stores hypermedia documents and makes them available to other computers on the Internet is called a client

False

T/F Combinations of spaces and special characters can be used in domain names of uniform resource locators (URLs)

False

T/F In a centralized processing system, processing power is distributed among several locations

False

T/F With asynchronous transmission, both parties on a network must be connected at the same time

False

_____ are glass tubes surrounded by concentric layers of glass, called "cladding," to form a light path through wire cables.

Fiber-optic cables

_____ have the highest bandwidth of any communication medium.

Fiber-optic cables

_____ refers to using a cellular phone outside of a carrier's limited service area.

Roaming

A(n) _____ identifies a Web page and is the address of a document or site on the Internet.

uniform resource locator

_____ is a mix of traditional commerce and e-commerce.

Click-and-brick e-commerce

_____ are conducted media that can be used for both data and voice transmissions.

Coaxial cables

Which of the following is an operational requirement for a global information system (GIS)?

Communication between headquarters and subsidiaries

_____ is an operational requirement for a global information system (GIS).

Global data access

_____ is a supporting activity in Michael Porter's value chain.

Human resource management

Which statement is true of offshore outsourcing?

Improved telecommunication systems have increased its attractiveness.

James gets a job at a multinational corporation. On his first day at work, he finds out that the numerical code assigned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to his computer system is 115.248.178.233. This numerical code is referred to as a(n) _____.

Internet Protocol address

When information is transferred from one network to another, domain names are converted to _____ by the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol.

Internet Protocol addresses

The _____ refers to the physical objects that are connected to the Internet and, therefore, to all the other physical objects.

Internet of Things

Which statement is true of an intranet in an organization?

It can be used by trusted business partners with a password.

Identify an advantage of centralized processing.

It helps in exercising tight control over system operations and applications.

Which statement is true of the Internet?

It is less secure than an intranet.

Which statement is true of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)?

It is used to define a Web page's layout and appearance.

In the context of data communication, which is true of convergence?

It requires major network upgrades, because video requires much more bandwidth.

Which of the following statements is true of multinational corporations (MNCs)?

MNCs deliver products and services across national borders.

_____ is a method for advertisers to pay for cost per view or cost per click, which is typically one-tenth of a cent.

Micropayment

_____ is a primary activity in a value chain that involves processing raw materials into finished goods and services.

Operations

_____ is a primary activity in a value chain that involves moving and storing products, from the end of the production line to end users or distribution centers.

Outbound logistics

_____ is a method for improving the volume or quality of traffic to a Web site.

Search engine optimization

_____ is a primary activity in Michael Porter's value chain.

Service

_____ of a global information system (GIS) concentrates on medium-range activities that move an organization toward achieving long-term goals.

Tactical support

Which is a supporting activity in a value chain?

Technological development

The _____ denotes the type of organization or country the address of a document or site on the Internet specifies.

top-level domain

Which statement is true of extranets?

They facilitate information exchange among business partners.

_____ allows the linking of devices running on many different plaMCorms.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

T/F An access point (AP) is the part of a wireless local area network (WLAN) that connects it to other networks.

True

T/F An intranet is an application or service that uses an organization's computer network.

True

T/F Any packet-switching network can handle multimedia data.

True

T/F As e-business matures and more companies conduct business online, consumers can engage in comparison shopping more easily.

True

T/F Currency conversion is a challenge in global database development.

True

T/F Data communication technologies make Web and video conferencing easier, which can reduce the costs of business travel.

True

T/F Hypermedia documents can be stored anywhere in the world.

True

T/F Telepresence surgery allows surgeons to operate all over the world without physically traveling anywhere.

True

T/F The World Wide Web changed the Internet by introducing a graphical interface to the largely text-based Internet.

True

T/F Time zones pose difficulties in managing a global information system (GIS).

True

T/F Wireless network traffic can be captured with sniffers.

True

Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is based on the _____.

Wireless Application Protocol

The Web organizes information by using _____, meaning documents that include embedded references to audio, text, images, video, or other documents.

hypermedia

Diverse regulatory practices _____ the integration process of a global information system (GIS).

impede

In the context of Web marketing, the term ad _____ refers to one user viewing one ad.

impression

The most serious problem with wikis is the:

inaccuracy of content

Local area networks (LANs) are used to _____.

integrate services to a single building or campus

E-commerce activities that take place within an organization's data communication network are part of _____ e-commerce.

intrabusiness

Housed at server farms, search engines use _____ to index data coming in from crawlers.

keywords

A _____ is typically used to connect workstations and peripheral devices that are in close proximity.

local area network

Some companies create separate Web sites for each country in which they do business. This is called _____ of a Web site.

localization

A _____ is designed to handle data communication for multiple organizations in a city and sometimes nearby cities as well.

metropolitan area network

In the context of determining the best communication media to meet global performance, the _____ factor involves how immune a communication medium is to outside electronic interference.

noise

A _____ is a collection of binary digits, including message data and control characters for formatting and transmitting, sent from computer to computer over a network.

packet

In the context of the requirement of skilled analysts for implementing a global information system (GIS), there is a severe shortage of qualified information systems ____.

professionals in the United States

In Web marketing, with _____, information is sent to users based on their previous inquiries, interests, or specifications.

push technology

Aton Motors, an automobile manufacturer, establishes its manufacturing units in Argentina because of the low cost of the metal used to make automobile frames. In this scenario, Aton Motors has _____ its operations.

regionalized

The process of deciding which path data takes on a network is called _____.

routing

A _____ is an information system that enables users to retrieve data from the Web by using keywords related to their topic of interest.

search engine

Any computer that stores hypermedia documents and makes them available to other computers on the Internet is called a _____.

server

The Web page displayed when a user first visits a site is called a(n) _____.

splash screen

The coordination dimension of a global information system (GIS) requires _____.

standardization within departments

While deciding the type of information-sharing technology that a company will be using for its global network, the company's information system manager should keep in mind that:

standardized software and hardware are not always feasible.

With _____ transmission, both parties in a global network are connected at the same time, as in a phone call.

synchronous

In the context of Web marketing, a cookie is:

the information a Web site stores on a user's hard drive.

The _____ model generates revenue from the fees charged for matching buyers and sellers.

third-party exchange marketplace