MIS Quiz 2
Which of the following illustrates the use of information systems to strengthen customer and supplier intimacy?
A PC manufacturer's use of information systems to facilitate direct access from suppliers to their production schedules
Which of the following illustrates the use of information systems to achieve product differentiation?
A shoe manufacturer's use of information systems in selling custom, made-to-order shoes directly to customers
________ is a feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action.
Accountability
Which of the following is not an example of the potential dark side of big data?
Analyzing data from sensors installed in local parks to monitor soil moisture
Which of the following were involved in what has been called the patent trial of the century?
Apple and Samsung
How are information systems used at the industry level to achieve strategic advantage?
By building industry-wide, IT-supported consortia, symposia, and communications networks
Ford Motor Company used which of the following tools or technologies to create the most efficient design possible for an engine cylinder?
CAD system
Final assembly of iPhones occurs primarily in which of the following countries?
China
Which of the following is not a U.S. federal law affecting private institutions?
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
Which of the following protects the authors of a book from having their work copied by others?
Copyright law
Which of the following is the most common reason that business systems fail?
Data quality
Caterpillar Corporation is an example of which of the following?
Domestic exporter
Which of the following is the first step in BPM?
Identify processes for change
Which of the following is not one of the current key technology trends that raises ethical issues?
Increase in data quality
What percent of global Internet users use Google Search and other Google services?
Nearly 80 percent
A manufacturer of deep-sea oil rigs may be least concerned about which of these marketplace forces?
New market entrants
Which of the following is not a file-sharing service?
Pandora
Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age does the weakening of boundaries between work and family life involve?
Quality of life
Which of the following occurs when muscle groups are forced through tens of thousands of repetitions under low-impact loads?
RSI
Which of the following statements about cycle time is not true?
The fewer steps in a production process, the more likely that an error will occur.
Which of the following is not a difficulty in establishing patent protection?
The requirement that the work must be a secret
Which of the following is not an advantage for new companies entering the marketplace?
They can establish new relationships with suppliers.
Which of the following can force a business and its competitors to compete on price alone?
Transparent marketplace with little product differentiation
Which of the following is not a true statement about value webs?
Value webs are inflexible and cannot adapt quickly to changes in supply and demand.
Hilton Hotels' use of customer information software to identify the most profitable customers to direct its services to is an example of using information systems to:
focus on market niche.
The ethical no-free-lunch rule states that:
if something someone else has created is useful to you, it has value, and you should assume the creator wants compensation for this work.
All of the following are ways to improve quality except:
implementing a new information system.
In network economics, the value of a commercial software vendor's software products:
increases as more people use them.
Redesigning and automating business processes can be seen as a double-edged sword because:
increases in efficiency may be accompanied by job losses.
Internet technology:
makes it easy for rivals to compete on price alone.
In the ________ model of informed consent, personal information can be collected until the consumer specifically requests that his or her data not be collected.
opt-out
Walmart's continuous inventory replenishment system allows it to do all of the following except:
provide mass customization.
Look-and-feel copyright infringement lawsuits are concerned with:
the distinction between an idea and its expression.
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 output, is referred to as:
the law of diminishing returns.
According to ________, you should take the action that produces the least harm.
the risk aversion principle
All of the following are factors in U.S. federal sentencing guidelines with respect to business executives except:
the use of technology to commit the crime.
The emergence of software as a web service has acted as a disruptive technology for:
traditional boxed software companies.
A ________ is a collection of independent firms that use information technology to coordinate their value chains to produce a product or service for a market collectively.
value web
The FIP principle of Notice/Awareness states that:
websites must disclose their information practices before collecting data.
