Principles of Business: Unit 2-3.02 Review

it provides a clear setting of where you are headed.

A benefit of goal setting is:

database

A wholesale distributor of ready-to-wear clothing would like to track its customers geographically. Which software application would be most effective?

analyze the information

After an employee collects the necessary facts, what is the next step that an employee should take to solve a problem?

time-management tool.

An electronic planning device that many employees use to keep track of their activities is an example of a:

forwarding the message to the coworker's e-mail address.

An employee receives an e-mail message from his supervisor and needs to pass the message on to a coworker. The most efficient way for the employee to communicate the information to his coworker is by:

objective.

An important problem-solving skill for individuals to have is the ability to be:

specific problems.

Businesses assess their information needs to determine the type of information that will help them deal with:

useful.

Businesses evaluate the quality and source of the information they obtain to make sure the information is:

detailed reports, memos, and contracts.

Businesses often use word-processing computer software to produce:

dynamic and vary in scale.

Characteristics of goals are:

large amounts of related data.

Computer database programs make it easier for businesses to manage:

think in new ways.

Employees who have innovation skills are able to:

objectives or wants you plan to fulfill.

Goals are:

many people do not understand what it is.

Information management can be a challenge because:

word processing

Which type of software program would an employee use to prepare a form letter informing the company's clients of a change in product pricing?

to maintain client lists

Why do many businesses store information in a computerized database?

to make it accessible

Why is it important for businesses to store information for future use?

include voice narration.

Many presentation software programs allow users to:

hardware.

Monitors, keyboards, and hard drives are examples of computer:

make long-term decisions.

One of the purposes of information management is to provide businesses with the strategic information they need to:

create a new revenue source.

One reason an existing business might develop a company web site is to:

access a database.

One way for businesses to obtain needed information efficiently is to:

goals.

Performance and learning are types of:

Specific Measurable Attainable Results-oriented and Time-bound

SMART goals are:

solving problems.

Several employees are facing the possibility of being laid off from work. By concluding that they should look for new jobs before that happens, they are:

peer

Shannon's best friend has been excluding her lately. They were supposed to go shopping together, but her friend called and canceled. Shannon is upset about it. This is an example of which type of problem?

goal-setting.

The ability to visualize, set and focus on achieving objectives is:

product innovation.

The newly redesigned Toyota Corolla is an example of:

accomplish a task.

The reason businesses obtain information usually is to apply it in order to:

operating system.

The set of computer programs that manages the hardware and software of a computer is the:

choose your goal, write down your goal, break your goal down, visualize your goal and review and update your goal.

The steps to goal setting are:

information systems

What do businesses often develop to be able to store and analyze data for the purpose of making business decisions?

computer systems

What do most businesses use to store information for future use?

spreadsheet

What type of software program would a business use to analyze its operating expenses and level of sales?

effective.

When I take priority over other activities and am not affected by distractions, my goals are:

as attachments.

When e-mailing large files or documents to coworkers or customers, a businessperson sends them:

browser

Which allows a computer to search and access information on the Internet?

"Confidence in itself is the secret of success"

Which demonstrates the correct method to ensure that all words in a phrase are included in a web search?

provides a way to benefit your progress.

Which is a benefit of goal setting:

combining animation and sound

Which is a capability of a presentation software program?

electronic task organizer

Which is a computer-based time-management tool that helps employees keep track of their appointments and activities?

to graph data

Which is a standard capability of spreadsheet software?

It may be one part of a business's overall information management program.

Which is a true statement about a management information system (MIS)?

to organize vendor information

Which is a way that businesses often use database software programs?

software

Which is an important component of computer systems?

comfort with risk

Which is an internal factor that might influence a business owner's decision making?

e-business

Which is an umbrella term referring to any type of Internet transaction?

Internet

Which is available to all people around the world who have access to a computer that has connectivity?

Internet

Which is the most efficient tool for gathering the external information that businesses need?

by searching the web

Which is usually the quickest way that businesses can obtain information about unknown potential new vendors that are located in other parts of the country?