Unit 2 Quiz MISY-3310-W01 - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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The power of customers is diminished in a transparent marketplace.

False

The use of computers to assemble data from different sources to create digital dossiers of detailed information about individuals is known as which of the following?

Profiling

Mapping and measuring existing processes is an important part of BPM.

True

Some experts believe that exposure to computers reduces intelligence.

True

Some forms of illegal sharing of music files have declined as legitimate online music stores have expanded.

True

Spam is a form of computer abuse

True

The power of suppliers is one of the competitive forces that affect an organization's ability to compete.

True

Which of the following statements about 3-D printing is not true?

Unlike traditional techniques, 3-D printing results in some wasted material.

Another name for Web beacon is:

Web bug

Redesigning and automating business processes can be seen as a double-edged sword because:

increases in efficiency may be accompanied by job losses.

A firm can exercise greater control over its suppliers by having:

more suppliers

"Look and feel" copyright infringement lawsuits are concerned with:

the distinction between an idea and its expression

According to ________, you should take the action that produces the least harm.

the risk aversion principle

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

BPM ends once the new processes are both implemented and accepted.

False

One of the best ways to reduce quality problems is to increase cycle time.

False

Software programs were unprotected by copyright law until the early 1990s.

False

Which of the following statements about network economics is not true?

In network economics, the marginal cost of adding new members to the network is higher than the marginal gain.

Which of the following companies used benchmarking to achieve an order-shipping accuracy of 99.9 percent?

L.L. Bean

Which of the following statements about spam is not true?

Spamming is more tightly regulated in the United States than Europe.

The obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values and institutions fall within which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?

Quality of life

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 forms of protection of intellectual property requires that the property be the subject of a nondisclosure agreement?

Trade secret

Which of the following can force a business and its competitors to compete on price alone?

Transparent marketplace

A firm can be said to have competitive advantage when it uses commonly available resources more efficiently.

True

A value web is a collection of independent firms that use information technology to coordinate their value chains to collectively produce a product or service for a market.

True

Advances in data storage and rapidly declining data storage costs have been responsible for multiplying databases on individuals maintained by private and public organizations.

True

Benchmarks may be external industry standards, standards other companies set, internally developed standards, or some combination of these.

True

Computer abuse refers to acts involving a computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical.

True

Benchmarking:

compares the efficiency and effectiveness of your business processes against strict standards.


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