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Which of the following statements best expresses a typical concern of someone with a blue MVS?

"Let's make sure we've considered how this will affect everyone's welfare."

What is the minimum amount of RAM you should have on a laptop?

4 GB

When you buy a new laptop, how much RAM should it come with?

4-8 GB

What advice is useful for conducting business across cultures with those who have limited English ability?

Allow those with limited English ability enough time to process their thoughts into English.

Which statement is a judger statement rather than a learner statement?

Aren't you interested in trying new techniques?

Machine-learning software is being used to explore databases of existing molecules (and their associated properties) to generate information that can be used to develop new drugs to treat a variety of conditions expeditiously and at lower costs. Firms at the forefront of this new strategy include

Atomwise. Insilico Medicine. Kebotix.

George is an editorial manager at a publishing company. He wants to give one of his supervisors an "Employee of the Year" award. Which supervisor should he choose if he is looking for an employee with a strong sense of caring?

Cho, who helps her employees develop the skills that will allow them to advance

A site on the Windows operating system where you can uninstall programs, adjust settings, and manage tasks is the ________.

Control panel

A business application that obtains data from sources internal to the firm, as well as external sources, to assist senior corporate executives in gaining a broader view of the competitive landscape is referred to as a(n)

EIS.

What is the acronym for End-User Licensing Agreement?

EULA

What was the driving principle behind McGregor's Theory X?

Employees need close supervision.

Which of the following are examples of cryptocurrencies?

Ethereum Bitcoin Litecoin

What is a strategy to improve self-management?

Examine strategies for overcoming impulses that compete with achieving your long-range goals.

Raymond is a middle manager at a textile company. He is always the first one to volunteer to stay late to get a job done, but he is not particularly loyal to the company or impressed by titles. Raymond is most likely a member of which generation?

Gen X

Which statement accurately describes persuasion in the post-trust era?

In the post-trust era, persuasion is becoming increasingly difficult.

Which of the following applications or services will Web 3.0 be built to support? More than one answer may be correct.

IoT

How does establishing credibility to maintain a high level of trust impact communication?

It improves communication because people give the benefit of the doubt.

Logisticians can minimize costs by having a view of the cost centers within an entire supply chain through which software system?

SCM

Keeping in mind that all SCM systems have three basic components, how do individual systems vary?

SCM systems vary according to the product or products provided.

Which company sells an inexpensive "Stand" point-of-sale terminal that combines an iPad, a cash drawer, a thermal printer, and a chip/swipe/contactless reader?

Square

________ was launched in 2014 by Skype co-founders, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis. The company's vision is to revolutionize food and package deliveries across the globe. Starship robots can carry items within a 4-mile radius.

Starship

Which business software company develops software known to integrate well with existing apps, competes in the same environment as PayPal, and had both Elon Musk and Peter Thiel as early investors?

Stripe

What is the key characteristic of the post-trust era?

The public believes businesses operate against the public's best interests.

Max Weber believed that organizations were best supported by which of the following strategies?

The use of specialization among employees.

Which statement about business ethics is true?

They are commonly held principles in the business community for acceptable behavior.

A project manager needs to assess how much progress her team has made on the project, to provide executives with a weekly update. Which collaboration software program will be most useful for assessing the project's status?

Trello

A database is an organized collection of data?

True

Bluetooth is a short-distance wireless communication technology that uses short-wavelength radio waves to transfer data.

True

Which of the following is one of the primary components that enable networks and individual devices to connect to the Internet?

a "backbone" of connected hardware and a suite of Internet protocol software

Character refers to

a reputation for adhering to high moral and ethical values.

What brought about the post-trust era?

a series of business scandals and economic crises

During performance evaluations, Jana is consistently praised for her ability to see how corporate decisions will affect stakeholders. What does this characteristic of Jana's demonstrate?

accountability

Performing at the highest standards, not just for oneself, but for the team, for the supervisor, for the consumer, and for the company's shareholders, indicates a sense of

accountability.

A videoconference may be a better choice than a voice conference call because it allows

better communication through nonverbal cues.

Ayanna says, "You're so generous!" in a sarcastic tone. Marvin decides that Ayanna thinks he is cheap. What process has Marvin just completed?

decoding

In blockchain, transaction data is stored in blocks. Each block in the blockchain contains ________, which helps create secure transactions. More than one answer may be selected.

digital fingerprint unique identifier script

At the time cash registers were invented, "ringing up" a customer meant

each time the cash drawer was opened, the register rang, alerting a shop owner to register activity.

Which of these is the most expensive medium for sending mass sales messages?

hard-copy letters

Which action will help a manager establish a sense of caring?

holding regular meetings to ask about employee concerns

Dr. Deborah Tannen studies gendered communication in the workplace. She found that the way men and women speak is related to

how they socialized as children.

Sandra is preparing for a business meeting in a foreign country. What is most important for her to do to ensure proper etiquette?

identify acceptable conversation topics

According to management expert Stephen M.R. Covey, what is foundational to permanent success?

inspiring the trust of others

A mobile hinged computer with an integrated keyboard that uses a full operating system is called a notebook or a ________ computer.

laptop

Mechanical cash registers were first created to

make it difficult for employees to steal money.

When you reduce the confidence and positivity in your message, you run the risk of

making your idea seem weak or unexciting.

An electronic element that stores data by changing its resistance based on the current that has passed through it (similar to RRAM) is called a

memristor.

A megabyte equals approximately one ________ bytes?

million

Megahertz is the same as a ________ cycles (or instruction) per second.

million

Many manufacturers have made ________ optional equipment when purchasing a new laptop computer.

optical drives

In the context of developing persuasive messages, the process of understanding the needs and values of others

requires a strong listening orientation.

Which of these is a domain of emotional intelligence?

self-management

Introverts can work more effectively with extroverts by

speaking up more quickly than feels comfortable to them.

Martha was once mugged on the subway, so now every time she enters the subway she starts to shake and feel afraid. For Martha, the subway is a

trigger.

When you notice someone is using a different speech pattern than yours, you should

try to overcome biases.

Because it determines which decisions are implemented, the ________ of the DSS is arguably its most important component.

user interface

Bus width is the amount of data that can be transmitted at a given time. A 64-bit bus can transmit ________ bits of data.

64

Which of the following are applications of GIS? More than one answer may be correct.

A gas station uses the location of where travelers are when they search for a gas station on their mobile phone map to determine the best spot to put a billboard advertising their location. A marketer wants to know what percentage of new homes are "smart homes" equipped with appliances, lighting fixtures, and security systems that are connected to the Internet.

Which statement is true about co-cultures?

Co-culture is a combination of elements from different cultures.

Which of the following companies popularized the use of personal computers? More than one answer may be correct.

Dell apple IBM

Which of the following are manufacturers of enterprise resource planning system software? More than one answer may be selected.

Oracle Adobe

An electrical company has decided to open a new location in California. While it will be relocating a small percentage of executives to this new location, most employees will need to be hired from the local area. The company uses its human resource information system to sort resumes based on key words used to describe skills, college attended, and number of years' experience. Any resumes that do not fit within these parameters are not scheduled for in-person interviews. What function is this HR management system helping the company perform?

Recruiting

How do Internet-connected, point-of-sale (POS) terminals save time for retailers and other businesses? More than one answer may be correct.

The availability of credit or funds is electronically verified. The transaction information is automatically recorded. The customer's identity is electronically checked against past records. The receipt information is electronically mailed to the customer.

According to Adam Smith, what are three ways that businesses can make labor more efficient?

They can have workers specialize in a single, simple task. They can reduce the distance between manufacturing steps or facilities. They can invent machines to multiply the productivity of workers. They can pass legislation that dictates what can be bought and sold.

The amount of RAM a computer comes with or the ability to expand its RAM is an important consideration when buying a new device.

True

The platform or operating system of a computer controls all of the functions of a computer.

True

Unicode is a common encoding standard that is capable of representing all of the world's languages.

True

This type of connector is the most common type of connection to a computer for peripherals (printers, monitors, storage devices, etc.).

USB

The two main factors that affect the speed of the processor are clock speed and ________.

bus width

How did the first cash registers "register" a transaction?

by adding its value to the total amount of payments already received

Persuasive messages should conclude with a(n)

call to action.

Clock speed, also known as ________, is the speed at which the processor performs the operations required to run a digital device and the digital device's instructions.

clock rate

Which situation is an example of disrespecting the dignity and worth of others?

criticizing a subordinate in front of others

A search engine continually adjusts its algorithms as more data enter its servers. This is an example of the use of

data analytics.

5G cellular technology offers the promise of download speeds as high as 20 Gbps. This will likely require more antenna arrays with each antenna sending out ________ microwave signals.

weaker

One of Google's companies that is investigating AI and Machine Learning is called

DeepMind

Who espoused "Theory X" and "Theory Y"?

Douglas McGregor

Which person demonstrates projected cognitive similarity?

Marisol assumes that other cultural groups have the same values as hers.

The Android OS is owned and maintained by Google (Alphabet).

True

Learning platforms that use algorithms to adjust the content that each student sees in order to maximize learning efficiency is called ________ learning.

adaptive

Cache is slower but larger than RAM.

false

Which cryptocurrency shares features with a previous cryptocurrency but is technologically enhanced?

bitcoin cash

What are the advantages of software as a service (SaaS)? More than one answer may be correct.

instant access, downloads, and usability frequent application updates offered application accessed via the Internet only

The U.S. Census Bureau is using differential ________ to make census data secure and private.

privacy

Which of Cialdini's principles of influence involves repaying people for what they have given us?

reciprocation

Jerold was sure that sales were down at his company because its supplier wasn't keeping up with orders, in spite of the data that showed the supplier was actually more responsive than the previous supplier. He yelled at the operations manager during a meeting, telling him to fix the problem now. Jerold's decision-making style is that of a(n)

skeptic.

Which has the most storage capacity?

terabyte

________ refers to how cultures socialize members to feel in novel, surprising, or extraordinary situations.

Uncertainty avoidance

It is important to ask colleagues to review persuasive messages because persuasive messages

are directed to people who resist your ideas, products, or services.

Using cyberattacks, such as the May 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack which struck British hospitals particularly hard, is an example of how a nation with less military strength can level the field using technology. This is an example of ________ warfare.

asymmetric

Allowing people to share a digital ledger across a network of computers, ________ uses computer code to create concatenated (linked together) blocks of transactions.

blockchain

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which of the following are recommendations of cloud computing? More than one answer may be correct.

broad network access resource pooling slow elasticity

Describe the benefits 5G networks will provide cell phone carriers and users. More than one answer may be correct.

faster connections and data transfer speeds greater capacity connected cities

Describe the benefits of cloud computing. More than one answer may be correct.

flexibility collaboration local copies of data

External persuasive messages often

focus more on promoting products and services.

A series of questions that attempt to deconstruct a business issue by moving from general to specific are known as ________ questions.

funnel

A major difference between high-assertiveness and low-assertiveness cultures is that people in low-assertiveness cultures tend to

give vague answers to questions.

Candy is writing a brochure to explain the benefits of buying produce from local farmers at the farmers' market rather than from chain grocery stores. What information will most likely make her brochure effective?

stories about local farm families who participate in the farmers' market

Which three of the following make up the major elements of a supply chain management system?

supplier relationship management order fulfillment management employee benefits management

When Leonard had to tell Tanya that her project had lost its funding, he found himself adopting a slumped posture that was similar to hers. What was Leonard doing?

synchronizing body language to show empathy

The cultural dimension of assertiveness deals with

the level of confrontation and directness that is considered appropriate and productive.