MIS Ch. 1&2

Which of the following is an important skill for a marketing major?

An understanding of product management enterprise systems

Which of the following is most likely to have direct responsibility for ensuring that his or her company complies with existing data privacy laws?

CPO

What is the most important benefit of an enterprise application?

Enabling business functions and departments to share information

Which of the following is not a service typically provided by an information systems department?

Human resources services

Policies that determine which information technology will be used, when, and how, are provided by:

IT standards services.

The final step in the four-step model of business problem solving is

Implementation

In 2015, what percent of Internet users will access the web through mobile devices?

More than 60 percent

Which are the three major dimensions of business problem solving?

Organizational dimensions, people dimensions, and technology dimension

Which of the following would a CSO not be responsible for?

Providing physical security

Which business objective were competitors seeking when they rushed to provide ATMs as well after Citibank introduced the first ATMs in New York?

Survival

The first step in the model of business problem solving discussed in the chapter is:

identifying the problem.

An ESS is an information system that supports the:

long-range planning activities of senior management.

Interaction jobs are those jobs which:

require close coordination and collaboration.

In choosing the best solution for a business problem, all of the following are important considerations except

the ability to forget about the problem once it has been solved.

Data management technology consists of:

the software governing the organization of data on physical storage media.

Output:

transfers processed information to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used.

The fundamental set of assumptions, values, and ways of doing things that has been accepted by most of a company's members is called its

Culture

As discussed in the chapter case, what is the primary reason why Spacebook failed?

It was designed and developed without taking the organization's culture into consideration.

Journalist Thomas Friedman's description of the world as "flat" refers to:

the flattening of economic and cultural advantages of developed countries.

A wiki is a type of collaborative:

website.

You work for a highly successful advertiser that is about to expand nationally. Of utmost importance will be finding a way to store and disseminate its clients' frequently updated branding and style guides throughout the organization. The guides include multiple image files and text documents. What system will best serve these needs?

An extranet with KMS capabilities

Which of the following statements is not true about collaboration in a business setting?

Collaboration is a many-to-many activity as opposed to a one-to-one or one-to-many activity.

In a hierarchical organization, the upper levels consist of:

managerial, professional, and technical workers.

Producing a bill of materials is a responsibility of the ________ function.

manufacturing and production