MIS Final Pt 1
Mashup
A Web site that combines content from other Web sites to form new content is called a(n) ______. A. Social network B. Aggregator C. Blog D. E-commerce site E. Mashup
A wiki
Carter is a member of a team of five students working on a research project that comprises 25% of his overall grade. The team is trying to decide how they can most effectively work together to complete the final paper. Which of the following would work the best for this team? A. A blog B. A discussion board C. A private social networking site D. A Skype video chat E. A wiki
Social commerce
Building relationships, anticipating needs, and providing special deals for the community's members is a function of which category of Web 2.0 applications? A. Social networking B. Aggregators C. Blogs D. Crowdsourcing E. Social commerce
OLTP
Business transactions that are processed as they occur is an example of A. batch processing B. source data automation C. OLTP D. TPS E. ESS.
Process
Crediting interest to your savings account at your bank once a month, it is called a: A. process B. function C. calculation D. Transaction E. decision
business oriented
LinkedIn is a _______________________ social networking site that makes money from advertising and services. A. Training B. College C. Business-oriented D. Video-upload E. Blogging
Wikis
Many companies are using ________ to capture updated product features and specifications. A. Blogs B. Netcasts C. RSS feeds D. Tags E. Wikis
Blogs
Many traditional media companies are using ________ to provide a richer version of the stores they cover. A. Blogs B. Netcasts C. RSS feeds D. Tags E. Wikis
high, repetitive, easy
Organizational transactions are typically _____ volume, _____, and therefore _____ to computerize. A. low, repetitive, difficult B. high, repetitive, easy C. high, different, difficult D. low, different, easy E. high, different, easy
typically fitting an organization's existing business processes
The characteristics of ERP systems include all of the following except: A. integrating the planning, management, and use of all resources of the organization B. providing information necessary to control the business processes of the organization C. including a set of interdependent software modules D. typically fitting an organization's existing business processes E. they are expensive and time-consuming
Consumer-generated media e
The comments of consumers in the blogosphere concerning a company's products are called ____________________. A. Free advertising B. Consumer-generated media. C. Consumer-generated PR D. Rumors E. Reliable feedback
they consist of modules
The drawbacks of ERP systems include all of the following except: A. They are complex B. They are expensive C. They are time-consuming to implement D. Companies may need to change existing business processes to fit the software E. They consist of modules
Transaction processing systems
The most fundamental information systems in an organization are: A. office automation systems B. decision support systems C. functional area information systems D. Transaction processing systems E. business intelligence systems
It is difficult to test the authenticity of the content due to the fact that anyone can contribute content
The reliability of the content in Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is questionable because A. All of the administrators are volunteers. B. No author has to identify himself or herself. C. The content is updated all the time. D. It is difficult to test the authenticity of the content due to the fact that anyone can contribute content. E. All of the above are reasons why the content is questionable.
Netcasts
Universities are using ________ to provide students with access to lectures. A. Blogs B. Netcasts C. RSS feeds D. Tags E. Wikis
Transaction
When interest is credited to your savings account at your bank, it is called a: A. process B. function C. calculation D. Transaction E. decision
transaction
When interest is credited to your savings account at your bank, it is called a: A. process B. function C. calculation D. Transaction E. decision
Lack of documentation
Which of the following has not been identified as a reason for ERP implementation failure? A. Failure to include affected employees in planning B. The complexity of the planning C. Lack of documentation D. Insufficient training E. No change management processes
the ability to predict buying habits based on real-time data
Which of the following is an advantage of social commerce over traditional e-commerce? A. Loyalty B. The ability to predict buying habits based on real-time data C. Processing speed D. Crowdsourcing E. Reduced expenses
best practices
_____ are the most successful solutions or problem-solving methods for achieving a business objective. A. Business functions B. Best practices C. Optimal strategies D. Business processes E. Enterprise solutions
enterprise resource planning systems
_____ integrate the planning, management, and use of all of an organization's resources, and are designed to tightly integrate the functional areas of the organization. A. Transaction processing systems B. Supply chain management systems C. Functional area information systems D. Enterprise resource planning systems E. Corporate extranets
transaction processing systems
Data that have been processed by the organization's _____ are inputs into the organization's database. A. office automation systems B. functional area information systems C. Transaction processing systems D. decision support systems E. digital dashboards
structured, business processes
Enterprise resource planning systems are very _____ software products, meaning that companies typically have to change their _____ to accommodate how the software functions. A. unstructured, business processes B. structured, reporting relationships C. structured, accounting processes D. unstructured, inventory control E. structured, business processes
Business process
Enterprise resource planning systems take a(n) _____ view of the overall organization. A. User's B. Management C. Functional D. Business process E. Transactional
a. Blog about the games and include his own insights about his experience
Greg still follows his high school's lacrosse team. He set up a meeting with the coach to ask how he could help with recruiting. Which of the following Section reference 1s would make the most sense from the coach's point of view? A. Build a wiki with other alums of their seasons. B. Build a fan page in Facebook to alert alums to upcoming games. C. Go to games and tweet about the action. D. Blog about the games and include his own insights about his experience. E. Post photos of this year's games on a photo sharing site and tag them with the name of the high school.
start a business page in Facebook, and let his friends know about it.
Sean is organizing a 5K race to support the local food bank. The event takes place in three months. Which of the following would be the best strategy? A. Set up a Twitter account, and tweet some details about the event every couple of hours. B. Start blogging about all the organizing that is going on. C. Start a business page in Facebook, and let his friends know about it. D. Start putting pictures of the food bank on photo sharing sites and tag with "5K" E. Build a Web page with all of the details.
Start blogging about how the food bank helps people living in the community
Sean ran a very successful 5K race to support the local food bank. They had 210 runners and raised over $5,000. He wants to continue to do more for the local food bank. Which of the following would be the best use of his time? A. Set up a Twitter account and tweet a story about the food bank every day. B. Start blogging about how the food bank helps people living in the community. C. Use the business page in Facebook that he built for the race and allow people to donate from that page. D. Start putting pictures of the food bank on photo sharing sites and tag with "Food bank" E. Build a Web page with all of the details of the food bank.
Despite the variation in individual rules, the Web collection is rather organized
Which of the following is an advantage of tagging? A. Tagging rules are standard within a domain of knowledge. B. Users have to choose from a set of tags so others can find the item. C. Despite the variation in individual rules, the Web collection is rather organized. D. Retrieval finds only the relevant tags to a user's search. E. Tags use AJAX to speed up searching.
these ERP systems have no optional modules
Which of the following is false about ERP II systems? A. They utilize the Web. B. They include human resources processes. C. Functionality is delivered as e-business suites. D. They support internal- facing applications as well as external-facing applications. E. These ERP systems have no optional modules.
An organization doesnt have to use the business processes coded into the ERP
Which of the following is false? A. Breaking down functional silos makes an organization more adaptive. B. An organization doesn't have to use the business processes coded into the ERP. C. ERP systems change an organization's business processes. D. ERP systems are time consuming to implement. E. ERP systems require functional areas to work together.
Information systems are only used by large organizations
Which of the following is false? A. Corporate data is supplied by Transaction processing systems. B. Information systems are only used by large organizations. C. Reports from information systems are used in all levels of the organization. D. Data from TPS systems feeds ERP systems. E. Information systems within an organization support internal and external processes.
ERP systems look the same to users as functional information systems.
Which of the following is false? A. ERP systems are an evolution of functional information systems. B. ERP systems look the same to users as functional information systems. C. ERP systems have much the same functionality as functional information systems. D. ERP systems produce the same reports as functional information systems. E. ERP systems use the same data as functional information systems.
functional area information systems easily communicate with each other
Which of the following is false? A. Functional area information systems were usually developed independently. B. Functional area information systems easily communicate with each other. C. ERP systems are designed to integrate business processes. D. ERP systems use a common database. E. ERP systems integrate functional areas within an organization.
the POM function within an organization monitors sales
Which of the following is false? A. Inventory management determines how much inventory to order. B. Large companies allow their vendors to manage their inventory. C. The POM function within an organization monitors sales. D. Quality control used by manufacturing units uses metrics. E. Computer systems are used to integrate all aspects of product design.
TPS need large computers to process the transactions
Which of the following is false? A. TPS need large computers to process the transactions. B. Business transactions can be processed when they occur. C. Business transactions can be processed after they occur. D. Data for transactions can be collected by sensors. E. A transaction is a business event.
small amounts of data are processed
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a transaction processing system? A. small amounts of data are processed B. sources of data are mainly internal C. low computation complexity D. high level of accuracy, data integrity, and security E. high level of detail
providing data from business events to the corporate database
Which of the following is not a function of functional area information systems? A. providing information to managers in the functional areas B. supporting the managerial tasks of planning, organizing, and controlling operations C. providing information mainly in the form of reports D. providing data from business events to the corporate database E. providing analysis capabilities to middle level managers and staff
inventory management
Which of the following is not a process within an information system for Accounting and Finance? A. Budgeting B. Managing Currencies C. Inventory management D. Auditing E. Expense management
firing decisions
Which of the following is not a process within an information system for Human Resource Management? A. Benefits administration B. Firing decisions C. Peer evaluations D. Recruitment E. Training
Wikipedia
Which of the following is not a social networking site? A. Facebook B. YouTube C. Flickr D. Wikipedia E. LinkedIn
AJAX
Which of the following is not an example of Web 2.0 applications? A. Blogs B. Wikis C. Netcasting D. Crowdsourcing E. AJAX
Printing a report
Which of the following is not an example of a transaction? A. A person hired B. A payroll check generated C. A service sold D. Printing a report E. Checking out at Walmart
Posting a call for new manuscripts
Which of the following is not an example of crowdsourcing? A. Posting a task that needs to be completed with a price for completion B. Posting personal pictures that can be licensed by interested parties C. Posting a call for new manuscripts D. Asking for feedback on products and make it publically available E. Asking for new product ideas and reward those used
54.Customizing an ERP system is permitted
Which of the following is true? A. Implementing an ERP system will maintain a competitive advantage. B. Implementing an ERP system will allow a company to operate faster than their competition. C. The IT costs of an ERP implementation goes down over time. D. Customizing an ERP system is permitted. E. The benefits of an ERP implementation go down over time.
The actual processing of a transaction has to be standard
Which of the following is true? A. Transactions are only critical to the area they occur in. B. Transactions can only involve one database. C. Transactions can only involve one computer. D. The actual processing of a Transaction has to be standard. E. Transactions generate a small volume of data.
Blogs cannot be part of an RSS feed
Which of the following statements concerning RSS is false? A. Users can customize the information they want. B. Users can specify how often they want the information. C. Blogs cannot be part of an RSS feed. D. A special reader is needed to display RSS content feeds. E. Subscribers get notifications of changes in content.
RSS feeds transmit a link to the full text of new content to subscribers
Which of the following statements concerning RSS is true? A. Blogs cannot be part of an RSS feed. B. RSS feeds deliver information only from news sites. C. RSS cannot be searched. D. RSS feeds transmit a link to the full text of new content to subscribers. E. A special reader is needed that must be purchased.
They cannot be used to start a business.
Which of the following statements concerning Web 2.0 sites is false? A. They harness collective intelligence. B. They deliver functionality as services. C. They feature remixable applications and data. D. They encourage user participation. E. They cannot be used to start a business.
A reader can believe the details in a blog
Which of the following statements concerning blogging is false? A. Anyone can blog. B. A reader can believe the details in a blog. C. A company can maintain an internal blog site. D. Blogging can be used in marketing. E. Tweets are replacing blogging.
Printing-on-demand companies market books for their authors
Which of the following statements concerning printing-on-demand as a Web 2.0 application is false? A. New small-book printing machines reduce printing costs. B. Free software can be used to edit and typeset text. C. Printing-on-demand companies also offer distribution. D. Printing-on-demand companies market books for their authors. E. Printing-on-demand is attractive to established authors.
users find the social network feeds distracting
Which of the following statements concerning social networking Web sites is false? A. Any type of content can be loaded. B. The goal is to help people collaborate. C. Social networks can be a valuable business tool. D. Users find the social network feeds distracting. E. Social network software provides tools for finding other people online.
Tags that fall into categories.
Which of the following statements concerning tagging is false? A. Tags fall into categories. B. Users can pick their own tags. C. Tags can be given to any piece of information or file. D. Tags can be used to retrieve Web content. E. Each user designs a personal set of tagging rules.
Folksonomies are a version of tagging.
Which of the following statements concerning tagging is true? A. Tag categories are created by software developers. B. Tagging software has built-in rules. C. Tagging can be performed only on Web pages. D. Tags can be given only to text. E. Folksonomies are a version of tagging.
The only downside of social networks is the required bandwidth
Which of the following statements is false? A. Social networks can be used to achieve strategic objectives. B. The only downside of social networks is the required bandwidth. C. Social networks can be implemented on a secure platform. D. Social networks take the place of traditional employee directories. E. Social networks can offer personal pages as well as business pages.
sales and marketing
Which of the following was not included in early ERP systems? A. Sales and Marketing B. Inventory Control C. Order Entry D. Distribution E. Raw materials management
passively receive information; participate with the site
With Web 1.0 sites, users ------------------------------, whereas with Web 2.0 sites, users _________________. A. Use HTML, use CCS B. Passively receive information, participate with the site. C. Use wired connections, use wireless connections. D. Have to know the address of the site, can use search engines to find a site E. Did not have to login to find information, have to login in to find information.
Wikis
You just started to work on a project with three other people. You realize that everyone has their own notes, which makes it hard for you to keep track of what has been done and what still needs to be done. Which of the following applications would you suggest the team use? A. Blogs B. Netcasts C. RSS feeds D. Tags E. Wikis
You will be notified of updates in the content areas you selected
You sign up for an RSS feed from CNN.com. Which of the following would you expect to happen? A. When you sign up, you will need to download print templates. B. You won't be able to search RSS content. C. You will be able to choose only one topic area. D. You will be notified of updates in the content areas you selected. E. You will get content sent to you via e-mail.
ERP II systems
_____ are interorganizational ERP systems that provide Web-enabled links between an organization's key business systems and its customers, suppliers, business partners, and others. A. Functional area information systems B. Supply chain management systems C. Transaction processing systems D. Office automation systems E. ERP II systems
