PLS Exam 1
In 2000, operating a basic internet application costs businesses approximately ________ per month. In mid-2016, operating the same application in Amazon's cloud cost approximately ________ per month.
$150,000: $1,000
About ________ percent of the lines of code written by professional programmers have errors.
10
Almost ________ of consumers are more likely to purchase from a site that offers ratings and reviews.
2/3
percent of all online content is written in English
50 percent
_____ is expected to be deployed by 2020
5G
refers specifically to two or more individuals who act together to perform task
A work group
______ does NOT currently have a GPS system planned or in use
Australia
_____ comprises the vast majority of e-commerce by volume
B2B
_____ is larger by volume; ____ is more complex
B2B; B2C
Chevron used initial effort to update its business processes was followed by several smaller, employee- driven ___________ initiatives
BPI
is an incremental approach that focuses on reducing variation in the process outputs by searching for the root causes of the variation in the process itself or among process inputs
BPI
Chevron improved their business process using
BPR then BPI then BPM
______ is an example of the third type of peer-to-peer processing that allows for advanced search and file sharing
Bit torrent
________ is an example of a customer ratings and reviews website.
Buzzillions
________ is/are the part of primary storage that holds a software program and small amounts of data for processing.
Cache memory
_______ has developed software to take data from shoppers and apparel manufacturers and then makes a recommendation to a customer regarding fit
Clothes Horse
________ provide(s) for the flow of data from external computer networks to ________ and then to computer networks.
Communication technologies; the CPU
________ developers suggest code changes to ________ developers.
Communities of; core
Cloud computing has the following benefit for companies:
Cost
_____ modems use the digital portion of a voice telephone to offer broadband access
DSL
_____ refers to learning supported by the web; _____ refers to any learning situation in which teachers and students do not meet face to face
E-learning; distance learning
________ is the Internet on a portable hard drive.
El Paquete Semanal
is the largest-volume application running over the internet
Which of the following cloud computing characteristics allows organizations to share resources?
Encompasses the characteristics of grid computing
Which of the following cloud computing characteristics represents the "pay-as-you-go" concept?
Encompasses the characteristics of utility computing
________ is NOT a problem caused by computers.
Ergonomics
Open source software typically does not have a copyright.
False
The ultimate goal of AI is to build machines that replace human intelligence.
False
You have satellite TV. Providers use ____ satellites to get this service to you
GEO
______ satellites are stationary relative to a point on Earth
GEO
is NOT an advantage of twisted-pair wire
High Bandwidth
135.62.128.91 is an example of an _____ address
IPv4
the adoption of ______ has been an important factor in the development of the Internet of Things
IPv6
The ________ manages all systems throughout the organization and the day-to-day operations of the entire IS organization.
IS director
The customer manages the most with ________.
IaaS
________ users install their operating system and their application software on the cloud computing provider's computers.
IaaS
Rakuten is a _____ e-commerce company
Japanese
E-parking apps are an example of ______
L-commerce
Medium-Range Wireless Networks are ______ technology
LAN
_____ satellites have the most negligible transmission delay
LEO
satellite telephone services are provided through ______ satellites
LEO
_____ satellites have orbital life of 6-12 years
MEO
________ is a type of secondary storage.
Magnetic tape
________ is a traditional function of the MIS department.
Managing computer operations, including the computer center
________ is a consultative function of the MIS department.
Managing system integration including the internet, intranets, and extranets
________ is NOT an example of collaborative consumption.
Mass customization
________ is an example of proprietary software.
Microsoft
________ predicted that microprocessor complexity would double approximately every 18 months.
Moore
are exchange points for Internet traffic
NAPs
______ is designed to be embedded in mobile devices and can be used with mobile wallets. It is a _____-range wireless network technology
NFC; short
________ is how new employees acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to become effective members of the organization.
Onboarding
________ is an example of a sponsored reviews website.
PayPerPost
________ provides a live notification when its customers are close to physical stores that sell its products. The company then uses Foursquare to send them coupons and discount information.
PepsiCO
________ are the instructions for combining components to process information and generate the desired output.
Procedures
Your computer crashes in the middle of you writing a term paper. You lose the paper because you had not saved a copy yet. You lost your paper because it was in ________.
RAM
__________ allows anyone to syndicate any content to anyone who has an interest in subscribing to it.
RSS
________ is the most widely used service model.
SaaS
is a broadcast medium
Satellite
is an obstacle of Raytheon's CAVE
Space for 3D screens
________ is a traditional function of the MIS department.
Staffing, training, and developing IS skills
________ was/were NOT initially supported by firms' IT departments.
Stand-alone PCs
is an advantage of telecommuting
Stress-level
are the costs, in money and time, imposed by a decision to buy elsewhere
Switching costs
A(n) ________ supports the monitoring, collection, storage, and processing of data from the organization's basic business transactions, each of which generates data.
TPS
Which of the following is TRUE of thin clients?
They do not have locally installed software.
___ is a capability performed relatively better by AI than human intelligence.
Total Cost of Knowledge
________ is NOT an example of a social marketplace.
Tuija
_____ is a short-range wireless network
UWB
______ offers a 15-minute prerecorded selection of Bollywood music and jokes interspersed with four ads for various company products
Unilever
Data prices in ______ are among the lowest in the world
Vietnam
_____ organizations are only online
Virtual
A network between Mars and the Earth would be a
WAN
Bobbejaanland Family Park implemented _____ technology to track customers
WiFi
______ is a two dimensional code that can store much more information than _____
a QR code; bar codes
________ uses rows and columns to manipulate primarily numerical data.
a spreadsheet
Many experts believe ________ is the solution to the challenge of making money from social networking sites and social commerce sites.
advertising
A(n) ______ portals offers a single point entry to an entire community of affiliated interests
affinity
________ allows companies to post jobs to eight different social networks simultaneously.
bullhorn reach
A(n) ________ focuses on designing solutions for business problems and interfaces closely with users to demonstrate how IT can be used innovatively.
business analyst
the ______ is a model in which organizations attempt to procure needed products or services from other organizations electronically
buy-side marketplace
Social computing increases _________.
buyer power
_____ leads to the ideas of fat and thin clients where _____ clients have no local storage and only limited processing power
client/server computing; thin
FanDuel and DraftKings rely on ________ to manage the scalability of their websites; this means _________.
cloud computing; they have to be ready to accept a huge increase in fans right before big games
________ is the most recent evolution of the modern IT infrastructure.
cloud-computing
___ is the ability of information systems to identify objects, scenes, and activities in images.
computer vision
Tujia is similar to Airbnb because it _________.
connects homeowners with travelers
is a challenge of BYOD (Bring Your Own device)
control
________ marketing is when companies use social computing tools to obtain feedback from customers.
conversational
______ facilitate dynamic pricing
cookies
____ involves ____ a task to an undefined, generally larger group of people in the form of an open call
crowdsourcing; outsourcing
_____ refers to the practice registering or using the domain names for the purpose of profiting from the goodwill or the trademark that belongs to someone else.
cyber-squatting
________ refer to an elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning.
data
________ allows users to store, retrieve, and manipulate related data.
data management
___ is a subset of machine learning where the system discovers new patterns without being exposed to labeled historical or training data.
deep learning
_____ occurs when the functions of many physical devices are included in one other physical device
dematerialization
Eritreans who have access to the internet typically use
dial-up
primary activities _____ add value directly to the firm's products or services; support activities _____ add value directly to the firm's products or services
do; do not
Expert systems always replace human decision makers.
false
The majority of CIOs know their companies are in compliance with software licensing agreements.
false
In _____ auctions, sellers solicit bids from many potential buyers; these auctions result in ______ prices over time
forward; higher
Which of the following is NOT a challenge associated with food delivery services?
funding
Banjo makes sense of social networking noise primarily by _________.
geolocating posts
Until recently, the only way to positively identify the correct species of fish was with DNA testing which takes at least half a day. the first portable technology to identify one species of fish, _____, takes 45 minutes
grouper
Buyer power is _____ when buyers have many choices from whom to buy and _____ when buyers have few choices.
high; low
A(n) ________ is an intraorganizational system.
human resources system
the phase of BPI, you decide to start automating order entry by creating a website instead of forcing people to call into Inside Sales to place orders
improve
an example effectiveness
increasing customer satisfaction
______ materials are those items that are needed for MRO
indirect
A(n) ___ agent is a software program that assists you, or acts on your behalf, in performing repetitive computer-related tasks.
information
A(n) ______ agent is a software program that assists you, or acts on your behalf, in performing repetitive computer-related tasks.
intelligent
Your professor hands you a piece of paper with the number 75 on it and tells you this is your current average in the class. Since this is your fourth year as a college student, you know you could work hard to bring that average up to a B by the end of the semester. This is ________.
knowledge
You decide to specialize in marketing for your first career. You take an entry-level position as XYZ Corp. This means you are a _________.
knowledge worker
________ handle the day-to-day operations of the organization and make routine decisions.
lower-level managers
________ are relatively large computers used in large enterprises for extensive computing applications that are accessed by thousands of users.
mainframes
An electronic ________ is a collection of individual shops consolidated under one internet address
mall
if there are ____ alternatives to an organization's products or services, then the threat of substitutes is high; if there are _____ alternatives, then the threat is low
many; few
is the current strategy for many manufactures where a company produces a large quantity of items but customizes them to match the needs and preferences of individual customers
mass customization
the phase of BPI, the BPI team identifies relevant process metrics and collects data to understand how the metrics evolve over time
measure
Laptop computers are small, easily transportable, lightweight ________ that fit comfortably into a briefcase.
microcomputers
Which of the following is NOT a trend in hardware?
more expensive
The internet makes customers ______ powerful; this is a ________ pressure
more; market
Many publishers view ________ advertising as risky because it has the potential to erode the public's trust.
native
The ______ layer of TCP/IP places packets on, and receives them from, the network medium, which can be any networking technology
network interface
Job coaches recommend spending most of your time ________ to get a job.
networking
In ______, manufacturers or retailers sell directly to customers
online direct marketing
The ________ concept refers to a group of computing products that work together.
open systems
Threat of substitute products or services refers to companies _____ the industry; rivalry refers to companies _____ the industry
outside; inside
You want to be able to track the pencils in your store because they seem to be disappearing. You would want to mark the pencils with ______
passive RFID codes
online advertisers have traditionally favored _____ to increase the number of people who look at an add
placing more ads on each web page
Appears underneath the active window
pop-under ads
A(n) ___ agent constantly observes and reports on some item of interest.
predictive
________ clouds provide IT activities and applications as a service over an intranet within an enterprise.
private
with ____, customers us the internet to self-configure products or services
product customization
________ cloud services may be free or offered on a pay-per-usage model.
public
Target tried to move into Canada by
purchasing old Zeller's location
is the result of optimizing the design, development, and production processes
quality
Stripe's _____ is a set of software that makes the buying and selling process easier for merchants and shoppers by embedding "buy" buttons in apps and social networks
relay
which of the following is NOT a basic function TCP/IP?
responsible for disassembling, delivering, and reassembling data during transmission
If you bring your own router to school to set up Wi-Fi but do not have permission from your University to do this, this is ______
rogue access point
______ transmission systems can have a large coverage area but are expensive
satellite
________ store(s) data and program instructions for future use.
secondary storage
in the _____, organizations sell their products or services to other organizations electronically from their own private e-marketplace website or from a third-party website
sell-side marketplace
________ is writing repurposed for a mobile society in which readers' attention is fleeting.
serialized fiction
occurs when shoppers visit a brick-and-mortar store but then purchase online
showrooming
modern credit cards are _____ cards
smart
A(n) ________ guides the user through computer applications by using cartoon-like characters, graphics, animation, and voice commands.
social interface
compliance with government regulations is ______ pressure
societal
________ is a program or collection of programs that enable the hardware to process data.
software
_____ cards allow you to store a fixed amount of prepaid money and then spend it as necessary
stored-value money
________ sequentially accesses program instructions, decodes them, and controls the flow of data.
the control unit
The music and newspaper industries were hurt primarily by
threat of substitutes
A buyer agent is also called a shopping bot.
true
NUIs combine social, haptic, and touch-enabled gesture-control interfaces.
true
Piracy is illegal.
true
Software provides the instructions for hardware to work.
true
According to the textbook, ______ twisted pair is the mostly widely available cable medium
twisted-pair
is the slowest cable medium
twisted-pair
Many GM owners used ________ to share tips and put pressure on GM to provide better customer service.
disconnect and 1 blocker are ad blockers that ______.
use the freemium model
Which of the following cloud computing characteristics allows organizations to use a single physical server for multiple purposes?
virtualization
IBM's Watson is considered ___ AI.
weak
Google Glass is an example of a ________ computer that provides ________ reality
wearable; augmented
________ are applications delivered over the internet that MIS professionals can select and combine through almost any device.
web services
________ are an example of harnessing collective intelligence.
wikis
It costs $49 to get basic roadside help from Urgent.ly and Honk versus the typical $200 charged by AAA. If tow-truck operators want to list themselves on the Urgent.ly and Honk websites, they _______.
work as contractors and must add Urgent.ly and Honk to their insurance policies
