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 |
An extranet with KMS capabilities |
Which of the following would not be considered part of the implementation phase of problem solving? -Purchasing hardware for an information systems solution |
Evaluating a selection of software packages for implementing a new business process |
All of the following describe the effects of globalization except: -significant decreases in operating costs. |
increases in transaction costs. |
the enormous volume of data generated by Internet activity, such as web traffic, email, and social media is referred to as: -big data. |
big data |
Financial managers work directly with ________ to ensure investments in information systems help achieve corporate goals. -operations managers |
senior managers |
A firm that invests in an information system because it is a necessity of doing business does so because it is seeking to achieve which of the following business objectives? -Operational excellence |
survival |
Engineers and scientists are examples of: -knowledge workers. |
knowledge workers. |
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. |
It was designed and developed without taking the organization’s culture into consideration. |
inadequate database capacity is an example of the ________ dimension of business problems. -organizational |
technology |
The six important business objectives of information system investment include all of the following except: -survival. |
employee morale |
Telepresence is an example of which of the following? -Social business |
Virtual meeting |
Data management technology consists of: -the software governing the organization of data on physical storage media. |
the software governing the organization of data on physical storage media. |
As described in the chapter case, which of the following constitutes an organizational element in the UPS tracking system? -Promoting the company strategy of low-cost, superior service |
The specification of procedures for identifying packages with sender and recipient information |
In 2015, what percent of Internet users will access the web through mobile devices? -Around 25 percent |
More than 60 percent |
The average number of baseball tickets sold at a particular price is an example of: -input. |
meaningful information |
Which of the following is an interorganizational business process? -Creating financial statements |
Ordering raw materials |
Which of the following fields deals with behavioral issues, as well as technical issues surrounding the development, use, and impact of information systems used by managers and employees in the firm? -Management information systems |
Management information systems |
________ is a service provided by the Internet that uses universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting, and displaying information in a page format. -An extranet |
the world wide web |
Which of the following is an example of a business using information systems to create new products and services? -Walmart’s Retail Link’s system |
Apple’s creation of the iPad |
Which of the following types of systems could be used to enable different firms to work collaboratively on a product? -DSS |
extranet |
A computerized system that performs and records the daily activities necessary to conduct business is classified as a(n): -decision support system. |
transaction processing system. |
The culture of UPS places service to the customer among the company’s highest business objectives, which is reflected in their use of information systems to enable customer tracking of their packages. Based on your reading of Chapter 1, why is "culture" an important factor to consider when building information system solutions to business problems? -Culture is a cauldron of employee perspectives and conflicts, which can be used to improve business processes. |
Culture affects how information system solutions are implemented and used. |
All of the following can be considered managerial responsibilities except: -allocating human resources to coordinate the work to be done. |
designing new information systems |
All of the following are examples of environmental actors in an information system except: -feedback. |
feedback |
As discussed in the chapter opening case, the San Francisco Giants are taking advantage of wireless technology to do which of the following? -Enhance fan experience |
Enhance fan experience |
The Internet raises the bargaining power of customers most effectively by: -creating new opportunities for building loyal customer bases. |
making information available to everyone. |
Which of the following statements about network economics is not true? -Information technology can be strategically useful from a network economics perspective. |
In network economics, the marginal cost of adding new members to the network is higher than the marginal gain. |
In a ________ system configuration, separate information systems are designed and managed by each foreign unit. -centralized |
decentralized |
Customer definitions of the quality of a product include all of the following except: -uniformity of the product. |
uniformity of the product |
When the output of some units can be used as inputs to other units, or if two organizations pool markets and expertise that result in lower costs and generate profits, ________ are created. -synergies |
synergies |
An information system can enhance core competencies by: -allowing operational employees to interact with management. |
encouraging the sharing of knowledge across business units. |
The idea that the more any given resource is applied to production, the lower the marginal gain in output, until a point is reached where the additional inputs produce no additional output, is referred to as: -inelasticity. |
the law of diminishing returns |
According to the chapter case, the Nike+ ecosystem is part of which of the following larger phenomena? -The Internet of Things |
The Internet of Things |
________ systems are those in which development occurs at the home base, but operations are handed over to autonomous units in foreign locations. -Networked |
duplicated |
Which of the following is the first step in BPM? -Identify processes for change. |
Identify processes for change. |
Which of the following statements about BPR is not true? BPR is the easiest type of BPM to implement. |
BPR is the easiest type of BPM to implement. |
Which of the following is not a true statement about value webs? -Value webs involve a collection of independent firms that use information technology to coordinate their value chains. |
Value webs are inflexible and cannot adapt quickly to changes in supply and demand. |
Which of the following is not an advantage for new companies entering the marketplace? They can establish new relationships with suppliers. |
They can establish new relationships with suppliers. |
________ is the ability to offer individually tailored products or services using the same production resources as bulk production. -Demand customization |
Mass customization |
Caterpillar Corporation is example of which of the following? -Domestic exporter |
domestic exporter |
Which of the following statements about 3-D printing is not true? -3-D printing is also known as additive manufacturing. |
Unlike traditional techniques, 3-D printing results in some wasted material. |
Which of the following industries has the lowest barrier to entry? -Small retailer |
Small retailer |
Which of the following illustrates the use of information systems to focus on market niche? -A hot tub dealer’s use of information systems to determine which models and options its customers are most likely to buy |
A hot tub dealer’s use of information systems to determine which models and options its customers are most likely to buy |
Which of the following is not one of the competitive forces in Porter’s model? -Suppliers |
external environment |
The most successful solutions or methods for achieving a business objective are called: -value webs |
best practices. |
The ________ strategy concentrates financial management and control out of a central home base while decentralizing production, sales, and marketing operations to units in other countries. -transnational |
multinational |
How are information systems used at the industry level to achieve strategic advantage? -By enabling companies to develop customer intimacy |
By building industry-wide, IT-supported consortia and symposia |
A firm can exercise greater control over its suppliers by having: -fewer suppliers. |
more suppliers |
________ typically develop a single information system, usually at the home base, and then replicate it around the world. -Transnational firms |
Franchisers |
Which of the following technologies permits service calls to U.S. companies to be answered in India just as easily and inexpensively as if the help desk were in the United States? -Software as a web service |
Internet telephony |
The main challenge coming to Microsoft’s Office software suite will be: -Apple’s iWork. |
cloud-based productivity software such as Google Docs and Google Apps. |
Which of the following is an example of a legacy system? Answers: |
Transaction processing system running on a mainframe |
The world’s data centers use as much energy as the output of ________ nuclear power plants, which is about ________ percent of all the energy use in the world. Answers: |
30; 1.5 |
In a relational database, a record is also called a(n): Answers: |
tuple |
A one-to-many relationship between two entities is symbolized in a diagram by a line that ends: Answers: |
with a crow’s foot preceded by a short mark. |
The project operation: Answers: |
creates a subset consisting of columns in a table. |
Which of the following statements about data warehouses is not true? Answers: |
Data warehouse systems provide easy-to-use tools for managers to easily update data. |
Translating software to different languages is commonly referred to as: Answers: |
software localization. |
Microsoft Excel is an example of: Answers: |
spreadsheet software. |
DBMS typically include report-generating tools in order to: Answers: |
display data in an easier-to-read-format. |
In clustering, a data mining tool will find: Answers: |
new groupings within data. |
What is the first step you should take in managing data for a firm? Answers: |
Identify the data needed to run the business. |
A DBMS makes the: Answers: |
physical database available for different logical views |
MySQL is a: Answers: |
popular open-source DBMS. |
The confusion created by ________ makes it difficult for companies to create customer relationship management, supply chain management, or enterprise systems that integrate data from different sources. Answers: |
data redundancy |
Which of the following is considered to be the fastest growing form of computing? Answers: |
cloud computing |
Which of the following is the most prominent data manipulation language today? Answers: |
SQL |
What is the foundation technology for web services? Answers: |
XML |
Which of the following would you use to find patterns in user interaction data recorded by web servers? Answers: |
Web usage mining |
In order to manage their relationship with an outsourcer or technology service provider, firms need a contract that includes a(n): Answers: |
SLA |
Data mining is more ________ than OLAP. Answers: |
discovery driven |
A(n) ________ is a dedicated computer in a client/server environment that hosts a DBMS. Answers: |
database server |
Which of the following allows users to add, change, delete, or retrieve data in a database? Answers: |
Data manipulation language |
A client computer networked to a server computer, with processing split between the two types of machines, is called a(n) ________ architecture. Answers: |
two-tiered client/server |
What type of device gathers data and converts them into electronic form for use by the computer? Answers: |
input device |
Financial managers work directly with ________ to ensure investments in information systems help achieve corporate goals. -marketing managers |
senior managers |
Cisco’s WebEx is an example of which of the following types of collaboration tools? -Team room |
Online meeting |
Which of the following Google tools allows people to engage in group video chat? -Google Docs |
Google Hangouts |
A relocation control system that reports summaries on the total moving, house-hunting, and home financing costs for employees in all company divisions would fall into the category of a/an: -TPS. |
MIS |
Legal compliance is an example of the ________ dimension of business problems. -people |
PEOPLE |
Producing a bill of materials is a responsibility of the ________ function. -manufacturing and production |
manufacturing and production |
The six important business objectives of information system investment include all of the following except:
-improved decision making. |
employee morale. |
The three principal levels of hierarchies within a business organization are: -senior management, knowledge workers, and service workers. |
-senior management, middle management, and operational management. |
Key forces in a business’s immediate environment include: -global events. |
stockholders |
Which of the following can typically access a company’s intranet? -The general public |
The firm’s employees |
which of the following would not be considered part of the implementation phase of problem solving? -Determining the attitude of employees about the solution. |
Evaluating a selection of software packages for implementing a new business process |
Telepresence is an example of which of the following? -Business intelligence |
Virtual meeting |
________ technology allows a videoconference participant to give the appearance of being present at a location other than his or her true physical location. -Telepresence |
Telepresence |
A(n) ________ collects data from various key business processes and stores the data in a single comprehensive data repository, usable by many parts of the business. -TPS |
enterprise system |
________ is a service provided by the Internet that uses universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting, and displaying information in a page format. -Email |
The World Wide Web |
Verizon’s implementation of a web-based digital dashboard to provide managers with real-time information, such as customer complaints, is an example of: -competitive advantage. |
improved decision making. |
An example of raw data from an automobile manufacturer would be: -an average of 130 Subarus sold daily in New York in 2015. |
1 Subaru Outback sold January 7, 2015 in Mount Kisco, New York for $25,000. |
The practice in law-governed societies in which laws are known and understood, and there is an ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly is called: -responsibility. |
due process. |
The NAI is an industry association formed to help with which of the following? -Copyright protection |
Online privacy issues |
The introduction of new information technology has: -a ripple effect, raising new ethical, social, and political issues. |
a ripple effect, raising new ethical, social, and political issues. |
An information system can enable a company to focus on a market niche through: -tailoring products to the client. |
intensive customer data analysis. |
Which of the following illustrates the use of information systems to achieve product differentiation? -A hot tub dealer’s use of information systems to determine which models and options its customers are most likely to buy |
A shoe manufacturer’s use of information systems in selling custom, made-to-order shoes directly to customers |
In a ________ system configuration, separate information systems are designed and managed by each foreign unit. -networked |
decentralized |
Which of the following is not one of the practices added in 2010 by the FTC to its framework for privacy? -Firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is stored to six months or less. |
Firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is stored to six months or less. |
How are information systems used at the industry level to achieve strategic advantage? -By raising the bargaining power of suppliers |
By building industry-wide, IT-supported consortia and symposia |
Customer definitions of the quality of a product include all of the following except: -customer support for the product. |
uniformity of the product. |
________ typically develop a single information system, usually at the home base, and then replicate it around the world -Multinational firms |
Franchisers |
All of the following could be considered substitute products for industrial electricity generation except: -ethanol. |
ethanol |
The U.S. CAN-SPAM Act: -has dramatically cut down spamming. |
requires commercial email senders to identify themselves. |
Which of the following is not one of the four basic strategies a company can employ to deal with competitive forces? -Differentiate products |
Compete on employee loyalty |
Which of the following is not one of the competitive forces in Porter’s model? -Other competitors |
External environment |
The Internet raises the bargaining power of customers most effectively by: -lowering transaction costs. |
making information available to everyone. |
Benchmarking: -allows industry participants to develop industry-wide standards. |
compares the efficiency and effectiveness of your business processes against strict standards. |
Accepting the potential costs, duties, and obligations for the decisions you make is referred to as: -accountability. |
responsibility. |
An analyst asked to perform capacity planning for a system would need to take into account all of the following factors except: -the volume of transactions. |
the purchase price of new computer hardware equipment. |
A(n) ________ is a set of self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application. -web service |
SOA |
The logical view of a database: -allows the creation of supplementary reports. |
presents data as they would be perceived by end users. |
The ability of a person booking a flight on Southwest.com’s website to reserve a car from Dollar Rent-A-Car without having to leave the airline’s website is an example of the usage by Dollar Rent-A-Car and Southwest Airlines of which of the following? -Web services |
Web services |
Which of the following is an example of a pre-digital database? -A doctor’s office invoice |
A library’s card-catalog |
Data mining is more ________ than OLAP. -streamlined |
discovery driven |
Software used to apply the computer to a specific task for an end user is called: -system software. |
application software. |
Which of the following statements is not true about cloud computing? -It is the fastest-growing form of computing. |
It removes the concern about data and systems security for businesses. |
An analyst asked to perform a TCO analysis for a system would need to take into account all of the following factors except: -lost productivity if hardware or software failures cause the system to be unavailable for processing and user tasks. |
the minimum response time for processing business transactions. |
In clustering, a data mining tool will find: -new groupings within data. |
new groupings within data. |
Which of the following database types would be best suited for storing multimedia? -SQL DBMS |
Non-relational DBMS |
The business case for using grid computing involves all of the following except: -agility. |
centralized maintenance. |
Which of the following is an interactive, multiuser operating system developed by Bell Laboratories in 1969 to be highly supportive of communications and networking? -UNIX |
UNIX |
All of the following are features of smartwatches except a(n): -barometer. |
gyrometer. |
You use ________ to predict when a computer hardware system becomes saturated. -capacity planning |
capacity planning |
In controlling network traffic to minimize slow-downs, a technology called ________ is used to examine data files and sort low-priority data from high-priority data. -application proxy filtering |
deep packet inspection |
CryptoLocker is an example of which of the following? -Evil twin |
Ransomware |
The advanced networking consortium representing more than 500 universities, businesses, and government agencies is known as: -IAB. |
Internet2 |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of packet switching? -Packets travel independently of each other. |
Packet switching requires point-to-point circuits. |
An example of phishing is: -flooding a web server with thousands of requests for service. |
setting up a fake medical website that asks users for confidential information. |
Which of the following statements about botnets is not true? -Ninety percent of the world’s spam is delivered by botnets. |
It is not possible to make a smartphone part of a botnet. |
In which method of encryption is a single encryption key sent to the receiver so both sender and receiver share the same key? -Symmetric key encryption |
Symmetric key encryption |
The most common web server today, controlling 65 percent of the market, is: -Netscape Server. |
Apache HTTP Server. |
A(n) ________ is a box consisting of a radio receiver/transmitter and antennas that links to a wired network, router, or hub. -hot spot |
access point |
Which of the following services enables logging on to one computer system and working on another? -T1 lines |
Telnet |
For 100 percent availability, online transaction processing requires: -a multi-tier server network. |
fault-tolerant computer systems. |
A salesperson clicks repeatedly on the online ads of a competitor’s in order to drive the competitor’s advertising costs up. This is an example of: -click fraud. |
click fraud |
The Internet is based on which three key technologies? -Client/server computing, packet switching, and HTTP |
Client/server computing, packet switching, and the development of communications standards for linking networks and computers |
Which of the following statements about RFID is not true? -Microchips embedded in RFIDs are used to store data. |
RFIDs require line-of-sight contact to be read. |
________ controls ensure that valuable business data files on either disk or tape are not subject to unauthorized access, change, or destruction while they are in use or in storage. -Authentication |
Data security |
Digital subscriber lines: -are very-high-speed data lines typically leased from long-distance telephone companies. |
operate over existing telephone lines to carry voice, data, and video. |
________ is a crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of personal information to impersonate someone else. -Cybervandalism |
Identity theft |
The child domain of the root is the: -second-level domain. |
top-level domain. |
Which of the following specifications replaced WEP with a stronger security standard that features changing encryption keys? -AUP |
WPA2 |
Which process is used to protect transmitted data in a VPN? -Packet switching |
Tunneling |
Which protocol is the Internet based on? -FTP |
TCP/IP |
All of the following countries are popular sources of malware attacks except: -Germany. |
Mexico. |
Which signal types are represented by a continuous waveform? -Optical |
Analog |
Which of the following is the single greatest cause of network security breaches? -Cyberwarfare |
User lack of knowledge |
What technology allows people to have content pulled from websites and fed automatically to their computers? -FTP |
RSS |
Components or parts of finished products are referred to as: -secondary products. |
downstream materials. |
According to a 2014 survey of 192 companies conducted by Panorama Consulting Solutions, the average cost of an ERP project was: -$2.8 billion. |
$2.8 million. |
Which of the following would not be considered a contact point? -website |
Intranet |
Which of the following is not an example of a next-generation enterprise application? -Openbravo |
i2 Technologies |
Enterprise application vendors are now including ________ features such as tools for data visualization, flexible reporting, and ad hoc analysis as part of the application. -business intelligence |
business intelligence |
Enterprise software is built around thousands of predefined business processes that reflect: -cutting edge workflow analyses. |
best practices. |
Marketing modules in CRM systems provide tools for all of the following except: -capturing prospect and customer data. |
assigning and managing customer service requests. |
Which of the following traditional solutions enables manufacturers to deal with uncertainties in the supply chain? -Demand planning |
Safety stock |
According to the case study on Unilever, over a ten-year period, Unilever reduced the number of ERP systems it had from ________ to ________. -1000; 100 |
250; 4 |
A distortion of information about the demand for a product as it passes from one entity to the next across the supply chain is called the ________ effect. -ripple |
bullwhip |
Which of the following statements about enterprise applications is not true? -Enterprise applications are based on organization-wide definitions of data. |
Enterprise applications are best implemented when few changes in business processes are required. |
________ modules deal with issues such as setting objectives, employee performance management, and performance-based compensation. -SCM |
ERM |
Transaction brokers: -provide a digital environment where buyers and sellers can establish prices for products. |
save users money and time by processing online sales transactions. |
Which of the following companies uses the market creator business model? -Yahoo |
EBAY |
Which of the following statements about m-commerce is not true? -In 2015, in-app sales to mobile devices account for about $9 billion in m-commerce revenues. |
In 2015, the main areas of growth are in mass market retailing and location-based services. |
Facebook’s Like button is an example of which of the following? -Social search |
Network notification |
The Foursquare website is an example of which of the following? -Geosocial services |
Geosocial services |
Which of the following dimensions of e-commerce technology involves the integration of video, audio, and text marketing messages into a single marketing message and consumer experience? -Richness |
-Richness |
Netflix’s public announcement of a reward for a technology solution to its movie recommendation system is an example of: -prediction markets. |
crowdsourcing. |
All of the following are examples of "on demand" companies except: -Lyft. |
YUMMLY |
Which of the following best illustrates the sales revenue model? -eBay receives a small fee from a seller if a seller is successful in selling an item. |
Apple accepts micropayments for single music track downloads. |
Which of the following is the largest mobile advertising market? -Microsoft |
|
Which of the following is an example of a direct good in the automobile industry? -Roofing shingles |
Sheet steel |
Which of the following dimensions of e-commerce technology involves engaging consumers in a dialog that dynamically adjusts the experience to the individual? -Interactivity |
Interactivity |
Which feature of Internet technology has had the most effect in the Internet’s rapid spread across the globe? -Universal standards |
Universal standards |
What systems development model approach would you use to develop this system? -data flow diagrams. |
structure charts. |
A(n) ________ is a free, online course made available via the web to very large numbers of participants.
-EOC |
massive open online course |
You are an IT project manager for an advertising firm. The firm wishes to create an online survey tool that will be used to survey focus group reactions to products in development. The most important consideration for the firm is being able to offer the tool as soon as possible as a new corporate service. However, you know that many of the senior managers that are business owners of this project have difficulty in understanding technical or software development issues, and are likely to change their requirements during the course of development. What development method would be most successful for this project? -JAD |
Prototyping |
Transferring data from a legacy system to the new system would be defined by which system design specification category? -Database |
Conversion |
To automate routine tasks to help firms search for and filter information for use in electronic commerce and supply chain management, a firm would most likely use: |
intelligent agents |
Which types of decisions are more prevalent at lower organizational levels? -Unstructured decisions |
Structured decisions |
In order to search for and retrieve knowledge objects in an enterprise content management system, the objects themselves must be:
-indexed. |
tagged with a classification. |
A(n) ________ shows each task as a horizontal bar whose length is proportional to the time required to complete it. -DFD |
Gantt chart |
According to the chapter case, which of the following is not one of the problems created by the Great Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) booking tool, Choose and Book? -Improper handling of referrals |
Lack of paper trail |
According to the chapter case, the Girl Scouts’ conversion strategy of first introducing the modules for ordering cookies and then introducing the modules for transmitting orders and instructions to the cookie factory and shipper is called a(n) ________ strategy. -indirect cutover |
phased approach |
Which of the following is not one of the main variables that project management seeks to control? -Scope |
End-users |
In the traditional systems development lifecycle, end users: -contribute heavily throughout development. |
are limited to providing information requirements and reviewing the technical staff’s work. |
As a technical project manager you have decided to propose implementing a prototyping methodology for a small web-based design project. What is the first step you will follow in this project? -Use the existing prototype. |
Identify user requirements. |
Which process develops a detailed description of the functions that a new information system must perform? -Systems design |
Requirements analysis |
Which is the first step in developing a new information system? -Gathering information requirements |
Defining the problem |
Of the following, which is the most important reason for creating a mobile version of a business’s website? -Mobile devices use touch interfaces. |
Mobile devices provide access from anywhere. |
Which is the second step in Simon’s four different stages of decision making? -Design |
choice |
System testing: -tests the functioning of the system as a whole. |
tests the functioning of the system as a whole. |
hich dimension of quality means that a decision faithfully reflects the concerns and interests of affected parties? -Fairness |
fairness |
A(n) ________ capability allows users to view more detailed views of data. drill-down |
drill down |
A systems analysis includes a ________ that is used to determine whether the solution is achievable from a financial, technical, and organizational standpoint.
-test plan |
feasibility study |
Expert systems: work in very limited domains. |
work in very limited domains. |
Decision making is enhanced by a diverse group of ________, such as data mining and fuzzy logic. -intelligent models |
intelligent techniques |
Which of the following is not a typical tool or technique used in responsive design? -Flexible images |
Table-based layouts |
"Hidden costs," such as ________ costs, can easily undercut anticipated benefits from outsourcing. -communications costs |
vendor selection |
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