Ch6 True/False Flashcards

Transactional information is used when performing operational tasks and repetitive decisions such as analyzing daily sales reports and production schedules to determine how much inventory to carry.

-True
-False

Reports for each sales person, product, and part are examples of detail or fine information granularities.

-True
-False

Organizational information comes in different levels, formats, and granularities.

-True
-False

Which of the following is a characteristic of information?

-Type (Transactional & Analytical)
-Timeliness
-Quality
-All of the above

What is immediate, up-to-date information?

-Real-time information
-Real-time systems
-Information granularity
-All of the above

What are the different types of information?

-Levels, forms, granularities
-Levels, formats, granularities
-Levels, forms, data
-Data, formats, granularities

Which of the following implies that information is current with respect to the business requirements?

-Timeliness
-Consistency
-Accuracy
-Uniqueness

Which of the following implies that aggregate or summary information is in agreement with detailed information?

-Uniqueness
-Accuracy
-Consistency
-Timeliness
-Completeness

Timely information must be up-to-the-second to be accurate.

-True
-False

Which of the following represents the different information levels?

-Detail, summary, aggregate
-Document, presentation, spreadsheet, database
-Individual, department, enterprise
-None of the above

What encompasses all organizational information and its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks?

-Quality
-Transactional information
-Timeliness
-Analytical information

Transactional information encompasses all organizational information and its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks.

-True
-False

The uniqueness characteristic of high-quality information ensures that all the values are correct.

-True
-False

Which of the following represents a level of information within an organization?

-Individual
-All of the above
-Department
-Enterprise

What is one of the biggest pitfalls associated with real-time information?

-It continually changes.
-It is only available in aggregate levels of granularity.
-It is only available to high-level executives due to the expense.
-It rarely changes

Organizations use transactional information to make repetitive decisions.

-True
-False

Which of the following is an example of transactional information?

-Trend projection
-Sales projection
-Purchasing stock
-All of the above

What provides real-time information in response to query requests?

-Real-time information
-Real-time systems
-Information level
-All of the above

Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics common to high quality information?

-Quantity
-Accuracy
-Completeness
-Consistency

All of the following are characteristics of information, except:

-Timeliness
-Analytical
-Quantity
-Transactional

What encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks?

-Analytical information
-Transactional information
-Quality
-Timeliness

Which of the following represents the different information granularities?

-Detail, summary, aggregate
-Document, presentation, spreadsheet, database
-Individual, department, enterprise
-None of the above

What is it called when each transaction, entity, and event is represented only once in the information?

-Uniqueness
-Consistency
-Timeliness
-Accuracy

Which of the following represents the different information formats?

-Individual, department, enterprise
-Detail, summary, aggregate
-Document, presentation, spreadsheet, database
-None of the above

___________ achieved great success by managing information.

-Office Max
-AT&T
-Staples
-Samsung Electronics

The completeness characteristic of high-quality information ensures that there are no missing data values.

-True
-False

What is a real-time system?

-Encompasses all organization information, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks
-Provides immediate, up-to-date information
-Encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks
-Provides real-time information in response to query requests

Which of the following is an example of transactional information?

-Withdrawing cash from an ATM
-Making an airline reservation
-Purchasing stock
-All of the above

Organizations use analytical information to make ad hoc decisions.

-True
-False

Match the the following characteristics of high quality information with their definition.

____Accuracy
____Timeliness
____Consistency
____Completeness
____Uniqueness