ISMN Practice Assignment 1 – Flashcards
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Career opportunities are strong in Information Systems and are projected to remain strong for the next 10 years. (t/f)
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True
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Which of the following is an IT job within an organization?
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All of them: Program Manager, Network Manager, System Analyst, CIO
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As a manager in your company, you expect to retrieve _____ from operational systems and present it as ____ to your boss, who will react based on his _____.
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Data, Information, Knowledge
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E-commerce systems are a type of interorganizational information system. (t/f)
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True
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Which of the following are examples of business processes?
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All; applying healthcare benefits, managing cash receipts, processing bills of material, collecting sales tax
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A business process has inputs and outputs (t/f)
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True
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What are two components in CBIS?
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Software & Database (also hardware and network)
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An auditing manager focuses on the ethical and legal use of information systems. (t/f)
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True
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Cross-functional processes are executed within a single functional area (t/f)
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False
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The internet reduces the barriers of entry for new competition in an establish industry. (t/f)
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True
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An ERP is an inter-organizational information system. (t/f)
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False
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BPR is a strategy for improving the efficiency of an organization's data collection. (t/f)
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False
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Enterprise resource planning systems...
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Use a common database for all functional areas.
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Competitive advantage refers to making higher profits. (t/f)
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False
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_____ is a less radical, less disruptve approach to redesigning business processes.
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BPM
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Porter's ______ helps companies identify general strategies whereas his _____ helps to identify specific activities where companies can use the strategies for greatest impact.
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Competitive forces model; Value chain model
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The term "digital divide" refers to the gap between:
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Individials who have access to information and communication technologies and those who do not.
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Each generation of computer hardware has exhibited increased processing power and decreased costs. (t/f)
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True
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Which type of general purpose computers is the least expensive?
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Microcomputers
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The overall performance of an organization has little to do with how well it manages its business processes. (t/f)
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False
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Jun is opening a small shop in her hometown. What kind of computer does she need?
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Personal computer.
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Which is not an input device?
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Monitor
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Minicomputers are relatively small, inexpensive computers that perform the same functions as mainframe computers but to a limited extent. (t/f)
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True
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Hierarchy of memory capacity terms, smallest to largest
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Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Exabyte, Zettabyte
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To model the weather or simulate nuclear weapons testing, you'd use a ..
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Supercomputer
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BPM is an implementation of BPR. (t/f)
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False
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____ are the fastest computers at a given time.
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Supercomputers
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Hardware is simply the computer itself. (t/f)
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False
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Business process management includes methods and tools to support design, analysis, implementation, management, and optimization of business processes. (t/f)
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True
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Market pressures include which of the following?
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The global economy.
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A ______ is a collection of related activities that produce a product/ service of value to an organization.
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Business process.
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An organization's business processes can create a competitive advantage. (t/f)
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True
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The activities of a business process can be measured.
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True
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The radical redesign of business practices to reduce costs and increase quality is called.
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BPR
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Global outsourcing helps an organization to...
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All; find best person for the job, find more economic resources, and better spatial and temporal flexibility.
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What factor does not affect decisions about hardware?
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Size
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In general, labor costs are higher in developed countries than developing. (t/f)
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True
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Business pressures on organizations are created when there are changes in...
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ALL; social, economic, legal, political
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Which of the following statements concerning technology pressures on modern business is true?
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New technology offer alternative service options.
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Majority of companies have excellent business-IT alignment. (t/f)
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False
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Title of the executive in charge of people who design and build information systems.
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CIO
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IT means managers have less time to make decisions. (t/f)
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True
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Information technology impacts individuals and organizations but has little impact on the planet. (t/f)
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False
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A student in MIS can be either technically or business minded. (t/f)
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True
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Business analysts act as interpreters between the user community and technical specialists. (t/f)
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True
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Which is a negative effect because of increased communication technology?
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Places employees on constant call.
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Info Technology refers to computer based tools used to support organization's needs.
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True.
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Which statement about a manager's future role is false?
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Size of team in the future will be smaller.
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Robots are being used in a decreasing number of every day tasks. (t/f)
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False
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A network is a connecting system that can only be wireless. (t/f)
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False
