Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the Simon's four stages of decision making?

Accepted Answer

A) Implementation 
B) Intelligence 
C) Prediction 
D) Choice 
E) Design 
A) Implementation 
B) Intelligence 
C) Prediction 
D) Choice 
E) Design

Question 2

All of the following managerial roles can be supported by information systems except:

Accepted Answer

A) liaison. 
B) resource allocator. 
C) nerve center. 
D) disseminator. 
E) entrepreneur. 
A) liaison. 
B) resource allocator. 
C) nerve center. 
D) disseminator. 
E) entrepreneur.

Question 3

Structured decision making is most prevalent at senior organizational levels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following companies is not identified in the text as one of the leading producers of business intelligence and analytics products?

Accepted Answer

A) Google 
B) Microsoft 
C) SAP 
D) IBM 
E) SAS 
A) Google 
B) Microsoft 
C) SAP 
D) IBM 
E) SAS

Question 5

As discussed in the chapter text,the three main reasons that investments in information technology do not always produce positive results are:

Accepted Answer

A) management support,technical logistics,and user compliance. 
B) organization,environment,culture. 
C) information quality,information integrity,and information accuracy. 
D) information quality,organizational culture,and management filters. 
E) organization,culture,and technology. 
A) management support,technical logistics,and user compliance. 
B) organization,environment,culture. 
C) information quality,information integrity,and information accuracy. 
D) information quality,organizational culture,and management filters. 
E) organization,culture,and technology.

Question 6

GIS are useful for businesses,but not as much for state and local governments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

An information system for a building company that tracks construction costs for various projects across the United States would be categorized as a type of:

Accepted Answer

A) BPM. 
B) MIS. 
C) KPI. 
D) GSS. 
E) GDSS. 
A) BPM. 
B) MIS. 
C) KPI. 
D) GSS. 
E) GDSS.

Question 8

GDSS such as Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms Hybrid can handle up to:

Accepted Answer

A) 5 participants. 
B) 50 participants. 
C) 500 participants. 
D) 1000 participants. 
E) 5000 participants. 
A) 5 participants. 
B) 50 participants. 
C) 500 participants. 
D) 1000 participants. 
E) 5000 participants.

Question 9

Which type of decision is calculating gross pay for hourly workers?

Accepted Answer

A) Semi-structured 
B) Procedural 
C) Structured 
D) Unstructured 
E) Ad hoc 
A) Semi-structured 
B) Procedural 
C) Structured 
D) Unstructured 
E) Ad hoc

Question 10

A structured decision can be made by following a well-defined set of procedures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The concept of management ________ describes situations in which managers act on preconceived notions that reject information that does not conform to their prior conceptions.

Accepted Answer

A) filters 
B) backgrounds 
C) biases 
D) inefficiency 
E) politics 
A) filters 
B) backgrounds 
C) biases 
D) inefficiency 
E) politics

Question 12

Improving hundreds of thousands of routine "small" decisions can add up to a large annual value for a business firm.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In your position of office manager at a legal firm,you are in charge of hiring temporary legal assistants and clerical workers.Describe how Simon's decision-making process applies to this decision.Could that decision be aided by an information system in any way,and if so,how?

Accepted Answer

The decision-making process is: 1.Intell

Question 14

A(n)________ facilitates the solution to unstructured problems by a set of decision makers working together as a group.

Accepted Answer

A) DSS 
B) ESS 
C) CDSS 
D) GIS 
E) GDSS 
A) DSS 
B) ESS 
C) CDSS 
D) GIS 
E) GDSS

Question 15

What is big data? How does it provide business value?

Accepted Answer

Big data is a term to describe the massi

Question 16

Sensitivity analysis predicts outcomes from constant inputs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Executive Support Systems (ESS):

Accepted Answer

A) support the structured decision making of senior executives. 
B) have the ability to drill down into lower levels of detail. 
C) easily integrate data from different systems. 
D) are primarily driven by information derived from a company's transaction processing systems. 
E) enable operational managers to create parameterized reports. 
A) support the structured decision making of senior executives. 
B) have the ability to drill down into lower levels of detail. 
C) easily integrate data from different systems. 
D) are primarily driven by information derived from a company's transaction processing systems. 
E) enable operational managers to create parameterized reports.

Question 18

Data visualization technologies are used to help human users see patterns and relationships in large amounts of data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The decision to approve a capital budget is an example of a(n)________ decision.

Accepted Answer

A) structured 
B) analytic 
C) semi-structured 
D) undocumented 
E) unstructured 
A) structured 
B) analytic 
C) semi-structured 
D) undocumented 
E) unstructured

Question 20

KPI analysis is the leading methodology for understanding the most important information needed by a firm's executives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is not one of the Simon's four stages of decision making?

All of the following managerial roles can be supported by information systems except:

Structured decision making is most prevalent at senior organizational levels.

Which of the following companies is not identified in the text as one of the leading producers of business intelligence and analytics products?

As discussed in the chapter text,the three main reasons that investments in information technology do not always produce positive results are:

GIS are useful for businesses,but not as much for state and local governments.

An information system for a building company that tracks construction costs for various projects across the United States would be categorized as a type of:

GDSS such as Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms Hybrid can handle up to:

Which type of decision is calculating gross pay for hourly workers?

A structured decision can be made by following a well-defined set of procedures.

The concept of management ________ describes situations in which managers act on preconceived notions that reject information that does not conform to their prior conceptions.

Improving hundreds of thousands of routine "small" decisions can add up to a large annual value for a business firm.

In your position of office manager at a legal firm,you are in charge of hiring temporary legal assistants and clerical workers.Describe how Simon's decision-making process applies to this decision.Could that decision be aided by an information system in any way,and if so,how?

A(n)________ facilitates the solution to unstructured problems by a set of decision makers working together as a group.

What is big data? How does it provide business value?

Sensitivity analysis predicts outcomes from constant inputs.

Executive Support Systems (ESS):

Data visualization technologies are used to help human users see patterns and relationships in large amounts of data.

The decision to approve a capital budget is an example of a(n)________ decision.

KPI analysis is the leading methodology for understanding the most important information needed by a firm's executives.

Information Systems in Global Business Today

Global E-Business and Collaboration

Information Systems,organizations,and Strategy

Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems

It Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies

Foundations of Business Intelligence:

Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology

Securing Information Systems

Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy:

E-Commerce: Digital Markets, digital Goods

Managing Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence

Building Information Systems

Managing Projects

Managing Global Systems

Filters

Exam 12: Enhancing Decision Making

Which of the following is not one of the Simon's four stages of decision making?

All of the following managerial roles can be supported by information systems except:

Structured decision making is most prevalent at senior organizational levels.

Which of the following companies is not identified in the text as one of the leading producers of business intelligence and analytics products?

As discussed in the chapter text,the three main reasons that investments in information technology do not always produce positive results are:

GIS are useful for businesses,but not as much for state and local governments.

An information system for a building company that tracks construction costs for various projects across the United States would be categorized as a type of:

GDSS such as Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms Hybrid can handle up to:

Which type of decision is calculating gross pay for hourly workers?

A structured decision can be made by following a well-defined set of procedures.

The concept of management ________ describes situations in which managers act on preconceived notions that reject information that does not conform to their prior conceptions.

Improving hundreds of thousands of routine "small" decisions can add up to a large annual value for a business firm.

In your position of office manager at a legal firm,you are in charge of hiring temporary legal assistants and clerical workers.Describe how Simon's decision-making process applies to this decision.Could that decision be aided by an information system in any way,and if so,how?

A(n)________ facilitates the solution to unstructured problems by a set of decision makers working together as a group.

What is big data? How does it provide business value?

Sensitivity analysis predicts outcomes from constant inputs.

Executive Support Systems (ESS):

Data visualization technologies are used to help human users see patterns and relationships in large amounts of data.

The decision to approve a capital budget is an example of a(n)________ decision.

KPI analysis is the leading methodology for understanding the most important information needed by a firm's executives.

Information Systems in Global Business Today

Global E-Business and Collaboration

Information Systems,organizations,and Strategy

Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems

It Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies

Foundations of Business Intelligence:

Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology

Securing Information Systems

Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy:

E-Commerce: Digital Markets, digital Goods

Managing Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence

Building Information Systems

Managing Projects

Managing Global Systems

Filters