Question 1

Predictive analytics is used for all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) anticipating customer response to price changes. 
B) identifying the most profitable customers. 
C) determining the best routes for product delivery. 
D) establishing consumer credit scores. 
E) forecasting driver safety. 
A) anticipating customer response to price changes. 
B) identifying the most profitable customers. 
C) determining the best routes for product delivery. 
D) establishing consumer credit scores. 
E) forecasting driver safety.

Question 2

Which of the following is not an example of a BI predefined production report?

Accepted Answer

A) Workforce demographics 
B) Order cycle time 
C) Revenue forecasts 
D) Supplier performance 
E) Direct and indirect spending 
A) Workforce demographics 
B) Order cycle time 
C) Revenue forecasts 
D) Supplier performance 
E) Direct and indirect spending

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the six main analytic functionalities of BI systems for helping decision makers understand information and take action?

Accepted Answer

A) Production reports 
B) Parameterized reports 
C) Business case archives 
D) Forecasts,scenarios,and models 
E) Drill down 
A) Production reports 
B) Parameterized reports 
C) Business case archives 
D) Forecasts,scenarios,and models 
E) Drill down

Question 4

GDSS requires a dedicated conference room with special hardware and software tools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The role of negotiator falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications?

Accepted Answer

A) Decisional 
B) Informational 
C) Interpersonal 
D) Symbolic 
E) Leading 
A) Decisional 
B) Informational 
C) Interpersonal 
D) Symbolic 
E) Leading

Question 6

GDSS facilitate the solution of unstructured problems by a set of decision makers working together as a group in either the same location or different locations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A(n)________ is a BI feature that presents performance data defined by users.

Accepted Answer

A) ad hoc query 
B) parameterized report 
C) interface 
D) portal 
E) dashboard 
A) ad hoc query 
B) parameterized report 
C) interface 
D) portal 
E) dashboard

Question 8

You are evaluating BI software from a variety of vendors.Identify six elements in the BI environment.Use your understanding of the importance of these elements to formulate six questions to ask the vendor in order to determine how their software will interplay with your needs.

Accepted Answer

The six elements are: 1.Data from the bu

Question 9

Which type of information system uses data visualization technology to analyze and display data for planning and decision making in the form of digitized maps?

Accepted Answer

A) GIS 
B) DSS 
C) Location analytics 
D) Executive support systems 
E) GDSS 
A) GIS 
B) DSS 
C) Location analytics 
D) Executive support systems 
E) GDSS

Question 10

What-if analysis works forward from known or assumed conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Experts from a variety of fields have found that managers are poor at assessing risk.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Mintzberg,managers in their informational role act as:

Accepted Answer

A) figureheads for the organization. 
B) leaders. 
C) nerve centers of the organization. 
D) negotiators. 
E) liaisons. 
A) figureheads for the organization. 
B) leaders. 
C) nerve centers of the organization. 
D) negotiators. 
E) liaisons.

Question 13

A GIS is a DSS designed specifically to work with spatial information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements best describes the business value of improved decision making?

Accepted Answer

A) Improved decision making creates better products. 
B) Improved decision making results in a large monetary value for the firm as numerous small daily decisions affecting efficiency,production,costs,and more add up to large annual values. 
C) Improved decision making enables senior executives to more accurately foresee future financial trends. 
D) Improved decision making strengthens customer and supplier intimacy,which reduces costs. 
E) Improved decision making creates a better organizational culture. 
A) Improved decision making creates better products. 
B) Improved decision making results in a large monetary value for the firm as numerous small daily decisions affecting efficiency,production,costs,and more add up to large annual values. 
C) Improved decision making enables senior executives to more accurately foresee future financial trends. 
D) Improved decision making strengthens customer and supplier intimacy,which reduces costs. 
E) Improved decision making creates a better organizational culture.

Question 15

MIS typically produce fixed,regularly scheduled reports based on data extracted and summarized from the firm's underlying transaction processing systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The leading methodology for understanding the really important information needed by a firm's executives is called the ________ method.

Accepted Answer

A) digital dashboard 
B) balanced scorecard 
C) KPI 
D) data visualization 
E) predictive analytics 
A) digital dashboard 
B) balanced scorecard 
C) KPI 
D) data visualization 
E) predictive analytics

Question 17

Describe MIS and DSS and differentiate between them.

Accepted Answer

MIS provide information on the firm's pe

Question 18

The classical model of management describes what managers do when they plan,decide things,and control the work of others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Not all business intelligence users are managers interested in forecasting sales figures for the next quarter.What different types of users are there for a business's intelligence systems?

Accepted Answer

Business intelligence users include ever

Question 20

The third stage in Simon's description of decision making is implementation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Predictive analytics is used for all of the following except:

Which of the following is not an example of a BI predefined production report?

Which of the following is not one of the six main analytic functionalities of BI systems for helping decision makers understand information and take action?

GDSS requires a dedicated conference room with special hardware and software tools.

The role of negotiator falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications?

GDSS facilitate the solution of unstructured problems by a set of decision makers working together as a group in either the same location or different locations.

A(n)________ is a BI feature that presents performance data defined by users.

You are evaluating BI software from a variety of vendors.Identify six elements in the BI environment.Use your understanding of the importance of these elements to formulate six questions to ask the vendor in order to determine how their software will interplay with your needs.

Which type of information system uses data visualization technology to analyze and display data for planning and decision making in the form of digitized maps?

What-if analysis works forward from known or assumed conditions.

Experts from a variety of fields have found that managers are poor at assessing risk.

According to Mintzberg,managers in their informational role act as:

A GIS is a DSS designed specifically to work with spatial information.

Which of the following statements best describes the business value of improved decision making?

MIS typically produce fixed,regularly scheduled reports based on data extracted and summarized from the firm's underlying transaction processing systems.

The leading methodology for understanding the really important information needed by a firm's executives is called the ________ method.

Describe MIS and DSS and differentiate between them.

The classical model of management describes what managers do when they plan,decide things,and control the work of others.

Not all business intelligence users are managers interested in forecasting sales figures for the next quarter.What different types of users are there for a business's intelligence systems?

The third stage in Simon's description of decision making is implementation.

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

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Exam 12: Enhancing Decision Making

Predictive analytics is used for all of the following except:

Which of the following is not an example of a BI predefined production report?

Which of the following is not one of the six main analytic functionalities of BI systems for helping decision makers understand information and take action?

GDSS requires a dedicated conference room with special hardware and software tools.

The role of negotiator falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications?

GDSS facilitate the solution of unstructured problems by a set of decision makers working together as a group in either the same location or different locations.

A(n)________ is a BI feature that presents performance data defined by users.

You are evaluating BI software from a variety of vendors.Identify six elements in the BI environment.Use your understanding of the importance of these elements to formulate six questions to ask the vendor in order to determine how their software will interplay with your needs.

Which type of information system uses data visualization technology to analyze and display data for planning and decision making in the form of digitized maps?

What-if analysis works forward from known or assumed conditions.

Experts from a variety of fields have found that managers are poor at assessing risk.

According to Mintzberg,managers in their informational role act as:

A GIS is a DSS designed specifically to work with spatial information.

Which of the following statements best describes the business value of improved decision making?

MIS typically produce fixed,regularly scheduled reports based on data extracted and summarized from the firm's underlying transaction processing systems.

The leading methodology for understanding the really important information needed by a firm's executives is called the ________ method.

Describe MIS and DSS and differentiate between them.

The classical model of management describes what managers do when they plan,decide things,and control the work of others.

Not all business intelligence users are managers interested in forecasting sales figures for the next quarter.What different types of users are there for a business's intelligence systems?

The third stage in Simon's description of decision making is implementation.

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