Exam 16: Managing Information and Technology

A _____ has no significant physical presence, relying on third parties to produce, warehouse, price, and deliver the products that it sells over the Internet.

A firm's _____ department will report on customers' credit ratings and current sales prices.

_____ is the most effective method by which eBay can ensure that sensitive computer-stored information isn't accessed or altered by unauthorized parties.

If its face?recognition technology finds a match on _____ features between a person being scanned and someone in the company database, a staff member at Caesar's decides if the two people are the same.

Scenario-Based Just about everybody is familiar with the amazing success that eBay has enjoyed during the last few years.It's spawned eBay stores across the country, and executives plan to roll out more creative business practices in the near future. -The type of business practiced by eBay is characterized as _____.

Consisting of computers connected by telephone lines, wireless technology, or satellite, a(n) _____ network covers a relatively large geographical area.

A transaction involves the application of technology to monitor and control physical processes.

_____ managers need information for planning, setting objectives, and making major strategic decisions.

It's the ability to apply database knowledge to business situations that makes IS professionals particularly valuable to organizations.

Of the following, only ____ data are considered external data.

All of the following are disadvantages of cloud computing :

To identify and turn away undesirable visitors, the hotel-casino industry uses _____ systems, which rely on face?recognition technology.

Caesar's information system can be used to access whether the placement of slot machines affects profitability.Who would use this information?

You work for a company that manufactures and sells guitars.What type of computer system allows you and others in your organization to quickly find out whether a particular guitar is in stock, determine the expected delivery date, find out your customer's credit rating, and find the current selling price of the guitar?

A thrift-added network is a private system set up by a third-party firm so that it can conduct a variety of transactions.

A company selling over the Internet must _____.

More than _____ percent of individuals in the U.S.age 18 and older use the Internet regularly.

A(n) _____ is the most commonly used encryption system for transmitting data over the Internet.

In addition to data that you supply willingly, information about you can be gathered online without your knowledge or consent by means of so?called _____.

A flexible manufacturing system extracts data from a database to compile sales analyses and other reports.