Question 1

Hardware is the easiest to change of the five components of an information system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is a valid guideline for maintaining good password etiquette?

Accepted Answer

A) Write down your password in an accessible location. 
B) Never ask someone else for their password. 
C) Give your password to your coworkers if you anticipate that they may need it in your absence. 
D) Share your password with the IT staff in your organization. 
A) Write down your password in an accessible location. 
B) Never ask someone else for their password. 
C) Give your password to your coworkers if you anticipate that they may need it in your absence. 
D) Share your password with the IT staff in your organization.

Question 3

________ states that the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months.

Accepted Answer

A) Nielsen's Law 
B) Faraday's Law 
C) Moore's Law 
D) Newton's Law 
A) Nielsen's Law 
B) Faraday's Law 
C) Moore's Law 
D) Newton's Law

Question 4

Which of the following would be the most disruptive to an organization when implementing an information system?

Accepted Answer

A) installing new hardware components 
B) creating new databases 
C) developing new programs 
D) changing reporting relationships 
A) installing new hardware components 
B) creating new databases 
C) developing new programs 
D) changing reporting relationships

Question 5

Information system refers to the products, methods, inventions, and standards that are used for the purpose of producing information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

How is information technology different from information systems?

Accepted Answer

Information technology and information s

Question 7

The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months according to Moore's Law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following components in the five-component model of information systems is considered an actor?

Accepted Answer

A) software 
B) hardware 
C) data 
D) procedure 
A) software 
B) hardware 
C) data 
D) procedure

Question 9

The storage disk in your computer is an example of the ________ component of information systems.

Accepted Answer

A) hardware 
B) software 
C) database 
D) procedure 
A) hardware 
B) software 
C) database 
D) procedure

Question 10

Explain the four nonroutine cognitive skills that are key to career success today.

Accepted Answer

The four nonroutine skills identified as

Question 11

Systems thinking refers to making a reasoned analysis of a problem and envisioning potential solutions to the problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The hardware and software components of information systems are capable of performing actions, according to the five-component model of information systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following is the least critical aspect of good information?

Accepted Answer

A) data accuracy 
B) timeliness of data 
C) additional data 
D) relevance of data 
A) data accuracy 
B) timeliness of data 
C) additional data 
D) relevance of data

Question 14

Explain how the five components of an information system are arranged in terms of ease of change and organizational disruption.

Accepted Answer

The five components of the information s

Question 15

In the five-component model of an information system, data acts as a bridge between the computer and the human sides.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A good information system is one that provides the users with more information than what is required.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is a major implication of Moore's Law?

Accepted Answer

A) Data processing activities have become complex and time consuming. 
B) Costs of computing and processing have increased. 
C) Physical size of integrated chips has increased. 
D) Costs of data communications and storage have become very low. 
A) Data processing activities have become complex and time consuming. 
B) Costs of computing and processing have increased. 
C) Physical size of integrated chips has increased. 
D) Costs of data communications and storage have become very low.

Question 18

Today, because of Moore's Law, any routine skill is liable to be outsourced to the lowest bidder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Low-tech systems move more work from the human side to the computer side than high-tech systems do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

________ refers to making a reasoned analysis of an opportunity, envisioning potential solutions, evaluating those possibilities, and developing the most promising ones, consistent with the resources one has.

Accepted Answer

A) Systems thinking 
B) Abstraction 
C) Collaboration 
D) Experimentation 
A) Systems thinking 
B) Abstraction 
C) Collaboration 
D) Experimentation

Hardware is the easiest to change of the five components of an information system.

Which of the following is a valid guideline for maintaining good password etiquette?

________ states that the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months.

Which of the following would be the most disruptive to an organization when implementing an information system?

Information system refers to the products, methods, inventions, and standards that are used for the purpose of producing information.

How is information technology different from information systems?

The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months according to Moore's Law.

Which of the following components in the five-component model of information systems is considered an actor?

The storage disk in your computer is an example of the ________ component of information systems.

Explain the four nonroutine cognitive skills that are key to career success today.

Systems thinking refers to making a reasoned analysis of a problem and envisioning potential solutions to the problem.

The hardware and software components of information systems are capable of performing actions, according to the five-component model of information systems.

Which of the following is the least critical aspect of good information?

Explain how the five components of an information system are arranged in terms of ease of change and organizational disruption.

In the five-component model of an information system, data acts as a bridge between the computer and the human sides.

A good information system is one that provides the users with more information than what is required.

Which of the following is a major implication of Moore's Law?

Today, because of Moore's Law, any routine skill is liable to be outsourced to the lowest bidder.

Low-tech systems move more work from the human side to the computer side than high-tech systems do.

________ refers to making a reasoned analysis of an opportunity, envisioning potential solutions, evaluating those possibilities, and developing the most promising ones, consistent with the resources one has.

Collaboration Information Systems

Strategy and Information Systems

Hardware and Software

Database Processing

Data Communication and the Cloud

Processes, Organizations, and Information Systems

Social Media Information Systems

Business Intelligence Systems

Development Processes

Information Systems Management

Information Security Management

The International Dimension

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Exam 1: The Importance of MIS

Hardware is the easiest to change of the five components of an information system.

Which of the following is a valid guideline for maintaining good password etiquette?

________ states that the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months.

Which of the following would be the most disruptive to an organization when implementing an information system?

Information system refers to the products, methods, inventions, and standards that are used for the purpose of producing information.

How is information technology different from information systems?

The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months according to Moore's Law.

Which of the following components in the five-component model of information systems is considered an actor?

The storage disk in your computer is an example of the ________ component of information systems.

Explain the four nonroutine cognitive skills that are key to career success today.

Systems thinking refers to making a reasoned analysis of a problem and envisioning potential solutions to the problem.

The hardware and software components of information systems are capable of performing actions, according to the five-component model of information systems.

Which of the following is the least critical aspect of good information?

Explain how the five components of an information system are arranged in terms of ease of change and organizational disruption.

In the five-component model of an information system, data acts as a bridge between the computer and the human sides.

A good information system is one that provides the users with more information than what is required.

Which of the following is a major implication of Moore's Law?

Today, because of Moore's Law, any routine skill is liable to be outsourced to the lowest bidder.

Low-tech systems move more work from the human side to the computer side than high-tech systems do.

________ refers to making a reasoned analysis of an opportunity, envisioning potential solutions, evaluating those possibilities, and developing the most promising ones, consistent with the resources one has.

Collaboration Information Systems

Strategy and Information Systems

Hardware and Software

Database Processing

Data Communication and the Cloud

Processes, Organizations, and Information Systems

Social Media Information Systems

Business Intelligence Systems

Development Processes

Information Systems Management

Information Security Management

The International Dimension

Filters