Question 1

What is an algorithm?

Accepted Answer

A)  Refers to a set of instructions that completes a task. 
B)  A type of artificial intelligence that enables computers to both understand concepts in the environment, and also to learn. 
C)  Machines can still make their own decisions based on reasoning and past sets of data. 
D)  Refers to the field of artificial intelligence that works toward providing brainlike powers to AI machines; in effect, it works to make machines as intelligent as the humans. 
A)  Refers to a set of instructions that completes a task. 
B)  A type of artificial intelligence that enables computers to both understand concepts in the environment, and also to learn. 
C)  Machines can still make their own decisions based on reasoning and past sets of data. 
D)  Refers to the field of artificial intelligence that works toward providing brainlike powers to AI machines; in effect, it works to make machines as intelligent as the humans.

Question 2

What is the viewing of the physical world with computer-generated layers of information added to it?

Accepted Answer

A)  Augmented reality 
B)  Google Glass 
C)  Haptic interface 
D)  Virtual reality 
A)  Augmented reality 
B)  Google Glass 
C)  Haptic interface 
D)  Virtual reality

Question 3

An optimization analysis finds the optimum value for a target variable by repeatedly changing other variables, subject to specified constraints. What can a manager achieve by changing revenue and cost variables in an optimization analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Calculate the highest potential profits 
B)  Calculate employee benefit payments 
C)  Use this as an extension for a digital dashboard 
D)  Create production schedules 
A)  Calculate the highest potential profits 
B)  Calculate employee benefit payments 
C)  Use this as an extension for a digital dashboard 
D)  Create production schedules

Question 4

What is drill-down capability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information 
B)  Enables the examination of information from different perspectives 
C)  Enables users to get details, and details of details, of information 
D)  Finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output 
A)  Involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information 
B)  Enables the examination of information from different perspectives 
C)  Enables users to get details, and details of details, of information 
D)  Finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output

Question 5

Which of the following would you include as decisions and responsibilities typically found at the managerial level of a company?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monthly plans 
B)  Monthly budgets 
C)  Weekly schedule 
D)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  Monthly plans 
B)  Monthly budgets 
C)  Weekly schedule 
D)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Weak AI refers to the field of artificial intelligence that works toward providing brainlike powers to AI machines; in effect, it works to make machines as intelligent as the humans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What occurs in situations in which no procedures or rules exist to guide decision makers toward the correct choice?

Accepted Answer

A)  Analytics 
B)  Structured decisions 
C)  Unstructured decisions 
D)  Semistructured decisions 
A)  Analytics 
B)  Structured decisions 
C)  Unstructured decisions 
D)  Semistructured decisions

Question 8

Mutation is the process within a genetic algorithm of randomly trying combinations and evaluating the success (or failure) of the outcome.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A bar chart is a chart or graph that presents grouped data with rectangular bars with lengths proportional to the values that they represent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is the extent to which a machine can differentiate between objects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Case-based reasoning. 
B)  Machine Vision. 
C)  Machine vision sensitivity. 
D)  Machine vision resolution. 
A)  Case-based reasoning. 
B)  Machine Vision. 
C)  Machine vision sensitivity. 
D)  Machine vision resolution.

Question 11

A machine-vision system uses a video camera to capture data and send it to the robot controller. Machine vision is similar in complexity to voice recognition and can be used for handwriting recognition, signature identification, and currency inspection. Two important specifications in any vision system are the sensitivity and the resolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A digital dashboard produces graphical displays of patterns and complex relationships in large amounts of data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Augmented reality is the viewing of the physical world with computer-generated layers of information added to it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Fuzzy logic is a mathematical method of handling imprecise or subjective information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

As the product manager for the eatery division at BJ's Wholesale Club, Raphael is responsible for analyzing sales data to help him manage his team. Today Raphael is analyzing his data using many different perspectives to identify different ways to improve his division. Which of the following common digital dashboard capabilities is Raphael using to analyze his department's success?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slice-and-Dice 
B)  Pivot 
C)  Drill-down 
D)  Consolidation 
A)  Slice-and-Dice 
B)  Pivot 
C)  Drill-down 
D)  Consolidation

Question 16

What would managers use to make structured decisions at the operational level?

Accepted Answer

A)  Transactional information 
B)  Analytical information 
C)  EIS system 
D)  Intelligent system 
A)  Transactional information 
B)  Analytical information 
C)  EIS system 
D)  Intelligent system

Question 17

What rotates data to display alternative presentations of the data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Drill-down 
B)  Sensitivity analysis 
C)  What-if analysis 
D)  Pivot 
A)  Drill-down 
B)  Sensitivity analysis 
C)  What-if analysis 
D)  Pivot

Question 18

At the strategic decision-making level, employees develop, control, and maintain core business activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is the analysis that works in reverse to what-if and sensitivity analyses by finding the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output?

Accepted Answer

A)  Solutions based analysis 
B)  Optimization system 
C)  Goal-seeking analysis 
D)  Revenue analysis 
A)  Solutions based analysis 
B)  Optimization system 
C)  Goal-seeking analysis 
D)  Revenue analysis

Question 20

Which of the following is considered a managerial decision or semistructured decision?

Accepted Answer

A)  Determining how many employees are out sick 
B)  Determining the impact of last month's marketing campaign 
C)  Investigating why payroll is having problems running 
D)  Tracking how much inventory is in the warehouse 
A)  Determining how many employees are out sick 
B)  Determining the impact of last month's marketing campaign 
C)  Investigating why payroll is having problems running 
D)  Tracking how much inventory is in the warehouse

Exam 9: Enabling the Organizationdecision Making

What is an algorithm?

What is the viewing of the physical world with computer-generated layers of information added to it?

An optimization analysis finds the optimum value for a target variable by repeatedly changing other variables, subject to specified constraints. What can a manager achieve by changing revenue and cost variables in an optimization analysis?

What is drill-down capability?

Which of the following would you include as decisions and responsibilities typically found at the managerial level of a company?

Weak AI refers to the field of artificial intelligence that works toward providing brainlike powers to AI machines; in effect, it works to make machines as intelligent as the humans.

What occurs in situations in which no procedures or rules exist to guide decision makers toward the correct choice?

Mutation is the process within a genetic algorithm of randomly trying combinations and evaluating the success (or failure) of the outcome.

A bar chart is a chart or graph that presents grouped data with rectangular bars with lengths proportional to the values that they represent.

What is the extent to which a machine can differentiate between objects?

A digital dashboard produces graphical displays of patterns and complex relationships in large amounts of data.

Augmented reality is the viewing of the physical world with computer-generated layers of information added to it.

Fuzzy logic is a mathematical method of handling imprecise or subjective information.

What would managers use to make structured decisions at the operational level?

What rotates data to display alternative presentations of the data?

At the strategic decision-making level, employees develop, control, and maintain core business activities.

What is the analysis that works in reverse to what-if and sensitivity analyses by finding the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output?

Which of the following is considered a managerial decision or semistructured decision?

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing and Storing Organizational Informationdatabases

Accessing Organizational Informationdata Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Extending the Organizationsupply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organizationcustomer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to Endenterprise Resource Planning

Creating Innovative Organizations

Ebusiness

Creating Collaborative Partnerships

Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

Developing Software to Streamline Operations

Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

Managing Organizational Projects

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing and Storing Organizational Informationdatabases

Accessing Organizational Informationdata Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Enabling the Organizationdecision Making

Extending the Organizationsupply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organizationcustomer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to Endenterprise Resource Planning

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