Question 1

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  MIS equals business success. 
B)  MIS equals business innovation. 
C)  MIS represents business success and innovation. 
D)  MIS enables business success and innovation. 
A)  MIS equals business success. 
B)  MIS equals business innovation. 
C)  MIS represents business success and innovation. 
D)  MIS enables business success and innovation. D

Question 2

Which department manages the process of converting or transforming resources into goods or services?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sales 
B)  Operations management 
C)  Accounting 
D)  Finance 
A)  Sales 
B)  Operations management 
C)  Accounting 
D)  Finance B

Question 3

Knowledge workers are individuals valued for their ability to mitigate risk and implement critical human resource rules and regulations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

A variable is a business intelligence characteristic that stands for a value that cannot change over time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Big data is a view of data at a particular moment in time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Knowledge facilitators reside within the minds of members, customers, and colleagues and include physical structures and recorded media.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

If you were thinking about a movie theater, which of the following represents the inputs?

Accepted Answer

A)  The movie player, movie, speakers, digital projector, screen, and electricity. 
B)  Playing the movie including the audio through the speakers and the movie on the screen. 
C)  An error message stating that the movie cannot be played. 
D)  Loading the movie to play, pause, rewind, or fast forward. 
A)  The movie player, movie, speakers, digital projector, screen, and electricity. 
B)  Playing the movie including the audio through the speakers and the movie on the screen. 
C)  An error message stating that the movie cannot be played. 
D)  Loading the movie to play, pause, rewind, or fast forward.

Question 8

Business intelligence is information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following represents the department that maintains policies, plans, and procedures for the effective management of employees?

Accepted Answer

A)  Human resources 
B)  Sales 
C)  Employee resources 
D)  Employee relations 
A)  Human resources 
B)  Sales 
C)  Employee resources 
D)  Employee relations

Question 10

What is predictive analytics?

Accepted Answer

A)  A world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can collect and share data without human intervention. 
B)  The extraction of information from data used to predict future trends and identify behavioral patterns. 
C)  A series of devices that connect directly to other devices. 
D)  Opportunities to change the way people purchase books. 
A)  A world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can collect and share data without human intervention. 
B)  The extraction of information from data used to predict future trends and identify behavioral patterns. 
C)  A series of devices that connect directly to other devices. 
D)  Opportunities to change the way people purchase books.

Question 11

The marketing department supports sales by planning, pricing, and promoting goods or services.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which activities belong in the operations management department?

Accepted Answer

A)  Records, measures, and reports monetary transactions. 
B)  Manages the process of converting or transforming resources into goods or services. 
C)  Supports the sales by planning, pricing, and promoting goods or services. 
D)  Maintains policies, plans, and procedures for the effective management of employees. 
A)  Records, measures, and reports monetary transactions. 
B)  Manages the process of converting or transforming resources into goods or services. 
C)  Supports the sales by planning, pricing, and promoting goods or services. 
D)  Maintains policies, plans, and procedures for the effective management of employees.

Question 13

Zappos is not a technology company; its primary business focus is to sell books.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The business decisions made by the marketing department include transactional data, purchasing data, payroll data, and tax data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Productivity is the rate at which goods and services are produced based upon total output given total inputs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Unstructured data is data that is not defined and does not follow a specified format and is typically free-form text such as emails, Twitter tweets, and text messages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Competitive intelligence is information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

If you were thinking about an oven as a system which of the following represents the feedback?

Accepted Answer

A)  The uncooked food. 
B)  The cooked food. 
C)  A light indicating that the oven has reached the preheated temperature. 
D)  The oven running at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. 
A)  The uncooked food. 
B)  The cooked food. 
C)  A light indicating that the oven has reached the preheated temperature. 
D)  The oven running at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Question 19

Which department records, measures, and reports monetary transactions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sales 
B)  Operations management 
C)  Accounting 
D)  Finance 
A)  Sales 
B)  Operations management 
C)  Accounting 
D)  Finance

Question 20

Unstructured data is data that has a defined length, type, and format and includes numbers, dates, or strings such as Customer Address.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Business Driven Technology

Which of the following statements is true?

Which department manages the process of converting or transforming resources into goods or services?

Knowledge workers are individuals valued for their ability to mitigate risk and implement critical human resource rules and regulations.

A variable is a business intelligence characteristic that stands for a value that cannot change over time.

Big data is a view of data at a particular moment in time.

Knowledge facilitators reside within the minds of members, customers, and colleagues and include physical structures and recorded media.

If you were thinking about a movie theater, which of the following represents the inputs?

Business intelligence is information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making.

Which of the following represents the department that maintains policies, plans, and procedures for the effective management of employees?

What is predictive analytics?

The marketing department supports sales by planning, pricing, and promoting goods or services.

Which activities belong in the operations management department?

Zappos is not a technology company; its primary business focus is to sell books.

The business decisions made by the marketing department include transactional data, purchasing data, payroll data, and tax data.

Productivity is the rate at which goods and services are produced based upon total output given total inputs.

Unstructured data is data that is not defined and does not follow a specified format and is typically free-form text such as emails, Twitter tweets, and text messages.

Competitive intelligence is information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making.

If you were thinking about an oven as a system which of the following represents the feedback?

Which department records, measures, and reports monetary transactions?

Unstructured data is data that has a defined length, type, and format and includes numbers, dates, or strings such as Customer Address.

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

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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