Question 1

A company possesses a _____ when it sustains higher-than-average profits for its industry.

Accepted Answer

A)  Large market share 
B)  Monopoly 
C)  Competitive advantage 
D)  Oligopoly 
E)  Unfair advantage 
A)  Large market share 
B)  Monopoly 
C)  Competitive advantage 
D)  Oligopoly 
E)  Unfair advantage

Question 2

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA):

Accepted Answer

A)  sets ground rules for how private sector organizations may collect, use, or disclose personal information 
B)  holds company's officers personally responsible for providing accurate public financial information to investors 
C)  focuses on personal health information 
D)  foundations of enterprise information security 
E)  focuses on E-commerce 
A)  sets ground rules for how private sector organizations may collect, use, or disclose personal information 
B)  holds company's officers personally responsible for providing accurate public financial information to investors 
C)  focuses on personal health information 
D)  foundations of enterprise information security 
E)  focuses on E-commerce

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of the transformation of data?

Accepted Answer

A)  A database query 
B)  Results from a Web search 
C)  A client/customer list 
D)  Sales data for the third quarter 
E)  Creating a mailing list 
A)  A database query 
B)  Results from a Web search 
C)  A client/customer list 
D)  Sales data for the third quarter 
E)  Creating a mailing list

Question 4

IT governance is:

Accepted Answer

A)  how the organization will set goals, objectives, priorities, and policies for IT 
B)  how it will integrate IT with business strategies and goals 
C)  which organizational members will make decisions regarding the successful completion of these tasks 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  how the organization will set goals, objectives, priorities, and policies for IT 
B)  how it will integrate IT with business strategies and goals 
C)  which organizational members will make decisions regarding the successful completion of these tasks 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 5

The matrix structure ____ the functional and decentralized organizational structures.

Accepted Answer

A)  opposes 
B)  aligns 
C)  contradicts 
D)  blends 
E)  separates 
A)  opposes 
B)  aligns 
C)  contradicts 
D)  blends 
E)  separates

Question 6

A CIO is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Chief Information Officer 
B)  Chief Infrastructure Officer 
C)  Commanding Information Officer 
D)  Commanding Internet Official 
E)  Corporate Information Officer 
A)  Chief Information Officer 
B)  Chief Infrastructure Officer 
C)  Commanding Information Officer 
D)  Commanding Internet Official 
E)  Corporate Information Officer

Question 7

_____ is recognizing that executing processes also creates new data and information.

Accepted Answer

A)  Communicating 
B)  Automating 
C)  Informating 
D)  Transforming 
E)  processing 
A)  Communicating 
B)  Automating 
C)  Informating 
D)  Transforming 
E)  processing

Question 8

A stakeholder may be ____ or ____ relative to the system.

Accepted Answer

A)  external, internal 
B)  above, below 
C)  to the right, to the left 
D)  inside, outside 
E)  external, outside 
A)  external, internal 
B)  above, below 
C)  to the right, to the left 
D)  inside, outside 
E)  external, outside

Question 9

The distribution of IT decision-making rights and responsibilities among enterprise stakeholders, and the procedures and mechanisms for making and monitoring strategic decisions regarding IT defines:

Accepted Answer

A)  Corporate governance 
B)  Corporate policy 
C)  IT governance 
D)  IT policy 
E)  IT command 
A)  Corporate governance 
B)  Corporate policy 
C)  IT governance 
D)  IT policy 
E)  IT command

Question 10

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a (an):

Accepted Answer

A)  management process designed to help an organization acquire and view information about all of its projects 
B)  internal process used to govern strategic project selection 
C)  portfolio owner who get the "best bang for the buck" from resources invested 
D)  individual listings in the portfolio 
E)  sensible sorting, adding, and removing of items from the collection based on their costs, benefits, and alignment with long-term strategies or goals. 
A)  management process designed to help an organization acquire and view information about all of its projects 
B)  internal process used to govern strategic project selection 
C)  portfolio owner who get the "best bang for the buck" from resources invested 
D)  individual listings in the portfolio 
E)  sensible sorting, adding, and removing of items from the collection based on their costs, benefits, and alignment with long-term strategies or goals.

Question 11

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the decentralized organizational structure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Less direct control by upper management 
B)  Faster response and greater flexibility 
C)  Greater communication and coordination between organizational units 
D)  Greater development of breadth of managerial skills 
E)  All of the above 
A)  Less direct control by upper management 
B)  Faster response and greater flexibility 
C)  Greater communication and coordination between organizational units 
D)  Greater development of breadth of managerial skills 
E)  All of the above

Question 12

____ to a process are those resources needed to start a process.

Accepted Answer

A)  Input 
B)  Guides 
C)  Output 
D)  Enablers 
E)  None of the above 
A)  Input 
B)  Guides 
C)  Output 
D)  Enablers 
E)  None of the above

A company possesses a _____ when it sustains higher-than-average profits for its industry.

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA):

Which of the following is an example of the transformation of data?

IT governance is:

The matrix structure ____ the functional and decentralized organizational structures.

A CIO is:

_____ is recognizing that executing processes also creates new data and information.

A stakeholder may be or relative to the system.

The distribution of IT decision-making rights and responsibilities among enterprise stakeholders, and the procedures and mechanisms for making and monitoring strategic decisions regarding IT defines:

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a (an):

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the decentralized organizational structure?

____ to a process are those resources needed to start a process.

IT for Business and Business Professionals

Technology Essentials

Managing and Using Data

Enterprise Systems

Managing Is Projects and Creating Is Solutions

E-Commerce

Web 2.0, Social Media, and Online Trends

Tech Guide A: The Details of IT Hardware and Software

Tech Guide B: The Details of Networking

Tech Guide C: The Details of SQL, Logical Modelling, and XML

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Exam 5: Creating Business Value

A company possesses a _____ when it sustains higher-than-average profits for its industry.

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA):

Which of the following is an example of the transformation of data?

IT governance is:

The matrix structure ____ the functional and decentralized organizational structures.

A CIO is:

_____ is recognizing that executing processes also creates new data and information.

A stakeholder may be ____ or ____ relative to the system.

The distribution of IT decision-making rights and responsibilities among enterprise stakeholders, and the procedures and mechanisms for making and monitoring strategic decisions regarding IT defines:

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a (an):

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the decentralized organizational structure?

____ to a process are those resources needed to start a process.

IT for Business and Business Professionals

Technology Essentials

Managing and Using Data

Enterprise Systems

Managing Is Projects and Creating Is Solutions

E-Commerce

Web 2.0, Social Media, and Online Trends

Tech Guide A: The Details of IT Hardware and Software

Tech Guide B: The Details of Networking

Tech Guide C: The Details of SQL, Logical Modelling, and XML

Filters

A stakeholder may be or relative to the system.