Question 1

The most common driver for insourcing is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Keep employees loyal to the company. 
B)  Make a system that cannot be bought. 
C)  Develop internal skill sets. 
D)  Maintain control over the development of the system 
E)  Keep core competencies in-house. 
A)  Keep employees loyal to the company. 
B)  Make a system that cannot be bought. 
C)  Develop internal skill sets. 
D)  Maintain control over the development of the system 
E)  Keep core competencies in-house.

Question 2

Match the IT activity with the cloud computing provider that can satisfy that service.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match the IT activity with the cloud...

Question 3

Which of the following makes countries attractive for offshoring?

Accepted Answer

A)  English language proficiency. 
B)  Political stability. 
C)  Economic stability. 
D)  Countries with friendly relationships. 
E)  All of the above. 
A)  English language proficiency. 
B)  Political stability. 
C)  Economic stability. 
D)  Countries with friendly relationships. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 4

More highly developed countries tend to offer higher levels of skills at lower costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

This is a type of captive center that performs core business processes for a parent company and outsources noncore work offshore.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hybrid Captive 
B)  Shared Captive 
C)  Divest Captive 
D)  Terminated Captive 
E)  Core Captive 
A)  Hybrid Captive 
B)  Shared Captive 
C)  Divest Captive 
D)  Terminated Captive 
E)  Core Captive

Question 6

How can a government create an environment where companies from other nations will want to offshore work to their country? List several specific examples.
Matching

Accepted Answer

The answer of How can a government create an environment...

Question 7

The purchase of a good or service that was previously provided internally, or that could be provided internally, is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Outsourcing 
B)  Insourcing 
C)  Inshoring 
D)  Offshoring 
E)  Nearsourcing 
A)  Outsourcing 
B)  Insourcing 
C)  Inshoring 
D)  Offshoring 
E)  Nearsourcing

Question 8

Outsourcing of IT services began in 1949 with Eastman Kodak.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

This is the most widely used form of cloud computing.

Accepted Answer

SaaS, Software as a

Question 10

Match the region/country with its development tier.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match the region/country with its development tier.
...

Question 11

This is when an IS organization uses contractor services, or even builds its own data center, in a distant land.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cloud computing 
B)  Insourcing 
C)  Inshoring 
D)  Offshoring 
E)  Nearsourcing 
A)  Cloud computing 
B)  Insourcing 
C)  Inshoring 
D)  Offshoring 
E)  Nearsourcing

Question 12

Explain how an IS outsourcing provider is able to derive savings that companies themselves cannot realize.

Accepted Answer

An IS outsourcing provider is able to de

Question 13

Make the argument for why an outsourcing provider may actually provide better data security than an organization's IT organization can.

Accepted Answer

An organisation may be able to provide s

Question 14

Organizations may shy away from cloud computing because _________

Accepted Answer

A)  it does not support multiple time zones. 
B)  it costs more money than offshoring. 
C)  of increased data security and privacy concerns. 
D)  SLAs cannot be established. 
E)  short term contracts are required. 
A)  it does not support multiple time zones. 
B)  it costs more money than offshoring. 
C)  of increased data security and privacy concerns. 
D)  SLAs cannot be established. 
E)  short term contracts are required.

The most common driver for insourcing is to:

Match the IT activity with the cloud computing provider that can satisfy that service.

Which of the following makes countries attractive for offshoring?

More highly developed countries tend to offer higher levels of skills at lower costs.

This is a type of captive center that performs core business processes for a parent company and outsources noncore work offshore.

How can a government create an environment where companies from other nations will want to offshore work to their country? List several specific examples. Matching

The purchase of a good or service that was previously provided internally, or that could be provided internally, is called:

Outsourcing of IT services began in 1949 with Eastman Kodak.

This is the most widely used form of cloud computing.

Match the region/country with its development tier.

This is when an IS organization uses contractor services, or even builds its own data center, in a distant land.

Explain how an IS outsourcing provider is able to derive savings that companies themselves cannot realize.

Make the argument for why an outsourcing provider may actually provide better data security than an organization's IT organization can.

Organizations may shy away from cloud computing because _________

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Exam 11: Information Systems Sourcing

The most common driver for insourcing is to:

Match the IT activity with the cloud computing provider that can satisfy that service.

Which of the following makes countries attractive for offshoring?

More highly developed countries tend to offer higher levels of skills at lower costs.

This is a type of captive center that performs core business processes for a parent company and outsources noncore work offshore.

How can a government create an environment where companies from other nations will want to offshore work to their country? List several specific examples. Matching

The purchase of a good or service that was previously provided internally, or that could be provided internally, is called:

Outsourcing of IT services began in 1949 with Eastman Kodak.

This is the most widely used form of cloud computing.

Match the region/country with its development tier.

This is when an IS organization uses contractor services, or even builds its own data center, in a distant land.

Explain how an IS outsourcing provider is able to derive savings that companies themselves cannot realize.

Make the argument for why an outsourcing provider may actually provide better data security than an organization's IT organization can.

Organizations may shy away from cloud computing because _________

Introduction

The Information Systems Strategy Triangle

Strategic Use of Information Resources

Organizational Strategy and Information Systems

Information Systems and the Design of Work

Information Systems and Business Transformation

Architecture and Infrastructure

Security

The Business of Information Technology

Governance of the Information Systems Organization

Managing IT Projects

Business Intelligence Knowledge Management and Analytics

Privacy and Ethical Considerations in Information Management

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