Exam 1: Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Sara McGuire holds an executive position at Henry Commerce. She is a big-picture thinker, and makes sure the technology strategy at Henry Commerce serves its business strategy. She has a well-rounded knowledge of MIS and her primary responsibilities include the efficiency of Henry Commerce's MIS systems. Based on this description, what position does Sara hold?

The business decisions made by the accounting department include employee data, promotion data, and vacation data.

With the Five Forces Model, companies should watch the forces in the market. If the forces are strong competition generally increases and if the forces are weak competition typically decreases.

What refers to devices that connect directly to other devices?

Lettuce, tomatoes, patty, bun, and ketchup are included in the output of making a hamburger.

Trina Hauger works for Johnson Electric as a corporate lawyer and part of her duties are to ensure the ethical and legal use of information within the company. Which of the following represents Trina's role at Johnson Electric?

Your boss, Penny Dirks, has asked you to analyze the airline industry using Porter's three generic strategies. Which of the following companies are using a focused strategy?

Analytics, also called intellectual capital, are the human, structural, and recorded resources available to the organization.

A SWOT analysis evaluates an organization's strengths, worries, opportunities, and technologies to identify significant influences that work for or against business strategies.

Adam Nation holds an executive position at PH Corporation. He has an extensive understanding of networks and telecommunications. Adam is aware of the information-technology threats the company faces, and institutes security protocols and safeguards to secure the MIS systems at PH Corporation. Based on this description, what position does Adam hold?

Which of the following represents the types of data commonly found in the finance department?

Which of the following statements is correct when considering a SWOT analysis?

Your boss, Penny Dirks, has asked you to analyze the airline industry using Porter's three generic strategies. Which of the following companies are using a cost leadership strategy?

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

What are predictive analytics?

Which of the following offers an example where Porter's five forces are mostly strong and competition is high?

A grilled cheese sandwich is considered the final output of a making-a-sandwich process.

What is a view of data at a particular moment in time?

Which data types are typically found in the accounting department?

Order date, amount sold, and customer number are all forms of data.