Question 1

Compare and contrast cloud computing with offshore outsourcing.

Accepted Answer

Cloud computing and offshore outsourcing

Question 2

Outsourcing providers have more experience dealing with a large number of IS staff and as a result,are often good at doing all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Marketing IS talent 
B)  Providing relevant technical training 
C)  Retaining IT workers for short-term employment 
D)  Hiring good IT professionals 
E)  Developing and sharing best practices 
A)  Marketing IS talent 
B)  Providing relevant technical training 
C)  Retaining IT workers for short-term employment 
D)  Hiring good IT professionals 
E)  Developing and sharing best practices

Question 3

Ensuring a cultural fit with an outsourcing provider is especially important when an organization is considering which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Offshoring 
B)  Insourcing 
C)  Onshoring 
D)  Cloud computing 
E)  Selective outsourcing 
A)  Offshoring 
B)  Insourcing 
C)  Onshoring 
D)  Cloud computing 
E)  Selective outsourcing

Question 4

What is it called when a company brings IS capabilities that were previously outsourced back in-house?

Accepted Answer

A)  Backsourcing 
B)  Insourcing 
C)  Software as a Service 
D)  Nearshoring 
E)  Cloud computing 
A)  Backsourcing 
B)  Insourcing 
C)  Software as a Service 
D)  Nearshoring 
E)  Cloud computing

Question 5

This is the formal contract between clients and an outsourcing provider that describes the expected performance of the service.

Accepted Answer

Service Le

Question 6

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 7

Kellwood,the American apparel maker,decided to consolidate and bring IT operations back in-house in order to reduce costs.Kellwood choose which of the following strategies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Outsource 
B)  Backsource 
C)  Offshore 
D)  Captive center 
E)  Farshore 
A)  Outsource 
B)  Backsource 
C)  Offshore 
D)  Captive center 
E)  Farshore

Question 8

This was the first country to make IT outsourcing a total industry.

Accepted Answer

The answer of This was the first country to make...

Question 9

Organizations chose to outsource IT activities for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  To realize cost savings 
B)  To consolidate a data center 
C)  To create a core competency 
D)  To infuse cash into the company 
E)  To support capacity on demand 
A)  To realize cost savings 
B)  To consolidate a data center 
C)  To create a core competency 
D)  To infuse cash into the company 
E)  To support capacity on demand

Question 10

Only large,multi-national organizations pursue outsourcing arrangements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

There are several ways a government can

Question 12

Which one of the following is a driver for outsourcing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reduced capacity. 
B)  Ease of transition to new technologies 
C)  Increase supplier relations 
D) Growth of data centers 
E)  All of the above. 
A)  Reduced capacity. 
B)  Ease of transition to new technologies 
C)  Increase supplier relations 
D) Growth of data centers 
E)  All of the above.

Compare and contrast cloud computing with offshore outsourcing.

Outsourcing providers have more experience dealing with a large number of IS staff and as a result,are often good at doing all of the following EXCEPT:

Ensuring a cultural fit with an outsourcing provider is especially important when an organization is considering which one of the following?

What is it called when a company brings IS capabilities that were previously outsourced back in-house?

This is the formal contract between clients and an outsourcing provider that describes the expected performance of the service.

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

Kellwood,the American apparel maker,decided to consolidate and bring IT operations back in-house in order to reduce costs.Kellwood choose which of the following strategies?

This was the first country to make IT outsourcing a total industry.

Organizations chose to outsource IT activities for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Only large,multi-national organizations pursue outsourcing arrangements.

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

Which one of the following is a driver for outsourcing?

Linking Systems Strategy and the Organization

Strategic Use of Information Resources in a Global Economy

Organizational Strategy: Managerial Levers

Work Design: Enabling Global Collaboration

Building and Changing Global Business Processes

Information Systems Strategy: Architecture and Infrastructure

Cost Recovery of Information Systems

Governance of the Information Systems Organization

Managing Projects in a Global Ecosystem

Business Analytics and Knowledge Management

Ethical Guidelines for Information Use

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Exam 9: Sourcing Information Systems Around the World

Compare and contrast cloud computing with offshore outsourcing.

Outsourcing providers have more experience dealing with a large number of IS staff and as a result,are often good at doing all of the following EXCEPT:

Ensuring a cultural fit with an outsourcing provider is especially important when an organization is considering which one of the following?

What is it called when a company brings IS capabilities that were previously outsourced back in-house?

This is the formal contract between clients and an outsourcing provider that describes the expected performance of the service.

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

Kellwood,the American apparel maker,decided to consolidate and bring IT operations back in-house in order to reduce costs.Kellwood choose which of the following strategies?

This was the first country to make IT outsourcing a total industry.

Organizations chose to outsource IT activities for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Only large,multi-national organizations pursue outsourcing arrangements.

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

Which one of the following is a driver for outsourcing?

Linking Systems Strategy and the Organization

Strategic Use of Information Resources in a Global Economy

Organizational Strategy: Managerial Levers

Work Design: Enabling Global Collaboration

Building and Changing Global Business Processes

Information Systems Strategy: Architecture and Infrastructure

Cost Recovery of Information Systems

Governance of the Information Systems Organization

Managing Projects in a Global Ecosystem

Business Analytics and Knowledge Management

Ethical Guidelines for Information Use

Filters