Question 1

Which of the following statements about the characteristics and costs of useful information is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Raw data become information as soon as the facts and figures are manipulated. 
B)  For information to be useful, it has to be malleable, concrete, reliable, and timely. 
C)  Obtaining good information incurs negligible costs in terms of acquisition, processing, storage, retrieval, and communication. 
D)  Useful information does not come cheaply. 
E)  All of these statements about the characteristics and costs of useful information are true. 
A)  Raw data become information as soon as the facts and figures are manipulated. 
B)  For information to be useful, it has to be malleable, concrete, reliable, and timely. 
C)  Obtaining good information incurs negligible costs in terms of acquisition, processing, storage, retrieval, and communication. 
D)  Useful information does not come cheaply. 
E)  All of these statements about the characteristics and costs of useful information are true. D

Question 2

Which of the following statements about knowledge is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Data and information are the same as knowledge. 
B)  Knowledge resides in information. 
C)  Knowledge is the understanding that one gains from information. 
D)  Knowledge is easier to acquire than data and information. 
E)  All of these statements about knowledge are true. 
A)  Data and information are the same as knowledge. 
B)  Knowledge resides in information. 
C)  Knowledge is the understanding that one gains from information. 
D)  Knowledge is easier to acquire than data and information. 
E)  All of these statements about knowledge are true. C

Question 3

__________ is the direct electronic transmission of purchase and ordering information from one company's computer system to another company's computer system.

Accepted Answer

A)  Automated processing 
B)  Electronic data interchange 
C)  Transaction channeling 
D)  Data manipulation 
E)  Information exchange 
A)  Automated processing 
B)  Electronic data interchange 
C)  Transaction channeling 
D)  Data manipulation 
E)  Information exchange B

Question 4

The goal of an executive information system (EIS) is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  replace the need for intuition in decision making 
B)  create a link among authorized data and network users 
C)  protect organizational data from hackers 
D)  provide accurate, complete, relevant, and timely information to managers 
E)  do none of these 
A)  replace the need for intuition in decision making 
B)  create a link among authorized data and network users 
C)  protect organizational data from hackers 
D)  provide accurate, complete, relevant, and timely information to managers 
E)  do none of these

Question 5

Raw data contain useful information that communicate a clear and readily understandable message to the person for which the data were gathered.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Unsupervised data mining is unethical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Two critical steps are required to make sure that data can be accessed by authorized users and no one else. They are:

Accepted Answer

A)  authentication and authorization 
B)  authorization and empowerment 
C)  delegation and empowerment 
D)  encryption and empowerment 
E)  authentication and encryption 
A)  authentication and authorization 
B)  authorization and empowerment 
C)  delegation and empowerment 
D)  encryption and empowerment 
E)  authentication and encryption

Question 8

Data mining is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  automated, electronic capture of data 
B)  process of hypothesis testing in large databases 
C)  process of verifying known relationships in large amounts of data 
D)  process of discovering unknown patterns and relationships in large amounts of data 
E)  method used to identify and eliminate perishable data 
A)  automated, electronic capture of data 
B)  process of hypothesis testing in large databases 
C)  process of verifying known relationships in large amounts of data 
D)  process of discovering unknown patterns and relationships in large amounts of data 
E)  method used to identify and eliminate perishable data

Question 9

Data clusters:

Accepted Answer

A)  result from the use of internal data mining 
B)  are a statistical technique used for trend analysis 
C)  are used to create samples for statistical analyses 
D)  occur when three or more database elements occur together in a significant way 
E)  are accurately described by all of these 
A)  result from the use of internal data mining 
B)  are a statistical technique used for trend analysis 
C)  are used to create samples for statistical analyses 
D)  occur when three or more database elements occur together in a significant way 
E)  are accurately described by all of these

Question 10

In the process of capturing information, ASCII text is generated by:

Accepted Answer

A)  bar codes 
B)  electronic scanners 
C)  optical character recognition software 
D)  e-tools 
E)  data mining 
A)  bar codes 
B)  electronic scanners 
C)  optical character recognition software 
D)  e-tools 
E)  data mining

Question 11

A(n) __________ is a private company network that allows employees to easily access, share, and publish information using Internet software.

Accepted Answer

A)  LAN portal 
B)  private company network (PCN) 
C)  intranet 
D)  electronic data sharing system 
E)  information network 
A)  LAN portal 
B)  private company network (PCN) 
C)  intranet 
D)  electronic data sharing system 
E)  information network

Exam 17: Managing Information: Part B

Which of the following statements about the characteristics and costs of useful information is true?

Which of the following statements about knowledge is true?

__________ is the direct electronic transmission of purchase and ordering information from one company's computer system to another company's computer system.

The goal of an executive information system (EIS) is to:

Raw data contain useful information that communicate a clear and readily understandable message to the person for which the data were gathered.

Unsupervised data mining is unethical.

Two critical steps are required to make sure that data can be accessed by authorized users and no one else. They are:

Data mining is the:

Data clusters:

In the process of capturing information, ASCII text is generated by:

A(n) __________ is a private company network that allows employees to easily access, share, and publish information using Internet software.

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