Question 1

____ 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 2

Protecting information is the process of ensuring that data are reliably and consistently retrievable in a usable format for authorized users but no one else.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

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 C

Question 4

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.

Question 5

Jupiter Communications
An entrepreneur developed Kibu.com as an online fashion magazine for girls between the ages of 13 and 18. The messages from Kibu's advertisers were tailored for and intriguing to a teenage audience. Revenue came from companies that sponsored various channels and features on the site, such as the Fashion Channel. Kibu had a loyalty program, the kPoints xChange, which gave site visitors an incentive to communicate with the site and its sponsors. Each time they did, they earned points that could be exchanged for merchandise such as CDs, movie tickets, or beaded jewelry. Visitors who filled out surveys could win one of the 10,000 Kibu Boxes. Box recipients got still more points if they went to the Box Channel and filled out forms telling one to three of the participating companies how they liked the products inside. By September 2000, however, the site closed, and its founders returned the remaining start-up capital to investors.
-Refer to Jupiter Communications. If a cosmetics manufacturer learned from analyzing the data that teenage girls who buy more than six bottles of nail polish monthly also like to dress up their pets to match their outfits, it would have used the survey results to identify a(n) ____ pattern. (The manufacturer could use this information to develop a line of pet nail polish.)

Accepted Answer

A)  sequence 
B)  cluster 
C)  stratified 
D)  association 
E)  loyalty 
A)  sequence 
B)  cluster 
C)  stratified 
D)  association 
E)  loyalty

Question 6

Data mining typically splits a data set in half, finds patterns in one half, and then tests the validity of those patterns by trying to find them again in the second half of the data set.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A data warehouse stores raw data that have been collected from a variety of sources for later use.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following statements about intranets is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intranets require users to build a completely new network. 
B)  Intranets are Web-based. 
C)  The software required to set up an intranet is expensive. 
D)  Intranets are difficult to use. 
E)  All of these statements about intranets are true. 
A)  Intranets require users to build a completely new network. 
B)  Intranets are Web-based. 
C)  The software required to set up an intranet is expensive. 
D)  Intranets are difficult to use. 
E)  All of these statements about intranets are true.

Question 9

Unsupervised data mining can be used to recognize ____ patterns.

Accepted Answer

A)  association, affinity, and sequence 
B)  association, extrapolative, and predictive 
C)  affinity, predictive, and adjacency 
D)  progressive, predictive, and accommodative 
E)  affinity, sequence, and predictive 
A)  association, affinity, and sequence 
B)  association, extrapolative, and predictive 
C)  affinity, predictive, and adjacency 
D)  progressive, predictive, and accommodative 
E)  affinity, sequence, and predictive

Question 10

Unsupervised data mining is particularly good at identifying ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  association or affinity patterns 
B)  sequence patterns 
C)  predictive patterns 
D)  data clusters 
E)  all of these 
A)  association or affinity patterns 
B)  sequence patterns 
C)  predictive patterns 
D)  data clusters 
E)  all of these

Question 11

Pages listing all of the felony crimes perpetrated in a given city during the last decade would be an example of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  a resource allocation table 
B)  traditional knowledge 
C)  raw data 
D)  perceived knowledge 
E)  information 
A)  a resource allocation table 
B)  traditional knowledge 
C)  raw data 
D)  perceived knowledge 
E)  information

Question 12

Intranets are private company networks that allow employees to easily access, share, and publish information using Internet software.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The three methods of tracing products through a distribution system are paper records, bar codes, and radio frequency identification tags. Which of the following statements about the tracing of products is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  RFID tags need direct line-of-sight scanning. 
B)  Bar codes would be the easiest and most economical method to use. 
C)  Until technological improvements are made, paper records are the best way to trace recalled products. 
D)  RFID tags are most efficient because they can be read by a radio that has been tuned to a specific frequency. 
E)  Bar codes are the most efficient because they make use of optical character recognition. 
A)  RFID tags need direct line-of-sight scanning. 
B)  Bar codes would be the easiest and most economical method to use. 
C)  Until technological improvements are made, paper records are the best way to trace recalled products. 
D)  RFID tags are most efficient because they can be read by a radio that has been tuned to a specific frequency. 
E)  Bar codes are the most efficient because they make use of optical character recognition.

Question 14

The manual capture of information is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  slow 
B)  expensive 
C)  labor-intensive 
D)  often inaccurate 
E)  all of these 
A)  slow 
B)  expensive 
C)  labor-intensive 
D)  often inaccurate 
E)  all of these

Question 15

A(n) ____ uses internal and external sources of data to provide managers and executives the information they need to monitor and analyze organizational performance.

Accepted Answer

A)  executive information system 
B)  managerial information service 
C)  expert system 
D)  decision support system 
E)  environmental information system 
A)  executive information system 
B)  managerial information service 
C)  expert system 
D)  decision support system 
E)  environmental information system

Question 16

The two activities necessary to properly secure data and data networks are the use of firewalls and antivirus software.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The establishment of ____ is an information security procedure that encrypts Internet data at both ends of the transmission process.

Accepted Answer

A)  cookie manipulators 
B)  virtual private networks 
C)  cookie managers 
D)  firewall 
E)  data insulators 
A)  cookie manipulators 
B)  virtual private networks 
C)  cookie managers 
D)  firewall 
E)  data insulators

Question 18

Three kinds of information technology are used by executives, managers, and workers inside the company to access and share information. They are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  executive information systems, portals, and intranets 
B)  local area networks, extranets, and management information systems 
C)  intranets, local area networks, and portals 
D)  expert systems, decision support system, and virtual private networks 
E)  Internet-accesses, SSL encryption, and intranets 
A)  executive information systems, portals, and intranets 
B)  local area networks, extranets, and management information systems 
C)  intranets, local area networks, and portals 
D)  expert systems, decision support system, and virtual private networks 
E)  Internet-accesses, SSL encryption, and intranets

Question 19

A decision support system (DSS) ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  is broad in scope 
B)  speeds up and simplifies the acquisition of information 
C)  permits managers to retrieve all kinds of information 
D)  is designed to deal with all types of problems 
E)  allows managers to better understand a problem and its potential solutions 
A)  is broad in scope 
B)  speeds up and simplifies the acquisition of information 
C)  permits managers to retrieve all kinds of information 
D)  is designed to deal with all types of problems 
E)  allows managers to better understand a problem and its potential solutions

Question 20

Data and information are the same as knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: Managing Information

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

Protecting information is the process of ensuring that data are reliably and consistently retrievable in a usable format for authorized users but no one else.

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

Which of the following statements about knowledge is true?

Data mining typically splits a data set in half, finds patterns in one half, and then tests the validity of those patterns by trying to find them again in the second half of the data set.

A data warehouse stores raw data that have been collected from a variety of sources for later use.

Which of the following statements about intranets is true?

Unsupervised data mining can be used to recognize ____ patterns.

Unsupervised data mining is particularly good at identifying ____.

Pages listing all of the felony crimes perpetrated in a given city during the last decade would be an example of ____.

Intranets are private company networks that allow employees to easily access, share, and publish information using Internet software.

The three methods of tracing products through a distribution system are paper records, bar codes, and radio frequency identification tags. Which of the following statements about the tracing of products is true?

The manual capture of information is ____.

A(n) ____ uses internal and external sources of data to provide managers and executives the information they need to monitor and analyze organizational performance.

The two activities necessary to properly secure data and data networks are the use of firewalls and antivirus software.

The establishment of ____ is an information security procedure that encrypts Internet data at both ends of the transmission process.

Three kinds of information technology are used by executives, managers, and workers inside the company to access and share information. They are ____.

A decision support system (DSS) ____.

Data and information are the same as knowledge.

Management

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History of Management

History of Management: Part A

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Organizational Environments and Cultures

Organizational Environments and Cultures: Part A

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Ethics and Social Responsibility

Ethics and Social Responsibility: Part A

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Planning and Decision Making

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Organizational Strategy

Organizational Strategy: Part A

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Innovation and Change

Innovation and Change: Part A

Innovation and Change: Part B

Global Management

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Designing Adaptive Organizations

Designing Adaptive Organizations: Part A

Designing Adaptive Organizations: Part B

Managing Teams

Managing Teams: Part A

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Managing Human Resource Systems

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Managing Individuals and a Diverse Work Force

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Motivation

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Motivation: Part B

Leadership

Leadership: Part A

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Managing Communication

Managing Communication: Part A

Managing Communication: Part B

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