Exam 4: Technological Environment

What is hardware or software designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network?

Technology planning involves evaluating the company's goals and objectives and choosing the right technology to reach them.

What is one of the most important roles of an automated accounting process?

Most of the information used to make decisions in business is proprietary.

What is information technology (IT)?

Amazon, Shop.ca, and Alibaba are called channel disruptors.

In technology planning, which aspects must businesses consider?

A process that involves designing the evolution of technology to achieve a desired-end state is referred to as which of the following?

Many companies have hired a chief information officer (CIO) to be responsible for managing all information resources.

Which of the following is a big advantage that technology brings for some employees?

Canada has shifted from an industrial society to an export-based economy.

Hardware or software designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network is referred to as a brickwall.

Which of the following refers to the practical application of knowledge?

Technology transfer is typically protected by trademarks.

Businesses can minimize overhead by getting rid of the "brick" and moving to the click.

What does the term "network effects" describe?

Which of the following is one of the most important roles that automated accounting functions are used for?

By limiting the number of times a person can use a type of software before registering as the authorized owner of that software, what types of issues are software companies addressing?

Which of the following is a term used to describe a formal transfer of rights to use technology from the developer to another party?

Which of the following is NOT one of the activities that businesses monitor through technology?