Question 1

Which of the following is considered a managerial decision or semistructured decision?

Accepted Answer

A) determining how many employees are out sick 
B) determining the impact of last month's marketing campaign 
C) investigating why payroll is having problems running 
D) tracking how much inventory is in the warehouse 
A) determining how many employees are out sick 
B) determining the impact of last month's marketing campaign 
C) investigating why payroll is having problems running 
D) tracking how much inventory is in the warehouse

Question 2

What occurs when a task or activity is unnecessarily repeated?

Accepted Answer

A) bottlenecks 
B) redundancy 
C) automation 
D) streamlining 
A) bottlenecks 
B) redundancy 
C) automation 
D) streamlining

Question 3

Andy Benton works at the local Starbucks coffee shop and his responsibilities include taking orders, fulfilling orders, and ringing in sales.At what level of the organizational pyramid would you categorize Andy?

Accepted Answer

A) strategic 
B) owner 
C) operational 
D) managerial 
A) strategic 
B) owner 
C) operational 
D) managerial

Question 4

Metrics are temporary activities a company undertakes to create a unique product, service, or result.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Best practices are the most successful solutions or problem-solving methods that have been developed by a specific organization or industry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Granularity refers to the level of detail in the model or the decision-making process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

As the business and its strategies change, so do the dynamic processes.Examples of dynamic processes include managing layoffs of employees, changing order levels based on currency rates, and canceling business travel due to extreme weather.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is consolidation?

Accepted Answer

A) involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information 
B) the ability to look at information from different perspectives 
C) enables users to get details, and details of details, of information 
D) finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal, such as a desired level of output 
A) involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information 
B) the ability to look at information from different perspectives 
C) enables users to get details, and details of details, of information 
D) finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal, such as a desired level of output

Question 9

What is pivot?

Accepted Answer

A) involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information 
B) rotates data to display alternative presentations of the data 
C) enables users to get details, and details of details, of information 
D) finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output 
A) involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information 
B) rotates data to display alternative presentations of the data 
C) enables users to get details, and details of details, of information 
D) finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output

Question 10

What is a common tool used to support visualizations and that tracks KPIs and CSFs by compiling information from multiple sources?

Accepted Answer

A) models 
B) digital dashboards 
C) neural networks 
D) verified graphs 
A) models 
B) digital dashboards 
C) neural networks 
D) verified graphs

Question 11

Business processes should never drive MIS choices and should be based on business strategies and goals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is considered an operational or structured decision?

Accepted Answer

A) determining how many employees are out sick 
B) determining the impact of last month's marketing campaign 
C) allocating resources to a department for a new system 
D) monitoring performance of a project team 
A) determining how many employees are out sick 
B) determining the impact of last month's marketing campaign 
C) allocating resources to a department for a new system 
D) monitoring performance of a project team

Question 13

Todd Haitz is the marketing manager for the National Basketball Association.Todd analyzes and tracks his marketing campaigns to determine the best success rate per project for increasing ticket sales.Todd uses an internal KPI to track his marketing campaign success.Which of the following would be an internal KPI Todd would use to track his marketing campaigns?

Accepted Answer

A) marketing campaign ROI 
B) marketing campaign percentage of fans purchasing Sports Illustrated magazine 
C) marketing campaign advertiser revenue sales 
D) marketing campaign market share 
A) marketing campaign ROI 
B) marketing campaign percentage of fans purchasing Sports Illustrated magazine 
C) marketing campaign advertiser revenue sales 
D) marketing campaign market share

Question 14

When evaluating the six-step decision-making process, what occurs during the solution test step?

Accepted Answer

A) The process will begin again if the decisions made were incorrect. 
B) definition of the problem as clearly and precisely as possible 
C) details of every solution possible including ideas that seem far fetched 
D) None of these are correct. 
A) The process will begin again if the decisions made were incorrect. 
B) definition of the problem as clearly and precisely as possible 
C) details of every solution possible including ideas that seem far fetched 
D) None of these are correct.

Question 15

Virtual reality is the viewing of the physical world with computer-generated layers of information added to it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What models information and provides assistance in evaluating and choosing among different courses of action?

Accepted Answer

A) OLTP 
B) OLAP 
C) TPS 
D) DSS 
A) OLTP 
B) OLAP 
C) TPS 
D) DSS

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of dynamic processes?

Accepted Answer

A) employee layoffs 
B) order level changes based on currency rates 
C) canceling business travel due to extreme weather 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) employee layoffs 
B) order level changes based on currency rates 
C) canceling business travel due to extreme weather 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 18

What is a special-purpose knowledge-based information system that accomplishes specific tasks on behalf of its users?

Accepted Answer

A) intelligent system 
B) artificial intelligence 
C) neural network 
D) intelligent agent 
A) intelligent system 
B) artificial intelligence 
C) neural network 
D) intelligent agent

Question 19

What is the DSS analysis that checks the impact of a change in a variable or assumption on the model?

Accepted Answer

A) optimization analysis 
B) goal-seeking analysis 
C) sensitivity analysis 
D) what-if analysis 
A) optimization analysis 
B) goal-seeking analysis 
C) sensitivity analysis 
D) what-if analysis

Question 20

Managerial business processes are semidynamic, semiroutine, monthly business processes such as resource allocation, sales strategy, or manufacturing process improvements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is considered a managerial decision or semistructured decision?

What occurs when a task or activity is unnecessarily repeated?

Andy Benton works at the local Starbucks coffee shop and his responsibilities include taking orders, fulfilling orders, and ringing in sales.At what level of the organizational pyramid would you categorize Andy?

Metrics are temporary activities a company undertakes to create a unique product, service, or result.

Best practices are the most successful solutions or problem-solving methods that have been developed by a specific organization or industry.

Granularity refers to the level of detail in the model or the decision-making process.

As the business and its strategies change, so do the dynamic processes.Examples of dynamic processes include managing layoffs of employees, changing order levels based on currency rates, and canceling business travel due to extreme weather.

What is consolidation?

What is pivot?

What is a common tool used to support visualizations and that tracks KPIs and CSFs by compiling information from multiple sources?

Business processes should never drive MIS choices and should be based on business strategies and goals.

Which of the following is considered an operational or structured decision?

When evaluating the six-step decision-making process, what occurs during the solution test step?

Virtual reality is the viewing of the physical world with computer-generated layers of information added to it.

What models information and provides assistance in evaluating and choosing among different courses of action?

Which of the following is an example of dynamic processes?

What is a special-purpose knowledge-based information system that accomplishes specific tasks on behalf of its users?

What is the DSS analysis that checks the impact of a change in a variable or assumption on the model?

Managerial business processes are semidynamic, semiroutine, monthly business processes such as resource allocation, sales strategy, or manufacturing process improvements.

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: Mis Business Concerns: Module 2: Technical Foundations of MIS

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business: Module 3: Enterprise MIS

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporateresponsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

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Exam 2: Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Which of the following is considered a managerial decision or semistructured decision?

What occurs when a task or activity is unnecessarily repeated?

Andy Benton works at the local Starbucks coffee shop and his responsibilities include taking orders, fulfilling orders, and ringing in sales.At what level of the organizational pyramid would you categorize Andy?

Metrics are temporary activities a company undertakes to create a unique product, service, or result.

Best practices are the most successful solutions or problem-solving methods that have been developed by a specific organization or industry.

Granularity refers to the level of detail in the model or the decision-making process.

As the business and its strategies change, so do the dynamic processes.Examples of dynamic processes include managing layoffs of employees, changing order levels based on currency rates, and canceling business travel due to extreme weather.

What is consolidation?

What is pivot?

What is a common tool used to support visualizations and that tracks KPIs and CSFs by compiling information from multiple sources?

Business processes should never drive MIS choices and should be based on business strategies and goals.

Which of the following is considered an operational or structured decision?

When evaluating the six-step decision-making process, what occurs during the solution test step?

Virtual reality is the viewing of the physical world with computer-generated layers of information added to it.

What models information and provides assistance in evaluating and choosing among different courses of action?

Which of the following is an example of dynamic processes?

What is a special-purpose knowledge-based information system that accomplishes specific tasks on behalf of its users?

What is the DSS analysis that checks the impact of a change in a variable or assumption on the model?

Managerial business processes are semidynamic, semiroutine, monthly business processes such as resource allocation, sales strategy, or manufacturing process improvements.

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: Mis Business Concerns: Module 2: Technical Foundations of MIS

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business: Module 3: Enterprise MIS

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporateresponsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Data-Bases-Apply Your Knowledge-Glossary

Filters