Question 1

Who is responsible for determining the types of information the enterprise will capture,retain,analyze,and share?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chief information officer (CIO) 
B)  Chief security officer (CSO) 
C)  Chief data officer (CDO) 
D)  Chief knowledge officer (CKO) 
A)  Chief information officer (CIO) 
B)  Chief security officer (CSO) 
C)  Chief data officer (CDO) 
D)  Chief knowledge officer (CKO)

Question 2

Which of the following is considered a core driver of the information age?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information 
B)  Business intelligence 
C)  Knowledge 
D)  All of these choices 
A)  Information 
B)  Business intelligence 
C)  Knowledge 
D)  All of these choices

Question 3

What is supplier power?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ability of buyers to affect the price they must pay for an item 
B)  The suppliers' ability to influence the prices they charge for supplies (including materials,labor,and services) 
C)  High when it is easy for new competitors to enter a market and low when there are significant entry barriers to joining a market 
D)  High when there are many alternatives to a product or service and low when there are few alternatives from which to choose 
A)  The ability of buyers to affect the price they must pay for an item 
B)  The suppliers' ability to influence the prices they charge for supplies (including materials,labor,and services) 
C)  High when it is easy for new competitors to enter a market and low when there are significant entry barriers to joining a market 
D)  High when there are many alternatives to a product or service and low when there are few alternatives from which to choose

Question 4

If you were thinking about an oven as a system which of the following represents the output?

Accepted Answer

A)  The uncooked food 
B)  The cooked food 
C)  A light indicating that the oven has reached the preheated temperature 
D)  The oven running at 350 degrees for 20 minutes 
A)  The uncooked food 
B)  The cooked food 
C)  A light indicating that the oven has reached the preheated temperature 
D)  The oven running at 350 degrees for 20 minutes

Question 5

Which activities belong in the Human Resources department?

Accepted Answer

A)  Records,measures,and reports monetary transactions 
B)  Tracks strategic financial issues,including money,banking,credit,investments,and assets 
C)  Supports the sales by planning,pricing,and promoting goods or services is marketing 
D)  Maintains policies,plans,and procedures for the effective management of employees 
A)  Records,measures,and reports monetary transactions 
B)  Tracks strategic financial issues,including money,banking,credit,investments,and assets 
C)  Supports the sales by planning,pricing,and promoting goods or services is marketing 
D)  Maintains policies,plans,and procedures for the effective management of employees

Question 6

Information technology can enable departments to more efficiently and effectively perform their core _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Facts 
B)  Feedback mechanisms 
C)  Business operations 
D)  Media issues 
A)  Facts 
B)  Feedback mechanisms 
C)  Business operations 
D)  Media issues

Question 7

What is a person or group that has an interest or concern in an organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stakeholder 
B)  Business strategy 
C)  Supplier 
D)  Partner 
A)  Stakeholder 
B)  Business strategy 
C)  Supplier 
D)  Partner

Question 8

Knowledge workers are individuals valued for their ability to mitigate risk and implement critical human resource rules and regulations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is the support value activity that provides employees with training,hiring,and compensation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Procurement 
B)  Operations resource management 
C)  Human resource management 
D)  Firm infrastructure 
A)  Procurement 
B)  Operations resource management 
C)  Human resource management 
D)  Firm infrastructure

Question 10

Which department records,measures,and reports monetary transactions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sales 
B)  Operations Management 
C)  Accounting 
D)  Finance 
A)  Sales 
B)  Operations Management 
C)  Accounting 
D)  Finance

Question 11

Supplier power is one of Porter's Five Forces and it measures the suppliers' ability to influence the prices they charge for supplies (including materials,labor,and services).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is considered a service?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cars 
B)  Groceries 
C)  Cutting hair 
D)  All of these choices 
A)  Cars 
B)  Groceries 
C)  Cutting hair 
D)  All of these choices

Question 13

Which of the following statements is correct when considering a SWOT analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strengths and weaknesses originate outside an organization 
B)  Opportunities and threats originate outside an organization 
C)  Strengths and threats originate inside an organization 
D)  Opportunities and weaknesses organization outside an organization 
A)  Strengths and weaknesses originate outside an organization 
B)  Opportunities and threats originate outside an organization 
C)  Strengths and threats originate inside an organization 
D)  Opportunities and weaknesses organization outside an organization

Question 14

Which data types are typically found in the Marketing department?

Accepted Answer

A)  Promotion data,sales data,advertising data 
B)  Employee data,promotion data,vacation data 
C)  Investment data,monetary data,reporting data 
D)  Transactional data,purchasing data,payroll data,tax data 
A)  Promotion data,sales data,advertising data 
B)  Employee data,promotion data,vacation data 
C)  Investment data,monetary data,reporting data 
D)  Transactional data,purchasing data,payroll data,tax data

Question 15

What is a feature of a product or service that customers have come to expect and entering competitors must offer the same if they want to survive?

Accepted Answer

A)  Significant barrier 
B)  Entry barrier 
C)  Product differentiation 
D)  Entry chain 
A)  Significant barrier 
B)  Entry barrier 
C)  Product differentiation 
D)  Entry chain

Question 16

Where would you categorize weaknesses in a SWOT analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Internal,helpful 
B)  Internal,harmful 
C)  External,helpful 
D)  External,harmful 
A)  Internal,helpful 
B)  Internal,harmful 
C)  External,helpful 
D)  External,harmful

Question 17

A standardized set of activities that accomplish a specific task is called a supply chain component.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Information is data converted into useful,meaningful context.What are data characteristics that change or vary over time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Facts 
B)  Variables 
C)  Supplies 
D)  Services 
A)  Facts 
B)  Variables 
C)  Supplies 
D)  Services

Question 19

Cheryl Steffan is the Operations Manager for Nature's Bread Company,which specializes in providing natural products for health conscious individuals.Cheryl is responsible for compiling,analyzing,and evaluating daily sales numbers to determine the company's profitability and forecast production for the next day.Which of the following is an example of the type of information Cheryl would be using to successfully perform her job?

Accepted Answer

A)  Craig Newmark is customer number 15467. 
B)  Flour Power is supplier number 8745643. 
C)  Best-selling product by day. 
D)  Best-selling product changes when Tony,the best baker,is working. 
A)  Craig Newmark is customer number 15467. 
B)  Flour Power is supplier number 8745643. 
C)  Best-selling product by day. 
D)  Best-selling product changes when Tony,the best baker,is working.

Question 20

Which of the following includes the roles and responsibilities of the CTO?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ensuring the speed,accuracy,availability,and reliability of the MIS 
B)  Ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within a company 
C)  Ensuring the security of business systems and developing strategies and safeguards against attacks by hackers and viruses 
D)  Ensuring that MIS strategically aligns with business goals and objectives 
A)  Ensuring the speed,accuracy,availability,and reliability of the MIS 
B)  Ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within a company 
C)  Ensuring the security of business systems and developing strategies and safeguards against attacks by hackers and viruses 
D)  Ensuring that MIS strategically aligns with business goals and objectives

Who is responsible for determining the types of information the enterprise will capture,retain,analyze,and share?

Which of the following is considered a core driver of the information age?

What is supplier power?

If you were thinking about an oven as a system which of the following represents the output?

Which activities belong in the Human Resources department?

Information technology can enable departments to more efficiently and effectively perform their core _____________.

What is a person or group that has an interest or concern in an organization?

Knowledge workers are individuals valued for their ability to mitigate risk and implement critical human resource rules and regulations.

What is the support value activity that provides employees with training,hiring,and compensation?

Which department records,measures,and reports monetary transactions?

Supplier power is one of Porter's Five Forces and it measures the suppliers' ability to influence the prices they charge for supplies (including materials,labor,and services).

Which of the following is considered a service?

Which of the following statements is correct when considering a SWOT analysis?

Which data types are typically found in the Marketing department?

What is a feature of a product or service that customers have come to expect and entering competitors must offer the same if they want to survive?

Where would you categorize weaknesses in a SWOT analysis?

A standardized set of activities that accomplish a specific task is called a supply chain component.

Information is data converted into useful,meaningful context.What are data characteristics that change or vary over time?

Which of the following includes the roles and responsibilities of the CTO?

Decisions Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Understanding Computer Hardware and Software: From CPUs to Operating Systems

Understanding Telecommunication Systems and Network Topologies

Database Design and Entity Relationships

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Exam 1: Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Who is responsible for determining the types of information the enterprise will capture,retain,analyze,and share?

Which of the following is considered a core driver of the information age?

What is supplier power?

If you were thinking about an oven as a system which of the following represents the output?

Which activities belong in the Human Resources department?

Information technology can enable departments to more efficiently and effectively perform their core _____________.

What is a person or group that has an interest or concern in an organization?

Knowledge workers are individuals valued for their ability to mitigate risk and implement critical human resource rules and regulations.

What is the support value activity that provides employees with training,hiring,and compensation?

Which department records,measures,and reports monetary transactions?

Supplier power is one of Porter's Five Forces and it measures the suppliers' ability to influence the prices they charge for supplies (including materials,labor,and services).

Which of the following is considered a service?

Which of the following statements is correct when considering a SWOT analysis?

Which data types are typically found in the Marketing department?

What is a feature of a product or service that customers have come to expect and entering competitors must offer the same if they want to survive?

Where would you categorize weaknesses in a SWOT analysis?

A standardized set of activities that accomplish a specific task is called a supply chain component.

Information is data converted into useful,meaningful context.What are data characteristics that change or vary over time?

Which of the following includes the roles and responsibilities of the CTO?

Decisions Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Understanding Computer Hardware and Software: From CPUs to Operating Systems

Understanding Telecommunication Systems and Network Topologies

Database Design and Entity Relationships

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