Question 1

What compiles information from multiple sources and tailors it to meet user needs?

Accepted Answer

A) Drill-down 
B) Sensitivity analysis 
C) What-if analysis 
D) Digital dashboard 
A) Drill-down 
B) Sensitivity analysis 
C) What-if analysis 
D) Digital dashboard D

Question 2

What is an optimizing system that can find and evaluate solutions with many more possibilities, faster and more thoroughly than a human?

Accepted Answer

A) Genetic algorithm 
B) Expert system 
C) Intelligent agent 
D) Virtual reality 
A) Genetic algorithm 
B) Expert system 
C) Intelligent agent 
D) Virtual reality A

Question 3

At which level of an organization do employees develop, control, and maintain core business activities required to run the day-to-day operations?

Accepted Answer

A) Operational level 
B) Managerial level 
C) Strategic level 
D) All of these 
A) Operational level 
B) Managerial level 
C) Strategic level 
D) All of these A

Question 4

Bill Schultz works at a high power investment firm in Los Angeles.Bill is responsible for promoting the firm's vision and creating the companywide goals and strategies.He also monitors the overall strategic performance of the company and its direction for future business strategies.At what level of the organizational pyramid would you categorize Bill?

Accepted Answer

A) Strategic 
B) Owner 
C) Operational 
D) Managerial 
A) Strategic 
B) Owner 
C) Operational 
D) Managerial

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) Intelligent agent 
B) Executive agent 
C) Expert agent 
D) Modeling system 
A) Intelligent agent 
B) Executive agent 
C) Expert agent 
D) Modeling system

Question 6

At the operational level, employees develop, control, and maintain core business activities required to run the day-to-day operations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

One of the most important and challenging questions confronting managers today is how to lay the foundation for tomorrow's success while competing to win in today's business environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What captures transaction and event information using technology to (1) process the information according to defined business rules, (2) store the information, and (3) update existing information to reflect the new information?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Which of the following does not represent a category of AI?

Accepted Answer

A) Genetic algorithms 
B) Neural networks 
C) Expert systems 
D) Consolidation 
A) Genetic algorithms 
B) Neural networks 
C) Expert systems 
D) Consolidation

Question 11

The manipulation of information to create business intelligence in support of strategic decision making is referred to as OLTP, or online transaction processing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is considered a structured decision or strategic decision?

Accepted Answer

A) Reordering inventory 
B) Deciding to enter a new market 
C) Creating the employee weekly staffing schedule 
D) Creating the employee weekly production schedule 
A) Reordering inventory 
B) Deciding to enter a new market 
C) Creating the employee weekly staffing schedule 
D) Creating the employee weekly production schedule

Question 13

A shopping bot is one of the simplest examples of an intelligent agent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A digital dashboard produces graphical displays of patterns and complex relationships in large amounts of data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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 16

Which of the following represents the top-down (executives to analysts) organizational levels of information technology systems?

Accepted Answer

A) TPS, DSS, EIS 
B) DSS, TPS, EIS 
C) EIS, DSS, TPS 
D) None of these, it varies from organization to organization. 
A) TPS, DSS, EIS 
B) DSS, TPS, EIS 
C) EIS, DSS, TPS 
D) None of these, it varies from organization to organization.

Question 17

Unstructured decisions occur in situations in which no procedures or rules exist to guide decision makers towards the correct choice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is offered by a digital dashboard?

Accepted Answer

A) Consolidation 
B) Drill-down 
C) Slice-and-Dice 
D) All of these 
A) Consolidation 
B) Drill-down 
C) Slice-and-Dice 
D) All of these

Question 19

Which of the following would create transactional information?

Accepted Answer

A) Projecting future sales growth. 
B) Making an airline reservation. 
C) A semistructured decision to hire more employees. 
D) Generating payroll reports. 
A) Projecting future sales growth. 
B) Making an airline reservation. 
C) A semistructured decision to hire more employees. 
D) Generating payroll reports.

Question 20

What is the MIS system that manipulates information to create business intelligence in support of strategic decision making?

Accepted Answer

A) Online transaction processing (OLTP) 
B) Online analytical processing (OLAP) 
C) Digital dashboard 
D) Visualization 
A) Online transaction processing (OLTP) 
B) Online analytical processing (OLAP) 
C) Digital dashboard 
D) Visualization

Exam 9: Enabling the Organization Decision Making

What compiles information from multiple sources and tailors it to meet user needs?

What is an optimizing system that can find and evaluate solutions with many more possibilities, faster and more thoroughly than a human?

At which level of an organization do employees develop, control, and maintain core business activities required to run the day-to-day operations?

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

At the operational level, employees develop, control, and maintain core business activities required to run the day-to-day operations.

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

One of the most important and challenging questions confronting managers today is how to lay the foundation for tomorrow's success while competing to win in today's business environment.

What captures transaction and event information using technology to (1) process the information according to defined business rules, (2) store the information, and (3) update existing information to reflect the new information?

Which of the following does not represent a category of AI?

The manipulation of information to create business intelligence in support of strategic decision making is referred to as OLTP, or online transaction processing.

Which of the following is considered a structured decision or strategic decision?

A shopping bot is one of the simplest examples of an intelligent agent.

A digital dashboard produces graphical displays of patterns and complex relationships in large amounts of data.

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

Which of the following represents the top-down (executives to analysts) organizational levels of information technology systems?

Unstructured decisions occur in situations in which no procedures or rules exist to guide decision makers towards the correct choice.

Which of the following is offered by a digital dashboard?

Which of the following would create transactional information?

What is the MIS system that manipulates information to create business intelligence in support of strategic decision making?

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing and Storing Organizational Information Databases

Accessing Organizational Information Data Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Extending the Organization Supply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organization Customer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to End Enterprise Resource Planning

Creating Innovative Organizations

E-business

Creating Collaborative Partnerships

Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

Developing Software to Streamline Operations

Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

Managing Organizational Projects

B: Extension: A Business Basics

B: Extension: A Business Process

B: Extension: A Hardware and Software Basics

B: Extension: A Mis Infrastructures

B: Extension: A Networks and Telecommunications

B: Extension: A Information Security

B: Extension: A Ethics

B: Extension: A Operations Management

B: Extension: A Sustainable Mis Infrastructures

B: Extension: A Business Intelligence

B: Extension: A Global Information Systems

B: Extension: A Global Trends

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