Exam 1: The Importance of Mis

Changing personnel responsibilities to suit an information system is more disruptive to an organization than ordering additional hardware for the information system.

It is generally more difficult to make changes to the ________ of an information system than to the database itself.

John Carter, the CEO of Carter Steels, is concerned about the sudden rise in employee attrition in his organization. He asks Walter, the human resources manager, to provide him with the last quarter's report showing the rate of attrition. Walter, however, sends the salary details of the new hires for the last quarter. This report is of no use to Carter as it is ________.

Which of the following terms is described as processed data or data presented in a meaningful context?

Which of the following types of skills is most likely to be outsourced to the lowest bidder?

Meredith constantly analyzes her work in terms of her individual contribution that she makes to the overall output of the organization. This shows her ________ skills.

Information is considered inefficient if ________.

In the five-component model of an information system, data is the bridge between the computer and the human sides.

Ordering additional hardware creates the least amount of organizational disruption compared to changes in the four components of an information system.

________ skills determine the ability to conceive information from data.

Mary processes employee statistics to obtain a meaningful understanding of her organization. The data that she derives by processing becomes information.

An operating system like Windows or Linux is an example of the ________ component of an information system.

Which of the following is categorized as a nonroutine cognitive skill?

Abstract reasoning is the ability to ________.

Explain the concept of "just barely sufficient" data.

The lower the amount of work to be moved from the human side to the computer side of an information system, the higher is the complexity of that system.

In the five-component model, the process of automation is a process of moving work from ________.

Silway Travels organizes tours to a number of cities in Illinois. The manager of the company examines a spreadsheet which is an annual record of airfares to different cities from Chicago. The contents of the spreadsheet will be used to determine the difference in peak season and off-season airfares. The spreadsheet, in this case, represents ________.

Graham & Hilda Corp. is a firm that offers enterprise software solutions to independent retailers. The firm recently entered into a contract with a major national retail chain to develop and implement proprietary software that tracks inventory, restocking, and supplier information. Which of the following actions will be most difficult to perform when implementing the new information system?

The CEO of a large company asks the sales manager to report the sales figures of the previous quarter. The manager immediately sends her the list of products sold in the previous quarter. These details do not qualify as good information because they are ________.