Question 1

Which of the following is one of the 4 components of IT Architecture described in your text?

Accepted Answer

A)  Application architecture 
B)  Mobile architecture 
C)  Telecommunications architecture 
D)  Computing architecture 
A)  Application architecture 
B)  Mobile architecture 
C)  Telecommunications architecture 
D)  Computing architecture

Question 2

Many retailers have a page on their website that pulls address, store hours and graphical map information from different sources and combines it in one place to create an app that helps customers find directions to their store locations. Apps like the one in this example are called consumer mashups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is one of the 4 components of IT Architecture described in your text?

Accepted Answer

A)  Collaborative tool architecture 
B)  Telecommunications architecture 
C)  Wireless architecture 
D)  Business architecture 
A)  Collaborative tool architecture 
B)  Telecommunications architecture 
C)  Wireless architecture 
D)  Business architecture

Question 4

Cloud computing solutions are growing in popularity with organizations because they reduce the burden of deploying, provisioning and updating software apps.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Jackson Stiles is a marketing manager for Rose City Hardware, a privately owned hardware store in Portland, OR. His boss has told him to make sure each product earns at least a 25% profit margin after all costs are accounted for. When new products come into the store, Jackson enters information to his store's DSS about the product, shipping and promotional costs associated with carrying the product. The DSS then calculates a target price based on this information. Jackson is using the DSS to conduct a ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Input-Output analysis 
B)  Factor analysis 
C)  Goal seeking analysis 
D)  What-if-analysis 
A)  Input-Output analysis 
B)  Factor analysis 
C)  Goal seeking analysis 
D)  What-if-analysis

Question 6

Which of the following is not cited by your text as a way to measure the success of IT architecture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Profitability and Return on Investment ROI) 
B)  Technology Lifespan - how long a technology or application lasts before it is replaced by something better 
C)  Customer satisfaction 
D)  Employee Turnover 
A)  Profitability and Return on Investment ROI) 
B)  Technology Lifespan - how long a technology or application lasts before it is replaced by something better 
C)  Customer satisfaction 
D)  Employee Turnover

Question 7

When two departments or divisions are unable to share information because of different data file formats or other incompatibilities, the problem is referred to as "Lost or bypassed data".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Transactions are typically processed, A) all together for a defined time window

Accepted Answer

A)  Group processing 
B)  Periodic processing 
C)  Cluster processing 
D)  Batch processing 
E) g. end of a day, shift or other time period) or 
B)  processed as each transaction occurs. The first method 
A)  of processing is called: 
A)  Group processing 
B)  Periodic processing 
C)  Cluster processing 
D)  Batch processing 
E) g. end of a day, shift or other time period) or 
B)  processed as each transaction occurs. The first method 
A)  of processing is called:

Question 9

Data from sales orders, payroll, accounting, financial, marketing, purchasing, inventory control, and so forth are processed by a combination of hardware and software called Transaction Processing Systems TPS).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A common title for the person in charge of an organization's IT is ______________.

Accepted Answer

Chief Info

Question 11

Which of the following was described in your text as a potential disadvantage to using cloud computing services?

Accepted Answer

A)  With cloud computing, it may be more difficult to get to the root of performance problems, like the unplanned outages that sometimes occur with Google's Gmail or Workday's human resources apps. 
B)  Requires greater numbers of IT professionals to support the strategy. 
C)  Requires greater reliance on outside consultants or contract employees. 
D)  Employees might over use applications, leading to higher costs. 
A)  With cloud computing, it may be more difficult to get to the root of performance problems, like the unplanned outages that sometimes occur with Google's Gmail or Workday's human resources apps. 
B)  Requires greater numbers of IT professionals to support the strategy. 
C)  Requires greater reliance on outside consultants or contract employees. 
D)  Employees might over use applications, leading to higher costs.

Question 12

Given the huge number of transactions, the data in databases are constantly in use and/or undergoing change. This characteristic of databases, referred to as ________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Given the huge number of transactions, the...

Question 13

According to a study by Forrester Research, spending on IT is expected to ___________ in the near future due to organizations' need to improve decision quality, improve predictions and reduce risk.

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to a study by Forrester Research,...

Question 14

When two departments or divisions are unable to share information because of different data file formats or other incompatibilities, the problem is referred to as ___________________

Accepted Answer

Non-standa

Question 15

A company's application architecture describes _____________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  How specific applications are designed and how they interact with each other. 
B)  How an enterprise's data stores are organized and accessed. 
C)  The hardware and software infrastructure that supports applications and their interactions. 
D)  The process a business uses to meet its goals. 
A)  How specific applications are designed and how they interact with each other. 
B)  How an enterprise's data stores are organized and accessed. 
C)  The hardware and software infrastructure that supports applications and their interactions. 
D)  The process a business uses to meet its goals.

Question 16

Your textbook differentiates the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge". With regard to a customer satisfaction application for the automobile industry, which of the following is an example of information?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ability to create a program that provides rewards for dealerships with high levels of customer satisfaction and corrective action plans for dealerships that have low levels of satisfaction. 
B)  The Web-based application that collects and stores records of customer satisfaction surveys and allows dealerships to view their data. 
C)  Reports that summarize ratings for a specific dealership including a calculation of the average rating across all survey questions and a calculation of summary statistics for groups of questions that correspond to important dimensions such as dealership staff, satisfaction with product, quality of service and so on. 
D)  Records containing numerical ratings from customer surveys completed online after each visit to a dealership. 
A)  The ability to create a program that provides rewards for dealerships with high levels of customer satisfaction and corrective action plans for dealerships that have low levels of satisfaction. 
B)  The Web-based application that collects and stores records of customer satisfaction surveys and allows dealerships to view their data. 
C)  Reports that summarize ratings for a specific dealership including a calculation of the average rating across all survey questions and a calculation of summary statistics for groups of questions that correspond to important dimensions such as dealership staff, satisfaction with product, quality of service and so on. 
D)  Records containing numerical ratings from customer surveys completed online after each visit to a dealership.

Question 17

According to your text, an Information System IS) is part of an organizational culture that consists of the IS, business processes, and people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Managers use software applications that help them make decisions that would otherwise take a lot of time to figure out. For instance, these tools can help figure out if a customer qualifies for an auto loan or should receive additional credit. Interactive applications that support managerial decision making are called ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Data System Support DSS) 
B)  Demand Structures Support DSS) 
C)  Decision Situation Structures DSS) 
D)  Decision Support Systems DSS) 
A)  Data System Support DSS) 
B)  Demand Structures Support DSS) 
C)  Decision Situation Structures DSS) 
D)  Decision Support Systems DSS)

Question 19

The term "Information Management" refers to how information is stored and organized; and the speed at which it is captured, analyzed, and reported.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A company's technical architecture describes the hardware and software infrastructure that supports applications and their interactions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is one of the 4 components of IT Architecture described in your text?

Many retailers have a page on their website that pulls address, store hours and graphical map information from different sources and combines it in one place to create an app that helps customers find directions to their store locations. Apps like the one in this example are called consumer mashups.

Which of the following is one of the 4 components of IT Architecture described in your text?

Cloud computing solutions are growing in popularity with organizations because they reduce the burden of deploying, provisioning and updating software apps.

Which of the following is not cited by your text as a way to measure the success of IT architecture?

When two departments or divisions are unable to share information because of different data file formats or other incompatibilities, the problem is referred to as "Lost or bypassed data".

Transactions are typically processed, A) all together for a defined time window

Data from sales orders, payroll, accounting, financial, marketing, purchasing, inventory control, and so forth are processed by a combination of hardware and software called Transaction Processing Systems TPS).

A common title for the person in charge of an organization's IT is ______________.

Which of the following was described in your text as a potential disadvantage to using cloud computing services?

Given the huge number of transactions, the data in databases are constantly in use and/or undergoing change. This characteristic of databases, referred to as ________________.

According to a study by Forrester Research, spending on IT is expected to ___________ in the near future due to organizations' need to improve decision quality, improve predictions and reduce risk.

When two departments or divisions are unable to share information because of different data file formats or other incompatibilities, the problem is referred to as ___________________

A company's application architecture describes _____________________________.

Your textbook differentiates the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge". With regard to a customer satisfaction application for the automobile industry, which of the following is an example of information?

According to your text, an Information System IS) is part of an organizational culture that consists of the IS, business processes, and people.

The term "Information Management" refers to how information is stored and organized; and the speed at which it is captured, analyzed, and reported.

A company's technical architecture describes the hardware and software infrastructure that supports applications and their interactions.

A Look Toward the

Database, Data Warehouse, and Data Mining

Networks, Collaboration, and Sustainability

Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Business Continuity

E-Commerce Models and Strategies

Mobile Technologies and Commerce

Web 2.0 and Social Media

Functional Area and Compliance Systems

Enterprise Systems and Applications

Performance Management Using Data Visualization, Mashups, and Mobile Intelligence

It Strategy, Sourcing, and Vendor Relationships

Business Process and Project Management

Global Ecology, Ethics, and Social Responsibility

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Exam 2: Information Management and It Architecture

Which of the following is one of the 4 components of IT Architecture described in your text?

Which of the following is one of the 4 components of IT Architecture described in your text?

Cloud computing solutions are growing in popularity with organizations because they reduce the burden of deploying, provisioning and updating software apps.

Which of the following is not cited by your text as a way to measure the success of IT architecture?

When two departments or divisions are unable to share information because of different data file formats or other incompatibilities, the problem is referred to as "Lost or bypassed data".

Transactions are typically processed, A) all together for a defined time window

Data from sales orders, payroll, accounting, financial, marketing, purchasing, inventory control, and so forth are processed by a combination of hardware and software called Transaction Processing Systems TPS).

A common title for the person in charge of an organization's IT is ______________.

Which of the following was described in your text as a potential disadvantage to using cloud computing services?

Given the huge number of transactions, the data in databases are constantly in use and/or undergoing change. This characteristic of databases, referred to as ________________.

According to a study by Forrester Research, spending on IT is expected to ___________ in the near future due to organizations' need to improve decision quality, improve predictions and reduce risk.

When two departments or divisions are unable to share information because of different data file formats or other incompatibilities, the problem is referred to as ___________________

A company's application architecture describes _____________________________.

Your textbook differentiates the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge". With regard to a customer satisfaction application for the automobile industry, which of the following is an example of information?

According to your text, an Information System IS) is part of an organizational culture that consists of the IS, business processes, and people.

The term "Information Management" refers to how information is stored and organized; and the speed at which it is captured, analyzed, and reported.

A company's technical architecture describes the hardware and software infrastructure that supports applications and their interactions.

A Look Toward the

Database, Data Warehouse, and Data Mining

Networks, Collaboration, and Sustainability

Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Business Continuity

E-Commerce Models and Strategies

Mobile Technologies and Commerce

Web 2.0 and Social Media

Functional Area and Compliance Systems

Enterprise Systems and Applications

Performance Management Using Data Visualization, Mashups, and Mobile Intelligence

It Strategy, Sourcing, and Vendor Relationships

Business Process and Project Management

Global Ecology, Ethics, and Social Responsibility

Filters