Deck 1: Introduction to Information Systems

Question 1

Online advertising has caused newspapers to _________ subscription prices and _________ advertising rates.

A) increase, increase
B) increase, decrease
C) decrease, increase
D) decrease, decrease

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In 2018 the New York Times reported _________digital advertising, _________ print advertising and an ________ in staff.

A) increased, increased, decrease
B) increased, decreased, increase
C) decreased, increased, increase
D) decreased, decreased, decrease

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Managing information systems in modern organizations is a difficult and complex task. Which of the following factors does NOT contribute to this?

A) Both end users and IT employees have responsibility for systems.
B) Business people are customers of the IT department.
C) If technology is not working, many firms cannot function.
D) Technology is getting cheaper to acquire, operate, and maintain.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A(n) ________ creates the computer code for developing new systems software or maintaining existing systems software.

A) business analyst
B) emerging technologies manager
C) systems analyst
D) systems programmer

Question 5

Yachting teams use ______ to chase boats in real time.

A) social media
B) virtual reality
C) sensor data
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 6

The ________ manages all systems throughout the organization and the day-to-day operations of the entire IS organization.

A) applications development manager
B) CIO
C) information center manager
D) IS Director

Question 7

The ________ coordinates and manages new systems development projects.

A) applications development manager
B) CIO
C) information center manager
D) IS Director

Question 8

MIT Technology Review refers to 18-22-year-olds as Homo ________.

A) Conectums
B) Conexus
C) Technologus
D) Techies

Question 9

A(n) ________ focuses on designing solutions for business problems and interfaces closely with users to demonstrate how IT can be used innovatively.

A) business analyst
B) emerging technologies manager
C) systems analyst
D) systems programmer

Question 10

A(n) ________ forecasts technology trends and evaluates and experiments with new technologies.

A) business analyst
B) emerging technologies manager
C) systems analyst
D) systems programmer

Question 11

The New York Times has partnered with all but which of the following companies to create digital solutions?

A) Google
B) Craigslist
C) Facebook
D) All of the choices are partners.

Question 12

The top technology job is _________.

A) CEO
B) CFO
C) CIO
D) COO

Question 13

The connected golf course will include all of the following except_____________.

A) 5G technology
B) instant messaging
C) location sensors
D) underground fiber

Question 14

The ________ manages IS services such as help desks, hot lines, training, and consulting.

A) applications development manager
B) CIO
C) information center manager
D) IS Director

Question 15

The IS function has become ________ strategic within organizations, so a growing number of CIOs are coming from _________.

A) decreasingly; within the IS department
B) decreasingly; other business units
C) increasingly; within the IS department
D) increasingly; other business units

Question 16

A(n) ________ interfaces between users and programmers and determines information requirements and technical specifications for new applications.

A) business analyst
B) emerging technologies manager
C) systems analyst
D) systems programmer

Question 17

The ________ is the highest-ranking IS manager and is responsible for all strategic planning in the organization.

A) applications development manager
B) CIO
C) information center manager
D) IS Director

Question 18

Which of the is not a digital initiative offered by the New York Times Beta Group?

A) A health and fitness blog titled Well
B) A real-estate app
C) A gadget review site
D) An app consolidating restaurant reviews
E) An email newsletter focusing on race and ethnicity in America

Question 19

Freightos allows shippers to __________________.

A) track shipments
B) manage employees
C) receive bids from freight forwarders
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 20

A _________ is a type of software designed to gather articles from newsgroups or from news websites.

A) blog
B) newsbot
C) clickbait
D) pay wall

Question 21

________ is a consultative function of the MIS department.

A) Creating business alliances with business partners
B) Infrastructure planning, development, and control
C) Managing computer operations, including the computer center
D) Managing systems development

Question 22

Your professor hands you a piece of paper with the number 75 on it and tells you this is your current average in the class. This is ________.

A) data
B) information
C) knowledge
D) wisdom

Question 23

________ is a collection of related files or tables containing data.

A) A database
B) A network
C) Hardware
D) Software

Question 24

________ is a traditional function of the MIS department.

A) Creating business alliances with business partners
B) Educating the MIS staff about the business
C) Initiating and designing specific strategic IS
D) Managing computer operations, including the computer center

Question 25

________ is a traditional function of the MIS department.

A) Infrastructure planning, development, and control
B) Initiating and designing specific strategic IS
C) Managing outsourcing
D) Partnering with business-unit executives

Question 26

________ is a traditional function of the MIS department.

A) Creating business alliances with business partners
B) Educating the MIS staff about the business
C) Managing systems development
D) Managing system integration including the internet, intranets, and extranets

Question 27

Your professor hands you a piece of paper with the number 75 on it. This is ________.

A) data
B) information
C) knowledge
D) wisdom

Question 28

________ is a connecting system (wireline or wireless) that permits different computers to share resources.

A) A database
B) A network
C) Hardware
D) Software

Question 29

________ is a consultative function of the MIS department.

A) Infrastructure planning, development, and control
B) Partnering with business-unit executives
C) Providing technical services
D) Staffing, training, and developing IS skills

Question 30

________ is a consultative function of the MIS department.

A) Infrastructure planning, development, and control
B) Managing computer operations including the computer center
C) Managing system integration including the internet, intranets, and extranets
D) Staffing, training, and developing IS skills

Question 31

________ is a traditional function of the MIS department.

A) Educating the MIS staff about the business
B) Initiating and designing specific strategic IS
C) Proactively using business and technical knowledge to seed innovative ideas about IT
D) Providing technical services

Question 32

________ is a consultative function of the MIS department.

A) Educating the non-MIS managers about IT
B) Infrastructure planning, development, and control
C) Managing systems development
D) Providing technical services

Question 33

________ is organized so that it has meaning and value to the recipient.

A) Data
B) Information
C) Knowledge
D) Wisdom

Question 34

________ refer to an elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning.

A) Data
B) Information
C) Knowledge
D) Wisdom

Question 35

________ is organized and processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning, and expertise as it applies to a current business problem.

A) Data
B) Information
C) Knowledge
D) Wisdom

Question 36

________ consists of devices such as the processor, monitor, keyboard, and printer.

A) A database
B) A network
C) Hardware
D) Software

Question 37

Your professor hands you a piece of paper with the number 75 on it and tells you this is your current average in the class. Since this is your fourth year as a college student, you know you could work hard to bring that average up to a B by the end of the semester. This is ________.

A) data
B) information
C) knowledge
D) wisdom

Question 38

________ is a program or collection of programs that enable the hardware to process data.

A) A database
B) A network
C) Hardware
D) Software

Question 39

Which of the following is in the current order starting with the most elementary?

A) Data, information, knowledge
B) Data, knowledge, information
C) Information, data, knowledge
D) Information, knowledge, data

Question 40

________ is a traditional function of the MIS department.

A) Initiating and designing specific strategic IS
B) Managing system integration including the internet, intranets, and extranets
C) Partnering with business-unit executives
D) Staffing, training, and developing IS skills

Question 41

________ make tactical decisions, which deal with activities such as short-term planning, organizing, and control.

A) Clerical workers
B) Knowledge workers
C) Lower-level managers
D) Middle managers

Question 42

________ attempt to duplicate work of human experts by applying reasoning capabilities, knowledge, and expertise within a specific domain.

A) BI
B) Dashboards
C) ES
D) Supply chain systems

Question 43

________ use the hardware and software, interface with it, or use its output.

A) Databases
B) Networks
C) People
D) Procedures

Question 44

________ support managers at all levels of the organization.

A) Clerical workers
B) Knowledge workers
C) Lower-level managers
D) Middle managers

Question 45

________ support all managers of the organization by providing rapid access to timely information and direct access to structured information in the form of reports.

A) BI
B) Dashboards
C) ES
D) Supply chain systems

Question 46

IT services, IT personnel, and IT components make up the organization's ___________.

A) ERP system
B) IT infrastructure
C) IT platform
D) TPS

Question 47

Which of the following is TRUE?

A) Computerization reduces our level of isolation.
B) IT increases the number of middle managers.
C) Managers have more time to make decisions.
D) Remote supervision will probably become a norm.

Question 48

________ handle the day-to-day operations of the organization and make routine decisions.

A) Clerical workers
B) Knowledge workers
C) Lower-level managers
D) Middle managers

Question 49

BI systems provide computer-based primarily support _________.

A) clerical workers
B) factory workers
C) lower-level managers
D) middle managers

Question 50

A(n) ________ is an intraorganizational system.

A) E-commerce system
B) human resources system
C) portal
D) supply chain system

Question 51

According to IT's About Business 1.2, which of the following companies is not a competitor of opendoor.com?

A) knock.com
B) offerpad.com
C) realtor.com
D) All of the companies listed are competitors of opendoor.com

Question 52

________ are professional employees such as financial and marketing analysts, engineers, lawyers, and accountants.

A) Clerical workers
B) Knowledge workers
C) Lower-level managers
D) Middle managers

Question 53

A(n) ________ is an interorganizational system.

A) ERP system
B) human resources system
C) supply chain system
D) TPS

Question 54

When you go through the checkout line at your local grocery store, this is a(n) ________ that could be processed by a(n) ______________.

A) analysis; APS
B) analysis; TPS
C) transaction; APS
D) transaction; TPS

Question 55

In 2000, operating a basic internet application costs businesses approximately ________ per month. In mid-2016, operating the same application in Amazon's cloud cost approximately ________ per month.

A) $1,000; $150,000
B) $100,000; $100,000
C) $150,000; $1,000
D) $500,000, $1

Question 56

Opendoor uses _________ to determine which price to offer sellers.

A) census data
B) a proprietary algorithm
C) satellite pictures
D) social media

Question 57

A(n) ________ supports the monitoring, collection, storage, and processing of data from the organization's basic business transactions, each of which generates data.

A) DBS
B) ERP
C) FAIS
D) TPS

Question 58

You decide to specialize in marketing for your first career. You take an entry-level position as XYZ Corp. This means you are a _________.

A) clerical worker
B) knowledge worker
C) lower-level manager
D) middle manager

Question 59

________ are the instructions for combining components to process information and generate the desired output.

A) Databases
B) Networks
C) People
D) Procedures

Question 60

The IT ________ are/is the IT platform.

A) components
B) infrastructure
C) personnel
D) services

Question 61

Wineries use drones equipped with sensors to detect.

A) thieves trying to steal the grapes
B) insects
C) moisture
D) None of the choices are correct.

Question 62

________ made Uber's first self-driving cars that arrived in Pennsylvania in 2016.

A) Ford
B) Google
C) Tesla
D) Volvo

Question 63

IT makes managers ________ productive and ________ the number of employees who can report to a single manager.

A) less; decreases
B) less; increases
C) more; decreases
D) more; increases

Question 64

________ is NOT a problem caused by computers.

A) Carpal tunnel syndrome
B) Ergonomics
C) Job stress
D) Repetitive strain injuries

Question 65

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of IT?

A) Accessibility
B) Flexibility
C) Quality of leisure time
D) Quantity of leisure time

Question 66

IBM developed ________ to answer questions on the quiz show Jeopardy!

A) Baxter
B) LoweBot
C) MyBot
D) Watson

Question 67

Due to its digital transformation the New York Times had to reduce employee headcount.

Question 68

Which of the following statements about drones is NOT true/

A) Drones are more effective monitoring tools than fixed security cameras.
B) Drones are less cost effective when compared to police helicopters.
C) There has been a 500 percent increase in law enforcement drone use since 2016
D) Law enforcement has used drones internationally.

Question 69

Winemakers have turned to drones to combat ___________.

A) drinking age regulations
B) global warming
C) thieves stealing grapes
D) illegal migration

Question 70

Law enforcement uses drones for what purpose?

A) search and rescue
B) active shooter scenarios
C) crime scene analysis
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 71

The John Deere Operations center is a _______ platform. USPS's IMB system is a type of ________.

A) social media
B) drone
C) inventory management
D) cloud computing

Question 72

________ is the largest book publisher and bookseller in the US today.

A) Amazon
B) Google
C) McGraw-Hill
D) Wiley

Question 73

Self-driving cars made by ________ have been blamed for at least two fatalities.

A) Ford
B) Google
C) Tesla
D) Volvo

Question 74

The New York Times continues to loose revenue in print advertising.

Question 75

________ is an example of a social, collaborative, industrial robot.

A) Baxter
B) LoweBot
C) MyBot
D) Watson

Question 76

Which of the following is a negative consequence associated with John Deere's digital transformation?

A) The company has been losing revenue.
B) Consumers have stopped buying tractors.
C) Consumers are unable to have their equipment serviced.
D) The company has had to increase its advertising drastically.

Question 77

Much of the unlicensed alternative software independent machinery repair shops buy comes from ________ .

A) Ukraine
B) Mexico
C) China
D) The United States

Question 78

Which of the following is an obstacle towards law enforcement agencies increasing their reliance on drones.

A) Companies cannot produce the drones fast enough.
B) Drone capability is very limited.
C) There are many government regulations associated with using drones.
D) Citizens are uneasy with drone usage by law enforcement agencies.

Question 79

________ is an IT system that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of data. It has transformed many industries including healthcare and customer service.

A) Baxter
B) LoweBot
C) MyBot
D) Watson

Question 80

According to the Chapter 1 Opening Case, residents of New York cannot play daily fantasy sports on FanDuel and DraftKings. A paywall requires users to pay to subscribe to the New York Times website in order to access content.