Deck 27: International Mis

Question 1

How has the global economy changed the competitive environment?

A)Suppliers are not required to reach a wide range of customers.
B)Customers now have less access to information about substitutes.
C)It has intensified rivalry by increasing product and vendor choices.
D)It has made it easier for new market entrants in all fields to penetrate the market.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

With the fall of the Soviet Union, the economies of Russia and Eastern Europe became alienated from the rest of the world market.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true about the issues to be addressed when localizing a computer program?

A)When translating a user interface for a program, the entire user interface, except the icons, will need to be changed.
B)Programming techniques can be used to simplify and reduce the cost of localization.
C)Forms and reports should be localized in a manner that does not necessitate redesigning an entire document.
D)The help text should always be maintained in English.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

How does the global economy change value chains and business processes?

A)World time differences enable global virtual companies to operate 24/7.
B)Overseas outsourcing is no longer an attractive option.
C)It makes it difficult for an international company to conduct sales and marketing efforts locally.
D)It makes it mandatory for the manufacturing activities to be carried out from the home country.

Question 5

If a distributed database divides the database into nonoverlapping segments, it is called a(n)________ database.

A)mirrored
B)replicated
C)independent
D)partitioned

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true of the international business scenario?

A)After the dot-com bust, optical fiber was extremely scarce and expensive.
B)After the fall of the Soviet Union, the economies of Russia and Western Europe closed their markets to the world.
C)With the popularity of the Internet, the economies of North America and Europe became less integrated.
D)With the popularity of the Internet, the Chinese economy became more open to the world.

Question 7

How does the global economy change competitive strategy?

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true of localizing?

A)Translating documents is less expensive, but more time consuming than localizing computer programs.
B)Localizing computer programs primarily involves translating documents from one language to another.
C)Localization of computer programs should be planned from the beginning.
D)Localizing computer programs is easier than translating documents.

Question 9

The size of the world economy, combined with the Internet, limits product differentiation.

Question 10

The emergence of ________ technologies has made it easier for companies all over the world to obtain the latest in server technology.

A)international cloud
B)big data
C)data mining
D)distributed database

Question 11

The global economy has intensified rivalry by increasing product and vendor choices and by accelerating the flow of information about price, product, availability, and service.

Question 12

Which of the following is an advantage of functional systems?

A)They facilitate the integration of data across various business functions.
B)Two order-processing functional systems located in two different countries need not accommodate language and culture differences in a single system.
C)They ensure that organizations do not suffer from islands of automation.
D)They solve the problems of data isolation by integrating data into a database that provides a comprehensive and organization-wide view.

Question 13

In the current age, global economy changes competitive strategies because it ________.

A)enables unprecedented product differentiation
B)makes communication between a company and its customer one-sided
C)reduces the risk that a company has to bear
D)eliminates the need for localizing products

Question 14

SPZ Imports, a multinational company, has offices located in five countries.Each office processes a single database that resides at each location.Which of the following types of databases does SPZ use?

A)clustered database
B)distributed database
C)external database
D)hypermedia database

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of inherent processes?

A)Creating an accurate as-is international process management model is inexpensive and easy.
B)Determining the criteria to be used for evaluating the alternative international processes takes little time.
C)Each software product assumes that the software will be used by people filling particular roles and performing their actions in a certain way.
D)It is likely that international business processes will be developed more like intra-department business processes.

Question 16

Joe's company has set up a new branch in a small town in Spain.He is working on translating Microsoft Outlook into Spanish to help the new recruits from the town learn how to use the program.Joe is involved in the process of ________.

A)differentiating
B)stringing
C)localizing
D)optimizing

Question 17

PL Constructions Inc.uses the distributed database processing system in all its international locations.If the databases in all the locations contain copies of the same data, it can be said that PL Constructions uses a ________.

A)mirrored database
B)redundant database
C)replicated database
D)partitioned database

Question 18

Which of the following is an issue related to global databases?

A)Data transmission speeds are often too slow to process data from a single geographic location.
B)A single database increases data integrity problems.
C)A single database is ideal for companies that use multiple languages.
D)With a single database, it is not possible to have an integrated view of a customer or an organization's operations.

Question 19

World time differences restrict global virtual companies from operating 24/7.

Question 20

Due to information systems, any value chain activity can be performed from anywhere in the world.

Question 21

Because of the ________ effect, a dollar spent will contribute two or three dollars of activity to the economy.

A)distribution
B)bullwhip
C)butterfly
D)accelerator

Question 22

In the context of combatting the challenges of international information systems (IS)management, defining a set of standard business processes requires conversion of the organization to different work processes.

Question 23

Cross-functional, integrated systems, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), add to the problems of data isolation.

Question 24

The development rate of international information systems varies among countries and cultures.

Question 25

Information systems increase inventories.

Question 26

What are the problems of inherent processes?

Question 27

Information systems support just-in-time (JIT)inventory techniques.

Question 28

The purpose and scope of a system are determined in the systems definition stage of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Question 29

Which of the following is true of the challenges of international information systems (IS)management?

A)Standardizing business processes is a good method to overcome the challenges posed by international IS management.
B)Running hardware using the cloud in different countries poses a problem.
C)The procedures for using a customer relationship management system remain the same irrespective of the country where it is used.
D)The purpose and the scope of a system are determined in the requirement analysis stage of the software development life cycle.

Question 30

Operating information systems (IS)internationally can be problematic because of different physical environments.

Question 31

Information systems are used to reduce or eliminate the bullwhip effect, hence, saving costs.

Question 32

The human components, such as procedures and people, are affected by language and culture.

Question 33

What are the issues that have to be addressed when localizing a computer program?

Question 34

International companies that have a single database must declare a single language for the company.

Question 35

Information systems procedures, unlike business processes, need not reflect local cultural values and norms.

Question 36

How do global information systems affect supply chain profitability?

Question 37

Which of the following was a consequence of Henry Ford's unprecedented move of increasing his workers' pay?

A)The workers left Ford's company in search of better standards of living.
B)The price of the automobiles increased dramatically.
C)The demand for Ford's automobiles increased.
D)Ford's company suffered a huge loss due to the increased expenses.

Question 38

Differences in language, culture, norms, and expectations compound the difficulties of international process management.

Question 39

To localize a computer program, all you need to do is hire a translator to convert it from one language to another.

Question 40

The accelerator effect can increase the demand for a product.

Question 41

What are the challenges of international information systems (IS)management?