Question 1

A data table is a table that displays two or more dimensions of data in a convenient format.Microsoft Excel's PivotTable capability makes it easy to analyze lists and databases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

________ are systems that provide senior management,making primarily unstructured decisions,with external information (news,stock analyzes,and industry trends)and high-level summaries of firm performance.

Accepted Answer

Executive support systems (ESS)

Question 3

During a GDSS meeting,the attendees control the use of GDSS tools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

What do you see as the business value of a GDSS?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What do you see as the business...

Question 5

________ are being built into mainstream applications for everyday decision making by all types of employees,especially in finance and marketing.

Accepted Answer

A)  Business analytics
B)  Visual analytics
C)  Group analytics
D)  Predictive analytics

Question 6

Senior executives face many ________ decision situations,such as establishing the firm's five- or ten-year goals or deciding new markets to enter.

Accepted Answer

A)  structured
B)   unstructured
C)  semistructured
D)  semiunstructured

Question 7

The intelligence phase of decision making consists of discovering,identifying,and understanding the problems occurring in the organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Businesses must deal with both structured and unstructured data from only one source,mobile devices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Describe the balanced scorecard model and its role in ESS.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the balanced scorecard model and its...

Question 10

A(n)________ uses easy-to-understand displays of information to provide management with a comprehensive view of firm performance on a single screen.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A(n)________ uses easy-to-understand displays of information to...

Question 11

What-if analysis works forward from known or assumed conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Canadian Wildlife Service biologist Jim Hawkings uses ________ to make sense of decades of data related to the movements of birds and animals in the Yukon and their use of habitat.This GIS-generated map shows where bands were recovered from ducks banded in the Yukon.Some were recovered in Alaska,and others on the major flyways heading south through the heart of North America.

Accepted Answer

A)  ESS
B)  GIS
C)  GDSS
D)  MIS

Question 13

Investments in information technology do not always produce positive results.Describe the three main reasons: why they don't produce positive results.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Investments in information technology do not always...

Question 14

Senior executives face many unstructured decision situations,such as establishing the firm's five- or ten-year goals or deciding new markets to enter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Dashboards/scorecards are visual tools for presenting performance data defined by users.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Some contemporary DSS are ________,using online analytical processing (OLAP),and data mining to analyze large pools of data.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Some contemporary DSS are ________,using online analytical...

Question 17

GDSS effectiveness depends on the nature of the problem and the group and on how well a meeting is planned and conducted.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Executives are using ESS to monitor ________ for the entire firm and to measure firm performance against changes in the external environment.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Executives are using ESS to monitor ________...

Question 19

The role of entrepreneur falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications?

Accepted Answer

A)  decisional
B)  informational
C)  interpersonal
D)  symbolic

Question 20

Performance on each dimension is measured using ________,which are the measures proposed by senior management for understanding how well the firm is performing along any given dimension.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Performance on each dimension is measured using...

Exam 12: Enhancing Decision Making

A data table is a table that displays two or more dimensions of data in a convenient format.Microsoft Excel's PivotTable capability makes it easy to analyze lists and databases.

________ are systems that provide senior management,making primarily unstructured decisions,with external information (news,stock analyzes,and industry trends)and high-level summaries of firm performance.

During a GDSS meeting,the attendees control the use of GDSS tools.

What do you see as the business value of a GDSS?

________ are being built into mainstream applications for everyday decision making by all types of employees,especially in finance and marketing.

Senior executives face many ________ decision situations,such as establishing the firm's five- or ten-year goals or deciding new markets to enter.

The intelligence phase of decision making consists of discovering,identifying,and understanding the problems occurring in the organization.

Businesses must deal with both structured and unstructured data from only one source,mobile devices.

Describe the balanced scorecard model and its role in ESS.

A(n)________ uses easy-to-understand displays of information to provide management with a comprehensive view of firm performance on a single screen.

What-if analysis works forward from known or assumed conditions.

Investments in information technology do not always produce positive results.Describe the three main reasons: why they don't produce positive results.

Senior executives face many unstructured decision situations,such as establishing the firm's five- or ten-year goals or deciding new markets to enter.

Dashboards/scorecards are visual tools for presenting performance data defined by users.

Some contemporary DSS are ________,using online analytical processing (OLAP),and data mining to analyze large pools of data.

GDSS effectiveness depends on the nature of the problem and the group and on how well a meeting is planned and conducted.

Executives are using ESS to monitor ________ for the entire firm and to measure firm performance against changes in the external environment.

The role of entrepreneur falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications?

Performance on each dimension is measured using ________,which are the measures proposed by senior management for understanding how well the firm is performing along any given dimension.