COP 51104

Type

Quiz

Book Title

Business Driven Information Systems 5th Edition

ISBN 13

978-0073402987

July 19, 2017

The Internet marketplace is free of most forms of traditional sales tax.

An access point (AP) is the computer or network device that serves as an interface

between devices and the network. Each computer initially connects to the access point

and then to other computers on the network.

Relational integrity constraints are rules that enforce basic and fundamental

information-based constraints.

Tokens are small electronic devices that change user passwords automatically.

The digital divide is a wireless PAN technology that transmits signals over short

distances among cell phones, computers, and other devices.

Mobile means the technology can travel with the user; for instance, users can download

software, email messages, and web pages onto a laptop or other mobile device for

portable reading or reference. Information collected while on the road can be

synchronized with a PC or company server.

A stakeholder is a person or group that has an interest or concern in an organization.

Stakeholders drive business strategies, and depending on the stakeholder's perspective,

the business strategy can change.

Flexibility represents the maximum throughput a system can deliver, for example the

capacity of a hard drive represents the size or volume.

The Innovator's Dilemma, a book by Clayton Christensen, discusses how established

companies can take advantage of disruptive technologies without hindering existing

relationships with customers, partners, and stakeholders.

Desktop publishing transforms a computer into a desktop publishing workstation.

Leading packages include Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe PageMaker, and QuarkXpress.

True

False

Social bookmarking allows users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks.

Technology recovery strategies focus specifically on prioritizing the order for restoring

hardware, software, and data across the organization that best meets business recovery

requirements.

government to the inventor.

Network virtualization combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into

independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device.

Web 3.0 refers to static text-based information websites.

Examples of dynamic processes include running payroll, calculating taxes, and creating

financial statements.

MMSDB creates, reads, updates, and deletes data in a database while controlling access

and security.

The chief knowledge officer is responsible for overseeing all uses of MIS and ensuring

that MIS strategically aligns with business goals and objectives.

Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) provides the technical

foundation for the public Internet as well as for large numbers of private networks.

Graphics or Microsoft PowerPoint includes facilities for making a wide variety of

charts and graphs and for adding titles, legends, and explanatory text anywhere in the

chart or graph.

True

False

A disk image organizes information on a hard disk in the most efficient way.

True

False

Fair information practices is a general term for a set of standards governing the

collection and use of personal data and addressing issues of privacy and accuracy.

Summary internal reports highlight situations occurring outside of the normal operating

range for a condition or standard.

Computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) systems are used

to create the digital designs and then manufacture the products.

Classification assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes.

There are many challenges to changing doctors, including transferring medical records

and losing the doctor patient relationship along with the doctor's knowledge of the

patient's history. Changing doctors provides a great example of switching costs.

A certificate authority is a trusted third party, such as VeriSign, that validates user

identities by means of digital certificates.

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), a communications

technology aimed at providing high-speed wireless data over metropolitan area

networks.

The primary difference between operational CRM and analytical CRM is the direct

interaction between the organization and its suppliers.

GIS map automation links business assets to a centralized system where they can be

tracked and monitored over time.

Elogistics manages the transportation and storage of goods.

Voice over IP is a computer network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth

of the participants in the network rather than a centralized server.

A shopping bot is one of the simplest examples of an intelligent agent.

A knowledge management system (KMS) supports the capturing, organization, and

dissemination of knowledge (i.e., know-how) throughout an organization. KMS can

distribute an organization's knowledge base by interconnecting people and digitally

gathering their expertise.

Which of the following represents adwords?

A. email, instant messaging, podcasting, content management systems, and video and

web conferencing

B. content providers, infomediaries, online marketplaces, portals, service providers,

transaction brokers

C. keywords that advertisers choose to pay for and appear as sponsored links on the

Google results pages.

D. advertising fees, license fees, subscription fees, transaction fees, value-added

services fees

What is the primary difference between an entity and an attribute?

A. an attribute is a table, an entity is a column from the attribute table

B. an entity is specific, whereas an attribute is not data at all but brainstorming ideas

that take place before the entity is created

C. an attribute refers to applications, and an entity refers to executives

D. an entity is a table that stores information about people, places, or events, whereas an

attribute is a column or specific field of the data elements associated with an entity

What is software written with malicious intent to cause annoyance or damage?

A. elevation of privilege

B. spoofing

C. sniffer

D. virus

What is the unauthorized use, duplication, distribution, or sale of copyrighted software?

A. ediscovery

B. Child Online Protection Act

C. digital rights management

D.pirated software

What is it called when distorted product-demand information ripples from one partner

to the next throughout the supply chain?

A.bullwhip effect

B. demand planning systems

C. supply chain planning systems

D. supply chain execution systems

Which of the following include the three primary network protocols?

A. DSL, Cable Modem, Broadband

B. LAN, WAN, MAN

C. VoIP, UC, IPTV

D.TCP/IP, FTP, DHCP

What represents an east/west measurement of position?

A. estimated time of arrival

B. estimated time en route

C. latitude

D.longitude

What is the computer's main memory, which consists of the random access memory

(RAM), cache memory, and read-only memory (ROM) that is directly accessible to the

CPU?

A. CPU

B. control unit

C. secondary storage

D. primary storage

Most business processes are cross-functional or cross-departmental processes that span

the entire organization. Which of the following does not represent a cross-functional

business process?

A. order-to-delivery process

B. loan processing

C. taking a product from concept to market

D. processing payroll

What is the current version of HTML that delivers everything from animation to

graphics and music to movies?

A. HTML 5

B. URL 3

C. HTML 4

D. IICANN 5

What is a small unit of ultra-fast memory that is used to store recently accessed or

frequently accessed data so that the CPU does not have to retrieve this data from slower

memory circuits such as RAM?

A. RAM

B. cache memory

C. volatility

D. flash memory

Which of the following include the three primary network categories?

A. LAN, WAN, SAN

B.LAN, WAN, MAN

C. LAN, SAN, XAN

D. LAN, WAN, XAN

Which of the following represents the bus topology?

A. All devices are connected to a central cable or backbone.

B. All devices are connected to a central device, called a hub.

C. All devices are connected to one another in the shape of a closed loop, so that each

device is connected directly to two other devices, one on either side of it.

D. Groups of star-configured workstations are connected to a linear bus backbone cable.

Which social media site works by allowing content to find the users, instead of the

users having to search for the content?

A. MySpace

B. Facebook

C. Google

D. StumbleUpon

What is the ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or

failure that includes restoring the information backup?

A. failure tolerance

B.recovery

C. reliability

D. capacity planning

Which of the following agile MIS infrastructure characteristics refers to the ability of an

application to operate on different devices or software platforms, such as different

operating systems?

A. reliability

B.portability

C. maintainability

D. usability

Which of the following is a type of data connection able to transmit a digital signal at

1.544 Mpbs and is more expensive and reliable than cable or DSL?

A.T1 line

B. dial-up line

C. modem line

D. All of these are correct.

Which of the choices below represents the definition of information compliance?

A. the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding information

B. the ability to comply with software

C. the understanding of technology

D. the verbalization of information governance in a company's policies and procedures

What is a communications system created by linking two or more devices and

establishing a standard methodology in which they can communicate?

A.network

B. software

C. client

D. server

Which license enables anyone on the network to install and use the software?

A. single user license

B. network user license

C. site license

D. application service provide license

What includes threats, negative remarks, or defamatory comments transmitted via the

Internet or posted on the website?

A. cyberbullying

B. information vandalism

C. cookie

D. BYOD

Which implementation uses both the legacy system and new system until all users

verify that the new system functions correctly?

A.parallel implementation

B. plunge implementation

C. pilot implementation

D. phased implementation

Which of the following is not a characteristic associated with Mozilla Firefox?

A. Mozilla Firefox holds over 20% of the web browser market.

B. Mozilla Firefox offers a free email service called Thunderbird.

C. Mozilla Firefox is a prime example of open source software.

D. Mozilla Firefox is a prime example of a reputation system.

A wireless WAN (WWAN) is a wide area network that uses radio signals to transmit

and receive data and can be divided into which two categories?

A. cellular communications and multiple user communication systems

B. mobile and wireless technologies

C.cellular and satellite communication systems

D. client and server systems

What is a group of people who respond to users' questions?

A. online training

B. workshop training

C.help desk

D. corrective maintenance

What is ediscovery?

A. the unauthorized use, duplication, distribution, or sale of copyrighted software

B. refers to the ability of a company to identify, search, gather, seize, or export digital

information in responding to a litigation, audit, investigation, or information inquiry

C. passed to protect minors from accessing inappropriate material on the Internet

D. a technological solution that allows publishers to control their digital media to

discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distribution

Which of the following statements is correct?

A. just putting up a website can create tremendous ebusiness value

B. just putting up a website can create tremendous business buzz

C. just putting up a website can limit product availability

D. just putting up a website does not create an ebusiness

Which of the choices below offers an example of a LAN?

A. the Internet

B. Microsoft's main campus in Washington

C. the city of Denver's court and police departments

D.college campus

Which of the following implies that information is current with respect to the business

requirement?

A. uniqueness

B. accuracy

C. consistency

D. timeliness

What is war chalking?

A. allows mobile voice calls to be made over broadband networks, creatingunder the

right network conditionsclearer audio and fewer dropped calls

B.the practice of tagging pavement with codes displaying where Wi-Fi access is

available

C. deliberately searching for Wi-Fi signals while driving by in a vehicle

D. remotely controls smart phones and tablets, ensuring data security

Which of the following is considered the process in the systems thinking example of a

DSS?

A. TPS

B. optimization

C. forecasts

D. simulation

What is middleware?

A. the use of the Internet to provide customers with the ability to gain personalized

information by querying corporate databases and their information sources

B. the integration of data from multiple sources, which provides a unified view of all

data

C. the translation of information between disparate systems

D. packages commonly used applications together, reducing the time needed to

integrate applications from multiple vendors

Which of the following is not an example of explicit knowledge?

A. marketing research

B. patent

C. trademark

D. employee opinion

E. marketing research

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