Chapter 01 The Information Age in Which You Live: Changing the
Face of Business Answer Key
Multiple Choice Questions
1.
Why is technology considered “invasive”?
2.
_____ deals with the planning for, development, management, and use of
information technology tools to help people perform all tasks related to
information processing and management.
3.
Data refers to ____.
4.
Information refers to ____.
5.
What is the primary difference between data and information?
6.
You rent a Blu-ray disc of “A Clockwork Orange” for $25. This is an example
of ______.
7.
The average price of a movie ticket in the city of New York. is $8. This is an
example of _______.
8.
The grade you earn for a specific college course is _____ and your overall
GPA is ____.
9.
_____ is collective information that gives you the ability to make effective,
important, and often strategic decisions.
10.
The compilation of average SAT scores for students enrolled in your college,
along with an analysis of enrollment information and a statistical analysis of
these scores compared to competitive schools, is an example of ____.
11.
Information exhibits high quality only if:
12.
Which of the following information quality attributes pertains to having
access to information when one needs it?
13.
If the information coming into your decision-making process is in bad form,
you’ll more than likely make a poor decision. This concept is referred to as
___.
14.
The concept of garbage-in-garbage-out (GIGO) relates to which information
quality attribute?
15.
Which quality attribute of information addresses the credibility of
information?
16.
AskSocrates is a Web site that provides definitions and descriptions of
many concepts. AskSocrates is not peer-reviewed (a group of peers or
experts do not verify the quality of information). Because of this,
AskSocrates may not demonstrate which of the following quality
attributes?
17.
Within an organization, information flows in four basic directions. Which,
among them, describes the current state of the organization based on its
daily transactions?
18.
Information granularity refers to:
19.
At lower organizational levels, information exhibits _____ granularity.
20.
At upper organizational levels, information exhibits _____ granularity.
21.
In a downward information flow, information:
22.
If the marketing department were to pass information to the finance
department, what type of information flow is this considered?