MPCS 59276

Type

Quiz

Book Title

Business Driven Information Systems 5th Edition

ISBN 13

978-0073402987

July 20, 2017

What provides web-based self-service tools that streamline and automate the human

resource department?

A. supplier relationship management

B. partner relationship management

C. employee relationship management

D. All of these are correct.

In terms of big data, what includes the scale of data?

A. variety

B. veracity

C.volume

D. velocity

Which of the following would not be considered an advantage of ebusiness?

A. expanding global reach

B. opening new markets

C. reducing costs

D. reducing information reach

What is a real-time system?

A. provides immediate, up-to-date information

B.provides real-time information in response to query requests

C. encompasses all organization information, and its primary purpose is to support the

performing of managerial analysis tasks

D. encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit

of work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks

What is included in a SWOT analysis?

A. strengths, weaknesses, organizations, and technology

B. strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

C. success, willingness, opportunities, and technology

D. success, weaknesses, organizations, and threats

Detailed internal reports present information with little or no filtering or restrictions of

the data.

What is hardware?

A. any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the

information and information-processing needs of an organization

B. the set of instructions that the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks

C. consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system

D. an electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own

memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data

What is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for

another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house?

A. in-sourcing

B.outsourcing

C. business process outsourcing

D. offshore outsourcing

What is an activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed

sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance?

A. RAD methodology

B. agile methodology

C.waterfall methodology

D. extreme programming

Which document prioritizes all of the business requirements by order of importance to

the company?

A. requirements documentation

B. requirements management

C.requirements definition document

D. All of these are correct.

What includes all parties involved, directly or indirectly, in obtaining raw materials or a

product?

A. support chain

B. supply chain

C. system chain

D. supply choice

What is simplelocker?

A. a form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money

B. a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment

for the files' decryption keys

C. software that allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the

consent of the computer user

D. a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the

Internet without the user's knowledge or permission

What statement links the project to the organization's overall business goals?

A. project milestones

B. project objectives

C.project scope statement

D. project deliverable

What is a computer that sits on, next to, or under a user's desk and is too large to carry

around?

A. tablet

B. desktop computer

C. workstation

D. minicomputer

What is a foreign key?

A. a field (or group of fields) that uniquely identifies a given entity in a table

B.a primary key of one table that appears as an attribute in another table and acts to

provide a logical relationship among the two tables

C. characteristics or properties of an entity

D. a field (or group of fields) that uniquely identifies a given attribute in a table

What is maintainability?

A. performs functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting

down entire systems

B. refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when

operating a system

C.refers to how quickly a system can transform to support environmental changes

D. ensures that a system is functioning correctly and providing accurate information

What is estimation?

A.determines values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future

value

B. determines which things go together

C. segments a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups

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

What is the analysis that works in reverse to what-if and sensitivity analysis by finding

the inputs necessary to achieve a goal, such as a desired level of output?

A. solutions-based analysis

B. optimization system

C. goal-seeking analysis

D. revenue analysis

What is platform as a service (PaaS)?

A. set up and storage systems including servers, and database management model

B. develops new programs for business on an ongoing basis

C. Salesforce.com is an example of PaaS.

D.supports the deployment of entire systems including hardware, networking, and

applications using pay-per-use revenue model

The information MIS infrastructure supports the day-to-day business operations and

plans for ________.

A. security breaches and theft

B. floods and earthquakes

C. malicious internet attacks

D.All of these are correct.

What is an organization performing when it asks questions such as "which customers

are at risk of leaving"?

A. CRM reporting technologies

B. CRM analyzing technologies

C. CRM processing technologies

D.CRM predicting technologies

Which application's primary business benefits include sales forecasts, sales strategies,

and marketing campaigns?

A.CRM

B. SCM

C. ERP

D. All of these are correct.

Which high-level programming language uses C+ and Java?

A. first generation machine language

B. second generation machine language

C.third generation machine language

D. fourth generation machine language

MIS can be an important enabler of business success and innovation. Which of the

below statements is accurate when referring to MIS?

A. MIS equals business success and innovation.

B. MIS represents business success and innovation.

C. MIS is not a valuable tool that leverages talent.

D. MIS is a valuable tool that can leverage the talents of people who know how to use

and manage it effectively.

What does digital Darwinism imply?

A. Organizations that can adapt to the new demands placed on them for surviving in the

information age are doomed to extinction.

B. Organizations that cannot adapt to the new demands placed on them for surviving in

the information age are doomed to extinction.

C. Organizations that can adapt to new information systems are doomed to extinction.

D. Organizations that cannot adapt to new information systems are doomed to exile.

What is a project manager?

A. the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in

order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project

B. any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to

complete a project or part of a project

C. the representation of key dates when a certain group of activities must be performed

D.an individual who is an expert in project planning and management

Apple understood the importance of usability when it designed its ________.

A. PowerPoint software

B. antivirus software

C. fault tolerance system

D.iPod and iTunes system

What is at the heart of any ERP system?

A. information

B. employees

C. customers

D.database

What is availability?

A. performs functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting

down entire systems

B. refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when

operating a system

C.refers to the time frames when the system is operational

D. refers to how quickly a system can transform to support environmental changes

Which of the following is a problem associated with dirty data?

A. nonformatted data

B. misleading data

C. incorrect data

D. All of these are correct.

What combines art along with science to determine how to make URLs more attractive

to search engines resulting in higher search engine ranking?

A. dot-com

B. search engine

C. search engine ranking

D. search engine optimization

Which tags use a battery to run the microchip's circuitry but communicate by drawing

power from the RFID reader?

A. active RFID

B.semi-passive RFID

C. RFID accelerometer

D. chipless RFID

What kind of policy can a company implement that can help diminish the activity of

sending unsolicited email?

A. email privacy policy

B. spam policy and procedures

C.anti-spam policy

D. Internet user policy

What is the ebusiness tool that can increase marketing reach and build customer loyalty

through audio broadcasting?

A. IMing

B. email

C. taxonomy

D. podcasting

Which of the following represents the top-down (executives to analysts) organizational

levels of information technology systems?

A. TPS, DSS, EIS

B. DSS, TPS, EIS

C. EIS, DSS, TPS

D. None of these are correct; it varies from organization to organization.