Social Media Madness
_____ is a social networking and short-messaging service.
a. Twitter
b. Yahoo
c. Bing
d. Baidu
a. Twitter
Which businesses can benefit from using the Five Forces Model?
a. New and existing businesses
b. New businesses only
c. Existing businesses only
d. Well-established businesses only
a. New and existing businesses
How do the changing costs of hardware impact how businesses use technology?
a. Decreased costs will mean more adoption of technologies.
b. Increased costs will mean more adoption of technologies.
c. Pervasive technologies will require organizations to spend more money.
d. Confusing hardware options will cause organizations to spend more money.
a. Decreased costs will mean more adoption of technologies.
Why does an information system use data and not information?
a. Data is raw facts that are inputted into the system.
b. Information is raw facts that are not organized into the system.
c. Data excludes external data sources.
d. Information excludes external data sources.
a. Data is raw facts that are inputted into the system.
A(n) _____ is a type of server that stores computer software, which users can access from their workstations.
a. database server
b. Web server
c. application server
d. file server
c. application server
What is an example of a video-sharing site?
a. Truecaller
b. YouTube
c. eBay
d. PayPal
b. YouTube
____ is one of the forces of the Five Forces Model created by Michael Porter.
a. Rivalry among customers
b. Government regulations
c. The threat of new entrants
d. Taxable services
c. The threat of new entrants
What is the impact of IoT devices on businesses?
a. They can increase productivity and decrease costs.
b. They can decrease productivity and increase labor costs.
c. They are used to track personnel and devices.
d. They are used to monitor work being performed.
a. They can increase productivity and decrease costs.
The data component of an information system is:
a. the input to the information system.
b. a series of integrated files containing relevant facts.
c. a set of facts that the process component has analyzed.
d. the output of the information system.
a. the input to the information system.
A ____ is designed to reduce the cost of transporting materials while maintaining safe and reliable delivery.
a. logistics information system
b. personnel information system
c. manufacturing information system
d. marketing information system
a. logistics information system
Social networking sites can reduce organizations' costs by _____.
a. giving customers more access to all sorts of organizational information
b. limiting buyers' choices by offering services that make it difficult for customers to switch,
c. providing an inexpensive medium for targeting a large customer base.
d. customizing the organization's website and offering many options to customers
c. providing an inexpensive medium for targeting a large customer base.
According to Michael Porter, which strategy can an organization follow to compete successfully in the marketplace?
a. Groupthink
b. Brainstorming
c. Simulation
d. Focus
d. Focus
What is the advantage of natural language processing?
a. Makes technologies easier to use with verbal commands
b. Makes technologies easier to use with written orders
c. Makes technologies easier to use with visual controls
d. It makes technologies easier to use with telepathic commands
a. Makes technologies easier to use with verbal commands
In an information system, data is inputted, and information is the output. What does the system do to make this change?
a. It uses data based on internal resources only. It produces that information then processes external resources only and produces that information separately-time orientation.
b. The data is processed in phases, and the output information displays each step for the user to analyze and put together phase orientation.
c. The data is logged, and information is retrieved based on the queries of the logs metadata.log orientation.
d. It uses all the data (internal or external sources) and performs queries based on commands to produce a report(s) as requested active orientation.
d. It uses all the data (internal or external sources) and performs queries based on commands to produce a report(s) as requested active orientation.
A personnel information system (PIS) helps in _____.
a. choosing the best job candidate
b. improving transportation budgeting
c. calculating product costs
d. determining portfolio structures
a. choosing the best job candidate
A customer is looking to buy a new car. They cannot reach anyone on the phone at the local car dealership. Predict what the customer will most likely do next.
a. Go online to find another car dealership
b. Visit the car dealership in person
c. Keep calling the dealership until someone answers the phone
d. Reach out to them on social media
a. Go online to find another car dealership
_____ strategy was identified by Michael Porter, a professor at Harvard Business School, for successfully competing in the marketplace.
a. Transformational leadership
b. Differentiation
c. Groupthink collaboration
d. Simulation
b. Differentiation
What technology can track a laptop's location at any time leased out to different departments?
a. A database
b. A spreadsheet
c. POS system
d. RFID tags
d. RFID tags
In the context of the data component of an information system, internal data sources include _____.
a. personnel records
b. population statistics
c. economic conditions
d. government agencies
a. personnel records
What does the Strategic Information System focus on?
a. Big-picture, long-term goals.
b. Granular goals of an organization
c. Short-term, monumental goals of an organization
d. Big-picture, short-term goals
d. Big-picture, short-term goals
You are looking for tickets for the next concert you want to attend. There are two ticket vendors. Only one provides a digital ticket, and the other has to be emailed to you. Which vendor is making better use of Internet technology?
a. The vendor providing a digital ticket can be added to your phone's digital wallet
b. The vendor is providing an email version of the key because it can be added to your phone's digital wallet
c. The vendor provides digital access because it can be printed out when needed
d. The vendor offers an email version of a ticket because it can be printed out when needed
a. The vendor providing a digital ticket can be added to your phone's digital wallet
A comprehensive framework called the ____ was created by Harvard Business School's Michael Porter for analyzing an organization, its position in the marketplace, and how information systems could be used to make the organization more competitive.
a. Five Forces Model
b. Six Sigma Model
c. Three Pyramid Model
d. Four Resources Model
a. Five Forces Model
_____ computing refers to widespread applications and deployment of devices that know users, their devices, and their locations and serve as intelligent assistants to businesses and individuals.
a. Context-aware
b. Cloud
c. Ubiquitous
d. Pervasive
a. Context-aware
Considering the data types in a database, which would be classified as a source of external data?
a. Tax records
b. Sales records
c. Transaction records
d. Personnel records
a. Tax records
What are the components that SISs use?
a. Data, databases, process, and information data, informal information.
b. Data and databases alone interfacing data.
c. Processes and information alone prescribed information.
d. Data, processes, and information. Databases are still under MIS.formal data.
a. Data, databases, process, and information data, informal information.