MIS General
ERP
Past Sessions
University of Minnesota
Miscellaneous
100

The meaning behind the letters in MIS 

What is Management Information Systems?

100

The name of the system used to manage enterprise resources

What is the ERP system?

100

The session topic does this sound like:

Blank is the handling of the entire production flow of a good or service –– starting from the raw components all the way to delivering the final product to the consumer.

What is Supply Chain & Operations?

100

The Mascot of UMN-Twin Cities

What is Goldy the Gopher?

100

The CEO of Microsoft

Who is Bill Gates?


200

A skill or quality that is important to have in MIS

What is Analytical, critical thinking, good with technology etc.

200

 What is the name of a software used to manage Enterprise Resource?

SAP, Oracle, Microsoft ERP etc.

200

The topic of our first session besides the kickoff

Double Points!!!

Give a definition of that topic in your own words

What is Marketing?

Definition: Marketing refers to activities a company undertakes to promote the buying or selling of a product, service, or good

200

The food that was created at the University of Minnesota?

  • Honeycrisp apple

  • Yukon Gold Potatoes

  • Kiwi

  • Instant Rice

What is a Honeycrisp apple?

200

The company with this logo

What is Tesla

300

A job that you could end up in with an MIS degree

What is Software developer, computer programmer, consultant, App developer, IT manager, University professor, a lot of tech-based jobs?

300

The year ERP was invented

-1986

-1990

-1995

-2000

When is 1990?

300

Name three topics from past sessions(100pts for each topic named)

What is Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain & OP, Human Resources?

300

The number of campuses the University of Minnesota has across the state

What is 4?

300

The company with this slogan:

"Think different"

What is Apple

400

From the video, what is one of the main functions of MIS?

Data Capturing, Data Storage, Data Processing, Data and information distribution, Prediction/forecasting, Control

400

Define ERP briefly

What is the integrated management of main business processes using technology?

400

Name one guest speaker from a past session

Who are Ed Mcfowland, John Onwaulu, Rand Park, Ameera's Dad, Amee Mcdonald, etc.

400

Number of Undergraduate students at the U of M

-20000

-25000

-30000

-32500

What is ~30,000 give or take?

400

The heaviest animal on earth

What is a Blue Whale?