Chapter 02-IT Concepts And Management
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- 1.In the digital economy, how well a company transforms itself from traditional modes of operation to e-business depends on all of the following EXCEPT:
- A.
How well the company adapts its structure and processes to take advantage of emerging technologies
- B.
Its degree of outsourcing
- C.
The IT architecture the company uses
- D.
The IT infrastructure the company uses
- 2.A(n) ______________ is a computer program designed to support a specific task or a business process, such as processing the payroll.
- A.
Application program
- B.
Database program
- C.
File system
- D.
Operating system
- 3.A student's grade point average is an example of ___________ .
- A.
Data
- B.
Information
- C.
Knowledge
- D.
Database
- 4.An employee's performance rating in comparison with the performance ratings of other employees is an example of ____________ .
- A.
Data
- B.
Information
- C.
Kowledge
- D.
Database
- 5.____________ support functional managers by providing them with periodic reports such as weekly sales volume and comparisons of actual expenses to budgeted expenses.
- A.
Personal information managements
- B.
Transaction Processing Systems
- C.
Management Information Systems
- D.
Enterprise Systems
- 6.The __________________ are considered critical to the success of any organization since they support core operations, such as purchasing of materials, billing customers, preparing a payroll, and shipping goods to customers.
- A.
Personal information managements
- B.
Transaction Processing Systems
- C.
Management Information Systems
- D.
Enterprise Systems
- 7.Many professional workers are classified as _______________ because they create information and knowledge as part of their work and integrate it into the business.
- A.
Data workers
- B.
Information workers
- C.
Knowledge workers
- D.
Digital workers
- 8.Which of the following statements about information systems is not correct?
- A.
Information systems are concentrated in the IS Department.
- B.
Information systems tend to follow the structure of the organization.
- C.
Information systems are based on the needs of employees.
- D.
Any information system can be strategic
- 9.Which of the following is not a major capability of information systems?
- A.
Perform high-speed, high-volume numerical computations
- B.
Provide fast, accurate communications among organizations
- C.
Store very small amounts of information in a very large space
- D.
Increase the effectiveness and efficiency of people working in groups
- 10.When your purchases are swiped over the bar-code reader at the point-of-sale terminals at Wal-Mart or Carrefour, a _____ records the data.
- A.
Transaction processing system
- B.
Functional area information system
- C.
Enterprise resource planning system
- D.
Office automation system
- 11.Electronic commerce systems are which type of information system?
- A.
Departmental information systems
- B.
Enterprisewide information systems
- C.
Interorganizational information systems
- D.
End-user computing systems
- 12._____ make decisions that deal with situations that may significantly change the manner in which business is done.
- A.
Senior manager
- B.
Low level supervisor
- C.
Clerical staffs
- D.
Knowledge workers
- 13.Which of the following statements about the impact of IT on managers is not correct?
- A.
IT makes managers more productive.
- B.
IT increase the number of employees who can report to one manager
- C.
IT will increase the number of managerial levels in an organization.
- D.
IT will reduce the number of line and staff managers
- 14.A(n) _____ is a network designed to serve the internal informational needs of a single organization.
- A.
Internet
- B.
Intranet
- C.
Extranet
- D.
Global netwok
- 15.A(n) _____ connects parts of the intranets of different organizations and allows secure communications among business partners.
- A.
Global network
- B.
Extranet
- C.
Intranet
- D.
Internet
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