Management Information System Chapter 1
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Tutorial for MIS class.
- 1.People used to be the most important asset for a company. But in the information age, companies need people with:
- A.
Data
- B.
Information
- C.
Knowledge
- D.
Computers
- 2.
- A.
They heavily depend on using communications technologies
- B.
They benefit from the ability to share information between companies and customers
- C.
They create anti-social tendencies, which go hand in hand with more air pollution
- D.
They are possible due to the expansion of decentralized computing
- 3.Processed ______________________ is also called ______________, while the most raw elements of facts and figures are known as ______________.
- A.
Data; Knowledge; Information
- B.
Information; Data; Knowledge
- C.
Information; Knowledge; Data
- D.
Knowledge; Data; Information
- 4.The fact that you are able to receive a video clip sent by your friend while having your lecture in class, through your hand phone, shows the __________________ dimensions of information.
- A.
Time and form
- B.
Form and time
- C.
Location and form
- D.
Personal and organizational
- 5.Which of the following represents the flow of information between the HR manager and the Marketing manager?
- A.
Upward flow
- B.
Downward flow
- C.
Horizontal flow
- D.
Outward flow
- 6.
- A.
Define what information they need; define what technology he/she needs
- B.
Know how and where to obtain that information; create new technology when required
- C.
Understand information before they even receive it; understand how technology affects him/her
- D.
Act appropriately based on the information; know how and when to use technology
- 7.Decentralized computing occurs when computing power is distributed to functional business areas and knowledge worker desktops. Decentralized computing is made possible by:
- A.
Inexpensive knowledge workers
- B.
Inexpensive PCs
- C.
Decreasing network speeds
- D.
Increasing costs of electricity
- 8.Which of the following items is the primary tool used by organizations to support shared information?
- A.
PDA
- B.
Database
- C.
Application
- D.
None of the above
- 9.A computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization is:
- A.
Management Information Systems
- B.
Computer Security
- C.
Collaboration System
- D.
Information Technology
- 10.What is power in the information age?
- A.
Data
- B.
Knowledge
- C.
Computer
- D.
None of the above
- 11.The success of telecommuting depends on what?
- A.
Suitability of profession
- B.
Discipline
- C.
Availability of technology
- D.
All of the above
- 12.Which of the following is not a reason that information is important?
- A.
Information is one of the three key components of MIS
- B.
Knowledge can be a source of income
- C.
We are in the information age
- D.
Knowledge comes from having timely access to information and knowing what to do with it
- 13.Business Intelligence includes which of the following?
- A.
Knowledge about your internal environment
- B.
Knowledge about your external environment
- C.
Knowledge about your competitive environment
- D.
All of the above
- 14.Which term describes electronic commerce conducted over a wireless device such as cell phone or PDA?
- A.
CIS
- B.
EIS
- C.
Now economy
- D.
M-Commerce
- 15.What is information?
- A.
Data that has a particular meaning within a specific context
- B.
Information with a particular meaning within a specific context
- C.
Data that has no particular meaning
- D.
None of the above
- 16.
- A.
Having access to information at the right moment in time
- B.
Having information that describes the appropriate time period
- C.
Having information about the most recent time period
- D.
None of the above
- 17.Which dimension of information describes being able to access information from a hotel room?
- A.
Time dimension
- B.
Location dimension
- C.
Form dimension
- D.
None of the above
- 18.Which of the following represents the flow of information that describes the organization based on its daily transactions?
- A.
Upward flow
- B.
Downward flow
- C.
Horizontal flow
- D.
Outward flow
- 19.Which of the following represents the flow of information between functional business units and work teams?
- A.
Upward flow
- B.
Downward flow
- C.
Horizontal flow
- D.
Outward flow
- 20.All of the following statements describe an information-literate knowledge worker, except:
- A.
Can define what information they need
- B.
Knows how and where to obtain that information
- C.
Understand information before they even receive it
- D.
Acts appropriately based on the information
- 21.Information granularity refers to the _______________ of information.
- A.
Location
- B.
Timing
- C.
Format
- D.
Size
- 22.Coarse information is used at the ___________ level of management
- A.
Bottom
- B.
Middle
- C.
Knowledge
- D.
Top
- 23.Decentralized computing occurs when computing power is distributed to functional business areas and knowledge worker desktops. Decentralized computing is made possible by:
- A.
Inexpensive knowledge workers
- B.
Inexpensive personal computer systems
- C.
Decreasing network speeds
- D.
Increasing costs of electricity
- 24.What are the basic categories of technology?
- A.
Hardware and input devices
- B.
Software and storage devices
- C.
Storage devices and hardware
- D.
Hardware and software
- 25.What are the two main types of software?
- A.
Utility and output
- B.
Application and system
- C.
CPU and system
- D.
Application and input
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