Business Process Management
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Business Process Management (BPM) is a course designed to equip students with the principles, methodologies, and tools necessary to analyze, design, implement, monitor, and improve business processes within an organization. The course covers the end-to-end management of business activities, emphasizing process modeling, workflow automation, process reengineering, and performance measurement. Students will explore the strategic importance of BPM in driving efficiency, agility, and innovation, gaining practical skills through case studies, software tools, and real-world examples to optimize operations and support organizational goals.
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Business Driven Information Systems 3rd Australian Edition
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Chapter 1: Information Systems Are Business
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Q1) Which of the following is considered information?
A)Quantity sold
B)Date sold
C)Best selling item by month
D)All the answers are correct
Answer: C
Q2) Paula Logston is the owner and operator of a high-end online custom clothing company.Paula has never heard of Porter's Five Forces Model and she wants to understand why she would perform an analysis using it.If you were tasked with explaining Porter's Five Forces Model to Paula,what would be the primary reason she would want to use this type of analysis?
A)To help Paula choose a clothing business focus.
B)To help Paula evaluate the attractiveness of the clothing industry.
C)To help Paula evaluate and execute business goals.
D)All the answers are correct.
Answer: B
Q3) Porter's Five Forces Model outlines the process for a sales strategy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Our Connected World
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Q1) Which system supports the capturing,organisation,and dissemination of knowledge throughout an organisation?
A)Cybermediation system
B)Knowledge management system
C)Source code system
D)Social media system
Answer: B
Q2) What is a disadvantage of networking or performing business in a connected world?
A)Reduces travel and expenses
B)Provides opportunities
C)Shares resources
D)Increased risk of privacy breaches
Answer: D
Q3) Social networks are websites that rely on user participation and user-contributed content,such as Facebook,YouTube and Pinterest.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: E-Business Mobile Business
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Q1) Wireless technologies have the ability to centralise critical information and eliminate redundant processes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) What is the difference between B2C and C2B?
A)B2C focuses on companies as customers and C2B focuses on consumers as customers
B)B2C focuses on collaboration and C2B focuses on consumers
C)B2C focuses on business to consumers and C2B focuses on consumers to business
D)B2C focuses on consumers as customers and C2B focuses on companies as customers
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following can send storm data from buoys far out at sea?
A)Radio-frequency identification devices
B)Global positioning systems
C)Geographic information systems
D)Location-based services devices
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Decisions and Processes
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Q1) Provide examples of the types of decisions made at the operational,managerial and strategic levels including whether the decision is structured or otherwise.
Q2) As a manager for your company,some of your responsibilities include measuring metrics and overseeing company strategies.You observe some critical success factors and see large increases in productivity.What would you suspect would be the primary reason for the large increases in productivity?
A)Decreases in effectiveness
B)Increases in effectiveness
C)Increases in executive roles
D)Decreases in efficiency
Q3) When evaluating the six-step decision-making process,what occurs during the solution implementation step?
A)The process will begin again if the decisions made were incorrect
B)Definition of the problem as clearly and precisely as possible
C)Details of every solution possible including ideas that seem far fetched
D)The solution that best solves the problem is selected
Q4) Explain the value of business processes for a company,and differentiate between customer-facing and business-facing process.
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Chapter 5: Essentials of Information Systems
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Q1) A tablet is a pen-based computer that provides the screen capabilities of a PDA with the functional capabilities of a laptop or desktop computer.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the most commonly used function of a P2P network?
A)File moving
B)Server sharing
C)Peer-to-peer networking
D)File sharing
Q3) What type of chips limit the number of instructions the CPU can execute to increase processing speed?
A)DISC
B)RISC
C)DDIC
D)CPUD
Q4) Compare LANs,WANs and MANs.
Q5) ____________ access memory is the computer's primary working memory,in which program instructions and data is stored so that it can be accessed directly by the CPU via the processor's high-speed external data bus.
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Chapter 6: Systems Development and Project Management
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Q1) What is it called when a company uses organisations from developing countries to write code and develop systems?
A)In-sourcing
B)Outsourcing
C)Business process outsourcing
D)Offshore outsourcing
Q2) What is the analysis phase in the SDLC?
A)Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals
B)Involves analysing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system
C)Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system
D)Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system
This is the definition of the analysis phase in the SDLC.
Q3) Preventing liabilities is a business-related consequence of failed software.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the business benefits associated with successful software development.
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Chapter 7: Enterprise Architecture and Security
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Q1) What offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity?
A)Grid computing
B)Smart phones
C)Utility computing
D)Computing services
Q2) What does reliability ensure?
A)The system has the ability to operate in many different operating systems
B)The system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use
C)The system is functioning correctly and providing accurate information
D)The time frames when the system is operational
Q3) Just as organisations protect their tangible assets-keeping their money in an insured bank or providing a safe working environment for employees-they must also protect their ________ capital: everything from patents to transactional and analytical information.
Q4) Performance measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction.
A)True
B)False
Q5) __________ are one of the most ineffective ways of determining authentication.
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Q6) How do authentication and authorisation differ?
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Chapter 8: Data and Business Intelligence
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Q1) Which of the following would not be considered part of the 'accurate' characteristic of high-quality information?
A)All the values are correct
B)The email address is invalid
C)The dollar amount is recorded properly
D)Aggregate information is in agreement with detailed information
Q2) Which of the following are examples of transactional information?
A)Airline ticket, sales receipts and packing slips
B)Trends and sales statistics
C)Product sales results, grocery receipts and growth projections
D)Airline tickets and sales growth spreadsheets
Q3) Which of the following represents the different information granularities?
A)Detail, summary, aggregate
B)Document, presentation, spreadsheet, database
C)Individual, department, enterprise
D)None of the answers are correct
Q4) Data mining is the process of analysing data to find hidden patterns and discover new insights not offered by the raw ___________ alone.
Q5) Explain enterprise application integration.
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Chapter 9: Enterprise Information Systems: ERP and SCN
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Q1) What represents a new approach to packaging together commonly used functionality,such as providing pre-built links to popular enterprise applications,which reduces the time necessary to develop solutions that integrate applications from multiple vendors?
A)Enterprise systems
B)Enterprise application integration
C)Middleware
D)Enterprise application integration middleware
Q2) Accounting and finance ERP components manage accounting data and financial processes ___________ the enterprise,with functions such as general ledger,accounts payable,accounts receivable,budgeting and asset management.
Q3) What are the primary challenges of SCM?
A)Costs and complexity
B)Scope and relationships
C)Financial and logistics
D)None of the answers is correct
Q4) ______________ application integration middleware takes a new approach to middleware by packaging commonly used applications together,reducing the time needed to integrate applications from multiple vendors.
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Chapter 10: Enterprise Information Systems: CRM and Collaboration Systems
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Q1) Most companies recognise the importance of building strong relationships during the marketing and sales efforts,however many fail to recognise the importance of________________?
A)sales forecasts, sales strategies, and marketing campaigns
B)the power of social media
C)continuing to build these relationships after the sale is complete
D)All of the answers are correct
Q2) What does the reporting phase of CRM do?
A)Reporting tracks employee information including payroll, benefits, compensation and performance assessment
B)Reporting handles the various aspects of production planning and execution such as demand forecasting, production scheduling, job cost accounting and quality control
C)Reporting helps organisations identify their customers across other applications
D)None of the answers are correct
Q3) ________ ________ includes document exchange,shared electronic whiteboards,discussion forums and email.
Q4) What is groupware and what are its advantages?
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Chapter 11: Ethics, Privacy, Social Media and Future Trends
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Q1) In the latest statistics released by The Australian Bureau of Statistics,what percentage of Australian employees are classified as knowledge workers?
A)5%
B)80%
C)15%
D)40%
Q2) What should the management plan for a company's various social media platforms need to consider for each platform?
A)Who its target audience is
B)Why followers follow
C)The extent to which one platform will be connected to another
D)All of the answers are correct
Q3) Digital information serves as key evidence in legal proceedings and it is far easier to search,organise and filter than paper documents.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ____________refers to the principles and standards that guide our behaviour towards other people.
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