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Course Introduction
This course explores the principles and practices of conducting business in the digital environment, focusing on the strategies, technologies, and operational models that drive successful e-business and e-commerce initiatives. Students will examine topics such as online business models, digital marketing, payment systems, legal and ethical issues, website development, supply chain integration, and emerging e-commerce trends. Through case studies and practical exercises, learners will gain insights into how organizations leverage the Internet and digital platforms to reach global markets, optimize operations, and create new value propositions for customers.
Recommended Textbook Information Systems Today Managing in the Digital World 6th Edition by Joe Valacich
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Chapter 1: Managing in the Digital World
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Q1) ________ refers to physical computer equipment,such as the computer monitor,central processing unit,or keyboard.
A) Adware
B) Malware
C) Stealware
D) Hardware
E) Spyware
Answer: D
Q2) Outsourcing has seen a huge increase because of the ________.
A) increase in decentralization
B) increase in the use of cloud computing
C) increase in advertising costs
D) decrease in telecommunication costs
E) decrease in the cost of raw materials
Answer: D
Q3) Technology use by organizations can be strategic and can be a powerful enabler of competitive advantage.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Information Systems
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Q1) Ben White is the manager of a retail store.His work typically includes the routine,day-to-day interactions with customers and,once in a while,solving a customer's problem or dealing with a dissatisfied customer.Additionally,he has to keep track of inventory and issue an order for additional inventory with levels below a specified level.Ben is a(n)________ level manager.
A) operational
B) tactical
C) strategic
D) managerial
E) executive
Answer: A
Q2) The concept of freeconomics cannot be applied to industries other than Web e-mail or online searches.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A home-replication strategy can be referred to as an international strategy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Managing the Information Systems
Infrastructure and Services
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Q1) The prediction that the number of transistors on a chip would double about every two years is known as ________.
A) Megan's law
B) Ashby's law
C) Murphy's law
D) Metcalfe's law
E) Moore's law
Answer: E
Q2) As defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),"________ is a model for enabling ubiquitous,convenient,on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction."
A) Green computing
B) Social networking
C) Internetworking
D) Web phishing
E) Cloud computing
Answer: E
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Chapter 4: Enabling Business-to-Consumer Electronic Commerce
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Q1) Explain the different electronic commerce (EC)business strategies.
Q2) With respect to GPS-enabled location-based services,capturing specific locations to be viewed on the phone is an example of ________ service.
A) location
B) mapping
C) navigation
D) tracking
E) disintegration
Q3) Walmart.com is an example of a ________ retailer.
A) brick-and-mortar
B) click-only
C) bricks-and-clicks
D) click-and-flip
E) brick-and-flip
Q4) One of the challenges for brick-and-mortars involve increasing IS complexity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the relationships of e-government.
Q6) Briefly explain location-based m-commerce.
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Chapter 5: Enhancing Organizational Communication and Collaboration Using Social Media
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Q1) In the context of Web 2.0,Web APIs enable the creation of ________.
A) protocols
B) mashups
C) codecs
D) folksonomies
E) tag clouds
Q2) By providing access to useful Web APIs,organizations extend their reach and build and strengthen customer relationships,providing a base for revenue-generating services.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Typically,shared content is hosted on media sharing sites; however,the content can also be embedded into other sites.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly describe desktop videoconferencing.
Q5) Adding geospatial metadata to media is referred to as geotagging.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Enhancing Business Intelligence Using Information Systems
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Q1) ________ help analyze why a key indicator is not at an appropriate level or why an exception occurred.
A) Ad hoc queries
B) Exception reports
C) Drill-down reports
D) Scheduled reports
E) Key-indicator reports
Q2) Which of the following is a disadvantage of the database approach?
A) enforcement of standards
B) program-data independence
C) organizational conflict
D) minimal data redundancy
E) reduced program maintenance
Q3) Define database management systems.What is an entity? Differentiate between records and attributes.
Q4) By combining human intelligence and reasoning capabilities with technology's retrieval and analysis capabilities,visual analytics can help in decision making.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Enhancing Business Processes Using Enterprise Information
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Q1) According to the order-to-cash process,what would the next step be for an online retailer after creating an order for a customer?
A) collect payment
B) create customer record
C) check and allocate stock
D) pick,pack,and ship
E) prepare and send invoice
Q2) How is business process management similar to quality improvement approaches such as total quality management?
A) They are intended to be cross-functional approaches to improve an organization.
B) They focus on radical redesign and drastic improvement of processes.
C) They focus on incremental change of processes.
D) They focus on the activities typically occurring at the operational level of the organization.
E) They focus on providing capabilities for discovering "hidden" predictive relationships while conducting a forecast.
Q3) Briefly explain enterprise resource planning (ERP)control.
Q4) Define internally focused systems and externally focused systems.
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Chapter 8: Strengthening Business-to-Business
Relationships via Supply Chain and Customer Relationship
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Q1) The primary use of extranets in organizations is for managing their supply chains. A)True
B)False
Q2) Computer maker,Dell,realized the problems with keeping large inventories,especially because of the fast rate of obsolescence of electronics components.Dell now keeps only about two hours of inventory in its factories.The company is most likely using a
A) scan-based trading system
B) customer-managed inventory system
C) just-in-time inventory management system
D) vendor-managed inventory system
E) just-in-case inventory management system
Q3) Inventory and safety stock planning leads to the development of a(n)________.
A) outsourcing plan
B) production plan
C) transportation schedule
D) demand forecast
E) sourcing plan
Q4) Explain the importance of supply chain analytics.
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Chapter 9: Developing and Acquiring Information Systems
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Q1) BelAir has decided to buy an information system from an external vendor.The company has made a list of its requirements and asked prospective vendors to submit proposals for the system.Which of the following is the next step in the company's external acquisition process?
A) systems planning
B) systems analysis
C) vendor selection
D) proposal evaluation
E) system installation
Q2) ________ is the use of standardized performance tests to facilitate comparison between systems.
A) Beta testing
B) Systems benchmarking
C) Data modeling
D) Systems prototyping
E) Alpha testing
Q3) Data flows represent the movement of data through an organization or within an information system.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Securing Information Systems
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Q1) Insuring all the systems and information processing processes is an essential part of risk acceptance strategy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Making false accusations that damage the reputation of the victim on blogs,Web sites,chat rooms,or e-commerce sites is a form of cyberstalking.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Data mining refers to the use of Web sites to disseminate propaganda to current and potential supporters,to influence international public opinion,and to notify potential enemies of pending plans.
A)True
B)False
Q4) COBIT is a set of best practices that helps organizations maximize the benefits from their IS infrastructure and establish appropriate controls.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly explain cyberwar and cyberterrorism.
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Chapter 11: Foundations of Information Systems Infrastructure
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Q1) Which of the following character encoding formats,based on the English alphabet,represents symbols in binary form?
A) MIME
B) ASCII
C) UTF
D) UCS
E) MAC OS X
Q2) ________ is located on the motherboard and is used to store the data and programs currently in use.
A) Primary storage
B) A cache
C) A flash drive
D) A smart card
E) A port
Q3) Write a brief note on object-oriented programming languages.
Q4) Within the computer,a system clock generates pulses at a rapid rate,setting the pace for processing events to take place,rather like a metronome marks time for a musician.
A)True
B)False
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