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Course Introduction
Information Systems for Management explores the strategic role of information technology in modern organizations, emphasizing how information systems support business processes, decision-making, and competitive advantage. The course covers system components, data management, and IT infrastructure, along with trends such as digital transformation, cloud computing, and business analytics. Students learn to evaluate, select, and implement information systems that align with organizational goals, addressing ethical, legal, and security considerations while developing skills to manage technological change and innovation in a managerial context.
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Information Technology for Management 11th Edition by Efraim Turban
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Chapter 1: Disruptive IT Impacts Companies, competition,
and Careers
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Q1) Enterprises use real-time data from tweets and sensors to gain insight into their customers' interests and preference.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Mass migration to mobile devices from PCs has expanded the scope of IT beyond traditional organizational boundaries-making location practically irrelevant.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Most recently,tech innovations are seldom triggering opportunities and threats to business models and strategies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) To maintain competitiveness,companies need IT __________ in order to easily scale up or down IT capacity as needed.
Answer: Responsiveness
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Chapter 2: Information Systems, IT Architecture, Data
Governance, and Cloud Computing
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Q1) To maintain a balance between costs and benefits,it is advised that managers generally add storage,applications,and/or databases on an "as needed" basis.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Software as a service (SaaS)apps are typically accessed over a network using a Web browser (no hardware or software to install)and paid for by a fixed subscription fee or on a per-use basis.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) _____________ solutions are growing in popularity with organizations because they reduce the burden of deploying,provisioning,and updating software apps. Answer: Cloud computing
Q4) Salesforce.com is one of the most widely known PaaS providers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Data Management, Business Intelligence, and Data Analytics
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Q1) According to the ________,a majority of data is seldom accessed after a 3-month period.
A)Principle of data in context
B)Principle of 90/90 data use
C)Principle of diminishing data value
D)Principle of data quality
Answer: B
Q2) Most business records are kept in physical format and archived throughout their life cycle.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Data ___________ integrate data from multiple databases and data silos and organize them for complex analysis,knowledge discovery,and to support decision making.
Answer: Warehouses
Q4) Companies invest in BI in order to be able to analyze all of their data.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Networks, Collaborative Technology, and the Internet of Things
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Q1) The higher the required QoS,the less expensive the technologies needed to manage organizational networks.
A)True
B)False
Q2) NFC are location-aware technologies that are less secure than other wireless technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ____________ is a location-aware system that transmits the identity (in the form of a unique serial number)of an object or person using radio waves.It is used to track items in a supply chain or equipment in a production facility.
Q4) ________ is the method by which data are sent from one device to another via a network.
A)API
B)5G
C)Bandwidth
D)IP
Q5) ________ is the method by which data are sent from one device to another via a network.
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Chapter 5: Cybersecurity and Risk Management Technology
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Q1) All of the following describe The Sarbanes-Oxley Act except:
A)Is an antifraud law
B)Forces more accurate business reporting and disclosure of GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles)violations.
C)Makes it necessary to find and root out fraud.
D)Has been adopted by all countries in North American and the European Union
Q2) ________ is the supervision,monitoring,and control of an organization's IT assets.
A)IT governance
B)Internal control
C)PCI DSS
D)FISMA
Q3) Enterprises take risks with BYOD practices that they never would consider taking with conventional computing devices.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In Cybersecurity terminology,a(n)__________ is defined as a weakness that threatens the confidentiality,integrity,or availability of an asset.
Q5) Explain internal fraud.Describe the most effective approach to preventing it.
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Chapter 6: Search, Semantic, and Recommendation Technology
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Q1) Identify and explain the two types of search listings that are produced by SEM strategies and tactics.
Q2) With metadata,the content of these files are tagged,essentially making the Web one large document that can be read and used by word or text editors.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Paid search promotions (PSP)attempts to achieve higher search rankings based on the design and content of a Web site.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Companies use Web analytics programs like Google Analytics in order to determine all of the following except ________.
A)how visitors have leveraged social media and bookmarking
B)what specific pages people visit
C)how many people visit their site and how long they spend there
D)what search engines are producing the most traffic
Q5) People who employ ________ SEO tactics try to trick the search engine into thinking a website has high-quality content,when in fact it does not.
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Chapter 7: Web 20 and Social Technology
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Q1) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was forced to develop its use of Twitter and Facebook,in response to questions from travelers who were grounded by volcanic ash.This was the beginning of KLM's ________________.
A)Social networking service
B)Social customer service
C)Social bookmarking
D)Social media marketing
Q2) Collectively,social media apps have shifted the locus of control for mass communications from advertisers to large organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A ________ agreement is a formal listing of the policies,liability limits,fees and user rights and responsibilities associated with using a particular service.
Q4) ________ is a social mention metric that measures the degree to which people who are talking about your brand will do so repeatedly
Q5) ________ is a social mention metric that measures the tone of the conversation,which helps you understand if people are feeling positive,negative or neutral about the topic
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Chapter 8: Retail, e-Commerce, and Mobile Commerce Technology
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Q1) Using a coupon on your cell phone when checking out at the Hard Rock Café,or checking in to a retail location using Foursquare's mobile app are examples of mobile
A)Sourcing
B)Fulfillment
C)Retailing
D)Marketing
Q2) ________ exchanges are many-to-many e-marketplaces for indirect materials,such as office supplies,light bulbs,and cleaning materials used by any industry.
Q3) Using Google Wallet,consumers can pay for goods in stores.At check out,mobile users simply pass or tap their phone on a merchant terminal and payment is transferred.Users receive an SMS text message confirmation.The Google Wallet and similar payment systems are based on ________ technology.
A)Bar code
B)QR code
C)Augmented reality
D)NFC
Q4) __________ technology is emerging as an alternative to QR codes.
Q5) B2B comprises about _______ percent of e-commerce dollar volume.
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Chapter 9: Functional Business Systems
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Q1) HRM applications involve ethical issues,particularly in recruiting and selecting employees and in evaluating performance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) __________ support advertising,market research,intelligence gathering,getting products and services to customers,and responding to customers' needs.
Q3) Each level of management has its own data needs,decision making responsibilities,and time horizons.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Ducati equipped its sales force with ________ and a custom-designed Ducati Communication System ________.
A)iPads;app
B)iPhone 6s;interface
C)Androids;app
D)Androids;interface
Q5) Oracle,Siemens,and POM vendors offer a demand-driven __________ system,whose objective is to remove waste of any kind from production and operations.
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Chapter 10: Enterprise Systems
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Q1) When companies need to update mission critical computing systems,they often turn to ________ which integrate core business process and functions.
A)Legacy systems
B)Enterprise systems
C)Network solutions
D)Custom built software apps
Q2) Typically,ERP systems are acquired by purchasing or leasing in a(n)________arrangement.
Q3) As global supply chains become more complex and expansive,companies want to leverage analytics that produce insights to improve customer service and reduce costs and risk.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List two types of enterprise systems.Describe the functions performed or supported by these software systems.
Q5) Supply chains involve the flow of materials,data,and money.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ________ is "Facebook for business."
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Chapter 11: Data Visualization and Geographic Information Systems
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Q1) Benefits of business dashboards include all of the following except ________.
A)Blind spots are minimized or eliminated.
B)Display the user's critical metrics and measures.
C)Employees know their performance is tracked in near real time and can see their results.
D)Data security is enhanced because employees must log in to each account separately.
Q2) With the GIS moving into the cloud,developers of enterprise applications based on SAP,Microsoft Office,SharePoint,MicroStrategy,IBM Cognos,and Microsoft Dynamics CRM are using it to create a wide range of mobile applications.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ________ are a style of reporting that depicts KPIs,operational or strategic information with intuitive and interactive displays.
Q4) A _________ captures,manages,analyzes,and displays multidimensional geographic data,also called geospatial data.
Q5) Describe business dashboards.Explain how business or executive dashboards are superior to traditional business reports in terms of keeping managers informed.
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Chapter 12: IT Strategy, Sourcing, and Strategic Technology Trends
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Q1) What would be connected using a digital mesh?
A)Distributed application servers
B)Social Network Services
C)Smart devices and wearables
D)Digital Technology platforms
Q2) Few companies today could realize their full-potential business value without updated ________.
A)IT investments made on the basis of immediate needs or threats.
B)IT infrastructures and services.
C)IT investments that are patches.
D)Reactive approaches to IT investments.
Q3) Two of the biggest risks and concerns of top management are (1)failing to align IT to real business needs and,as a result,(2)failing to deliver value to the business.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Value drivers have an unlimited life span and are considered in the strategic planning process and the balanced scorecard methodology.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Systems Development and Project Management
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Q1) Projects have a defined start date and finish date that determine the project's
Q2) On a Gantt chart,the start and finish dates of all tasks and milestones appear as bars whose length represent its cost.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A project is a series of tasks to produce one or more ________,which are items that you hand off to the client or management for their review and approval.
A)Critical paths
B)Deliverables
C)Resources
D)Gantt charts
Q4) In a __________ conversion,the old system and the new system operate simultaneously for a period of time,which is the most expensive,but also the least risky approach.
Q5) Because scope creep is expensive,project managers impose controls on changes requested by users.These controls help to prevent ________,which are system development projects that are so far over budget and past deadline that they must be abandoned.
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Chapter 14: IT Ethics, Privacy and Sustainability
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Q1) Accenture's Technology Vision 2017 analysis found that seventy-nine percent of survey respondents agree that ____ will revolutionize the way they gain information from and interact with customers.
A)AI
B)ICT
C)IOT
D)GHG
Q2) Explain the principle of privacy.Describe the privacy paradox.Do you agree that a person's privacy is based to a large extent on what choices that person has made? Explain why or why not.
Q3) __________ or sniffing out and mapping the physical location of Wi-Fi routers is a hacking technique,an invasion of privacy,and an information security risk.
A)IP monitoring
B)Spear fishing
C)Wardriving
D)Snooping
Q4) Google's engineers realized the cars could be used for ________ which is also a hacking technique,an invasion of privacy,and an information security risk.
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