Information Systems for Managers Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of how information systems are leveraged by managers to enhance organizational efficiency, drive decision-making, and maintain competitiveness in a rapidly evolving business environment. Students will examine the strategic role of information technology, analyze system architectures, and explore the integration of business processes with information systems. Topics include databases, data analytics, enterprise systems, e-business, information security, and ethical considerations in IT management. Through case studies, real-world examples, and hands-on exercises, participants will develop the analytical and managerial skills necessary to successfully align information system strategies with organizational goals.
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MIS 8th Edition by Hossein Bidgoli
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Chapter 1: Information Systems: An Overview
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Q1) Describe how networking technology will improve in the future.
Answer: Answers will vary.Networking technology will improve, so connecting computers will be easier, and sending information from one location to another will be faster.Compatibility issues between networks will become more manageable, and integrating voice, data, and images on the same transmission medium will improve communication quality and information delivery.
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a social networking site?
A) Truecaller
B) Google+
C) eBay
D) PayPal
Answer: B
Q3) According to Porter's Five Forces Model, ____is low when customers have more options.
A) supplier power
B) buyer power
C) new entrant power
D) competitor power
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Computers: The Machines Behind Computing
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Q1) Describe flash memory.
Answer: Answers will vary.Flash memory is nonvolatile memory that can be electronically erased and reprogrammed.It is used mostly in memory cards and USB flash drives for storing and transferring data between computers and other devices.
Q2) Describe how computer speed is measured.
Answer: Answers will vary.Typically, computer speed is measured as the number of instructions performed during the following fractions of a second:
a.Millisecond: 1 / 1,000 of a second
b.Microsecond: 1 / 1,000,000 of a second
c.Nanosecond: 1 / 1,000,000,000 of a second
d.Picosecond: 1 / 1,000,000,000,000 of a second
Q3) Codes written for one type of computer using _____do not work on another type of computer.
A) assembly language
B) structured query language
C) a fourth-generation language
D) a fifth-generation language
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Database Systems, Data Warehouses and Data
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of distributed databases?
A) They store data on one central server in an organization.
B) They are limited by the data's physical location.
C) In distributed databases, local storage of data increases response time.
D) In distributed databases, local storage of data increases communication costs.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following components of a database management system (DBMS) is responsible for data storage, manipulation, and retrieval?
A) The database storage
B) The data mine
C) The data mart
D) The database engine
Answer: D
Q3) Static Web sites are useful for e-commerce sites that need frequent updates.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Personal, Legal, Ethical and Organizational
Issues of Information Systems
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Q1) In the context of intellectual property, which of the following is categorized as copyrighted material?
A) Trademarks
B) Industrial designs
C) Artistic works
D) Inventions
Q2) Provide an example of job deskilling.
Q3) E-wallets and smart cards increase the risks of exposing consumers' information on the Web.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the context of information technology in workplaces, which of the following allows adding new tasks to employees' responsibilities?
A) Job virtualization
B) Job upgrading
C) Job deskilling
D) Job rotation
Q5) List five advantages of virtual organizations.
Q6) Discuss the concept of typosquatting.
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Chapter 5: Protecting Information Resources
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Q1) A(n) _____ is often used so that remote users have a secure connection to an organization's network.
A) biometric security network
B) intrusion detection network
C) virtual private network
D) terminal resource network
Q2) In the context of data encryption, briefly describe asymmetric encryption.
Q3) _____ primarily control access to computers and networks and include devices for securing computers and peripherals from theft.
A) Nonbiometric security measures
B) Virtual security measures
C) Biometric security measures
D) Physical security measures
Q4) Briefly explain how packet-filtering firewalls work.
Q5) In the context of the CIA triangle, confidentiality means that computers and networks are operating and authorized users can access the information they need.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Briefly list some of the indications of a computer being infected by a virus.
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Chapter 6: Data Communication
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Q1) List the three main components of a typical data communication system.
Q2) _____ are glass tubes surrounded by concentric layers of glass, called "cladding," to form a light path through wire cables.
A) Twisted pair cables
B) Copper line cables
C) Air-spaced coaxial cables
D) Fiber-optic cables
Q3) In _____, each department has its own computer for performing and controlling processing tasks.
A) centralized processing
B) decentralized processing
C) distributed processing
D) modular processing
Q4) In the context of communication media, _____provide a physical path along which signals are transmitted, including twisted pair copper cable, coaxial cable, and fiber optics.
A) radiated media
B) conducted media
C) wireless media
D) non-guided media
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Chapter 7: The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
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Q1) Telepresence surgery allows surgeons to operate all over the world without physically traveling anywhere.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Briefly explain the Internet of Everything (IoE).
Q3) Which of the following statements is true of geographic top-level domains (TLDs)?
A) They are used to promote business and tourism.
B) They are owned by corporations to control use of their brands.
C) They are limited to members of a defined community.
D) They are used by the organizations that provide information services.
Q4) Google, Bing, and Ask are examples of _____.
A) directories
B) search engines
C) navigational tools
D) newsgroups
Q5) Briefly describe Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
Q6) Discuss how the Web uses hypermedia.
Q7) Briefly explain Web 2.0.
Q8) Briefly describe navigational tools.
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Chapter 8: E-Commerce
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Q1) In the third-party exchange marketplace model, a _____ concentrates on a specific industry or market.
A) vertical market
B) horizontal market
C) baseline market
D) sideline market
Q2) Which of the following is a supporting activity in a value chain?
A) Operations
B) Logistics
C) Technological development
D) Marketing and sales
Q3) E-commerce provides product acknowledgements through phone calls and faxes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Click-and-brick e-commerce struggles to incorporate online interaction.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss five common ways to optimize a Web site's traffic.
Q6) List four disadvantages of e-commerce.
Q7) Describe the merchant model of e-commerce.
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Chapter 9: Global Information Systems
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Q1) In a global information system (GIS), high coordination:
A) increases overhead and operational costs.
B) increases efficiency at the expense of the effectiveness in meeting customers' requirements.
C) helps maintain control of market needs around the world.
D) helps provide a standard response to competitors in different countries and markets.
Q2) Aton Motors, an automobile manufacturer, establishes its manufacturing units in Argentina because of the low cost of the metal used to make automobile frames. In this scenario, Aton Motors has _____ its operations.
A) regionalized
B) standardized
C) generalized
D) centralized
Q3) In an organization with a global structure, to achieve organizational efficiency, duplicate information systems must be eliminated.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe strategic planning support of a global information system (GIS).
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Chapter 10: Building Successful Information Systems
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Q1) In the design phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), the _____ indicates hardware and software, such as specifying Linux servers and Windows clients.
A) theoretical design
B) physical design
C) conceptual design
D) logical design
Q2) During the planning phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), a systems designer must define the symptoms rather than the underlying problem.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following approaches for developing information systems increases the risk of leaking confidential information to competitors?
A) Insourcing
B) Outsourcing
C) Self-sourcing
D) Venture sourcing
Q4) Describe the concept of crowdsourcing.
Q5) Describe the advantages of prototypes.
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Chapter 11: Enterprise Systems
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Q1) Briefly explain the marketing strategies in a customer relationship management (CRM) system.
Q2) The best way to gather tacit knowledge is interactively, such as asking an employee specific questions about how he or she would handle an issue.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the context of supply chain management technologies, using the Internet and Web protocols for electronic data interchange (EDI) increases the cost of transmitting documents.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a(n) _____, companies invite sellers to submit bids for products and services so that the buyer can choose the seller that offers the service or product at the lowest price.
A) reverse auction
B) absolute auction
C) no reserve auction
D) minimum bid auction
Q5) Discuss an example of an application for collaborative filtering (CF).
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Chapter 12: Management Support Systems
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Q1) A(n) _____ uses spatial and nonspatial data and specialized techniques for storing coordinates of networks of lines (roads, rivers, streets) and reporting zones (zip codes, cities, counties, states).
A) group support system
B) geographic information system
C) executive information system
D) electronic meeting system
Q2) The different types of information systems that have been developed to support certain aspects and types of decisions are collectively called_____.
A) management support systems
B) supply chain management systems
C) electronic meeting systems
D) geographic information systems
Q3) A geographic information system (GIS) can integrate maps and database data with queries.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the user interface component of a decision support system (DSS).
Q5) List the major components of a decision support system (DSS).
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Chapter 13: Intelligent Information Systems
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Q1) The user interface component of an expert system provides user-friendly access to the expert system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ are networks that learn and are capable of performing tasks that are difficult with conventional computers.
A) Storage area networks
B) Artificial neural networks
C) Enterprise private networks
D) Virtual private networks
Q3) Adding deductive reasoning to traditional database management system (DBMS) functions is a benefit of integrating an expert system into the database component of a(n) _____.
A) transaction processing system
B) decision support system
C) global positioning system
D) executive information system
Q4) Briefly discuss Microsoft's MoodScope.
Q5) List few tasks where artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used.
Q6) Briefly discuss shopping and information agents.
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Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Applications
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Q1) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing.
Q2) Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is designed for _____.
A) wireless wide area networks
B) personal area networks
C) local area networks
D) wireless metropolitan area networks
Q3) In the context of virtual reality (VR), allowing users in different locations to interact and manipulate the same world at the same time by connecting two or more virtual worlds is known as _____.
A) full-body immersion
B) networked communication
C) simulation
D) interaction
Q4) People can enter other cave automatic virtual environments (CAVEs) in other locations, no matter how far away they are geographically.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the major reason for the popularity of quick response (QR) codes?
Q6) Discuss the use of biometrics in passports and secure government ID cards.
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