Information Systems for Managers
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Course Introduction
Information Systems for Managers explores the strategic role of information systems within organizations, focusing on how technology supports business operations, decision-making, and competitive advantage. The course covers key concepts such as systems analysis and design, data management, information security, and the integration of emerging technologies. Through case studies and practical exercises, students learn to evaluate and implement information systems solutions, understand their impact on organizational efficiency, and navigate challenges in digital transformation. Emphasis is placed on bridging the gap between technical teams and management to optimize the use of information systems in achieving business goals.
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M Information Systems 3rd Edition by Baltzan Paige
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Chapter 1: Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS
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Q1) The department within a company that supports the sales by planning,pricing,and promoting goods or services is called __________.
A)Sales
B)Operations Management
C)Accounting
D)Marketing
Answer: D
Q2) What are tasks performed by people that customer's will buy to satisfy a want or need?
A)Goods
B)Services
C)Production
D)Productivity
Answer: B
Q3) Porter has identified three generic business strategies including focused,broad cost leadership,and switching strategy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Decisions Processes: Value Driven Business
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Q1) What arises in situations where established processes offer potential solutions?
A)Analytics
B)Structured decisions
C)Unstructured decisions
D)Semistructured decisions
Answer: B
Q2) The structure of an organization is similar to a pyramid.The different levels require different types of information to assist with which of the following?
A)Decision making
B)Problem solving
C)Opportunity capturing
D)All of the above
Answer: D
Q3) A ____________ is a simplified representation or abstraction of reality.
Answer: Model or Models
Q4) Executive information systems are starting to take advantage of ______________ intelligence to support strategic decision making,by stimulating human thinking and behavior.
Answer: Artificial
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Chapter 3: Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value
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Q1) Tags are specific keywords or phrases incorporated into website content for means of classification or taxonomy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What are the two categories that include intellectual and knowledge-based assets?
A)Explicit knowledge;tacit knowledge
B)Efficient knowledge;tacit knowledge
C)Intelligent knowledge;explicit knowledge
D)Open knowledge;closed knowledge
Answer: A
Q3) What does API stand for?
A)Asynchronous Programming Information
B)Application Programming Interface
C)Application Provider for the Internet
D)Asynchronous Protocol Interaction
Answer: B
Q4) ____________ editors are WYSIWYG.
Answer: Mashup
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Chapter 4: Ethics Information Security: MIS Business
Concerns
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Q1) Teergrubing is an antispamming approach where the receiving computer launches a return attack against the spammer,sending email messages back to the computer that originated the suspected spam.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The best and most effective way to manage authentication is through
A)Smart technology card
B)Tokens
C)Biometrics
D)Passwords
Q3) Spyware is software that,while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that functions,also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Within the third area of detection and response,an __________ detection software features full-time monitoring tools that search for patterns in network traffic to identify intruders.
Q5) _________ is unsolicited email.
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Chapter 5: Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies
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Q1) Where would you categorize a cloud computing benefit that allows a customer to store fewer applications on a client computer,which frees up the memory allowing for increases in performance?
A)Internet features
B)Increased costs
C)Increased performance
D)Increased software updates
Q2) Energy consumption includes the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere,produced by business processes and systems.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sustainable MIS disposal refers to the safe disposal of MIS assets at the end of their life cycle.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A client is a computer designed to request information from a _______________.
Q5) One way a business can minimize the damage of a system crash is to have a _________ and recovery strategy in place.
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Q6) Describe the characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure.
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Chapter 6: Data: Business Intelligence
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Q1) Information ______________ is the duplication of data,or the storage of the same data in multiple places.
Q2) What is one of the biggest pitfalls associated with real-time information?
A)It is only available to high-level executives due to the expense
B)It is only available in aggregate levels of granularity
C)It continually changes
D)It rarely changes
Q3) Relational integrity constraints are rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Integrity constraints are rules that help ensure the quality of information. A)True
B)False
Q5) Association ___________ reveals the relationship between variables along with the nature and frequency of the relationships.
Q6) A ______________ is a collection of related data elements (in the MUSICIANS table these include)
Q7) Explain the business benefits of a data-driven website.
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Chapter 7: Networks: Mobile Business
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Q1) Which of the following is a measure being considered to address privacy concerns with RFIDs and LBSs?
A)Clearly labeled RFID tags on products
B)Kill codes
C)RSA Blocker Tags
D)All of the above
Q2) _________________ Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)allows dynamic IP address allocation so users do not have to have a preconfigured IP address to use the network.
Q3) What is a utility application that monitors the network path of packet data sent to a remote computer?
A)Traceroute
B)Standard packet
C)Packet header
D)Packet footer
Q4) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)allows dynamic IP address allocation so users do not have to have a preconfigured IP address to use the network.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Enterprise Applications: Business Communications
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Q1) _________ management systems maintain customer contact information and identify prospective customers for future sales.
Q2) What accesses organizational databases that track similar issues or questions and automatically generate the details to the CSR who can then relay them to the customer?
A)Contact center
B)Web-based self-service
C)Call scripting
D)Website personalization
Q3) Electronic data interchange (EDI),a standard format for the electronic exchange of information between supply chain participants.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Back-office operations deal directly with the customer.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A ___________ integration takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all upstream systems and processes.
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Q6) Sales,marketing,and customer service are the primary users of ______ systems.
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Chapter 9: Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility
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Q1) The ____________ phase brings all the project pieces together into a special testing environment to eliminate errors and bugs,and verify that the system meets all the business requirements defined in the analysis phase.
Q2) The ________________ phase takes all the detailed design documents from the design phase and transforms them into the actual system.
Q3) What is a project manager?
A)The application of knowledge,skills,tools,and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project
B)Any measurable,tangible,verifiable outcome,result,or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project
C)Represent key dates when a certain group of activities must be performed
D)An individual who is an expert in project planning and management
Q4) Which of the following is not a characteristic of a well-defined project plan?
A)Prepared by the project manager
B)Easy to read
C)Appropriate to the project's size
D)Communicated to all key participants
Q5) ___________ desk or a group of people who respond to users questions.
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