Information Systems Management Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Information Systems Management explores the strategic role information systems play in supporting and transforming modern organizations. This course examines how businesses leverage information technologies to achieve operational excellence, innovation, and competitive advantage. Students will learn to analyze business needs, evaluate technological solutions, manage IT projects, and address challenges related to information security and ethics. Emphasis is placed on the alignment of information systems with organizational goals, change management, and the impact of emerging technologies on business processes and decision-making.
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Information Systems Today Managing in the Digital World 7th Edition by Joseph Valacich
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Chapter 1: Managing in the Digital World
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Q1) Identify a true statement about the function of knowledge workers.
A) They use knowledge to perform their jobs but do not create knowledge.
B) They create, modify, and/or synthesize knowledge as a fundamental part of their jobs.
C) They lack the ability to solve non-routine problems at work.
D) They modify knowledge created by others but do not create knowledge themselves.
E) They work in a monotonous workplace and lack innovation.
Answer: B
Q2) The purpose of a knowledge management system is to create,store,analyze,and manage spatial data.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Advances in cloud computing (think Gmail,Evernote,or DropBox)allow for accessing e-mails,files,notes,and the like from different devices,enhancing portability and mobility in computing.
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.Once in a while,he also solves customers' problems and deals with dissatisfied customers.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) At the ________ level of an organization,information systems provide key performance indicators (KPIs)that are focused on balancing performance across the organization.
A) illusive
B) operational
C) tactical
D) managerial
E) executive
Answer: E
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Chapter 3: Managing the Information Systems
Infrastructure and Services
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Q1) Application software helps to automate business processes,and it enables processes that would otherwise not even be possible.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) ________ is the transmission capacity of a computer or communications channel,which represents how much binary data can be reliably transmitted over the medium in one second.
A) Latency
B) Data buffer
C) Bandwidth
D) Jitter
E) Codec
Answer: C
Q3) Using a utility computing model,cloud computing helps to transform IT infrastructure costs from a capital expenditure to an operational expenditure.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Enabling Business-To-Consumer Electronic Commerce
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Q1) ________ are two-dimensional barcodes with a high storage capacity that are typically used to point the consumer to a particular Web page when he or she scans the barcode with a mobile device's camera.
A) Viral codes
B) QR codes
C) MSI barcodes
D) MaxiCodes
E) CPC Binary Barcodes
Q2) The greatest impact of the Web-based EC revolution has occurred in companies adopting the brick-and-mortar approach.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If a company's Web site is in the sponsored list of a search engine,the search engine receives revenue on a ________ basis.
A) pay-per-click
B) pay-per-sale
C) click-through
D) pay-per-conversion
E) click-per-visit
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Chapter 5: Enhancing Organizational Communication and Collaboration Using Social Media
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Q1) Which of the following Web 2.0 applications has been classified by noted technology journalist Nicholas Carr as the "amateurization" of journalism?
A) blogs
B) discussion forums
C) message boards
D) instant messaging
E) chat rooms
Q2) In a Web 2.0 application,there is a relatively strict distinction between content creators and content consumers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements is true about peer production?
A) The creator is responsible for publishing new information.
B) Only editors have the right to develop new content.
C) It is also known as an enterprise content system.
D) Anyone can help in producing or improving the final outcome.
E) A guest is a person who can only view the digital information.
Q4) Write a note on electronic meeting systems.
Q5) Write a note on virtual worlds.
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Chapter 6: Enhancing Business Intelligence Using Information Systems
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about business intelligence?
A) It is an act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community, through the use of information technology.
B) It is the process by which a customer-owned mutual organization or cooperative changes legal form to a joint stock company.
C) It is the use of information systems to gather and analyze information from internal and external sources in order to make better business decisions.
D) It is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people.
E) It is the use of human resources to gather and analyze information from external sources in order to make better business decisions.
Q2) Differentiate between clustering and classification processes in data mining.
Q3) Describe geographic information systems.
Q4) The structure of data is typically captured in a data model.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Enhancing Business Processes Using Enterprise Information Systems
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Q1) ________ is a support activity.
A) Outbound logistics
B) Operations and manufacturing
C) Technology development
D) Customer service
E) Marketing and sales
Q2) Applications that integrate business activities across departmental boundaries are often referred to as ________ planning systems.
A) manufacturing resource
B) computer-integrated
C) capacity requirement
D) enterprise resource
E) materials requirement
Q3) Enterprise resource planning (ERP)extended components focus primarily on
A) customer relationship management and product lifecycle management
B) product lifecycle management and supply chain management
C) customer relationship management and human capital management
D) human capital management and supply chain management
E) customer relationship management and supply chain management
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Chapter 8: Strengthening Business-To-Business
Relationships Via Supply Chain and Customer Relationship Management
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Q1) The efficiency of a supply chain management (SCM)system is independent of the data entered into it.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One major problem affecting supply chains are ripple effects referred to as the multiplier effect.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Define the three primary components of a comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM)system.
Q4) The ability to track products as they move through the supply chain and to foresee external events is a characteristic of ________.
A) supply chain visibility
B) supply chain sustainability
C) supply chain analytics
D) supply network collaboration
E) supply chain risk management
Q5) List the ways in which collaborative customer relationship management (CRM)enhances communication. Page 10
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Chapter 9: Developing and Acquiring Information Systems
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Q1) ________ costs are ongoing costs that occur throughout the life of the system.
A) Smart
B) Sector
C) Fixed
D) Recurring
E) Non-recurring
Q2) Proxy variables cannot be used to measure changes in terms of their perceived value to the organization.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Processing logic is often expressed in ________,which is independent of the actual programming language being used.
A) semantics encoding
B) prefix code
C) source code
D) semiotics
E) pseudocode
Q4) Describe the elements that must be considered during the systems design phase of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
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Chapter 10: Securing Information Systems
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Q1) Cyberwar refers to an organized attempt by a country's military to disrupt or destroy the information and communication systems of another country.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Robert receives an e-mail which says that he has won an online lottery worth $50 billion.Robert has his doubts as he does not remember buying a lottery ticket.He finds out that it is a spam e-mail intended to obtain his bank account details and credit card number.Which of the following is evident here?
A) a logic bomb
B) hacktivism
C) phishing
D) tunneling
E) a worm
Q3) An account management policy explains technical controls on all organizational computer systems,such as access limitations,audit-control software,firewalls,and so on.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly describe the concept of virtual private networks.
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Chapter 11: Appendix: Technology Briefing: Foundations of Information Systems Infrastructure
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Q1) Microwave signals can be disrupted over longer distances by environmental conditions such as high winds and heavy rain.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A scanner is an output device that produces a paper copy of alphanumeric or graphic data from a computer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is an input device used to enter information into computers?
A) speakers
B) track pads
C) printers
D) headphones
E) plotters
Q4) Elimination of data redundancy is the major goal and benefit of using data normalization techniques.
A)True
B)False
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