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Course Introduction
Introduction to Information Systems provides students with a foundational understanding of how information technologies are used to support business operations, decision-making, and strategic objectives in modern organizations. The course explores the basic components of information systems including hardware, software, data, people, and processes and examines how these elements interact to collect, process, and distribute information. Students will learn about various types of information systems, such as transaction processing systems, management information systems, and decision support systems, while gaining insight into current trends, ethical concerns, and the impact of information systems on society and business competitiveness.
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MIS7 7th Edition by Hossein Bidgoli
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Chapter 1: Information Systems: an Overview
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of the data component of an information system?
A) Current data is collected for performance reports.
B) Disaggregated data reports overall performance during a particular sales quarter.
C) Aggregated data enables decision makers to focus on specific factors.
D) Future data is predicted for budgets or cash flow reports.
Answer: D
Q2) _____ help a person connect with friends, family, and colleagues online and meet people with similar interests and hobbies.
A) Tender portals
B) Social networking sites
C) Archives panels
D) Classified advertisements
Answer: B
Q3) To be useful, information must be able to integrate with other data and information.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Computers: the Machines Behind Computing
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Q1) In network-attached storage (NAS), as the number of users increases, its performance increases.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) 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
E) Select
Answer: A
Q3) The arithmetic logic unit and the control unit are part of the Basic Input/Output System.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Database Systems, Data Warehouses, and Data
Marts
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of database marketing?
A) It works by using univariate analysis to transform marketing from a proactive to a reactive process.
B) It works by utilizing information that can be found outside the organizational database.
C) It makes an organization responsive to the needs of its customers.
D) It allows an organization to resist changes in the marketplace.
Answer: C
Q2) Consolidating information from different departments or functional areas is easier in data marts than in data warehouses.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In comparison with a flat file system, _____ in a database.
A) storage space is reduced
B) programs and data are interdependent
C) complex requests cannot be handled easily
D) data redundancy is introduced
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Personal, Legal, Ethical, and Organizational Issues of Information Systems
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Q1) _____ laws give only the creator exclusive privileges, meaning no one else can reproduce, distribute, or perform the literary and artistic work without permission.
A) Trademark
B) Invention
C) Patent
D) Copyright
Q2) _____ information can be censored if the content is deemed offensive to a political, religious, or cultural group.
A) Public
B) Private
C) Secretive
D) Abstracted
Q3) Identify a true statement about copyright laws.
A) They protect new processes.
B) They protect product names.
C) They protect tangible material, such as books.
D) They protect product identifying marks, such as logos.
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Chapter 5: Protecting Information Resources
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Q1) Which of the following is a biometric security measure?
A) Terminal resource security
B) A corner bolt
C) A callback modem
D) Signature analysis
Q2) A level 3 security system focuses on protecting the _____ against intrusion, denial-of-service attacks, and unauthorized access.
A) back-end server
B) corporate network
C) user's work station
D) front-end server
Q3) In the context of intentional security threats, _____ can erase data and wreak havoc on computers and networks but do not replicate themselves.
A) Trojan programs
B) worms
C) viruses
D) McCumber cubes
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Chapter 6: Data Communication: Delivering Information
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Q1) A__________is typically used to connect workstations and peripheral devices that are in close proximity.
A) controller area network
B) metropolitan area network
C) wide area network
D) local area network
E) Select
Q2) Horizontal scaling of a client/server architecture means _____.
A) migrating the network to decentralized servers
B) migrating the network to a faster communication media
C) adding more proxy servers
D) adding more workstations
Q3) _____ is the electronic transfer of data from one location to another.
A) Data communication
B) Data interpretation
C) Data mining
D) Data exchange
Q4) Data communication systems increase inventory costs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
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Q1) The Internet backbone is a foundation network linked with _____ that can support very high bandwidth.
A) fiber-optic cables
B) coaxial cables
C) heliax cables
D) twisted pair cables
Q2) _____ check to see what links are on the user's Web page and make sure they work; if a link is broken, they identify it and include this information as part of the data about that page.
A) Crawlers
B) Subscribers
C) Backdoors
D) Clients
Q3) _____ refers to a broad class of Web sites and services that allow users to connect with friends, family, and colleagues online as well as meet people with similar interests or hobbies.
A) Social networking
B) Podcasting
C) Gigapop
D) Weblogging
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Chapter 8: E-Commerce
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Q1) BuyStore Inc., an online retail store, sells all of its products through its Web site, buystore.com, and through an application on cell phones. BuyStore Inc. is an example of a _____.
A) brick-and-mortar firm
B) pure-play company
C) third-party broker
D) physical storefront
Q2) A _____ is initiated by a group of consumers and enables a customer to bid on specific products or make a request for quotation (RFQ) at a common place for selling products.
A) seller-side marketplace
B) buyer-side marketplace
C) third-party exchange marketplace
D) business communication marketplace
Q3) One of the advantages of e-commerce is that it:
A) improves customer service.
B) is a universally accepted system.
C) guarantees privacy and security of buyers.
D) is highly accessible throughout the world.
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Chapter 9: Global Information Systems
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Q1) Initially, offshore outsourcing was used mostly in manufacturing to find _____.
A) cheap labor
B) help desk support
C) quality tester
D) manufacturing engineers
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of multinational corporations (MNCs)?
A) MNCs are government organizations.
B) MNCs have assets and operations only in their home country.
C) MNCs deliver products and services across national borders.
D) MNCs are essentially decentralized.
Q3) A__________is an organization with assets and operations in at least one country other than its home country.
A) multinational corporation
B) transnational company
C) universal corporation
D) local company
E) Select
Q4) In a multinational structure, financial management is decentralized.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Building Successful Information Systems
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Q1) Which of the following is a key feature of extreme programming (XP)?
A) Procurement of new equipment
B) Investigation of environments with poorly defined problems
C) Immediate feedback from users
D) Emphasis on limiting a project's scope
Q2) During the _____ of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), an information system is operating, enhancements and modifications to the system have been developed and tested, and hardware and software components have been added or replaced.
A) planning phase
B) design phase
C) implementation phase
D) maintenance phase
Q3) In the _____ of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), a problem is defined and alternatives are generated for solving it.
A) planning phase
B) requirements-gathering and analysis phase
C) designing and prototype-development phase
D) implementation phase
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Chapter 11: Enterprise Systems
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Q1) In manufacturing, which of the following is one of the major links in the supply chain?
A) Distribution centers
B) Foreign keys
C) Application generation
D) Virtual networking
Q2) Which of the following components of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system provides business-to-consumer (B2C) information related to order status and business-to-business (B2B) information related to suppliers and business partners?
A) The customer relationship management
B) The vendor integration
C) The unified database
D) The e-commerce
Q3) Online auctions are:
A) cost-effective for selling excessive inventory.
B) based on the barter business model.
C) used to bring buyers and sellers together in a real marketplace.
D) useful when goods already have a set price in the marketplace.
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Chapter 12: Management Support Systems
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Q1) For a(n) _____ to be useful, it should collect data related to an organization's critical success factors-issues that make or break a business.
A) executive information system
B) decision support system
C) group support system
D) geographic information system
Q2) Most executive information systems include a__________, which integrates information from multiple sources and presents it in a unified, understandable format, often as charts and graphs.
A) digital dashboard
B) decision support system database
C) model base
D) decision support system engine
E) Select
Q3) Which of the following is true of semistructured decisions?
A) They involve multiple criteria.
B) They rely excessively on information technologies.
C) They require automation.
D) They involve programmable tasks.
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Chapter 13: Intelligent Information Systems
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Q1) Fuzzy logic is used in refrigerators that set defrosting and cooling times based on usage patterns.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ are used with neural networks and fuzzy logic systems to solve scheduling, engineering design, and marketing problems.
A) Quick response codes
B) Biometric systems
C) Genetic algorithms
D) Feasibility prototypes
Q3) Which of the following is an example of context-aware software?
A) Apple's Siri
B) Google Chat
C) Yahoo's doodle pad
D) YouTube
Q4) Contextual computing lacks the ability to tailor a course of action to a user in a particular situation and environment based on what it knows about the user.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Applications
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Q1) Which of the following is an advantage of application service providers (ASPs)?
A) They offer software customized to users' needs.
B) They integrate a customer's other applications and systems easily.
C) They ensure that software is kept up to date, based on users' requests.
D) They ensure that applications fully meet an organization's needs.
Q2) With__________, a user states a need before getting information, as when a uniform resource locator (URL) is entered in a Web browser so that the user can go to a certain Web site.
A) pull technology
B) data mining technology
C) push technology
D) virtual reality technology
E) Select
Q3) _____ incorporates many recent technologies under one platform, including the software as a service (SaaS) model, Web 2.0, grid computing, and utility computing.
A) A biometric system
B) Distributed computing
C) Cloud computing
D) A mainframe computer system
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