Management Information Systems
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Course Introduction
Management Information Systems (MIS) explores the intersection of technology, people, and organizations to improve business processes and decision-making. This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of information systems, including system components, development processes, and data management. Emphasis is placed on how MIS supports business functions, enhances efficiency, and provides a competitive advantage through the strategic use of information technology. Topics covered include database systems, networking, e-business, enterprise applications, and ethical considerations in managing information. By the end of the course, students gain insight into designing and implementing effective information systems that align with organizational goals.
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Information Technology for Management 10th Edition by Efraim Turban
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Chapter 1: Doing Business in Digital Times
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Q1) Routine formal processes are referred to as ________.
A)cross-functional processes
B)standard operating procedures
C)business tasks
D)standardized transactions
Answer: B
Q2) Understanding IT trends that affect the ways business is done and getting in front of those trends give you a career edge.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) SWOT analysis involves the evaluation of industry strengths and weaknesses and also opportunities and threats,which are internal factors.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) ________ are the outputs or tangible things that are produced by a business process.
Answer: Deliverables
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Chapter 2: Data Governance and IT Architecture Support
Long-Term Performance
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Q1) Virtual machines (VM)are specialized apps for designing and testing 3 Dimensional products such as trucks,cars,and mechanical devices.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Success of EA and data governance can be measured in financial terms of profitability and ROI,and in the nonfinancial terms of ___________.
A)Improved customer satisfaction,faster speed to market,and lower employee turnover.
B)Improved KPIs and supply chain management
C)Lower MDM and improved customer loyalty
D)Improved cash flows
Answer: A
Q3) The National Climatic Data Center is an example of a public data center that stores and manages the world's largest archive of weather data.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Data Management, Big Data Analytics, and Records Management
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Q1) Mining text or nonstructural data enables organizations to forecast the future instead of merely reporting the past.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Improperly managed or destroyed business records become ________.
A)archives
B)liabilities
C)breach of contracts
D)lawsuits
Answer: B
Q3) Low-cost sensors make it possible to monitor and control the behavior of all types of physical things.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) A widely used platform for processing big data is Apache ________.
Answer: Hadoop
Q5) Companies have a ________ duty to retain business records. Answer: legal
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Chapter 4: Networks for Efficient Operations and Sustainability
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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) Efficient Auto Parts is a wholesale distributor.They purchase auto parts in bulk from manufacturers and sell in smaller quantities to regional retail outlets.They understand that carrying excess inventory can be expensive.On the other hand,running out of inventory can lead to lost business.Therefore,they have created a network that their suppliers can log into to check inventory levels for the parts they sell.When inventory levels reach an agreed upon level,the supplier automatically sends more to the distributor,with all the documentation being handled electronically.This system is most likely part of what kind of network?
A)Intranet
B)Extranet
C)VPN
D)Socialnet
Q3) There are three general types of mobile networks: wide area networks (WANs),____________,and local area networks (LANs).
Q4) Bandwidth is the capacity or throughput per ________ of a network.
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Chapter 5: Cybersecurity and Risk Management
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Q1) Most viruses,trojans,and worms are activated when an attachment is opened or a link is clicked.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Countering cyber-threats demands diligence,determination,and investment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)are designed to monitor network traffic and identify threats that have breached the networks' initial defenses.IDS identify of the following except:
A)An attacker who is using the identity or credentials of a legitimate user to gain access to an IS,device,or network.
B)A legitimate user who performs actions he is not authorized to do.
C)A user who tries to disguise or cover up his actions by deleting audit files or system logs.
D)Employees who use computing or network resources inefficiently.
Q4) _____________ is the elapsed time between when vulnerability in a software app or system is discovered and when it's exploited.
Q5) Explain internal fraud.Describe the most effective approach to preventing it.
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Chapter 6: Attracting Buyers With Search, Semantic, and Recommendation Technology
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Q1) Pay per click (PPC)involves paying search engines to display links to a company's Website alongside the organic search results.
A)True
B)False
Q2) .________ search listings are a form of advertising and are purchased from search engine companies.
A)Informational
B)Organic
C)Paid
D)Transactional
Q3) Much of the world's digital information is stored in files structured so that they can only be read by the programs that created them.
A)True
B)False
Q4) With the dramatic increase in smartphones,tablets,and other mobile devices,companies need to make sure their websites and content can be found via search engines on mobile devices.What two issues must be addressed to optimize mobile websites so they are readily found by search engines?
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Chapter 7: Mobile Technologies and Commerce
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Q1) Twitter is a customer service channel.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Tumblr is a microblogging service that is designed to be easy for users to post ________ and update their blogs frequently.
A)Key words
B)Discount codes
C)Hash tags
D)Multimedia content
Q3) ________ is a cloud storage service that makes it easy to access your documents from any of the devices you work on.
A)Wiki
B)Delicious
C)Diigo
D)Dropbox
Q4) The Google brand name appears on thousands of websites due to its open source mashups.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Retail, E-Commerce, and Mobile Commerce Technology
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Q1) Customers can pay for products at Macy's using Google Wallet,a mobile payment app.At the register,customers simply tap their phones on a(n)__________ device in order to transfer funds to Macy's.
Q2) Your textbook identified a number of mobile banking security risks.Duplicating the Electronic Serial Number (ESM)of one phone and using it in a second phone is called cloning.This allows the perpetrator to have calls and other transactions billed to the original phone.
A)True B)False
Q3) ________ serve one industry,such as automotive or chemical,along the entire supply chain.
A)Private exchanges
B)Horizontal exchanges
C)Spot sourcing
D)Vertical exchanges
Q4) The most well-known B2B site is Amazon.com,whose IT developments received U.S.patents that keep it ahead of competition.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Effective and Efficient Business Functions
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Q1) In today's legal environment,effective HR compliance programs are a necessity only for public companies that report to the SEC.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Effective human resource information systems (HRISs)reduce the workload of the HR department.
A)True B)False
Q3) The financial reporting (disclosure)system is based on the electronic data tagging language called __________.
Q4) Production operations management (POM)systems process and transform materials,labor,data,and other inputs into outputs,such as goods and services.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Most companies are flooded with applicants,but might still have difficulty finding the right people.________ is a primary social media site for recruitment.
Q6) A weakness in a(n)_______ is a major cause of fraud.
Q7) __________ is a language for the electronic communication of business data.
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Chapter 10: Strategic Technology and Enterprise Systems
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Q1) Intangible CRM benefits are measured using ROI or net present value (NPV).
A)True
B)False
Q2) Office Graph uses signals from e-mail,social conversations,documents,sites,instant messages,meetings,and more to map the relationships between people and concepts. A)True
B)False
Q3) Automated data flows are essential to productivity improvements. A)True
B)False
Q4) A major challenge of enterprise systems is getting new apps or system modules to interface with existing or legacy systems that are several generations older. A)True
B)False
Q5) Products that are returned make up what is called the ________ supply chain because goods are moving in the reverse direction.
Q6) List two types of enterprise systems.Describe the functions performed or supported by these software systems.
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Chapter 11: Data Visualization and Geographic Information Systems
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Q1) Most non-data-scientist-friendly tools have interactive elements and can pull data from Google Docs,Excel spreadsheets,Access databases,and other sources that most business people work with already.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Data visualization,data discovery and geospatials are _________ tools and technologies.
A)Data analytics
B)Data integration
C)Data mapping
D)Information delivery
Q3) The ability of GIS to track customers' movement and behavior in real space enables new strategies for marketing,retail,and entrepreneurship.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In data visualization apps,________ are categorical data,such a region,product category,,product name,supplier,size,date,and zip code.
Q5) GIS can create maps with multiple layers of _______.
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Q6) Tag clouds represent the relative ________ of words and terms by their sizes.
Chapter 12: IT Strategy and Balanced Scorecard
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Q1) Which is not one of the risks associated with outsourcing?
A)Flexibility
B)Shirking
C)Poaching
D)Opportunistic repricing
Q2) There are several possible reasons why a high percentage of IT projects are abandoned-the business strategy changed,technology changed,the project was not going to be completed on time or budget,the project sponsors responsible did not work well together,or the IT strategy was changed to cloud or SaaS.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Risks associated with outsourcing include shirking when the vendor develops a strategic application for a client and then uses it for other clients.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The balanced scorecard (BSC)is a strategic measurement and management methodology and a tool.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Project Management and SDLC
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Q1) Project management is a structured methodology to plan,manage,and control the completion of a project throughout its life cycle.
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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.
Q3) Michelle Symonds suggested a set of seven deadly sins of project management,that is,the common mistakes that companies commit that contribute to project failure.Which is not one of these deadly mistakes?
A)No organizing schedule
B)No project plan
C)No budget tracking
D)No change management process
Q4) Monitoring and control processes are intended to occur weekly while the project work is being executed.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify and explain two types of feasibility testing.
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Chapter 14: Ethical Risks and Responsibilities of IT
Innovations
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Q1) Every industry is being impacted by __________computing systems-the supersized,scalable,and resilient data centers pioneered by data-dependent and social media companies
Q2) There are several frameworks provided by the FTC for deciding what is ethical and what is not.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 3D printers can use ________ electricity to produce a part than would have been used to produce the same part by nonadditive manufacturing.
A)Half the
B)Double the
C)10 times more
D)100 times more
Q4) Several researchers estimate that distraction costs hundreds of billions of dollars a year in lost productivity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss two technologies that are converging and,as a result,are blurring the digital and physical worlds.
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