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Course Introduction
Management Information Systems explores the strategic role of information technology in modern organizations, focusing on how businesses leverage computer-based systems to analyze, manage, and solve complex operational challenges. Students will learn about the design, implementation, and management of information systems, including topics like databases, networking, security, decision support, and e-business applications. Through practical case studies and real-world examples, the course emphasizes the alignment of IT solutions with organizational goals, highlighting the importance of information systems in improving efficiency, supporting decision-making, and gaining a competitive advantage.
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Introduction to Information Systems 2nd Edition by Patricia Wallace
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Chapter 1: Information Systems and People
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Q1) The facilities manager at Symphony Systems, an IT services company, wants the information systems department to set up a virtual collaboration team. Which of the following ways would enable him to communicate more effectively with the IT staff?
A) avoiding IT jargon
B) emphasizing the returns on investment
C) highlighting the value of IT
D) describing his end goal and not the means to get there
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is a critical component of an information system?
A) culture
B) demographics
C) processes
D) ideas
Answer: C
Q3) In certain situations, such as fund-raising for an NGO, information systems are not of any use.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Information Systems and Strategy
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Q1) Which of the following companies will have the highest buying power?
A) a company that sells agricultural products procured from numerous farmers
B) a firm that is an exclusive dealer for an automotive company
C) a bank that borrows from the Federal Reserve
D) a company that procures IT services from a large software company
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a disruptive innovation?
A) LCD monitors replaced CRT monitors in televisions.
B) Apple launched iPhone 4 replacing iPhone 3.
C) Ford introduced small cars for the middle class.
D) Land Rover markets most of its four-wheel drives in high-altitude regions.
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following is a primary activity of an automobile manufacturer?
A) assembling automobile parts
B) administration and management of infrastructure
C) human resource management
D) inventory tracking
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Information and Communications Technologies: The Enterprise Architecture
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Q1) What is object-oriented programming?
Answer: In object-oriented programming, programmers define the nature of the data each object contains and also the kinds of operations or behaviors it can do. The modular, reusable objects often simulate real-world objects along with the various states and behaviors they display. A "counter object," for instance, might be used to count visitors to a web page. Its behaviors could include resetting to zero or displaying its current value. An important benefit of object-oriented programming is modularity, so that an object can be independently maintained, reused, or replaced if it breaks down or causes problems. Also, programmers have no need to understand the object's inner workings-only the rules that determine how other objects can interact with it.
Q2) Which of the following is Microsoft's proprietary language used in its development environment?
A) NET
B) PHP
C) C++
D) Java
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Databases and DataWarehouses
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Q1) A data model that graphically shows the tables, attributes, keys, and logical relationships for a database is called a ________.
A) data graph
B) shadow schema
C) database schema
D) referential schema
Q2) In enterprise information management, data ownership issues arise because ________.
A) data is often taken from external sources
B) the quality of data varies across departments
C) data is often stored in databases on external servers
D) data is shared by all the stakeholders in the organization
Q3) One of the uses of databases without boundaries is in ________.
A) handling online transactions of e-commerce websites
B) hunting for hidden patterns and relationships in large amounts of data
C) handling unstructured data during emergency disaster relief situations
D) forming bridging databases between data warehouses and operational databases
Q4) What is a database? Why is it a better system of information organization compared to a file processing system?
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Chapter 5: Information Systems for the Enterprise
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Q1) Early integrated application suites evolved from systems that supported ________.
A) supply chain management
B) manufacturing resource planning
C) customer relationship planning
D) human capital management
Q2) Which of the following devices receives signals from orbiting satellites that transmit time and location data?
A) electronic data interchange system
B) wireless scanner
C) global positioning systems device
D) RFID chip
Q3) Software used as a bridge to integrate separate information systems and synchronize data across multiple systems is referred to as ________.
A) malware
B) web beacon software
C) middleware
D) bundled software
Q4) How does exception reporting differ from compliance reporting?
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Chapter 6: The Web, E-Commerce, and M-Commerce
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Q1) A group of musicians buy a URL, Musik4Change.org for their website, which has a unique, numerical IP address assigned to it. After a year, they move their website to a new server with a different IP address. In this situation what happens to the URL of their website?
A) It becomes fragmented.
B) It remains the same.
C) It needs to be renamed.
D) It needs to be registered with the DNS again.
Q2) What is meant by the "Internet of things"?
Q3) Not all devices connected to the Internet have a unique IP address.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following parts of the URL "http:// www.timesonline.co.uk" represents the top-level domain?
A) http://
B) Luk
C) www.
D) timesonline
Q5) How does hypertext markup language (HTML) help in creating web pages?
Q6) Describe some of the challenges faced by online marketers.
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Chapter 7: Business Intelligence and Decision Making
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Q1) Which of the following is a function of what-if analysis?
A) establishing relationships between many variables and changing some of the variables to see how others are affected
B) establishing relationships between different variables by keeping them constant
C) collecting data from web pages on behalf of a user
D) establishing a target value for a particular metric and telling the program which variable to change to try to reach the goal
Q2) Which of the following functions do intelligent agents perform in the context of search engines?
A) retrieving downloadable files from online sources
B) screening out malicious codes and viruses
C) distributing third-party cookies
D) monitoring information overload
Q3) Building data warehouses often slows down operational systems.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Write a brief note on keyword advertising.
Q5) What is forecasting and how does it work?
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Chapter 8: Collaborating with Technology
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Q1) Discuss web conferencing and the features offered by browser-based conferencing software.
Q2) A ________ is an area on a server in which team members can post documents, maintain membership lists, feature news and announcements, and collaborate on edits and updates.
A) shared workspace
B) command center
C) war room
D) tag cloud
Q3) Which of the following is true of group decision support systems?
A) They allow users to collaborate with each other asynchronously, saving time and effort in coordination.
B) They allow users to express independent viewpoints that may differ from those of others in a group.
C) They do not support anonymity and require users to use their real names, to increase accountability.
D) They give high-status individuals within a group a disproportionate influence on decisions.
Q4) Explain the concept of "virtual reality."
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Chapter 9: Knowledge Management and E-Learning
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of structural capital?
A) It consists of electronically documented knowledge of a company's operations.
B) It consists of hierarchical relationships that an organization's employees maintain amongst one another.
C) It consists of structured relationships that a company's employees maintain with their clients.
D) It consists of the knowledge of an organization that cannot be documented.
Q2) ________ is often stored electronically and left behind with an organization even when an employee is no longer with the organization.
A) Structural capital
B) Social capital
C) Venture capital
D) Human capital
Q3) Computer programmers are highly essential to the process of developing interactive learning objects in e-learning programs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are expert location systems?
Q5) What are the components of a successful e-learning management team?
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Chapter 10: Ethics, Privacy, and Security
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Q1) Discuss some of the possible drawbacks of implementing surveillance technologies at workplaces.
Q2) What is the step involved in risk management after vulnerabilities of an organization have been examined?
A) determination of the source of threats
B) assessment of threats
C) evaluation of controls that fill in security gaps
D) finalization of broadly defined goals
Q3) Janet received an email that contained a link to a website that imitated the authentic website of her bank. The email requested her to key in her credit card number, her Social Security number, and her date of birth. She later found that her credit card was fraudulently charged for transactions she never made. It is inferred from this case that Janet is a victim of ________.
A) distributed denial of service
B) keylogging
C) phishing
D) cache poisoning
Q4) What is utilitarianism and how is it different from natural laws and rights?
Q5) What is a proxy server? What function does it serve?
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Chapter 11: Systems Development and Procurement
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Q1) An organization is using a unified procurement approach if it ________.
A) prefers systems that are offered by a single vendor
B) sells systems to buyers from the same market
C) buys systems from different geographic markets
D) creates the best systems with the latest technologies available
Q2) Agile software development methods use a highly structured approach in which tasks are sequenced according to the SDLC.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is an advantage of prepackaged software?
A) It requires a short implementation time.
B) It includes new features that a company requires.
C) It is always well-fitted to enterprise architecture.
D) It has high overall costs.
Q4) Discuss the testing phase of the systems development life cycle.
Q5) In acceptance testing, tests are conducted by an organization's IT staff to assess how well a system performs under peak loads.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Project Management and Strategic Planning
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Q1) Which of the following best describes an availability bias?
A) the tendency of people to do or believe things because many others hold the same views
B) the tendency to judge the probability of an event based on how easily examples come to mind
C) the tendency to draw different conclusions from a wide range of information
D) the tendency of people to have a stronger preference for immediate gains rather than long term effects
Q2) Discuss the differences between processes and projects.
Q3) The human tendency to choose information to examine and support a view they already hold and ignore data that might refute their hypothesis is known as a
A) confirmation bias
B) optimism bias
C) choice-supportive bias
D) distinction bias
Q4) Briefly describe the phenomenon of "escalation of commitment."
Q5) Project charters are drafted in kickoff meetings.
A)True
B)False
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