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Course Introduction
Management Information Systems is an interdisciplinary course that explores the design, implementation, and management of information systems within organizations. Students will learn how technologies are used to support business operations, decision-making, and strategic planning. The course covers core topics such as database management, systems analysis and design, enterprise resource planning, and the role of information systems in achieving competitive advantage. Through case studies and real-world examples, students will gain an understanding of how information systems contribute to organizational efficiency and innovation while addressing ethical, social, and security considerations.
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MIS 8th Edition by Hossein Bidgoli
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Chapter 1: Information Systems: An Overview
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Q1) Truzan Creations, one of the leading names in the handicraft industry, recently launched a new artifact in the market. The company uses a database to store information on the number of products manufactured, the weekly sales, the list of suppliers, and the profits achieved. The process component of the information system is used to conduct analysis on the data to generate information about sales. Which of the following can be used by Truzan Creations to generate predictions for its next sales period?
A) Forecasting models
B) Estimation graphs
C) Modeling charts
D) Theoretical hypotheses
Answer: A
Q2) According to Michael Porter, which of the following strategies can be followed by an organization to successfully compete in the marketplace?
A) Groupthink
B) Brainstorming
C) Simulation
D) Focus
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Computers: The Machines Behind Computing
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Q1) Inkjet printers produce characters by projecting onto paper electrically charged droplets of ink that create an image.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) An object code must be translated into source code for a computer to read and execute it.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The word computer consists of 64 bits, which is equivalent to _____ bytes.
A) 6
B) 8
C) 16
D) 32
Answer: B
Q4) Computers cannot store massive amounts of data in small spaces.
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 components of a database management system (DBMS) is responsible for data storage, manipulation, and retrieval?
A) The database storage
B) The data mine
C) The data mart
D) The database engine
Answer: D
Q2) In large organizations, database design and management is handled by a _____.
A) database administrator
B) database evaluator
C) database synchronizer
D) database developer
Answer: A
Q3) A select operation pares down a table in a relational database by eliminating columns according to certain criteria.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Personal, Legal, Ethical and Organizational Issues of Information Systems
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Q1) The principle of _____is the idea that several organizations working together can do what one organization cannot.
A) virtual organization
B) collated organization
C) merged organization
D) pool organization
Q2) The cost of hiring additional employees in virtual organizations is reduced because:
A) there is less emphasis on hiring new talent.
B) skills are shared among the participating companies.
C) companies hire candidates with minimum experience.
D) training costs are reduced because of the absence of training programs.
Q3) In the context of intellectual property, _____ is registering, selling, or using a domain name to profit from someone else's trademark.
A) sniffing
B) phishing
C) cybersquatting
D) spamming
Q4) Explain telecommuting.
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Chapter 5: Protecting Information Resources
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Q1) Describe the three levels of security in a comprehensive security system.
Q2) Briefly discuss dumpster diving and shoulder surfing, two commonly used social-engineering techniques.
Q3) Briefly explain how packet-filtering firewalls work.
Q4) In a level 2 security system, _____ must be protected to ensure confidentiality, accuracy, and integrity of data.
A) back-end systems
B) external databases
C) private networks
D) front-end servers
Q5) Which of the following security measures uses a physiological element that is unique to a person and cannot be stolen, lost, copied, or passed on to others?
A) A physical security measure
B) A firewall security measure
C) An e-commerce security measure
D) A biometric security measure
Q6) Explain the use of callback modems as a nonbiometric security measure.
Q7) Discuss the functions of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).
Q8) Briefly explain the McCumber cube.
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Chapter 6: Data Communication
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Q1) In the context of data communication, which of the following is true of convergence?
A) It changes the path that data takes each time a connection is made.
B) It allows the transmission of a limited amount of information in a specific period of time.
C) It requires major network upgrades, because video requires much more bandwidth.
D) It synchronizes devices before establishing a communication link.
Q2) A ring topology needs more cables to connect the nodes within a network than a star topology.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Identify a topology used by traditional mainframe networks.
A) A ring topology
B) A star topology
C) A mesh topology
D) A hierarchical topology
Q4) In the context of client / server architectures, describe a two-tier architecture.
Q5) Describe an intelligent terminal.
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Chapter 7: The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
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Q1) Which of the following is a similarity between the Internet and an intranet?
A) Both use similar languages for developing applications.
B) Both differ in the protocols they use.
C) Both are private networks.
D) Both cannot be used by users without approval.
Q2) The layout and appearance of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document should be handled by _____.
A) Cascading Style Sheets
B) Really Simple Syndication feeds
C) Standard Generalized Markup Language
D) Extensible Style Sheets
Q3) In the context of Internet services, which of the following is a drawback of Internet telephony?
A) Voicemails cannot be received on the computer.
B) Users often experience busy lines.
C) Calls cannot be forwarded by users.
D) The call quality is not as good as it is with regular phone lines.
Q4) Explain how an extranet improves coordination among business partners.
Q5) Briefly explain Web 2.0.
Q6) Describe each part of a uniform resource locator (URL) using an example.
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Chapter 8: E-Commerce
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Q1) A(n) _____ is an artificial intelligence application that can be used for Web marketing.
A) intelligent agent
B) intelligent updater
C) intelligent link
D) intelligent queue
Q2) _____ aggregate customers' opinions related to products or services that they have purchased and then suggest them to others with the same interest.
A) Recommendation Web sites
B) Group buying platforms
C) Peer-to-peer e-commerce platforms
D) Participatory e-commerce Web sites
Q3) One method of conducting voice-based e-commerce is using e-wallets.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the context of Web marketing, a cookie is:
A) the information that users save on the hard drive for later use.
B) the information a Web site stores on a user's hard drive.
C) a list of sites visited by a user in a day or the last few days.
D) a list of sites that users bookmark on a browser for reference.
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Chapter 9: Global Information Systems
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Q1) Which of the following is considered a core function of a global information system (GIS)?
A) Tactical planning
B) Strategic planning
C) Operational planning
D) Contingency planning
Q2) How does e-business build on the advantages and structures of traditional business?
Q3) An organization's structure usually determines the architecture of its global information system (GIS).
A)True
B)False
Q4) A global information system (GIS) is capable of supporting global decisions. What are the environmental factors that affect the complexity of such decisions?
Q5) Explain the importance of managing short-term foreign exchange risks as a requirement for decision making using global information systems (GISs).
Q6) How does a global information system (GIS) play an important role in supporting offshore outsourcing?
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Chapter 10: Building Successful Information Systems
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Q1) In the context of information systems, identify an advantage of prototyping.
A) A prototype guarantees the success of the final system.
B) It is easier to modify a prototype than a complete system.
C) It does not require any support from the top management of a firm.
D) A prototype always reflects the final system's actual operation.
Q2) One of the advantages of prototyping is that modifying a prototype is easier than modifying a complete system.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Service-oriented architecture (SOA) advocates that core business functions and the dynamic functions that change all the time should be decoupled.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is a common cost-effectiveness analysis method?
A) Consolidated rate of return
B) External rate of return
C) Corporate rate of return
D) Internal rate of return
Q5) Discuss the five major dimensions of a feasibility study.
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Chapter 11: Enterprise Systems
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Q1) A knowledge management system should help an organization:
A) increase revenue by reducing the delivery time for products and services.
B) promote automated downloads of data on product pricing and availability.
C) capture, store, process, and display information in a geographic context.
D) provide inventory status and inventory forecasts.
Q2) _____ is a practice where a store sends coupons to a customer, who has already bought a product from the store, for a more expensive brand of the same product, in the hope that the customer would prefer the expensive brand.
A) Upselling
B) Proactive selling
C) Cross-selling
D) Versatile selling
Q3) Auctions help determine the price of goods and services when the original set price is too high in the marketplace.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe customization with an example.
Q5) Explain third-party exchanges.
Q6) Discuss the functions coordinated by a supply chain management (SCM) system.
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Chapter 12: Management Support Systems
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Q1) In the context of the features of a decision support system (DSS), _____ enables you to apply different variables in decision making.
A) what-if analysis
B) data analysis
C) sensitivity analysis
D) exception reporting analysis
Q2) Which of the following is true of a group support system (GSS)?
A) It requires the presence of the human touch.
B) It makes people schedule more meetings than required.
C) It reduces stress levels of decision makers.
D) It provides high security for the data being exchanged.
Q3) In the context of organizational decisions at the strategic management level, a merger involves _____.
A) pseudostructured decisions
B) semistructured decisions
C) unstructured decisions
D) structured decisions
Q4) Discuss the role of a model builder in the decision-making process with an example.
Q5) Describe the user interface component of a decision support system (DSS).
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Chapter 13: Intelligent Information Systems
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Q1) _____ is an example of an expert system that can be applied to various financial applications.
A) DENDRAL
B) ASIMO
C) Shyster
D) PortBlue
Q2) Discuss an application of intelligent agents that is in use today.
Q3) Briefly explain the principle behind contextual computing.
Q4) The _____ characteristic of a sophisticated intelligent agent demonstrates its ability to operate with minimum input.
A) reactivity
B) mobility
C) autonomy
D) adaptability
Q5) In the context of an expert system, explain the factual knowledge component of a knowledge base with an example.
Q6) Describe how fuzzy logic works with an example.
Q7) List few tasks where artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used.
Q8) Briefly discuss shopping and information agents.
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Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Applications
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Q1) A(n) _____ is a simulated environment designed for users to interact via avatars.
A) real world
B) virtual world
C) artificial neural network
D) personal area network
Q2) In the context of cloud computing, _____ automates the configuration, deployment, and ongoing management of applications in the cloud.
A) infrastructure as a service
B) software as a service
C) backend as a service
D) platform as a service
Q3) The _____ is capable of imaging atoms and incorporating nanomaterial layers into hard disk recording heads and magnetic disk coatings.
A) scanning tunneling microscope
B) head-mounted display
C) cave automatic virtual environment
D) heads-up display
Q4) Discuss five uses of Bluetooth technology.
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