Management of Information Resources
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Management of Information Resources explores the strategies and practices involved in effectively organizing, acquiring, maintaining, and utilizing information assets within organizations. The course covers topics such as information lifecycle management, data governance, digital asset management, information policies, and the ethical and legal aspects of information use. Students will analyze real-world case studies to understand how information resources contribute to organizational goals, the challenges of integrating diverse information systems, and the critical role of information professionals in supporting business decision-making and innovation.
Recommended Textbook Processes Systems and Information An Introduction to MIS 3rd Edition by McKinney Jr
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Chapter 1: The Importance of MIS
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Q1) The difference between the value an activity generates and the cost of the activity is called the ________.
A) margin
B) revenue
C) break-even point
D) value-addition point
Answer: A
Q2) A business with a differentiation strategy will add cost to an activity as long as the activity has a positive margin.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A business that selects a differentiation strategy would necessarily structure itself around least-cost activities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Business Processes, Information Systems, and Information
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Q1) ________ provide instructions to the hardware in an information system.
A) Programs
B) Activities
C) Procedures
D) Repositories
Answer: A
Q2) Data should be pertinent both to the context and subject at hand.Which of the following data characteristics does this represent?
A) cost effectiveness
B) timeliness
C) sufficiency
D) relevancy
Answer: D
Q3) Scheduling work shifts and calculating daily sales tax totals are examples of dynamic processes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Networks and the Cloud
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Q1) An address on the Internet is called a(n)________.
A) VPN
B) TCP
C) IP Address
D) FTP Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is an application layer protocol?
A) VPN
B) TCP/IP Protocol architecture
C) WNIC
D) IEEE
Answer: B
Q3) Database management system (DBMS)processes requests to:
A) retrieve and store data
B) process application programs
C) request and process Web pages
D) manage http traffic
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Database Processing
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Q1) A many-to-many (N:M)relationship means that more than one entity is allowed on each side of the relationship and that the number of entities on each side can be different.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A ________ is a collection of forms,reports,queries,and programs that use the DBMS to process a database.
A) database application
B) database design
C) data field
D) data model
Q3) In a data model,a(n)________ is something that a user wants to track.
A) record
B) byte
C) entity
D) primary key
Q4) An example of a byte is a character of data.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the role of users in the database development process.
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Chapter 5: Information Systems Security
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Q1) Reducing risk always costs,and the elimination of all risk would be exceptionally expensive if not impossible.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is a firewall and how do they work? What are two types of firewalls?
Q3) Technical safeguards block threats from obtaining an asset by using the hardware and software components of an information system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The preventative measures used by organizations to reduce IS security are called:
A) encryption
B) avoidance
C) safeguards
D) risks
Q5) What are the minimum requirements for a company wide security policy include?
Q6) Malware protection is an example of a data safeguard.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Using Is to Improve Processes
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Q1) Which of the following is a reason for organizations to store data in separate databases?
A) Each department in an organization may have different objectives.
B) Organizations prefer to decentralize the control of data they use.
C) Storing data in multiple databases completely eliminates information silos.
D) Duplicated data becomes inconsistent when changes are made to one set of data.
Q2) How does the business process of sales and marketing function?
Q3) How can information systems be used to improve processes?
A) by creating a bottleneck situation
B) by improving one of the activities in the process
C) by removing unproductive resources
D) by minimizing automation
Q4) ________ means creating more output with the same inputs or the same output with fewer inputs.
A) Quality
B) Efficiency
C) Sustainability
D) Effectiveness
Q5) Why do organizations store data in different databases?
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Chapter 7: Supporting Processes With ERP Systems
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Q1) In the context of an enterprise resource planning (ERP)system,a systems analyst works for the ERP vendor or a third party,and helps budget,plan,train,configure,and implement the system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) To execute a just in time delivery,unimpeded flows of data are essential between the supplier and manufacturer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Transactional data are data related to events such as a purchase or a student enrollment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the different types of data in an enterprise resource planning (ERP)database?
Q5) Most companies have not survived an initial implementation and have not learned how to cope with many of the problems of an ERP implementation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Supporting the Procurement Process With SAP
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Q1) A three-way match refers to the consistency in data between the invoice,purchase order,and the receipt of goods.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The systems manager of an organization issues a request to the purchasing manager for the purchase of 15 new desktop computers.This document is an example of a(n)________.
A) request tracker
B) purchase requisition
C) term sheet
D) itemized bill
Q3) SAP systems automatically track raw material inventory and generate purchase requisitions when reorder levels are reached.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Traditional procurement processes enabled the generation of real-time accounting reports.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 9: Supporting the Sales Process With SAP
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about e-commerce?
A) It results in an increase in inventory-carrying costs.
B) It improves the flow of price data.
C) It decreases market efficiency.
D) It reduces sharing of consumer data.
Q2) In a typical sales process that does not use SAP,the sales department evaluates the risk of selling to a new customer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An SAP system can help a firm achieve a competitive strategy. A)True
B)False
Q4) SAP allows sharing of inventory and price data with the sales department. A)True
B)False
Q5) eBay is an example of a merchant e-commerce company. A)True B)False
Q6) Explain how delays in the process before SAP affected checking the credit of new customers.
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Chapter 10: Collaboration and IS
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about the project management process?
A) Project management activities are the same across processes.
B) Iteration management controls are absent in such processes.
C) A project team can use only one collaboration IS.
D) Projects have a defined beginning and a defined end.
Q2) A Gmail account is essential to edit a document stored in Google Drive.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Give an example of a comprehensive collaboration tool kit.
Q4) A(n)________ is an effective way to obtain opinions,at the same time easy to identify non-respondents.
A) wiki
B) discussion forum
C) email
D) team survey
Q5) Only one user at a time can open Microsoft OneDrive documents for editing.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are some of the tools that facilitate asynchronous communication?
Q7) Describe procedures with an example.
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Chapter 11: Social Media and IS
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about businesses,in the context of the control they possess on social media processes?
A) Businesses must share the control with application providers.
B) Social media processes are controlled by the businesses.
C) Businesses have the complete control to determine process objectives.
D) Process objectives can be changed at the will of the business using it.
Q2) Which of the following is a key attribute of social media information systems?
A) The social media phenomenon is based on the need to generate revenue.
B) Organizations have a major impact on the configuration of such systems.
C) The client hardware for social media will increasingly be mobile devices.
D) Social media applications are typically designed for business use.
Q3) The number of relationships and relationship strength are factors that contribute to social capital.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Social capital processes are focused toward increasing the number of relationships in a network.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Business Intelligence and IS
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Q1) What are the five sources of data today?
Q2) An organization uses SAP financial management software to store accounting details and Microsoft CRM software to record customer transactions.Managers face problems when they have to make decisions based on both sets of data,as the data are stored on two different platforms.Such data are referred to as ________ data.
A) nonintegrated
B) dirty
C) granular
D) meta
Q3) Using the MapReduce techniques,pieces of data are integrated to form a huge chunk of information.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Like all ERP systems,SAP consolidates operational data in an OLTP database.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the four changes that will affect the growth of BI:
Q6) What are the problems faced by BI Analysts on BI projects?
Q7) How is data collected and stored in a BI system?
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