Chapter 12 MIS

Which of the following statements best describes the business value of improved decision making? A) Improved decision making creates better products. B) Improved decision making results in a large monetary value for the firm as numerous small daily decisions affecting efficiency, production, costs, and more add up to large annual values. C) Improved decision making enables senior executives to more accurately foresee future financial trends. D) Improved decision making strengthens customer and supplier intimacy, which reduces costs. E) Improved decision making creates a better organizational culture.

When there is no well-understood or agreed-on procedure for making a decision, it is said to be: A) undocumented. B) unstructured. C) documented. D) semi-structured. E) ad-hoc.

If you can follow a definite procedure to make a business decision, you are making a(n) ________ decision. A) ad-hoc B) procedural C) unstructured D) semi-structured E) structured

The decision to approve a capital budget is an example of a(n) ________ decision. A) structured B) ad hoc C) semi-structured D) undocumented E) unstructured

The decisions involved in creating and producing a corporate intranet can be classified as ________ decisions. A) semi-structured B) procedural C) ad hoc D) structured E) unstructured

Checking store inventory is an example of a(n) ________ decision. A) procedural B) structured C) ad hoc D) unstructured E) semi-structured

The ________ phase of decision making finds or recognizes a problem, need, or opportunity. A) choice B) design C) implementation D) analysis E) intelligence

Which of the following is not one of the Simon's four stages of decision making? A) Implementation B) Intelligence C) Analysis D) Choice E) Design

Which of the following is not one of the five observed ways in which managerial behavior differs from the classical description of managers? A) Managers perform a great deal of work at an unrelenting pace. B) Managers perform a low number of activities for a high percentage of time. C) Managers prefer current, specific, ad-hoc information. D) Managers prefer oral forms of communication. E) Managers give high priority to maintaining a diverse web of contacts.

The role of liaison falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications? A) Decisional B) Informational C) Interpersonal D) Symbolic E) Leading

Mintzberg outlined three categories of managerial roles: A) interpersonal, informational, and decisional. B) control, leadership, oversight. C) operational, management, and executive. D) cultural, organizational, and technical. E) middle management, senior management, executive.

The role of entrepreneur falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications? A) Decisional B) Informational C) Interpersonal D) Symbolic E) Leading

According to Mintzberg, managers in their informational role act as: A) figureheads for the organization. B) leaders. C) nerve centers of the organization. D) negotiators. E) liaisons.

Which of the following systems support a manager's role as leader of an organization? A) DSS B) Telepresence systems C) E-mail D) MIS E) ESS

All of the following managerial roles can be supported by information systems except: A) liaison. B) resource allocator. C) nerve center D) disseminator. E) negotiator.

When managers represent their company in the outside world and perform symbolic duties, they are acting in their: A) decisional role. B) managerial role. C) informational role. D) interpersonal role. E) leadership role.

The dimension of ________ describes whether data elements are consistently defined. A) completeness B) accuracy C) validity D) consistency E) integrity

Which of the following describes how the Simon framework of decision-making works in high-velocity decision environments? A) Only the initial step is performed by the software; the final three steps are handled by humans. B) The first two steps of Simon's framework are eliminated and the final two steps are handled by software algorithms. C) The first three steps of the process are handled by software algorithms and the final step is handled by experienced managers. D) All four steps are performed by humans with the support of high-speed, high-volume DSS and ESS. E) All four steps of the process are handled by software algorithms; humans are eliminated from the decisions because they are too slow.

A drawback to high-velocity, automated decision-making systems is that they are unable to: A) handle high volumes of decisions. B) handle structured decisions. C) handle semi-structured decisions. D) control themselves and respond to new environments. E) be applied to situations outside of the financial world.

Behavioral models of management see managers as being ________ than does the classical model. A) more systematic B) more informal C) more reflective D) more well organized E) less reactive

Which of the following is not one of the five classical functions of managers? A) Leading B) Deciding C) Planning D) Organizing E) Controlling

The dimension of ________ in information quality describes whether the structure of data is consistent. A) integrity B) accuracy C) timeliness D) completeness E) consistency

Which of the following statements best describes the term business intelligence? A) Software developed exclusively for business management B) The tools and techniques used to analyze and understand business data C) The infrastructure for collecting and managing business data D) Information systems involved in business decision making E) Enterprise systems used to make business decisions

Decisions regarding managing and monitoring day-to-day business activities are referred to as ________ intelligence. A) business B) analytical C) operational D) transactional E) production

Which of the following companies is not identified in the text as one of the leading producers of business intelligence and analytics products? A) Google B) Microsoft C) SAP D) IBM E) SAS

Which of the following is not one of the six main elements in the business intelligence environment discussed in this chapter? A) Managerial users and methods B) Organizational environment C) User interface D) Data from the business environment E) Delivery platform

Which of the following is not one of the six main analytic functionalities of BI systems for helping decision makers understand information and take action? A) Production reports B) Parameterized reports C) Business case archives D) Forecasts, scenarios, and models E) Drill down

________ are visual tools for presenting performance data in a BI system. A) Dashboards and scorecards B) Parameterized reports C) Reports and the drill-down feature D) Scenarios and models E) Ad hoc report creation

Which of the following are most likely to rely primarily on the drill-down functionality of BI for their decision-making needs? A) IT developers B) Middle managers C) Operational employees D) Business analysts E) Senior executives

A(n)________ report is produced when a user enters various values in a pivot table to filter data. A) drill-down B) SQL C) ad hoc D) production E) parameterized

A(n) ________ is a BI feature that presents performance data defined by users. A) ad hoc query B) parameterized report C) interface D) portal E) dashboard

BI that is designed to determine the most likely effects of changes in the business environment is called: A) statistical modeling. B) environmental analytics. C) predictive analytics. D) big data analytics. E) parameterized reports.

Which of the following are most likely to rely primarily on production reports for their decision-making needs? A) Operational supervisors B) Senior managers C) Analytic modelers D) Business analysts E) Executives

Which type of information system uses data visualization technology to analyze and display data for planning and decision making in the form of digitized maps? A) GIS B) DSS C) Location analytics D) Executive support systems E) GDSS

Which of the following is not an example of a BI predefined production report? A) Workforce demographics B) Order cycle time C) Revenue forecasts D) Supplier performance E) Direct and indirect spending

MIS typically produce: A) new ways of looking at data that emphasize change, flexibility, and rapid response. B) fixed, regularly scheduled reports based on data extracted from the organization's TPS. C) solutions to semi-structured problems appropriate for middle management decision making. D) assumptions, responses to ad-hoc queries, and graphic representations of existing data. E) scorecards of overall firm performance along predefined key indicators.

An information system for a building company that tracks construction costs for various projects across the United States would be categorized as a type of: A) BPM. B) MIS. C) KPI. D) GSS. E) GDSS.

A pivot table is a(n): A) spreadsheet tool that displays two or more dimensions of data in a convenient format. B) type of relational database. C) chart tool that can rotate columnar data quickly and visually. D) tool for performing sensitivity analysis. E) integral data visualization tool used in digital dashboards and scorecards.

An information system that combines data from internal TPS with information from financial systems and external sources to deliver reports such as profit-loss statements and impact analyses, is an example of: A) DSS. B) ESS. C) CDSS. D) MIS. E) GIS.

The leading methodology for understanding the really important information needed by a firm's executives is called the ________ method. A) digital dashboard B) balanced scorecard C) KPI D) data visualization E) predictive analytics

Which of the following types of systems would be used to present senior marketing executives with in-depth information about customer retention, satisfaction, and quality performance? A) CDSS B) MIS C) DSS D) TPS E) ESS

Measures defined by management and used to internally evaluate the success of a firm's financial, business process, customer, and learning and growth are called: A) benchmarks. B) KPIs. C) the balanced scorecard method. D) BPM. E) parameters.

The management methodology of using a firm's strategy to generate operational targets for the business and measuring progress towards them using the firm's enterprise systems is called: A) benchmarks. B) KPIs. C) the balanced scorecard method. D) BPM. E) business intelligence.

ESS: A) support the structured decision making of senior executives. B) have the ability to drill down into lower levels of detail. C) easily integrate data from different systems. D) are primarily driven by information derived from a company's transaction processing systems. E) enable operational managers to create parameterized reports.

A well-designed ESS will allow management to: A) create routine production reports as well as view overall business performance. B) facilitate group decision making. C) create pivot charts. D) analyze big data. E) track the activities of competitors.

GDSS: A) are designed to allow meeting attendees to share their thoughts in real-time with their peers. B) support decisions that require knowledge about the geographic distribution of resources. C) are only used with geographically dispersed attendees. D) facilitate the solution of unstructured problems. E) provide tools that allow managers to visualize data.

GDSS capabilities have improved along with all of the following except: A) improved power of desktop PCs. B) explosion of mobile computing. C) growth of cellular networks. D) increase in dedicated conference rooms. E) expansion of Wi-Fi bandwidth.

GDSS such as Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms Hybrid can handle up to: A) 5 participants. B) 50 participants. C) 500 participants. D) 1000 participants. E) 5000 participants.