MIS Chapter 1

The final step in the four-step model of business problem solving is:

To make sure they stock clothes that their customers will purchase, a department store implements a new application that analyzes spending levels at their stores and cross-references this data to popular clothing styles. Which of the following business objectives is this information intended to support?

Inadequate database capacity is an example of the ________ dimension of business problems.

Consider an information system in a moving company that analyzes travel patterns and decides which routes are the most efficient for every van. The need for employees to follow procedures to update this system with arrival and departure times would be considered a(n) ________ dimension of the system.

Which of the following is the best definition of an information system?

The fundamental set of assumptions, values, and ways of doing things that has been accepted by most of a company's members is called its:

Output

The three activities in an information system that produce the information organizations use to control operations are:

Assume you work for a package delivery service in a major metropolitan area and that the business has been losing customers for several years. You have been asked to find a solution to this problem. What is the correct way to proceed?

Which are the three major dimensions of business problem solving?

________ consists of detailed, preprogrammed instructions that control and coordinate the computer hardware components in an information system.

A firm that invests in an information system because it is a necessity of doing business does so because it is seeking to achieve which of the following business objectives?

Verizon's implementation of a web-based digital dashboard to provide managers with real-time information, such as customer complaints, is an example of:

Perhaps the most frequent error in problem solving is:

Which of the following would not be considered part of the implementation phase of problem solving?

The six important business objectives of information system investment include all of the following except:

The enormous volume of data generated by Internet activity, such as web traffic, email, and social media is referred to as:

The first step in the model of business problem solving discussed in the chapter is:

Converting raw data into a more meaningful form is called:

Intranets

Walmart exemplifies the power of information systems coupled with excellent business practices and supportive management to achieve which of the following?

A database into which employees manually input customer names and addresses is riddled with errors and you have been charged with rectifying the situation. In considering the organizational dimensions of this problem, you should consider:

An example of raw data from an automobile manufacturer would be:

In choosing the best solution for a business problem, all of the following are important considerations except:

All of the following are examples of environmental actors in an information system except:

All of the following describe the effects of globalization except: