MIS Chapter Quiz 1-8

______________ strategy evaluates a project's position.

_________ are material items or products that customers will buy to satisfy a want or need.

__________ is the suppliers' ability to influence the prices they charge for supplies (including materials, labor, and services).

Which department manages the process of converting or transforming resources into goods or services?

_________ are the rate at which goods and services are produced based upon total output given total inputs.

Which of the following statements is correct when considering a SWOT analysis? a. Strengths and weaknesses originate outside an organization b. Opportunities and threats originate outside an organization c. Strengths and threats originate inside an organization d. Opportunities and weaknesses organization outside an organization.

The __________ consists of all parties involved, directly or indirectly, in obtaining raw materials or a product.

Strengths would be categorized as ___________ in a typical SWOT analysis.

When evaluating the value chain, all of the following are included in the primary value activities except _________.

Which data types are typically found in the Marketing department?

______________ is/are measured by such benchmarks as satisfaction surveys, percentage of existing customers retained, and increases in revenue dollars per customer.

What is the process of learning from ecosystems and adapting their characteristics to human and organization situations?

Which of the following statements are examples of unstructured or strategic level decisions? (Check all that apply.)

Which are types of organization information systems? (Check all that apply.)

Which of the following is considered the output in the systems-thinking example of a DSS?

Which of the following examples indicates when the time is right to initiate a business process change?

What is the first phase in the business process reengineering model?

Which of the following statements are examples of structured or operational level decisions? (Check all that apply.)

____________ uses technology allowing humans to interact with a computer through bodily sensations and movements-for example, a cell phone vibrating in your pocket.

________ improve(s) managerial level business processes.

___________ sources capital for a project by raising many small amounts from a large number of individuals, typically via the Internet.

A(n) _________ is the system that consists of nonproprietary hardware and software based on publicly known standards that allows third parties to create add-on products to plug into or interoperate with the system.

_________ converts an audio broadcast to a digital music player.

What are the four main types of ebusiness models? (Check all that apply.)

___________ are keywords that advertisers choose to pay for and appear as sponsored links on Google results pages.

What allows user to access the WWW?

_________ is a new way of doing things that initially does not meet the needs of existing customers.

Twitter is an example of a __________.

Which of the following evaluates a project's position?

In a SWOT analysis, potential internal strengths are helpful when they identify all key strengths associated with the competitive advantage including cost advantages, new and/or innovative services, special expertise and/or experience, proven market leader, improved marketing campaigns, and so on. True or False?

Within a company's information security policy, managers should consider including virus protection, which includes how often the system should be scanned and how frequently the software should be __________.

Spoofing is the forging of a _________ address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender.

The _________ Online Protection Act was passed to protect minors from accessing inappropriate material on the Internet.

Which of the following are epolicies a business should implement to protect itself? (Check all that apply.)

________ is a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission?

An __________ policy contains general principles regarding information privacy.

What is unsolicited email that plagues employees at all levels and clogs email systems?

Which of the following is an example of a way to maintain information security that a company should include in their information security policies? (Check all that apply.)

A _________ is a hacker who breaks into other people's computer systems and may just look around or steal and destroy information.

Which of the following are types of Internet monitoring technology? (Check all that apply.)

What is an MIS infrastructure?

The increased demand for technology devices has caused an increase in discarded devices, a phenomenon known as ________.

What is corporate social responsibility?

Miranda White likes taking old computer parts and remaking them into products like earrings and clocks. Which of the following represents what Miranda is doing?

What includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and application portability?

Which of the following are characteristics of cloud computing? (Check all that apply.)

Which of the following are key areas of a technology recovery strategy? (Check all that apply.)

The information MIS infrastructure supports the day-to-day business operations and plans for ____________.

What is software?

Which of the following terms represents how quickly a third party or vendor can change a system to ensure it meets user needs and the terms of any contracts including agreed levels of reliability, maintainability, or availability?

What is immediate, up-to-date information?

Which of the following represent the information levels in an organization? (Check all that apply.)

Which of the following systems allow users to create, read, update, and delete data in a relational database?

What is the practice of gathering data and ensuring that it is uniform, accurate, consistent, and complete, including such entities as customers, suppliers, products, sales, employees, and other critical entities that are commonly integrated across organizational systems?

Which of the following are the reasons business analysis is difficult from operational databases? (Check all that apply.)

_________ can present the results of large data analysis looking for patterns and relationships that monitor changes in variables over time.

_________ maintains information about various types of objects, events, people, and places.

Which of the following would not be considered part of the unique characteristic of high-quality information?

Which of the following represent the information formats in an organization? (Check all that apply.)

Which of the following are problems associated with dirty data? (Check all that apply.)

___________ is a space station that orbits the Earth receiving and transmitting signals from Earth-based stations over a wide area.

What is IT consumerization?

The ___________ domain is reserved for the U.S. military.

What is wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi)?

What is software that prevents direct communication between a sending and receiving computer and is used to monitor packets for security reasons?

Which of the following are legitimate Internet domains. (Check all that apply.)

Which of the following are network access technologies? (Check all that apply.)

_________ is the science and art of making an illustrated map or chart. This allows users to interpret, analyze, and visualize data in different ways that reveal patterns and trends in the form of reports, charts, and maps.

What is the major challenge of networking or performing business in a connected world?

What is a chipless RFID tag?

What guides users through marketing campaigns performing such tasks as campaign definition, planning, scheduling, segmentation, and success analysis?

Which of the following are included in the three business areas of supply chain management? (Check all that apply.)

What takes a new approach to middleware by packaging commonly used applications together, reducing the time needed to integrate applications from multiple vendors?

Which extended ERP component collects information used throughout an organization, organizes it, and applies analytical tools to assist managers with decisions?

Who are the primary users of ERP systems?

Which of the following is not one of the three phases in the evolution of CRM?

Which of the following is not one of the five basic components of supply chain management?

What is automatic call distribution?

What systems are used to create the digital designs and then manufacture the products?

Which of the following are included in the five basic supply chain activities? (Check all that apply.)