Deck 33: International MIS

Question 1

If a distributed database divides the database into nonoverlapping segments,it is called a(n)________ database.

A) mirrored
B) replicated
C) independent
D) partitioned

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Because of the ________ effect,a dollar spent will contribute two or three dollars of activity to the economy.

A) distribution
B) bullwhip
C) butterfly
D) accelerator

Answer 2

D

Question 3

How does the global economy change the competitive environment?

A) Suppliers are not required to reach a wide range of customers.
B) Customers now have less access to information about substitutes.
C) It has intensified rivalry by increasing product and vendor choices.
D) It has made it easier for new market entrants in all fields to penetrate the market.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

How does the global economy change value chains and business processes?

A) World time differences enable global virtual companies to operate 24/7.
B) Overseas outsourcing is no longer an attractive option.
C) It makes it difficult for an international company to conduct sales and marketing efforts locally.
D) It makes it mandatory for the manufacturing activities to be carried out from the home country.

Question 5

The process of making a computer program work in a second language is called ________.

A) differentiating
B) stringing
C) localizing
D) optimizing

Question 6

Today's global economy changes competitive strategies because ________.

A) it enables unprecedented product differentiation
B) the communication between a company and its customer has become one-sided
C) it reduces the risk that a company has to bear
D) it eliminates the need for localizing products

Question 7

Which of the following is true regarding localizing?

A) Translating documents is less expensive, but more time consuming, than localizing computer programs.
B) Localizing computer programs primarily involves translating documents from one language to another.
C) Localization of computer programs should be planned from the very beginning.
D) Localizing computer programs is easier than translating documents.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true regarding inherent processes?

A) Developing alternative international processes is easier than creating an accurate as-is international process management model.
B) Determining the criteria to be used for evaluating the alternative international processes takes little time.
C) Each software product assumes that the software will be used by people filling particular roles and performing their actions in a certain way.
D) In the future, it is likely that international business processes will no longer be developed more like interorganizational business processes.

Question 9

The global economy has intensified rivalry by increasing product and vendor choices and by accelerating the flow of information about price,product,availability,and service.

Question 10

Which of the following is true about the issues to be addressed when localizing a computer program?

A) When translating the user interface for a program, the entire user interface, except the icons, will need to be changed.
B) Programming techniques can be used to simplify and reduce the cost of localization.
C) Forms and reports should be localized in a manner that does not necessitate redesigning the entire document.
D) The help text should always be maintained in English.

Question 11

Which of the following is true regarding the international business scenario in the twentieth century?

A) After the dot-com bust, optical fiber was extremely scarce and expensive.
B) After the fall of the Soviet Union, the economies of Russia and western-Europe closed their markets to the world.
C) The economies of North America and Europe became less integrated.
D) Around the time of the advent of the Internet, the Chinese economy became more open to the world.

Question 12

Which of the following is a problem and issue related with global databases?

A) Often, data transmission speeds are too slow to process data from a single geographic location.
B) A single database increases data integrity problems.
C) International companies that have a single database must declare multiple languages for the company.
D) With a single database, it is not possible to have an integrated view of the customer or the organization's operations.

Question 13

If a distributed database contains copies of the same data,it is called a ________ database.

A) mirrored
B) redundant
C) replicated
D) partitioned

Question 14

The size of the world economy,combined with the Internet,limits product differentiation.

Question 15

With the fall of the Soviet Union,the economies of Russia and western-Europe became alienated from the rest of the world market.

Question 16

________ database processing refers to the processing of a single database that resides in multiple locations.

A) Clustered
B) Distributed
C) External
D) Hypermedia

Question 17

Which of the following is an advantage of functional systems?

A) They facilitate the integration of data across various business functions.
B) Two order processing functional systems located in two different countries need not accommodate language and culture differences.
C) They ensure that organizations do not suffer from islands of automation.
D) They solve the problems of data isolation by integrating data into a database that provides a comprehensive and organizationwide view.

Question 18

The phenomenon in which the variability in the size and timing of orders increases at each stage of the supply chain is known as the ________ effect.

A) accelerator
B) butterfly
C) bullwhip
D) rainbow

Question 19

Which of the following components of an information system is least impacted by internationalization?

A) computer hardware
B) software applications
C) data
D) procedures

Question 20

Which of the following is true regarding the challenges of international information system management?

A) Standardizing business processes is a good method to overcome the challenges posed by international information system management.
B) Running hardware in different countries poses a problem.
C) The procedures for using a customer relationship management remain the same irrespective of the country where it is used.
D) The purpose and the scope of a system are determined in the requirement analysis stage of the software development life cycle.

Question 21

Because of information systems,value chain activities can be performed from anywhere in the world.

Question 22

Defining a set of standard business processes is the ideal way of developing international information systems.

Question 23

World time differences enable global virtual companies to operate 24/7.

Question 24

Internationalization has a huge impact on computer hardware.

Question 25

Development rate of international information systems vary among countries and culture.

Question 26

The purpose and scope of the system is determined in the systems definition stage of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Question 27

What are the problems of inherent processes?

Question 28

Cross-functional,integrated systems,such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP),add to the problems of data isolation.

Question 29

The accelerator effect states that a dollar spent will contribute two or three dollars of activity to the economy.

Question 30

To localize a computer program,all you need to do is hire a translator to convert it from one language to another.

Question 31

Information systems procedures need to reflect local cultural values and norms.

Question 32

How do global information systems affect supply chain profitability?

Question 33

The bullwhip effect is a phenomenon in which the variability in the size and timing of orders increases at each stage of the supply chain.

Question 34

How does the global economy change competitive strategy?

Question 35

Information systems increase inventories.

Question 36

Differences in language,culture,norms,and expectations compound the difficulties of international process management.

Question 37

Information systems support just-in-time (JIT)inventory techniques.

Question 38

International companies that have a single database must declare a single language for the company.

Question 39

What are the issues that have to be addressed when localizing a computer program?

Question 40

What are the challenges of international project management?