Deck 5: Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Question 1

Jeremy Bridges is an executive for Green Web Designs,where his primary role is to ensure the security of business systems and develop strategies to protect the company from online viruses and hackers.What is Jeremy's role within the company?

A) Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
B) Chief Security Officer (CSO).
C) Chief Procurement Officer (CPO).
D) Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Answer 1

B
Explanation: The chief security officer is responsible for ensuring the security of business systems and developing strategies and safeguards against attacks by hackers and viruses.

Question 2

Which role within a company is responsible for overseeing all uses of MIS and ensuring that MIS strategy aligns with business goals and objectives?

A) Chief knowledge officer (CKO).
B) Chief privacy officer (CPO).
C) Chief information officer (CIO).
D) Chief security officer (CSO).

Answer 2

C
Explanation: The chief information officer (CIO) is responsible for (1) overseeing all uses of MIS and (2) ensuring that MIS strategy aligns with business goals and objectives.

Question 3

Who is responsible for ensuring the security of IT systems and developing strategies and IT safeguards against attacks from hackers and viruses?

A) CIO
B) CPO
C) CTO
D) CSO

Answer 3

D
Explanation: This is the definition of chief security officer (CSO).

Question 4

Job titles,roles,and responsibilities do not differ from organization to organization.

Question 5

The old business axiom "time is money" needs to be updated to more accurately reflect the crucial interdependence between IT and business processes.What is the recommended new phrase?

A) Uptime is a good business process.
B) Downtime is a bad business process.
C) Uptime is money.
D) Downtime is impossible.

Question 6

Which issue concerns CIOs the most?

A) Security.
B) Budgeting.
C) Enhancing customer satisfaction.
D) Marketing.

Question 7

Broad functions of a CIO include all of the following except:

A) Ensuring the delivery of all IT projects, on time and within budget.
B) Ensuring that the strategic vision of IT is in line with the strategic vision of the organization.
C) Building and maintaining strong executive relationships.
D) Building and maintaining strong customer processes.

Question 8

It is the responsibility of the CIO to ensure effective communications between business and IT personnel.

Question 9

Which of the following is one of the four categories of costs associated with downtime?

A) Financial performance
B) Revenue
C) Damaged reputation
D) All of these

Question 10

What are the principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people?

A) Intellectual property
B) Copyright
C) Pirated software
D) Ethics

Question 11

Ethics are the laws that guide our behavior toward other people.

Question 12

What is intangible creative work that is embodied in physical form?

A) Intellectual property
B) Copyright
C) Pirated software
D) Fair use doctrine

Question 13

What gives a person the legal right to use copyrighted material in certain situations?

A) Intellectual property
B) Copyright
C) Pirated software
D) Fair use doctrine

Question 14

According to Infonetics research,what is the leading cause of downtime?

A) Software failure followed by human error.
B) Tornadoes.
C) Power outage.
D) Sink overflow.

Question 15

What first-ever national appointment was made by President Barack Obama?

A) National Chief Security Officer
B) National Chief Privacy Officer
C) National Chief Technology Officer
D) All of these

Question 16

What is the legal protection affording an expression of an idea?

A) Intellectual property
B) Copyright
C) Pirated software
D) Fair use doctrine

Question 17

What is a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization?

A) Ethics
B) Privacy
C) Copyright
D) Information security

Question 18

Which of the following activities does a CIO perform?

A) Oversees all uses of information technology.
B) Ensures the strategic alignment of IT with business goals.
C) Ensures the strategic alignment of IT with business objectives.
D) All of these.

Question 19

Who is responsible for ensuring the throughput,speed,accuracy,availability,and reliability of an organization's information technology?

A) CIO
B) CPO
C) CTO
D) CSO

Question 20

Trina Hauger works for Johnson Electric as a corporate lawyer,and part of her duties are to ensure the ethical and legal use of information within the company.Which of the following represents Trina's role at Johnson Electric?

A) Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO).
B) Chief Privacy Officer (CPO).
C) Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
D) Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Question 21

Discuss the reasons why privacy issues lose trust for businesses.

Question 22

List and describe the four common IT-related strategic positions.

Question 23

__________ is the right to be left alone when you want to be,to have control over your own personal possessions,and to not be observed without your consent.

Question 24

One of the main ingredients in trust is privacy.

Question 25

Software _________ is the unauthorized use,duplication,distribution,or sale of copyrighted software.

Question 26

The chief ___________ officer is responsible for collecting,maintaining,and distributing the organization's knowledge.

Question 27

________ software is manufactured to look like the real thing and sold as such.

Question 28

_________ are the principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people.

Question 29

Information security is a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.

Question 30

Describe the relationship between ethics and privacy.

Question 31

Describe the gap between business personnel and IT personnel and what an organization can do to close this gap.

Question 32

Privacy is the right to be left alone when you want to be,to have control over your own personal possessions,and not to be observed without your consent.

Question 33

____________ security is a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.

Question 34

Explain how HIPAA protects individuals' health records.