Deck 1: The Information Age in Which You Live: Changing

Question 1

If you wanted to ensure that your business maintains a competitive edge,what should be one of your main concerns when purchasing technology?

A)The new technology communicates with existing systems
B)Standard operating procedures are supported so that innovative employees can focus on new markets
C)The new technology is consistent with the technology owned by your customer base
D)The new technology enables you to be innovative and move into new markets

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is the overarching function of management information systems?

A)To support the technological needs of management
B)To supply management with needed information
C)To ensure the compatibility of executive applications within an organization
D)To create and sustain a competitive advantage

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Why do we consider technology invasive?

A)Technology is an integral part of our personal,as well as our professional,lives
B)Technology is so pervasive that we believe we cannot live without it
C)Technology invades our personal thoughts
D)Technology requires that most modern employees work more than 40 hours per week

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is the least important resource within MIS?

A)Technology
B)Methods
C)People
D)Information

Question 5

What does it mean to live in the "digital age"?

A)Payment for goods is made with hard cash
B)Living,working,learning,and playing in a digital world
C)Accessing information over the Internet
D)Being born after 1990

Question 6

Which question does not support a business' efforts to support and maintain a competitive edge?

A)Can this technology lower the cost of operating our business?
B)Can this technology increase our customer base?
C)Can this technology make the company look better?
D)Can this technology enhance our innovative efforts?

Question 7

Which of the following deals with the planning for,development,management,and use of information technology?

A)E-commerce
B)Management information systems
C)Administration technologies
D)Strategic systems

Question 8

What is the difference between how you would purchase technology compared to the way businesses purchase technology?

A)Your purchase is based upon money availability; businesses are based upon competitive advantage
B)Your purchase is based upon personal taste; businesses purchases are based on industry standards
C)Businesses usually buy essential technology; your purchases may be unnecessary
D)Businesses focus on strategy; you focus on enjoyment

Question 9

Management information systems (MIS)focuses on which of the following?

A)Strategic decisions
B)Tasks related to information processing and management
C)Tactical applications
D)Decision support and analytical systems

Question 10

What percentage of today's Fortune 500 companies are technology companies?

A)5%
B)10%
C)25%
D)50%

Question 11

What should you understand first when analyzing the technology needs of your business?

A)The industry in which your business operates
B)The technology standards emerging with new systems
C)The computing skills of your IT staff
D)The competition

Question 12

What is management information systems (MIS)?

A)The study of information systems used by top management
B)The integration of computer tools with business processes
C)A type of business acquisition approach to technology
D)A business discipline that deals with the use of information technology (IT)

Question 13

Management information systems,or MIS,is a(n)_____ field of study.

A)Emerging
B)Project-oriented
C)Tactical
D)Academic

Question 14

We are now living in the _____ when most workers focus on the production of knowledge in their jobs.

A)Industrial age
B)Knowledge age
C)Information age
D)Technology age

Question 15

Compared to the agricultural age where the work force focuses on the production of food,we now work in the _____ age where the focus has shifted to the production of knowledge.

A)Information age
B)Industrial age
C)Knowledge age
D)Technology age

Question 16

Which of the following is not a key resource of MIS?

A)People
B)Information
C)Technology
D)Methods

Question 17

After you understand your competition and its affects on your industry,what should you do next?

A)Identify the limitations of technology
B)Define the knowledge base of your workforce
C)Align your strategies,processes,and technology with your understanding of your industry
D)Determine your long-term goals and how these differ from your current thinking

Question 18

When a business is analyzing its technology needs,it should follow a series of steps.Which of the following is not one of these steps?

A)Assess the state of competition and industry pressures affecting it
B)Determine the business strategies that are critical to its success
C)Determine the type of technology that employees are comfortable working with
D)Align technology with important business processes

Question 19

If you wanted to ensure that your business maintains a desirable return on your investment with technology,what should be one of your main concerns?

A)Your technology helps streamline costs without sacrificing quality
B)You give the appearance of technological sophistication
C)Your management systems are consistent with industry standards
D)Your strategic systems are technologically advanced

Question 20

Should a business' decisions about its technology drive its business strategy?

A)Yes,if the decision is about management information systems (MIS)
B)Yes,if the decision is about strategic information systems (SIS)
C)There are times that technology should drive strategy and vice versa
D)No,business strategy should drive decisions about its technology

Question 21

What is business intelligence or BI?

A)Interrelated and stored data about a person,object,or event
B)Collective information about a business' customers,competitors,partners,environment,and operations
C)An enterprise-wide set of common and interrelated data
D)Data that has a particular meaning with a specific context

Question 22

When does information exhibit quality?

A)When there is an abundance of it
B)When it leads to business intelligence
C)When it is pertinent,relevant,and useful to you
D)When you have access to it 24/7

Question 23

What is the difference between information and business intelligence (BI)?

A)Information is about a specific situation; business intelligence is about internal and external conditions and how they will affect strategy
B)Information is based upon facts or objective data; business intelligence is based on perceptions
C)Information leads to strategic thinking; business intelligence leads to tactical thinking
D)Information is based on processed knowledge; business intelligence is based on processed information

Question 24

A complete set of information about customer ages,gender,buying habits,and buying preferences is an example of _____.

A)Information
B)Database
C)Customer breakdown
D)Business intelligence

Question 25

Having access to information from any location that you're working from is an example of the _____ quality attribute of information.

A)Timeliness
B)Relevance
C)Form
D)Location

Question 26

In addition to the intellectual assets that are needed to succeed in today's competitive environment,what do contemporary organizations need?

A)IT systems capable of capturing,organizing,and disseminating these assets
B)A lot of good fortune
C)Cutting-edge technology
D)Cutting-edge technology and superior data analysts

Question 27

Which of the following is gained from business intelligence (BI)?

A)Knowledge
B)Information
C)Competitive data
D)Comparative analysis

Question 28

Having access to information that spans a period of time is an example of the _____ quality attribute of information.

A)Validity
B)Relevance
C)Timeliness
D)Period data

Question 29

A complete picture of customer ages is an example of _____.

A)Information
B)Database
C)Customer breakdown
D)Business intelligence

Question 30

To be successful in today's competitive environment,what must a company have?

A)Competitive data
B)Expansive databases
C)Wisdom
D)Intellectual assets (data,information,business intelligence,and knowledge)

Question 31

Information has many attributes that help define its quality.Which of the following is not one of these attributes?

A)Timeliness
B)Abundance
C)Location
D)Form

Question 32

What is information?

A)Data that is stored about a person,object,or event in a database or transaction file
B)A collection of related records
C)Data that has a particular meaning within a specific context
D)A collection of facts about an organization's internal and external environment

Question 33

Having access to information when you need it is an example of the _____ quality attribute of information.

A)Timeliness
B)Form
C)Location
D)Relevance

Question 34

What is data?

A)Information that has a particular meaning within a specific context
B)Raw facts that describe some phenomenon
C)A collection or set of information about a particular person,object,or event
D)Records that are stored in a database or transaction file

Question 35

What is the term for raw facts that describe a particular phenomenon?

A)Facts
B)Data
C)Detail
D)Items

Question 36

The compilation of average SAT scores for students enrolled in your college,along with an analysis of enrollment information and a statistical analysis of these scores compared to competitive schools,is an example of _____.

A)Data
B)Information
C)Knowledge
D)Business intelligence

Question 37

What is the difference between data and information?

A)There is no difference between the two terms; they can be used interchangeably
B)Data is stored,information is not
C)Information is intelligence,data is not
D)Data is unprocessed and will turn into information once it is processed

Question 38

The grade you earn for a specific course is an example of _____.

A)Data
B)Information
C)Knowledge
D)Business intelligence

Question 39

On which group of people does business intelligence collect knowledge?

A)Customers and business partners
B)Competition and competitive environment
C)Internal operations
D)All of the above

Question 40

Your overall GPA is an example of _____.

A)Data
B)Information
C)Knowledge
D)Business intelligence

Question 41

In a downward information flow,how is data passed?

A)From management to operations
B)From operations to tactical
C)From tactical to strategic
D)From the user to the group

Question 42

If you offered your expert opinion about some expected outcome,what type of organizational information are you offering?

A)External
B)Subjective
C)Objective
D)Judgment

Question 43

Having an audio file that describes current environmental factors that you can listen to while walking to a meeting is an example of the quality attribute _____.

A)Form
B)Validity
C)Relevance
D)Mode

Question 44

What is the single most important resource in any organization?

A)Money
B)Opportunity
C)Technology
D)People

Question 45

Garbage-in-garbage-out is related to which quality attribute?

A)Timeliness
B)Location
C)Form
D)Authority

Question 46

What is objective information?

A)Information gathered from an expert
B)External information
C)Raw data
D)Quantifiable information

Question 47

What does information granularity refer to?

A)The quantity of data
B)The quality of data
C)The strength of data
D)The detail in data

Question 48

Having access to information in a usable form is an example of the _____ quality attribute of information.

A)Validity
B)Relevance
C)Form
D)Mode

Question 49

If a business sends information to its partners,suppliers,or distributors,what type of information flow is this considered?

A)Horizontal
B)Outward/inward
C)Downward
D)Upward

Question 50

Having access to credible information is an example of the _____ quality attribute of information.

A)Weight
B)Relevance
C)Application
D)Validity

Question 51

If the marketing department were to pass information to the finance department,what type of information flow is this considered?

A)Downward
B)Horizontal
C)Upward
D)Outward

Question 52

Within an organization information will flow in four basic directions.Which of the following describes the movement of data from operations to management?

A)Upward
B)Downward
C)Horizontal
D)Outward/inward

Question 53

What is information technology (IT)?

A)The theory of applying technology to organizations
B)A set of tools that help you work with and process information
C)Organizational systems
D)The hardware within an organization

Question 54

At upper organizational levels,information exhibits _____ granularity.

A)Low-levels of
B)High-levels of
C)Coarse
D)Complete

Question 55

At lower organizational levels,information exhibits _____ granularity.

A)Low-levels of
B)High-levels of
C)Concentrated
D)Fine

Question 56

Wikipedia.org is a contemporary web site providing definitions and descriptions of many concepts.Wikipedia is not peer-reviewed (a group of peers or experts do not verify the quality of information).Because of this,Wikipedia may not demonstrate which of the following quality attributes?

A)Relevance
B)Validity
C)Authority
D)Weight

Question 57

What is external information?

A)Information about the environment
B)Outsourced information
C)Information purchased from a consultant
D)Data obtained from a competitor

Question 58

What is internal information?

A)Operational information
B)Private,business information
C)Secured information
D)Business intelligence

Question 59

If your team member brought information to your group that he/she obtained from a flash news story broadcasted over the Internet,what quality attribute should you be concerned about?

A)Validity
B)Timeliness
C)Relevance
D)Form

Question 60

What is subjective information?

A)Operational information
B)Strategic information
C)Unprocessed data
D)Speculations

Question 61

How is RAM different from a CPU?

A)RAM usually sits outside the computer; the CPU is located inside the computer
B)The CPU is able to process data; RAM only holds it
C)RAM is the real brain of the computer,not the CPU
D)RAM is an obsolete CPU

Question 62

What category of technology does a keyboard fall into?

A)Output device
B)Telecommunications device
C)Connecting device
D)Input device

Question 63

Which type of device allows you to enter information and commands into a computer?

A)Output
B)Input
C)Transmission
D)Data entry

Question 64

How does technology affect ethics?

A)Generally there is little difference in the ethical dilemmas facing today's society compared to 50 years ago
B)Because business systems are based on logic,today's problems can be solved easily
C)As a society,we are able to collect large amounts of data and regularly analyze the affects of technology on society
D)Technology increases the complexity of ethical dilemmas faced by our society

Question 65

Being socially and ethically responsible requires individual accountability and accountability for which of the following?

A)The evolution of our culture
B)Protecting your organization against the actions of others
C)Forming of technology-laws
D)Technological innovation and usage

Question 66

If you needed to connect your flash drive to your computer,what type of hardware device would you need?

A)Storage
B)Connecting
C)Telecommunications
D)Output

Question 67

What are ethics?

A)The set of laws established for a nation
B)Standards that define acceptable or prohibited behavior
C)Principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people
D)Religious customs

Question 68

What is software?

A)The physical devices and the set of instructions that your computer executes
B)The set of instructions that your hardware executes to carry out specific tasks
C)The standards followed by the computer industry to ensure that your physical devices can communicate with each other
D)The programming language used by your computer system

Question 69

What is hardware?

A)The set of instructions that your computer executes
B)The physical devices and the set of instructions that your computer executes
C)The physical devices that make up a computer
D)The set of standards followed by the computer industry

Question 70

Which type of device allows you to store information in a computer?

A)Storage
B)CPU
C)Telecommunication
D)Communication

Question 71

Which type of device allows you to send and receive information from another computer?

A)Telecommunication
B)Telepathy
C)CPU
D)RAM

Question 72

Which of the following terms is used to define the set of instructions that a computer executes to carry out a specific task for you?

A)Software
B)Utilities
C)Set of instructions
D)Rules

Question 73

If you were visiting Disney World and you used its touch-screen monitors to locate a restaurant,what type of hardware device would you be using?

A)Input
B)Connecting
C)Input and Output
D)Storage

Question 74

Which of the following is more subjective and open to cultural interpretations?

A)Laws
B)Regulations
C)Ethics
D)Organizational rules

Question 75

Which type of device allows you to see or hear the results of information-processing requests?

A)Transmission
B)Output
C)RAM
D)CPU

Question 76

What part of a computer system temporarily holds information and instructions while they are being processed?

A)ROM
B)RAM
C)Input
D)Data entry

Question 77

Which of the following terms is used to define the physical devices that make up a computer?

A)Chassis
B)Systems
C)Hardware
D)Computer tools

Question 78

Which of the following statements best describes a technology-literate knowledge worker?

A)A computer savvy worker
B)A content expert who is comfortable with a computer
C)A worker who knows how and when to apply technology
D)A worker who is knowledgeable about emerging technology

Question 79

Which category of technology allows you to see,hear,or recognize the results of your information-processing requests?

A)Output device
B)Telecommunication device
C)Connecting device
D)CPU

Question 80

Which of the following statements best describes an information-literate knowledge worker?

A)A worker who can define what information is needed and where to obtain it
B)A worker who understands the information once it is received
C)A worker who can act appropriately based on the information he or she obtains
D)A worker who can define needed information,obtain it,understand it,and act appropriately because of it