Deck 29: International Mis

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

How has the global economy changed the competitive environment?

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true about localising?

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

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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 5

Information systems procedures,unlike business processes,need not reflect local cultural values and norms.

Question 6

Today's global economy changes competitive strategies because it ________.

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

Question 7

The emergence of ________ technologies has made it easier for companies all over the world to obtain the latest in server technology.

A)international cloud
B)distributed database
C)big data
D)data mining

Question 8

The emergence of the international cloud has increased the ease with which companies can obtain the latest in server technology.

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

Which of the following statements is true of the international business scenario?

A)After the dot-com bust,optical fibre 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)With the popularity of the Internet,the Chinese economy became more open to the world.
D)With the popularity of the Internet,the economies of North America and Europe became less integrated.

Question 11

World time differences restrict global virtual companies from operating 24/7.

Question 12

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 13

How does the global economy change competitive strategy?

Question 14

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

Question 15

Which of the following is an issue related to global databases?

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

Thanks to information systems,any value chain activity can be performed from anywhere in the world.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true about the issues to be addressed when localising 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)The help text should always be maintained in English.
C)Forms and reports should be localised in a manner that does not necessitate redesigning the entire document.
D)Programming techniques can be used to simplify and reduce the cost of localisation.

Question 20

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

A)stringing
B)differentiating
C)optimising
D)localising

Question 21

Which of the following statements is true of inherent processes?

Question 22

Information systems increase inventories.

Question 23

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)butterfly
B)rainbow
C)bullwhip
D)accelerator

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

How do global information systems affect supply chain profitability?

Question 27

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 28

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

Question 29

Which of the following is an advantage of functional systems?

Question 30

What are the problems of inherent processes?

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

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

Question 36

What are the challenges of international information systems management?

Question 37

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

Question 38

The development rate of international information systems varies among countries and cultures.

Question 39

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

Question 40

In the context of combatting the challenges of international IS management,defining a set of standard business processes requires conversion of the organisation to different work processes.