Deck 1: The Importance of MIS

Question 1

Systems thinking refers to making a reasoned analysis of a problem and envisioning potential solutions to the problem.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The single most important skill for effective collaboration is giving and receiving critical feedback.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Moore's law predicts that the price to performance ratio of computers will double once in eighteen months.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The number of components in an information system increases in proportion to its complexity.

Question 5

Abstract reasoning is the ability to make and manipulate models.

Question 6

Users should take an active role in system development to create an information system that meets their needs.

Question 7

Information systems exist to help people who work in a business to successfully implement the strategies of that business.

Question 8

A person who is good at collaboration will avoid giving critical feedback to others.

Question 9

The five components of an information system are computer hardware, software, data, procedures, and people.

Question 10

Experimentation involves envisioning potential solutions and developing the most promising ones.

Question 11

The term 'management information systems' refers to the management and use of information systems that help businesses achieve their strategies.

Question 12

The five-component framework also applies to simple information systems.

Question 13

A company should develop information systems if most of its competitors have developed information systems.

Question 14

Brad, an employee who works in the production department, has the ability to collaborate well with others.Brad's ability to collaborate is an example of a routine skill.

Question 15

Today, because of Moore's Law, any routine skill is liable to be outsourced to the lowest bidder.

Question 16

A system is a group of components that interact without a specific purpose.

Question 17

Applications such as MS Word and Excel are examples of data procedures.

Question 18

Because of Moore's Law, the cost of data communications and data storage is essentially zero.

Question 19

The five components of information systems are symmetrical in their functions.

Question 20

The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months according to Moore's law.

Question 21

Low-tech systems move more work from the human side to the computer side than high-tech systems do.

Question 22

Data becomes information when it is presented within a meaningful context.

Question 23

Software and procedures are part of the human side in an information system.

Question 24

You process employee statistics to obtain a meaningful understanding of your organization.The data that you derive by processing becomes information.

Question 25

Changing databases causes more organizational destruction than changing working procedures.

Question 26

Data accuracy is a critical requirement of good information.

Question 27

Changing personnel responsibilities to suit an information system is more disruptive to an organization than developing new programs for the information system.

Question 28

Hardware is the easiest to change of the five components of an information system.

Question 29

Information technology and information systems are synonymous terms.

Question 30

Obtaining or developing new programs is more difficult than changing procedures or requiring people to work in new ways.

Question 31

People can buy information systems, but they cannot buy information technology.

Question 32

The quality of the users' thinking is a large part of a good information system.

Question 33

Information technology is an assembly of hardware, software, data, procedures, and people that produces information.

Question 34

The hardware and software components of information systems are capable of performing actions, according to the five-component model of information systems.

Question 35

Data refers to the knowledge derived from information.

Question 36

The lower the amount of work to be moved from the human side to the computer side of an information system, the higher is the complexity of that system.

Question 37

Information technology refers to the products, methods, inventions, and standards that are used for the purpose of producing information.

Question 38

Information systems become a waste of time and money when users work with inaccurate data.

Question 39

In the five-component model of an information system, data acts as a bridge between the computer and the human sides.

Question 40

Software is the most important component of an information system.

Question 41

Which of the following ratios has fallen as a result of Moore's law?

A) price/performance
B) output/price
C) performance/input
D) performance/output

Question 42

Information is worth its cost when an appropriate relationship exists between the cost of information and its value.

Question 43

Which of the following is a nonroutine cognitive skill?

A) computer programming skill
B) marketing knowledge
C) tax accounting skill
D) systems thinking ability

Question 44

A good information system is one that provides the users with more information than what is required.

Question 45

If you need someone's password, you should ask them to enter their password and look away.

Question 46

Information needs to be sufficient for the purpose for which it is generated, but just barely so.

Question 47

Timeliness of data is not a critical component of good information.

Question 48

According to Moore's law, the ________.

A) price of integrated chips will increase once in eighteen months
B) size of computing devices and integrated chips doubles every year
C) number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months
D) size of computing devices and integrated chips reduce by fifty percent every year

Question 49

________ refers to the ability to model components and show how the components' inputs and outputs relate to one another.

A) Abstract reasoning
B) Systems thinking
C) Dynamic correlation
D) Operational logic

Question 50

Microsoft defines a strong password as one that contains no more than seven characters.

Question 51

Information systems should be subject to the same financial analyses to which other assets are subjected.

Question 52

Which of the following types of skills is most likely be outsourced to the lowest bidder?

A) ability to experiment
B) accounting skills
C) ability to collaborate
D) abstract reasoning skills

Question 53

________ states that the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months.

A) Nielsen's Law
B) Faraday's Law
C) Moore's Law
D) Newton's Law

Question 54

Which of the following is a major implication of Moore's law?

A) Data processing activities have become complex and time consuming.
B) Costs of computing and processing have increased.
C) Physical size of integrated chips has increased.
D) Costs of data communications and storage have become very low.

Question 55

Kerin is a business student interning at Benson and Hodgson, a firm specializing in exports of sophisticated equipment to other countries.She finds that she is unable to create a representative chart depicting the relation between processes such as procurement, shipping, and billing.This indicates that she lacks ________ skills.

A) abstract reasoning
B) collaborative
C) experimental
D) systems thinking

Question 56

A good password must contain your user name, real name, or company name.

Question 57

Information should be relevant to the subject, not to the context.

Question 58

Developing systems that provide information in near real time is less expensive than producing information a few hours later.

Question 59

A manager will essentially require ________ skills to clearly understand how the resources that his or her company uses are converted to desired outputs.

A) collaborative
B) experimental
C) interpersonal
D) systems thinking

Question 60

Abstract reasoning is the ability to ________.

A) work with others when performing tasks
B) make and manipulate models
C) act quickly on a problem
D) analyze and perform routine tasks

Question 61

The hardware components of an information system will act as a(n)________.

A) bridge between computer side and human side
B) actor on the human side
C) instruction on the computer side
D) actor on the computer side

Question 62

You follow certain steps to access the supplementary readings for a course when using your organization's library management system.These steps that you follow are examples of the ________ component of an information system.

A) procedure
B) data
C) software
D) hardware

Question 63

An operating system like Windows or Linux is an example of the ________ component of an information system.

A) software
B) hardware
C) data
D) procedure

Question 64

The words that you type in an MS Word document is an example of ________.

A) procedures
B) data
C) processes
D) software

Question 65

When presenting an idea to her colleagues, Marjorie failed to consider others' perspectives and got defensive when people asked her questions.This situation indicates that Majorie lacks ________ skills.

A) systems thinking
B) collaboration
C) abstract reasoning
D) experimentation

Question 66

According to the five-component model of information systems, the ________ component functions as instructions for the people who use information systems.

A) software
B) data
C) hardware
D) procedure

Question 67

Adobe Acrobat is an application that allows users to create and edit digital documents.Adobe Acrobat is an example of a ________.

A) hardware
B) procedure
C) database
D) software

Question 68

The storage disk in your computer is an example of the ________ component of information systems.

A) hardware
B) software
C) database
D) procedure

Question 69

The five-component framework considers individuals who maintain the data and who support the networks of computers as ________ components.

A) procedural
B) people
C) data
D) networking

Question 70

Business users who administer the development of information systems should ________.

A) have the skills to be a programmer or a database designer
B) take an active role in that system's development
C) refrain from involving themselves in software development
D) have a good understanding of programming concepts

Question 71

Which of the following is an example of computer hardware?

A) a computer monitor
B) a browser
C) a spreadsheet
D) a user manual

Question 72

A customer relationship management (CRM)system contains the names and phone numbers of customers.Such things stored in a CRM system are part of the ________ component.

A) software
B) data
C) procedure
D) people

Question 73

________ refers to making a reasoned analysis of an opportunity, envisioning potential solutions, evaluating those possibilities, and developing the most promising ones, consistent with the resources one has.

A) Systems thinking
B) Abstraction
C) Collaboration
D) Experimentation

Question 74

Which of the following components in the five-component model of information systems is considered an actor?

A) software
B) hardware
C) data
D) procedure

Question 75

Edwin leads a team of fifteen programmers.He constantly changes the procedures that he uses to monitor, evaluate, and control the way his subordinates function.This shows his ability to ________.

A) involve in systems thinking
B) experiment
C) make abstractions
D) relate outputs and inputs

Question 76

________ is the activity of two or more people working together to achieve a common goal, result, or work product.

A) Systems thinking
B) Abstract reasoning
C) Collaboration
D) Experimentation

Question 77

The ________ component in the five-component model of information systems is considered a bridge that connects the computer side and the human side.

A) software
B) procedure
C) data
D) hardware

Question 78

You constantly analyze your work in terms of the contribution that you make to the overall output of your organization.This shows your ________ skill.

A) collaborative
B) experimental
C) systems thinking
D) interpersonal

Question 79

Which of the following components constitute the computer side of information systems?

A) software and data
B) data and hardware
C) people and procedures
D) hardware and software

Question 80

Your company uses a software tool to manage its supply chain.This software tool is a(n)________ of your company's information system.

A) instruction on the computer side
B) actor on the human side
C) instruction on the human side
D) actor on the computer side