Question 1

Which information culture can cause an organization to have a great degree of difficulty operating?
A) Information-functional culture
B) Information-sharing culture
C) Information-inquiring culture
D) Information-discovery culture

Accepted Answer

If an organization operates with an information-functional culture it will have a great degree of difficulty operating.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true?
A) IS equals business success
B) IS equals business innovation
C) IS represents business success and innovation
D) IS enables business success and innovation

Accepted Answer

IT is an important enabler of business success and innovation.

Question 3

Why do students need to study information technology?
A) Information technology is everywhere in business
B) Information technology is rarely discussed in business magazines
C) Information technology is rarely used in organizations
D) Information technology is found in only a few businesses

Accepted Answer

Information technology is everywhere in business, see the Figure Technology in Business Week and Fortune.

Question 4

What can IT enable an organization to accomplish?
A) Reduce costs
B) Improve productivity
C) Generate growth
D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

IT can enable an organization to accomplish all of the above as displayed in the figure Business Benefits and Information Technology Project Goals.

Question 5

What did Thomas Friedman believe happened to the world because of the unplanned cascade of technological and social shifts?
A) The world became bigger
B) The world became flat
C) The world became larger
D) The world became more sophisticated

Accepted Answer

Thomas Friedman believes that the world became flat.

Question 6

What is any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization?
A) Information systems
B) Management information systems
C) Technology's role in business
D) Technology's impact on business

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of information systems.

Question 7

Which of the following is considered information?
A) Quantity sold
B) Date sold
C) Best selling item by month
D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

Best selling item by month is information.

Question 8

What is data that has been converted into meaningful and useful context?
A) Information
B) Knowledge
C) Information systems
D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of information.

Question 9

Which of the following is not a department found in most businesses?
A) Human resources
B) Accounting
C) Management information systems (MIS)
D) Payroll

Accepted Answer

Payroll is a task performed by the Accounting department.

Question 10

What are raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event?
A) Information
B) Knowledge
C) Data
D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of data.

Question 11

What is the name of a company's internal IT department?
A) Management information systems (MIS)
B) Information systems (IS)
C) Information technology (IT)
D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

Typical organizations have an internal IS department often called Information Technology (IT), Information Systems (IS), or Management Information Systems (MIS).

Question 12

Which information culture allows employees across departments to use information (especially about problems and failures) to improve performance?
A) Information-functional culture
B) Information-sharing culture
C) Information-inquiring culture
D) Information-discovery culture

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of information-sharing culture.

Question 13

Which information culture encourages employees across departments to be open to new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages?
A) Information-functional culture
B) Information-sharing culture
C) Information-inquiring culture
D) Information-discovery culture

Accepted Answer

An information-discovery culture will allow an organization to get products to market quickly and easily see a 360-degree view of its entire organization?

Question 14

Which information culture allows employees across departments to search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions?
A) Information-functional culture
B) Information-sharing culture
C) Information-inquiring culture
D) Information-discovery culture

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of information-inquiring culture.

Question 15

What is the function that plans for, develops, implements, and maintains IT hardware, software, and applications that people use to support the goals of an organization?
A) Information technology
B) Management information systems
C) Technology's role in business
D) Technology's impact on business

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of management information systems.

Question 16

Which of the following is considered data?
A) Quantity sold
B) Best customer by month
C) Best selling item by month
D) Worst selling item by month

Accepted Answer

Quantity sold is data.

Question 17

Which of the following represents the relationship between functional areas in a business?
A) Independent
B) Autonomous
C) Interdependent
D) Self-sufficient

Accepted Answer

Functional areas are interdependent.

Question 18

Which of the following information cultures would have the greatest negative impact on Apple's business?
A) Information-functional culture
B) Information-sharing culture
C) Information-inquiring culture
D) Information-discovery culture

Accepted Answer

In an information-functional culture employees use information as a means of exercising influence or power over others. With this type of culture it would be difficult for Apple to gain visibility into its overall operations.

Question 19

Which of the following is not one of Thomas Friedman's 10 forces that flattened the world?
A) Netscape IPO
B) Fall of the Berlin wall
C) Microsoft IPO
D) Wireless

Accepted Answer

Microsoft's IPO is not one of Friedman's flatteners.

Question 20

Which of the following represents the order of priority for the three primary organizational key resources?
A) Information systems, People, Processes
B) People, Processes, Information systems
C) Information systems, Processes, People
D) People, processes, profit

Accepted Answer

The key resources-people, processes, and information systems (in that order of priority)-are inextricably linked and are essential for the creation of information.

Quiz 1: What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important

Which information culture can cause an organization to have a great degree of difficulty operating?

Which of the following statements is true?

Why do students need to study information technology?

What can IT enable an organization to accomplish?

What did Thomas Friedman believe happened to the world because of the unplanned cascade of technological and social shifts?

What is any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization?

Which of the following is considered information?

What is data that has been converted into meaningful and useful context?

Which of the following is not a department found in most businesses?

What are raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event?

What is the name of a company's internal IT department?

Which information culture allows employees across departments to use information (especially about problems and failures) to improve performance?

Which information culture encourages employees across departments to be open to new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages?

Which information culture allows employees across departments to search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions?

What is the function that plans for, develops, implements, and maintains IT hardware, software, and applications that people use to support the goals of an organization?

Which of the following is considered data?

Which of the following represents the relationship between functional areas in a business?

Which of the following information cultures would have the greatest negative impact on Apple's business?

Which of the following is not one of Thomas Friedman's 10 forces that flattened the world?

Which of the following represents the order of priority for the three primary organizational key resources?