Question 1

Once demand for a product starts to fall, the decline stage begins; this typically occurs when advancing IT leads to the development of a more advanced product, making the old one obsolete.

Accepted Answer

The decline stage begins because advancing IT leads to the development of a more advanced product, making the old one obsolete.

Question 2

The demand for a product is highest during the growth stage.

Accepted Answer

The demand for a product is highest during the maturity stage.

Question 3

Management information systems came into existence during the computer age.

Accepted Answer

Management information systems have existed for as long as there have been organizations and were mostly paper-based until the advent of the computer age.

Question 4

Computers express words, numbers, images, and sound in zeros and ones.

Accepted Answer

The language of computers is a digital language of zeros and ones.Words, numbers, images, and sound can all be expressed in zeros and ones.

Question 5

Microsoft Excel, a computer program which uses spreadsheets, charts, and databases, is an example of application software.

Accepted Answer

Application software, such as programs for word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, and database management, is developed for a specific task or use.

Question 6

_____ is(are) raw, unsummarized, and unanalyzed facts.

Accepted Answer

Data are raw, unsummarized, and unanalyzed facts.

Question 7

A knowledge management system systematizes the knowledge of its employees and facilitates the sharing and integrating of their expertise.

Accepted Answer

A knowledge management system is a company-specific virtual information system that systematizes the knowledge of its employees and facilitates the sharing and integrating of their expertise.

Question 8

Which of the following is not a factor in determining the usefulness of information?

Accepted Answer

Quality, timeliness, completeness, and relevance are attributes of useful information.Size is not an attribute of useful information.

Question 9

Business-to-business (B2B) commerce is trade that takes place between a company and individual customers using IT and the Internet.

Accepted Answer

Trade that takes place between a company and individual customers using IT and the Internet is called business-to-customer (B2C) commerce.

Question 10

A graph of the profitability of each of an organization's products in a product line over the past three years is an example of

Accepted Answer

Information is data that are organized in a meaningful fashion, such as in a graph showing the changes in sales volume or costs over time.

Question 11

Whereas a decision-support system organizes important information for managers, an operations information system gives managers model-building capability and the chance to manipulate information in a variety of ways.

Accepted Answer

Whereas an operations information system organizes important information for managers, a decision-support system gives managers model-building capability and the chance to manipulate information in a variety of ways.

Question 12

Top managers make frequent use of decision-support systems in their decision-making.

Accepted Answer

Most decision-support systems are geared toward aiding middle managers in the decision-making process.Top managers rarely use a decision-support system since most electronic management information systems have not yet become sophisticated enough to handle effectively the ambiguous types of problems facing top managers.

Question 13

Information technology is the set of methods or techniques for acquiring, organizing, and storing information.

Accepted Answer

Information technology (IT) is the set of methods or techniques for acquiring, organizing, storing, manipulating, and transmitting information.

Question 14

Information that reflects current conditions in the organization is called real-time information.

Accepted Answer

Real-time information is information that reflects the current status of business conditions.

Question 15

A B2B network structure is a formal series of global strategic alliances that one or several organizations create with suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors to produce and market a product.

Accepted Answer

A B2B network structure is a formal series of global strategic alliances that one or several organizations create with suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors to produce and market a product.

Question 16

Managers use an operations information system for nonroutine decision-making tasks.

Accepted Answer

An operations information system gives managers information they can use in their nonroutine coordinating, controlling, and decision-making tasks.

Question 17

A decision-support system provides computer-built models that help managers make better nonprogrammed decisions.

Accepted Answer

A decision-support system provides computer-built models that help managers make better nonprogrammed decisions.

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of real-time information?

Accepted Answer

Real-time information is information that reflects current conditions.Daily weather forecast details provide real-time information.

Question 19

______ is data that are organized in a meaningful way.

Accepted Answer

Information is data that are organized in a meaningful fashion, such as in a graph showing the changes in sales volume or costs over time.

Question 20

A marketing manager who is trying to decide whether or not to lower the price of one of the products in a product line.She can use decision-support system to assist her in making this decision.

Accepted Answer

Managers might use a decision-support system to help them decide whether to cut prices for a product.The decision-support system might contain models of how customers and competitors would respond to a price cut.

Quiz 18: Used Advanced Information Technology to Increase Performance

Once demand for a product starts to fall, the decline stage begins; this typically occurs when advancing IT leads to the development of a more advanced product, making the old one obsolete.

The demand for a product is highest during the growth stage.

Management information systems came into existence during the computer age.

Computers express words, numbers, images, and sound in zeros and ones.

Microsoft Excel, a computer program which uses spreadsheets, charts, and databases, is an example of application software.

_____ is(are) raw, unsummarized, and unanalyzed facts.

A knowledge management system systematizes the knowledge of its employees and facilitates the sharing and integrating of their expertise.

Which of the following is not a factor in determining the usefulness of information?

Business-to-business (B2B) commerce is trade that takes place between a company and individual customers using IT and the Internet.

A graph of the profitability of each of an organization's products in a product line over the past three years is an example of

Whereas a decision-support system organizes important information for managers, an operations information system gives managers model-building capability and the chance to manipulate information in a variety of ways.

Top managers make frequent use of decision-support systems in their decision-making.

Information technology is the set of methods or techniques for acquiring, organizing, and storing information.

Information that reflects current conditions in the organization is called real-time information.

A B2B network structure is a formal series of global strategic alliances that one or several organizations create with suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors to produce and market a product.

Managers use an operations information system for nonroutine decision-making tasks.

A decision-support system provides computer-built models that help managers make better nonprogrammed decisions.

Which of the following is an example of real-time information?

______ is data that are organized in a meaningful way.

A marketing manager who is trying to decide whether or not to lower the price of one of the products in a product line.She can use decision-support system to assist her in making this decision.