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MIS 101 Final 2

Question	Answer
Which of the following is the most common format for IP addresses?	IPv4
________ decisions are the most structured and have very little need for collaboration.	Operational
Who among the following are most likely to use asynchronous communication?	members of a team who work in different time zones
A sales report that is current at the time the user accessed it on a Web server is an example of a(n) ________.	dynamic report
Which of the following is the most basic cloud offering?	IaaS
Which of the following is an example of a structured process?	customer returns
Push publishing delivers business intelligence ________.	according to a schedule or as a result of an event or particular data condition
A ________ is a worldwide-unique term that is affiliated with a public IP address.	domain name
Which of the following statements is true about operational data?	Purchased operational data often contains missing elements.
Maxwell Insurance recently got its communication network updated to the IEEE 802.11ac protocol. Which of the following is true of this protocol?	It allows speeds of up to 1.3 Gbps.
Which of the following refers to the three tiers in the three-tier architecture?	user, server, and database
________ is a suite of applications called modules, a database, and a set of inherent processes for consolidating business operations into a single, consistent, computing platform.	Enterprise resource planning
The primary purpose of an ERP system is ________.	integration
In the context of system implementation phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), a ________ installation is the riskiest because the old system is shut down and the new system is introduced.	plunge
Which of the following statements about enterprise information systems is true?	They are very difficult to change.
________ is the application of statistical techniques to find patterns and relationships among data for classification and prediction.	Data mining
Which of the following features distinguishes a LAN from a WAN?	A LAN connects computers in a single location.
Zapstreet is a stock broking firm. Its employees use a private network within the organization to communicate with each other regarding stock prices and trading accounts. Zapstreet's network is an example of a(n) ________.	intranet
________ processes span an organization and support activities in multiple departments.	Enterprise
Carol uses a high speed internet connection at home. Her connection is supported by the television line, but it does not interfere with the television signal. Carol uses a(n) ________ connection.	cable
Compared to in-house hosting, cloud-based hosting ________.	minimizes the risk of investing in technology that will soon become obsolete
A ________ is a set of rules that programs on two communicating devices follow.	protocol
In marketing transactions, the fact that customers who buy product X also buy product Y creates a ________ opportunity. That is, "If they're buying X, sell them Y" or "If they're buying Y, sell them X."	cross-selling
Carl, the information technology head at Cloud Denim, a clothing company, has to update the enterprise software system used by the organization. He is responsible for determining the hardware and software. Carl's decisions, in this case, are ________.	strategic
A data ________ is a data collection, smaller than the data warehouse that addresses the needs of a particular department or functional area of the business.	mart
Which of the following characteristics is a disadvantage of cloud-based hosting?	It involves high dependency on vendor.
Which of the following questions is best answered through unstructured decision making?	Should we continue to outsource our bookkeeping processes?
Which of the following is an example of IaaS?	Amazon S3
A student team, which is assigned a term project, works together to achieve results. They provide continuous feedback to each other and thus, complete the project. Which of the following is being illustrated in this activity?	collaboration
Which of the following is a characteristic of BigData?	It is generated rapidly.
Which of the following is a key difference between collaboration and cooperation?	Unlike cooperation, collaboration emphasizes iteration and feedback.
________ communication occurs within a team when all team members meet at the same time.	Synchronous
Which of the following is the most important trait that an effective collaborator should have?	giving and receiving critical feedback
Which of the following tools facilitates asynchronous communication?	discussion forum
Which of the following terms is used as a synonym for data mining?	knowledge discovery in databases (KDD)
Team roles, responsibilities, and authorities are established during the ________ phase of a project.	starting
Rapid application development, the unified process, extreme programming, and scrum have led to ________.	agile development
The term ________ refers to a collaboration tool where team members can easily respond and the management can easily identify the people who have not responded to a request.	team survey
If a defined project is determined to be feasible in the systems development life cycle (SDLC), the next step is to ________.	form the project team
A ________ shows the tasks, dates, and dependencies for the tasks of a project.	Gantt chart
Which phase of the customer life cycle categorizes customers according to value and attempt to win back high-value customers?	loss/churn
Judy is analyzing weekly sales transactions at a supermarket. She finds that the support value for bed sheets and pillow covers is 0.9. Given this information, which of the following statements is true?	Customers who buy bedsheets usually also buy pillow covers.
________ refers to the source, format, assumptions and constraints, and other facts about the data.	Metadata
When an organization has inconsistent duplicated data, it is said to have a(n) ________.	data integrity problem
Mary's organization recently switched to a faster internet connection, which has a speed of up to 600 Mbps. Her organization uses a ________.	Wireless LAN
In the context of shared content with version control, shared documents are placed into shared directories called ________.	libraries
Which of the following is a characteristic of decision trees?	They are used to select variables that are then used by other types of data mining tools.
Opezim Plastics has been supplying raw materials to JM Toys for five years. JM Toys has an RFM score of 545. With reference to the score, how should the sales team at Opezim respond to JM Toys?	The sales team should let go of JM Toys, for the loss will be minimal.
Which of the following decisions is least likely to involve collaboration?	How much of product A should be ordered from vendor B?
Information systems improve process quality by ________.	controlling process flow
In the context of knowledge management systems, ________ are rule-based systems that encode human knowledge in the form of If/Then rules.	expert systems
Which of the following alternatives for sharing content provides version control?	Microsoft SharePoint
Which of the following workgroup processes is related to operations?	finished goods inventory management
Which of the following are the dimensions of feasibility?	cost, schedule, technical, and organizational feasibility
To reduce the substantial work that needs to be done to customize an ERP application to a particular customer, ERP vendors provide ________.	industry-specific solutions
Enterprise application integration is a ________.	suite of software applications that consolidates existing systems by providing layers of software that connect applications together
A toy manufacturing company installed a new enterprise system. The installation and adaptation gave rise to a number of issues among different departments. This situation is an example of ________ while implementing enterprise information systems.	a lack of collaborative management
Which of the following statements is true of digital subscriber line signals?	Digital subscriber line signals do not interfere with telephone signals.
Which of the following statements is true about reporting applications?	Reporting applications refer to business applications that input data from one or more sources and applies reporting operations to that data to produce business intelligence.
Which of the following factors makes cloud-based hosting advantageous today?	advent of virtualization
Which of the following protocols guarantees secure data transmission?	h t t p s
Which of the following is true of paired programming?	Two programmers share the same computer to write a computer program together.
Which of the following statements is true about data marts?	Data marts address the needs of a particular department or functional area of a business.
________ analysis is a way of analyzing and ranking customers according to their purchasing patterns.	RFM
________ is the activity of altering existing and designing new business processes to take advantage of new information systems.	Business process reengineering
Striking Apparels has launched its new stock of summer wear. It plans to target shoppers between the ages of twenty and thirty to sell its products.. Daniel belongs to the ________ department of Striking Apparels.	Marketing
The major benefit of enterprise application integration is that it ________.	enables organizations to use existing applications
The total number of points of work a team can accomplish in each scrum period is called ________.	velocity
Which of the following is an example of SaaS?	iCloud
A ________ is a cloud that is owned and operated by an organization for its own benefit.	private cloud
Carla, a budding restaurateur, meets a veteran chef and restaurateur, Giovanni. Carla wishes to analyze the purchasing pattern of her customer base. Which of the following is most likely to be a piece of sound advice that Giovanni would offer to Carla?	Carla should use her restaurant's distributed systems to know more about her customers' purchasing patterns.
The connection between a VPN client and a VPN server is called a(n) ________.	tunnel
Since the features and functions of complex products like CRM or ERP are not easy to identify, ________ is a major task when implementing enterprise systems.	gap identification
________ includes a query language titled Pig.	Hadoop
Which of the following observations concerning expert systems is true?	These systems encode human knowledge in the form of If/Then rules.
The first step in the system definition phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) is to ________.	define the goals and scope
Noah is the lead for a sample project. The success of the project will determine whether his organization is likely to land a long-term contract with a multinational company. His decisions, in this scenario, are ________ in nature.	Managerial
________ is a standard set of terms and graphical notations for documenting business processes.	Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
In the system implementation phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), with ________ installation, the new system runs alongside the old one until it has been tested and is fully operational.	parallel
________ is a standard for describing the services, inputs and outputs, and other data supported by a Web service.	WSDL
________ is a concept that computer systems will become sophisticated enough that they can adapt and create their own software and hence adapt their behavior without human assistance.	The Singularity
Identify a task that should be performed during the planning phase of project management.	determining the schedule
RFM analysis is used to analyze and rank customers according to their ________.	purchasing patterns
According to J. Richard Hackman, which of the following is a primary criterion for judging team success?	successful outcome
According to Hackman's three criteria for team success, which of the following IS requirements will be categorized under the growth in team capability criterion?	supporting intra-team training
________ are information system (IS) professionals who understand both business and information technology.	Systems analysts
The inherent processes defined in an ERP solution are referred to by some ERP vendors as ________.	process blueprints
A(n) ________ is a complicated set of possibly nonlinear equations.	neural network
A student group that is working on a project is considered to be a collaboration if the ________.	members provide feedback on each other's work
The ________ tier of the three-tier architecture consists of computers, phones, and other mobile devices that have browsers that request and process Web pages.	user
Which of the following statements is true about working with Google Drive?	Google tracks document revisions, with brief summaries of changes made.
A(n) ________ uses the Internet to create the appearance of private, secure connections.	VPN
Which of the following is the key to successful systems development life cycle (SDLC) projects?	work breakdown structure
The main purpose of the planning phase in a project is to ________.	determine who will do what and by when
The project plan which results from defining the system is the input to ________, which is the second phase of the SDLC.	requirements analysis
Which ERP vendor acquired PeopleSoft and Siebel?	Oracle
In the system implementation phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), with the ________ installation, the organization installs the next piece of the system only after the previous piece works.	phased
Which of the following statements is true of the swim-lane layout used for modeling business processes?	It draws attention to the interactions among components of the diagram.
________ is a wireless protocol designed for transmitting data over short distances, replacing cables.	Bluetooth
Identify the top two ERP vendors.	SAP and Oracle
A ________ is a person who is well versed in an organization's strategy and focuses on ensuring that business processes and information systems meet the organization's competitive strategies.	business analyst
Ryan is creating a Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) diagram for the manufacturing process of his organization. Which of the following should he use to represent the check inventory activity?	a rectangle
________ is the process of obtaining, cleaning, organizing, relating, and cataloging source data.	Data acquisition
Which of the following is an example of a strategic decision?	deciding to open a centralized distribution system
For communications equipment, M stands for ________.	1000000
In a Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) diagram, dotted arrows depict the flow of ________ in the process.	messages and data
An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution does not include ________.	the company's operational data
________ analysis is a way of analyzing and ranking customers according to their purchasing patterns.	RFM
A ________ is a network of activities, repositories, roles, resources, and flows that interact to accomplish a business function.	business process
The ________ is a sequence of activities that determine the earliest date by which a project can be completed.	critical path
Discussion forums are better suited than emails in asynchronous communication because ________.	they keep the discussion from going off track
The term ________ means that the computing resources leased can be increased or decreased dynamically in a short span of time and that organizations pay for just the resources that they use.	elastic
Kyra, an inventory manager, orders 500 units of Type-2 steel beams for the current month from the company's usual vendor. In doing so, she has made a(n) ________ decision.	operational
Using a standardized procedure to calculate the incentives of employees is an example of a(n) ________.	structured decision
In market-basket terminology, ________ describes the probability that two items will be purchased together.	support

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