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Information Systems Management teacher prac test
| Question | Answer |
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| 1. Research has shown that the more successfully a firm can align its IT with its business goals, the more profitable it will be. | 1.Identifying your business strategy and goals and breaking these goals into concrete activities and processes. Identifying how you measure progress toward these goals. Determining how IT can help achieve these goals and improve business processes and act |
| 2.Walmart exemplifies the power of information systems coupled with state-of-the-art business practices and supportive management. Which of the following will they achieve? | 2. Operational efficiency. Operational excellence involves the achievement of higher levels of efficiency and productivity. Survival – Incorrect: are necessities for doing business. |
| 3. A business manager asks for suggestions to make the business, a local sandwich shop, more efficient. Which three business processes could be helped by better information systems? | 3. Payments, cash management, payroll |
| 4. An org. needs a systo handle donations. It must be able to handle and record telephone, text, and Internet donations, provide up-to-the-minute reports, and create highly customizable mailing lists. Which of the following sys will best meet these needs? | 4TPS is operational level of an organization includes various units such as the order processing, material movement control, payroll, accounts payable, and employee record keeping. This level is responsible for daily operations.. |
| 5. JAX org. would like to implement an info sys that collects data from various key bus processes and stores the data in a single, comprehensive data repository, usable by other parts of the bus. Which of the following will meet the need of JAX org? | 5.Enterprise Applications – An ERP system collects data from various key business processes and stores the data in a single, comprehensive data repository, usable by other parts of the business. |
| 6. You need to set up an inexpensive system that allows customers to see real-time statistics such as views and click-throughs about their current banner ads. Which type of Information System will most efficiently provide a solution? | 6.Extranet – Extranets make portions of private corporate intranets available to outsiders. |
| 7. The new team is composed of employees that are geographically dispersed. Which of the following is the greatest obstacle in enabling collaboration between employees at different, distant corporate locations? | 7. Time zones –Time Zones are one of many in terms of time and space enable collaboration. |
| 8. Which of the following represents the chronological evolution of computing in business? | 8. Mainframe, minicomputers, microcomputers |
| 9. Which type of software will support the organization's decision? | 9. Middleware |
| 10. An organization implemented a new human resources information system. However, the system does not contain a module for tracking employee benefits. Which type of impact is the company facing? | 10. Economic |
| 11. An organization implemented technology to improve customer satisfaction. The organization required the new technology to answer customers’ inquiries in real time as part of the requirements. Which emerging technology did the organization deploy? | 11. Artificial intelligence |
| 12. An organization is determining whether a product that it currently sells is a viable solution. Which emerging technology should the company use to determine whether customers will continue to purchase the product? | 12. Predictive Analytics |
| 13.Which aspect of information systems does decision-making fall under? | 13. Management |
| 14.A new business is working on identifying and implementing tools to assist strategic planning and decision-making. Which aspect of managing information systems do the tools that assist an organization fall under? | 14. Technology |
| 15. What is a primary key in a relational database? | 15. A primary key uniquely identifies each record in a database table, ensuring data integrity. |
| 16. What does 'Normalization' mean in the context of database design? | 16. Organizing data to reduce redundancy and improve integrity. |
| 17. What is the primary purpose of Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) in a business context? | 17. To analyze large amounts of data from multiple perspectives: |
| 18. In a relational database, what is the role of a foreign key? | 18. To create a link between two tables, referencing a primary key in another table. To create a link between two tables, referencing a primary key in another table. |
| 19. What is the primary function of a data warehouse in a business environment? | 19. To store, consolidate, and analyze large volumes of historical data: To store, consolidate, and analyze large volumes of historical data. |
| 20. What is the primary goal of data cleansing in data management? | 20. To improve the accuracy and quality of data by removing or correcting errors: To improve the accuracy and quality of data by removing or correcting errors |
| 21. What is the primary purpose of Hadoop in big data analytics? | 21. To store and process large volumes of data in a distributed environment: To store and process large volumes of data in a distributed environment |
| 22. Who provides high speed broadband services to consumers? | 22. Telephone and Cable Service |
| 23. A CO is moving from an older building to a new facility. There will be several employees who will not be working on site. The Business Analyst will need to include communication services for older legacy equipment to share data online. | 23. Circuit Packet - Uses electronic waves (analog) to carry internet packets on the internet. |
| 24. What is an advantage of Cloud Computing Services? | 24. Data is stored and maintained in a secured environment. |
| 25. Where would you find programs written in Java and/or HTML? | 25. On the World Wide Web |
| 26. An organization has improved its technology infrastructure. As a result, employees can use their personal mobile devices to view multiple sites on the internet. | 26. Employees can take advantage of the Consumerization of IT |
| 27. The team decided they will use a sys build in which the develop stages organized so that tasks in one stage are completed before the tasks in the next stage begin.What method of sys building are they planning to use? | 27. Traditional – the development stages organized so that tasks in one stage are completed before the tasks in the next stage begin. |
| 28. The firm wishes to create an online tool that will be used to survey focus group reactions to products in development. The most important consideration for the firm is being able to offer the tool as soon as possible as a new corporate service.many | 28 of the sen magers that are owners of this project have difficulty in understanding tech or software development issues and are likely to change their requirements during develop. What develop method would be for this project? End-user development |
| 29.As a technical project manager, you have decided to propose implementing a prototyping methodology for a small web-based design project. What is the first order of steps you will follow in this project? | 29. Identify user requirements, develop the prototype, use the prototype, revise, and enhance the prototype |
| 30.Application developers for a new fitness program would like to develop a standalone application that do not use a browser. What type of app. will the developers create? | 30. a native mobile app. – a standalone application designed to run on a specific platform and device. It resides on the device itself. |
| 31. The accounting group has requested new software for their dept. There is urgency to replace the old software prog and they would like to be included in the feedback of the software build. Which sys dev. method fit the need of this software dev? | 31.Agile – rapid delivery of working software by breaking a large project into a series of small subprojects that are completed in short periods of time using iteration and continuous feedback. |
| 32.Sen. marketing exec has concerns about cust reten, satisfaction, and quality perform. Which of the following types of sys would be used to present senior marketing execs with in-depth info about cust reten, satisfaction, and quality performance? | 32.ESS- |
| 33. The co needs a sys that will prov a suite of integrated sftw mods for fin and acct, hr, manuf and prod, and sales and mark that allows data to be used by multi func and bus proc and assist with decision making.Which sys will prov them a sftw model? | 33.ERP systems – are based on a suite of integrated software modules and a common central database. utilizing enterprise software to support financial and accounting, human resources, manufacturing and production, and sales and marketing processes. |
| 34. Bank’s entire computer net goes down , and none of the empl can access any of their applications on the nets. cust cant access their own acct either. Janet,found the cause as a computer worm. What policies should they refer to in this situation? | 34.Disaster recovery planning devises plans for the restoration of disrupted computing and communications services. Disaster recovery plans focus primarily on the technical issues involved in keeping systems up and running. |
| 35. To access her computer, she not only needs to enter a username and password, but also, she is required to scan her fingerprint on a small fingerprint reader. What best describes the type of authentication is Stacy using? | 35.Two-factor authentication- increases security by validating users through a multistep process. |
| 36.Jeff needs some graph for a PP present he is creating for a schl proj. a Google sear for the pics , finds some digital artwork on a web site t. He saves them, then inserts them into his PP. Has Jeff made an ethical violation? | 36.Assume that virt all tang and intang objects are owned by someone else unless there is a specific declaration. (no-free-lunch rule) If someone else has created useful to you, it has value, and you should assume the creator wants compens for this work. |
| 37. Comp vision syndrome (CVS) refers to eyestrain cond related to display screen use of comps, smartphones, and etc.about 90% of people who spend 3 hours or more per day at comp. | 37. Comp vision syndrome (CVS) refers to eyestrain cond related to display screen use of comps, smartphones, and etc.about 90% of people who spend 3 hours or more per day at comp. |
| 38. The mgr of an online novelty shop would like to increase their cust base and strengthen their brand. The mgr does not understand personalization and customization. What is the difference between personalization and customizationin? | 38. Personalization refers to adjusting marketing messages for a specific consumer; customization refers to adjusting a product or service based on a user's preferences. |
| 39. Amazon allow customers to shop online for goods 24/7. Which of the following business model Amazon primarily use? | 39. E-tailer – Provide a shopping channel 24/7 that’s convenient and easy to use. |
| 40.Bob is looking to sell a vintage Mustang car from his collection. A friend of Bob’s told him to post on Craigslist to see if anyone is interested. Which type of e-commerce is Craigslist an example of? | 40.C2C e-commerce |
| 41. Staff Elementary school teachers actively create a YouTube channel to present subscription based educational tutorials to supplement their students learning. What is the primary business model employed by YouTube? | 41. Content provider – Offer a wide range of intellectual property content that users can purchase for use on digital devices such as smartphones, iPods, or e-book readers. |
| 42. Raven Inc. a high-end antique furniture company created an online digital environment that enables people with like interests to share information. Which of the following Internet business model apply to Raven Inc’s digital environment? | 42. Community provider – Create an environment in which people can communicate with one another, share common interests, upload videos and pictures, or buy and sell products. |
| 43.The manager would like to procure goods over the Internet, coordinate their supply chain with suppliers and manage inventory. What types of e-commerce opportunities, if any, are relevant to Lucky's? | 43. B2B e-commerce, to procure goods over the Internet, use a private industrial network, Depending on the structure of the gasoline retail business, industry net marketplaces might be of use. |
| 44. A new social mobile app you are developing allows users to find friends who are logged in and within a 10-mile radius. What category of service is needed? | 44. geosocial can tell you where your friends are meeting |