Question 1

The business decisions made by the Human Resources department include investment data,monetary data,and reporting data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following includes the roles and responsibilities of the CSO?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ensuring the speed,accuracy,availability,and reliability of the MIS
B)   Ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within a company
C)   Ensuring the security of business systems and developing strategies and safeguards against attacks by hackers and viruses
D)   Ensuring that MIS strategically aligns with business goals and objectivesE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Who is responsible for collecting,maintaining,and distributing company knowledge?

Accepted Answer

A)   Chief knowledge officer (CKO) 
B)   Chief privacy officer (CPO) 
C)   Chief technology officer (CTO) 
D)   Chief information officer (CIO) E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Firm infrastructure and human resource management are part of the support value activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Closing the MIS skills gap by aligning the current workforce with potential future business needs is a simple proposition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which role within a company is responsible for overseeing all uses of MIS and ensuring that MIS strategic aligns with business goals and objectives?

Accepted Answer

A)   Chief knowledge officer (CKO) 
B)   Chief privacy officer (CPO) 
C)   Chief information officer (CIO) 
D)   Chief security officer (CSO) E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

According to Fast Company magazine,a few executive levels you might see created over the next decade include chief intellectual property officer,chief automation officer,and chief user experience officer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Big data is a collection of large complex data sets,including structured and unstructured,which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The challenge that companies today sometimes have is that they are departmentalized and act independently of each other.One solution that can help a company work ___________ includes management information systems.

Accepted Answer

A)   variables
B)   human resource data
C)   interdepartmentally
D)   resource information systemsE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

What type of structured data includes input data,clickstream data,or gaming data?

Accepted Answer

A)   Human-generated
B)   Machine-generated
C)   Machine-to-machine (M2M) 
D)   Systems thinkingE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 11

What is the science of fact-based decision making?

Accepted Answer

A)   Business intelligence
B)   Information
C)   Knowledge
D)   AnalyticsE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

What extracts information from data and uses it to predict future trends and identify behavioral patterns?

Accepted Answer

A)   Internet of Things
B)   Predictive analytics
C)   Machine to machine
D)   Flat worldE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

The Sales and Marketing departments primarily use monetary data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A business strategy achieves a specific set of goals which include __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Developing new products or services,attracting new competition
B)   Increasing costs,attracting new competition
C)   Attracting new customers,developing new products or services
D)   All of these choicesE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Which of the following offers an example where Porter's Five Forces are mostly strong and competition is high?

Accepted Answer

A)   A dog walking business
B)   A ski resort
C)   A professional hockey team
D)   All of these choicesE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 16

MIS is a business function.Which of the following does MIS perform to help aid the company in decision making and problem solving?

Accepted Answer

A)   Moves information about people
B)   Moves processes across the company to improve systems
C)   Moves information about products
D)   All of these choicesE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

The business decisions made by the Accounting department include manufacturing data,distribution data,and production data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

When a company is the first to market with a competitive advantage,this is called a first-mover advantage.All of the following companies were first-movers except ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   FedEx - online self-service software
B)   Apple - iPad
C)   Apple - iPod
D)   Microsoft - Bing search engineE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

If you were thinking about a home theater system which of the following represents the outputs?

Accepted Answer

A)   The DVD player,DVD movie,speakers,TV,and electricity
B)   Playing the movie including the audio through the speakers and the video on the TV
C)   A message stating that the disk is dirty and cannot be played
D)   Spinning the disk to play,pause,rewind,or fast forwardE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Which activities belong in the Accounting department?

Accepted Answer

A)   Records,measures,and reports monetary transactions
B)   Tracks strategic financial issues,including money,banking,credit,investments,and assets
C)   Supports the sales by planning,pricing,and promoting goods or services is marketing
D)   Relies on information from operations to understand inventory,place orders,and forecast consumer demandE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Exam 1: Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

The business decisions made by the Accounting department include manufacturing data,distribution data,and production data.

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Who is responsible for collecting,maintaining,and distributing company knowledge?

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Closing the MIS skills gap by aligning the current workforce with potential future business needs is a simple proposition.

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Which activities belong in the Accounting department?

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What is the science of fact-based decision making?

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What extracts information from data and uses it to predict future trends and identify behavioral patterns?

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Which of the following offers an example where Porter's Five Forces are mostly strong and competition is high?

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What type of structured data includes input data,clickstream data,or gaming data?

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MIS is a business function.Which of the following does MIS perform to help aid the company in decision making and problem solving?

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The business decisions made by the Human Resources department include investment data,monetary data,and reporting data.

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Which role within a company is responsible for overseeing all uses of MIS and ensuring that MIS strategic aligns with business goals and objectives?

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A business strategy achieves a specific set of goals which include __________.

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The challenge that companies today sometimes have is that they are departmentalized and act independently of each other.One solution that can help a company work ___________ includes management information systems.

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Big data is a collection of large complex data sets,including structured and unstructured,which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools.

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According to Fast Company magazine,a few executive levels you might see created over the next decade include chief intellectual property officer,chief automation officer,and chief user experience officer.

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If you were thinking about a home theater system which of the following represents the outputs?

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The Sales and Marketing departments primarily use monetary data.

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When a company is the first to market with a competitive advantage,this is called a first-mover advantage.All of the following companies were first-movers except ____________.

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Which of the following includes the roles and responsibilities of the CSO?

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Firm infrastructure and human resource management are part of the support value activities.

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