Bus615 Midterm
True / False Questions (2 points each/20 points total) 1. Top managers use social intelligence to define the future of the business, analyzing markets, industries and economies to determine the strategic direction the company must follow to remain unprofitable.
False
2. A variable is a business intelligence characteristic that stands for a value that cannot change over time.
False
3. Business process management systems evaluate and improve processes that include both person-to-person workflow and system-to-system communications.
True
4. BPM systems include advanced features such as enhanced process modeling, simulation, execution, and monitoring, providing a high level of flexibility while reducing costs.
True
5. Transaction brokers process online sales transactions.
True
6. Ebusiness is the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet.
False
7. Ebusiness is something that a business can just go out and buy.
False
8. One of the most ineffective ways to set up authentication techniques is by setting up user ID's and passwords.
True
9. Biometrics is the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting.
True
10. A firewall scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt.
False
Multiple Choice Questions (2 points each/20 points total) 11. Greg Provenzo owns and runs a Blockbuster video store. Greg is implementing a drive-thru rental process that is the same as you would find at a fast food restaurant. Customers can pick-up and drop-off their videos without leaving their cars. Greg's new system has become so popular that Videos Plus, a competitor down the street, is attempting to recreate Greg's video drive-thru rental process. Greg's system is an example of a ________.
A. Supply chain power
B. First-mover advantage
C. Business processing strategy
D. Business Intelligence
12. The
False
2. A variable is a business intelligence characteristic that stands for a value that cannot change over time.
False
3. Business process management systems evaluate and improve processes that include both person-to-person workflow and system-to-system communications.
True
4. BPM systems include advanced features such as enhanced process modeling, simulation, execution, and monitoring, providing a high level of flexibility while reducing costs.
True
5. Transaction brokers process online sales transactions.
True
6. Ebusiness is the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet.
False
7. Ebusiness is something that a business can just go out and buy.
False
8. One of the most ineffective ways to set up authentication techniques is by setting up user ID's and passwords.
True
9. Biometrics is the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting.
True
10. A firewall scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt.
False
Multiple Choice Questions (2 points each/20 points total) 11. Greg Provenzo owns and runs a Blockbuster video store. Greg is implementing a drive-thru rental process that is the same as you would find at a fast food restaurant. Customers can pick-up and drop-off their videos without leaving their cars. Greg's new system has become so popular that Videos Plus, a competitor down the street, is attempting to recreate Greg's video drive-thru rental process. Greg's system is an example of a ________.
A. Supply chain power
B. First-mover advantage
C. Business processing strategy
D. Business Intelligence
12. The