Alu Potol Industry of Bd
Chapter 1: Information Systems in Global Business Today [MIS -L10/e]
Multiple Choices 1. When nearly all core business processes are digitally enabled,
Correct Answer: the firm is more competitive and efficient. 2. Which business objective refers to the achievement of higher levels of efficiency and productivity?
Correct Answer: Operational excellence
3. Which business objective refers to increasing a company's revenues while decreasing its costs?
Correct Answer: Customer and supplier intimacy
4. Which of the following consists of all the hardware and software that a firm needs to achieve its business objectives?
Correct Answer: Information technology
5. Data shaped into meaningful form are called
Correct Answer: information.
6. Raw facts that have not been organized into a useful form are called
Correct Answer: data.
7. Which activity of an information system converts raw input into a meaningful form?
Correct Answer: Processing
8. Which activity of an information system helps an organization evaluate or correct the input stage?
Correct Answer: Feedback
9. Computer literacy focuses primarily on:
Correct Answer: a knowledge of information technology.
10. The responsibility for monitoring the daily activities of a business falls to this organizational level:
Correct Answer: Middle management.
11. The world's largest and most widely used network is the
Correct Answer: Internet.
12. The linkage of two or more computers together to share data or resources is called a(n):
Correct Answer: network.
13. Which of the following could not be classified a complementary organizational asset required to optimize returns from information technology investments?
Correct Answer: The Internet and telecommunications infrastructure.
14. The technical approach to information systems includes:
Correct Answer: computer science, management science, and operations research.
15. Which of the following would not be classified as a
Multiple Choices 1. When nearly all core business processes are digitally enabled,
Correct Answer: the firm is more competitive and efficient. 2. Which business objective refers to the achievement of higher levels of efficiency and productivity?
Correct Answer: Operational excellence
3. Which business objective refers to increasing a company's revenues while decreasing its costs?
Correct Answer: Customer and supplier intimacy
4. Which of the following consists of all the hardware and software that a firm needs to achieve its business objectives?
Correct Answer: Information technology
5. Data shaped into meaningful form are called
Correct Answer: information.
6. Raw facts that have not been organized into a useful form are called
Correct Answer: data.
7. Which activity of an information system converts raw input into a meaningful form?
Correct Answer: Processing
8. Which activity of an information system helps an organization evaluate or correct the input stage?
Correct Answer: Feedback
9. Computer literacy focuses primarily on:
Correct Answer: a knowledge of information technology.
10. The responsibility for monitoring the daily activities of a business falls to this organizational level:
Correct Answer: Middle management.
11. The world's largest and most widely used network is the
Correct Answer: Internet.
12. The linkage of two or more computers together to share data or resources is called a(n):
Correct Answer: network.
13. Which of the following could not be classified a complementary organizational asset required to optimize returns from information technology investments?
Correct Answer: The Internet and telecommunications infrastructure.
14. The technical approach to information systems includes:
Correct Answer: computer science, management science, and operations research.
15. Which of the following would not be classified as a