Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 12 Enhancing Decision Making 1) Many decisions have elements of both types of decisions and are semistructured‚ where only part of the problem has a clear-cut answer provided by an accepted procedure. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 380 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills CASE: Content A-level Heading: 12.1 Decision Making and Information Systems 2) Senior executives face many unstructured decision situations‚ such
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 5 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies 1) IT infrastructure technology is purely a set of physical devices and software applications that are required to operate the entire enterprise. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Ref: 140 AACSB: Use of information technology CASE: Content A-level Heading: 5.1 IT Infrastructure 2) The "service platform" perspective makes it easier to understand the business value provided
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 8 Securing Information Systems 1) The potential for unauthorized access is usually limited to the communications lines of a network. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 247 AACSB: Use of information technology CASE: Content A-level Heading: 8.1 System Vulnerability and Abuse 2) Large public networks‚ such as the Internet‚ are less vulnerable than internal networks because they are virtually open to anyone. Answer:
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 6 Databases and Information Management 1) A grouping of characters into a word‚ a group of words‚ or a complete number is called a record. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Ref: 178 AACSB: Use of information technology CASE: Content A-level Heading: 6.1 Organizing Data in a Traditional File Environment 2) Each characteristic or quality describing a particular entity is called an attribute. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Type:
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 9 Enterprise Applications to Manage Supply Chains and Respond to Customers 1) Enterprise systems feature a set of integrated software modules and a central database that enables data to be shared by many different business processes and functional areas throughout the enterprise. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 285 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills CASE: Content A-level Heading: 9.1 Enterprise Systems 2) Enterprise
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 14 Project Management‚ Business Value‚ and Managing Change 1) Between 30 and 40 percent of all software projects are "runaway" projects that far exceed original schedule and budget projections. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 442 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills CASE: Content A-level Heading: 14.1 The Importance Of Project Management 2) As a member of senior management‚ the CIO is responsible for strategic level
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 4 Social‚ Ethical‚ and Legal Issues in Information Systems 1) Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Ref: 104 AACSB: Use of information technology CASE: Content A-level Heading: 4.1 Understanding Social‚ Legal‚ and Ethical Issues Related to Systems 2) Software piracy is bad for business. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Ref:
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 10 E-Commerce: Digital Markets and Digital Goods 1) E-commerce is ubiquitous‚ meaning that is it available just about everywhere‚ at all times. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 316 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills CASE: Content A-level Heading: 10.1 Electronic Commerce And The Internet 2) Marketspace is a marketplace extended beyond traditional boundaries and removed from a temporal and geographic location. Answer:
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management dimensions of information systems as well as the technology dimensions. 4. What are the organization‚ management and technology dimensions of information systems? Organization: Information systems are a part of organizations‚ and in some cases (such as credit card companies and financial market information services) they are the organization. Information systems will have imbedded within them the SOPs and the culture of an organization. Management: Information systems supply tools and information
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 3 Information Systems‚ Organizations‚ and Strategy 1) An adhocracy is a knowledge-based organization where goods and services depend on the expertise and knowledge of professionals. Answer: FALSE Diff: 3 Type: TF Page Ref: 71 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills CASE: Content A-level Heading: 3.1 Organizations and Information Systems 2) Information systems and organizations influence one another. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1
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