BUS 349 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Mercer University

BUS 349 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Mercer University


BUS 349 - Unit I Quiz

 

Question 1

Walmart exemplifies the power of information systems coupled with excellent business practices and supportive management to achieve which of the following?

 

o   Operational efficiency

o   Competitive advantage

o   Customer intimacy

o   Survival

o   New business models

 

 

Question 2

All of the following are technology-related challenges in MIS except:

 

o   the mobile platform

o   co-creation of business value

o   big data

o   IoT

o   cloud computing

 

 

Question 3

Converting raw data into a more meaningful form is called:

 

o   inputting

o   organizing

o   feedback

o   capturing

o   processing

 

 

Question 4

Developing a new product, fulfilling an order, and hiring a new employee are all examples of business processes.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 Question 5

The six important business objectives of information systems investment include all of the following EXCEPT:

 

o   Employee morale

o   Competitive advantage

o   Survival

o   New products

o   Improved decision making

 

 

Question 6

Every business process is tied to one specific functional area.

 

o   True

o   False

 

Question 7

A(n) ____________ collects data from various business processes and stores the data in a single comprehensive data repository, usable by many parts of the business.

 

o   Decision support system

o   Automatic reporting system

o   Management information system

o   Enterprise system

o   Transaction processing system

 

 

Question 8

Instant messaging, video conferencing, and shared screens are all examples of ___________ collaboration tools.

 

o   asynchronous

o   spontaneous

o   co-located

o   bimodal

o   synchronous

 

 

Question 9

Which of the following industries has the lowest barrier to entry?

 

o   airline

o   small retailer

o   automotive

o   solar energy

o   computer chip

 

 

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT one of the competitive forces in an industry's environment in Porter's Competitive Forces model?

 

o   New market entrants

o   Customers

o   Suppliers

o   Substitute products

o   Technology

 

 

Question 11

To what competitive force did the printed encyclopedia industry succumb?

 

o   Increased bargaining power of customers

o   low cost of entry

o   substitute products or services

o   increased bargaining power of suppliers

o   positioning and rivalry among competitors

 

 

Question 12

The inventors of disruptive technology can benefit the most from the technology; but fast followers catch up quickly.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 13

A value web is a collection of independent firms that use information technology to coordinate their value chains to collectively produce a product or service for a market.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 14

Benchmarks may be external industry standards, standards other companies set, internally developed standards, or some combination of these.

 

o   True

o   False

 

Question 15

All of the following are way to improve quality except:

 

o   improving production precision

o   reducing cycle time

o   Simplifying the production process

o   implementing a new information systems

o   improving products and services based on customer demands

 

 

Question 16

One of the best ways to reduce quality problems is to increase cycle time.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 17

Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?

 

o   It has a magnifying effect, creating increasing numbers of ethical issues.

o   It has a ripple effect, raising new ethical, social and political issues.

o   It is beneficial for society as a whole, while raising dilemmas for consumers.

o   It has a dampening effect on the discourse of business ethics.

o   It has a waterfall effect in raising ever more complex ethical issues.

 

 

 

Question 18

The use of computers to assemble data from different sources to create a digital dossiers of detailed information about individuals is known as which of the following?

 

o   Water boarding

o   Profiling

o   Spyware

o   Spamming

o   Phishing

 

 

 

Question 19

Which of the following protects the authors of a book from having their work copied by others?

 

o   Copyright law

o   Trade Secret Law

o   Fair Use Doctrine

o   Patent protection

o   Due process

 

 

Question 20

Which of the following is considered the most important U.S. federal statute setting forth conditions for the Federal Government's handling of information about individual?

 

o   The Privacy Act

o   HIPAA

o   The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

o   COPPA

o   The Freedom of Information Act

 

 

 

Question 21

When a cookie is created during a website visit, it is stored:

 

o   on the hard drive of the visitor's computer

o   nowhere, because they are only used during a visit and are discarded once a visitor leaves the website

o   on the website's server

o   on the ISP's servers

o   in the browser's application settings

 

 

Question 22

In the ____________ model of informed consent, personal information can be collected until the consumer specifically requests that his or her data not be collected.

 

o   PGP

o   opt-in

o   P3P

o   opt-out

o   safe harbor

 

 

Question 23

Which of the following is a global network that uses universal standards to connect millions of different networks around the world?

 

o   Verizon

o   An extranet

o   The Internet

o   A local area network

o   The World Wide Window

 

 

 

Question 24

Gaining unapproved access to a computer is a federal crime.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 25

Redesigning and automating business processes can be seen as a double-edged sword because:

 

o   support for middle-management decision making may be offset by poor data quality

o   increases in efficiency may be accompanied by job losses

o   increases in efficiency may be accompanied by poor data quality

o   reliance on technology results in the loss of hands=on knowledge

o   it can concentrate power in the hands of senior executives

 

 

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