Information Management System Chapter 1 Quiz

Question 1

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An Extranet is:

Selected Answer:	An Internet-like network connecting business partners
Answers:	An Internet-like network connecting business partners
	An Internet-like network that is used inside an enterprise
	Another name that referrers to the Internet
	The same as and Ethernet network

Question 2

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A database of customer purchases that provides end-user managers with interactive and ad hoc decision-making support is referred to as _______________.

Selected Answer:	a decision support system
Answers:	a transaction processing system
	a decision support system
	an information reporting system
	an executive information system

Question 3

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When employees in a project team use email to send and receive messages and use videoconferences to hold electronic meetings and coordinate their activities, they are using which of the following?

Selected Answer:	Enterprise collaboration systems
Answers:	Transaction processing systems
	Process control systems
	Enterprise collaboration systems
	Decision support systems

Question 4

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An example of an information system is:

Selected Answer:	All of the choices are correct
Answers:	Smoke signals
	A library’s card catalog
	Your book bag
	All of the choices are correct

Question 5

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An Intranet is:

Selected Answer:	An Internet-like network that is used inside an enterprise
Answers:	An Internet-like network connecting business partners
	An Internet-like network that is used inside an enterprise
	Another name that referrers to the Internet
	The same as and Ethernet network

Question 6

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In an information system, software resources would include all of the following except:

Selected Answer:	All of the choices are correct are software resources
Answers:	Microsoft Windows
	Microsoft Word
	Telecommunications networks
	All of the choices are correct are software resources

Question 7

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An information system that provides intranet access to best business practices, sales proposal strategies, or customer problem resolutions would be classified as a(n) _______________.

Selected Answer:	Knowledge Management System
Answers:	Expert System
	Knowledge Management System
	Strategic Information System
	Functional Business System

Question 8

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Business applications of information systems are typically combinations of several types of information systems from different areas within a business. This integration is referred to as:

Selected Answer:	Cross functional informational systems
Answers:	Information reporting systems
	Decision support systems
	Cross functional informational systems
	End user-computing systems

Question 9

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What is(are) company’s information systems functions?

Selected Answer:	All choices are correct
Answers:	Input and store data the company considers important to its business functions
	Process the data in a form that produces information useful for managerial decision making
	Process the data into information that can be used by the operations people in a company to carry out their daily tasks necessary for the company’s operation
	All choices are correct

Question 10

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A production manager needs a system to help determine how much product to manufacture based on the expected sales associated with a future promotion, plus the location and availability of the raw materials necessary to manufacture the product. What type of system would meet this manager’s needs?

Selected Answer:	Decision support system
Answers:	Transaction processing system
	Process control system
	Enterprise collaboration system
	Decision support system

Question 11

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Executive information systems (EIS) are tailored to meet the strategic information needs of which of the following management levels?

Selected Answer:	All of the choices are correct.
Answers:	Top management (strategic)
	Middle management (tactical)
	Lower management (operational)
	All of the choices are correct.

Question 12

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Telecommunications network technologies include:

Selected Answer:	All choices are correct
Answers:	The hardware (computers, routers, switches, etc.) necessary to create a network connection between various computers
	Telecommunications media
	Telecommunications software
	All choices are correct

Question 13

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In the information systems concept, the output function involves:

Selected Answer:	Capturing and assembling elements that enter the system to be processed
Answers:	Capturing and assembling elements that enter the system to be processed
	Transformation processes that convert input into output
	Transferring elements that have been produced by a transformation process to their ultimate destination
	Monitoring and evaluating feedback to determine whether a system is moving toward the achievement of its goal

Question 14

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The majority of organizations today would be classified as _______________ systems.

Selected Answer:	open adaptive
Answers:	open
	closed
	open adaptive
	closed adaptive

Question 15

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Which one of the following statements does NOT apply to the concept of an information system model?

Selected Answer:	An information system must be computer-based and fully automated
Answers:	An information system transforms data resources into information products
	An information system must be computer-based and fully automated
	An information system performs input, processing, output, storage and control activities
	An information system uses the resources of hardware, software, people, data and networks

Question 16

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An important development in information systems in the 1990s was the concept of an information system that is an integral component of a business process, products and services that it helps a company gain a competitive advantage. This type of system is known as:

Selected Answer:	A strategic information system
Answers:	A management information system
	A strategic information system
	An executive support system
	A knowledge-based system

Question 17

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For students considering a future in the business field, he following will hold true:

Selected Answer:	All choices are correct
Answers:	No mater which discipline they are entering marketing, production, finance or human resource management, they will all require extensive use of information systems
	Managers will face extensive involvement in the selection and development of information systems
	The information systems their company uses will affect their ability to be effective as a manager within the company
	All choices are correct

Question 18

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Information technologies are playing a vital and expanding role in business. Information technology can help all kinds of businesses improve the efficiency and effectiveness of which of the following?

Selected Answer:	All of the choices are correct
Answers:	Business processes
	Managerial decision making
	Workgroup collaboration
	All of the choices are correct

Question 19

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In an information system, “information” is:

Selected Answer:	All of the choices are correct
Answers:	Data that has been subjected to a “value-added” process
	Data that has been manipulated and organized
	Data that has been placed in a proper context for a human user
	All of the choices are correct

Question 20

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In the information systems concept, the processing function involves:

Selected Answer:	Transformation processes that convert input into output
Answers:	Capturing and assembling elements that enter the system to be processed
	Transformation processes that convert input into output
	Transferring elements that have been produced by a transformation process to their ultimate destination
	Monitoring and evaluating feedback to determine whether a system is moving toward the achievement of its goal

Information Management System Chapter 1 Quiz

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