Question 1

Successful companies today operate cross-functionally, integrating the operations of all departments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What is data converted into a meaningful and useful context?

Accepted Answer

A)   Competitive intelligence
B)   Information
C)   Buyer power
D)   First-mover advantageE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Assume you are in the business of producing and selling frames. If you could produce more frames with the same input, what would happen to your productivity and profits assuming the price of your frames remains the same?

Accepted Answer

A)   Increase in productivity, decrease in profits.
B)   Increase in productivity, increase in profits.
C)   Decrease in productivity, decrease in profits.
D)   Decrease in productivity, increase in profits.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Information is data converted into useful, meaningful context. What are data characteristics that change or vary over time?

Accepted Answer

A)   Facts
B)   Variables
C)   Supplies
D)   ServicesE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

If you were thinking about a movie theater, which of the following represents the outputs?

Accepted Answer

A)   The movie player, movie, speakers, digital projector, screen, and electricity.
B)   Playing the movie including the audio through the speakers and the movie on the screen.
C)   An error message stating that the movie cannot be played.
D)   Loading the movie to play, pause, rewind, or fast forward.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Order date, amount sold, and customer number are all forms of data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following is not considered a core driver of the information age?

Accepted Answer

A)   Information
B)   Business Intelligence
C)   Knowledge
D)   VariablesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

What data do humans, interacting with computers, generate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Human-generated
B)   Machine-generated
C)   Machine-to-machine (M2M) 
D)   Static reportE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

What are tasks performed by people that customers will buy to satisfy a want or need?

Accepted Answer

A)   Goods
B)   Services
C)   Production
D)   ProductivityE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

The business decisions made by the operations management department include manufacturing data, distribution data, and production data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What uses techniques that extract information from data and use it to predict future trends and identify behavioral patterns?

Accepted Answer

A)   Business analytics.
B)   Descriptive analytics.
C)   Prescriptive analytics.
D)   Predictive analytics.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Describe the information age and the differences between data, information, business intelligence, and knowledge.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

The department within a company that records, measures, and reports monetary transactions is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Accounting
B)   Marketing
C)   Human resources
D)   Operations managementE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

If you were thinking about a movie theater, which of the following represents the process?

Accepted Answer

A)   The movie player, movie, speakers, digital projector, screen, and electricity.
B)   Playing the movie including the audio through the speakers and the movie on the screen.
C)   An error message stating that the movie cannot be played.
D)   Loading the movie to play, pause, rewind, or fast forward.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

The business decisions made by the human resources department include employee data, promotion data, and vacation data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The challenge that companies today sometimes have is that they are departmentalized and act independently of each other. One solution that can help a company work ________ includes management information systems.

Accepted Answer

A)   Variables
B)   Human resource data
C)   Interdependently
D)   Resource information systemsE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Which of the following is considered information?

Accepted Answer

A)   Quantity sold
B)   Date sold
C)   Best-selling item by month
D)   Product soldE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

The information age is the present time, during which infinite quantities of facts are widely available to anyone who can use a computer and has internet access.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

MIS is a business function. Which of the following does MIS perform to help aid the company in decision making and problem solving?

Accepted Answer

A)   Moves information about people.
B)   Moves processes across the company to improve systems.
C)   Moves information about products.
D)   All of these.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Which department maintains policies, plans, and procedures for the effective management of employees?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sales
B)   Operations management
C)   Accounting
D)   Human resourcesE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Exam 1: Business Driven Technology

Which of the following is not considered a core driver of the information age?

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The challenge that companies today sometimes have is that they are departmentalized and act independently of each other. One solution that can help a company work ________ includes management information systems.

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What is data converted into a meaningful and useful context?

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Which department maintains policies, plans, and procedures for the effective management of employees?

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Describe the information age and the differences between data, information, business intelligence, and knowledge.

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If you were thinking about a movie theater, which of the following represents the outputs?

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Which of the following is considered information?

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If you were thinking about a movie theater, which of the following represents the process?

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What data do humans, interacting with computers, generate?

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What uses techniques that extract information from data and use it to predict future trends and identify behavioral patterns?

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The business decisions made by the human resources department include employee data, promotion data, and vacation data.

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The department within a company that records, measures, and reports monetary transactions is called ________.

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Successful companies today operate cross-functionally, integrating the operations of all departments.

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Assume you are in the business of producing and selling frames. If you could produce more frames with the same input, what would happen to your productivity and profits assuming the price of your frames remains the same?

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Order date, amount sold, and customer number are all forms of data.

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MIS is a business function. Which of the following does MIS perform to help aid the company in decision making and problem solving?

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What are tasks performed by people that customers will buy to satisfy a want or need?

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Information is data converted into useful, meaningful context. What are data characteristics that change or vary over time?

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The business decisions made by the operations management department include manufacturing data, distribution data, and production data.

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The information age is the present time, during which infinite quantities of facts are widely available to anyone who can use a computer and has internet access.

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