CIS5001 Online Test.

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A firm can exercise greater control over its suppliers by having

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a. fewer suppliers.

b. more suppliers. 

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c. global suppliers.

d. local suppliers.

Question 2

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Which of the following statements about collaboration is not true?

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a. In business, a collaboration can last as little as a few minutes.

b. One business benefit of collaboration is improved innovation.

c. Successful collaboration can be achieved through technology regardless of the organization's culture or structure. 

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d. Business collaboration relies on the formation of teams that are assigned a specific task or goal.

Question 3

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NORA is a

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a. federal privacy law protecting networked data.

b. new data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources. 

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c. profiling technology used by the EU.

d. sentencing guideline adopted in 1987 mandating stiff sentences on business executives.

Question 4

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Which of the following is a technique used to allow users to interact with a Web page without having to wait for the Web server to reload the Web page?

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a. Java

b. UDDI

c. widgets

d. Ajax 

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Question 5

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Immanuel Kant's Categorical Imperative states that

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a. one can put values in rank order and understand the consequences of various courses of action.

b. if an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone to take. 

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c. if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, then it is not right to be taken at any time.

d. one should take the action that produces the least harm or incurs the least cost.

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All of the following are major features of organizations that impact the use of information systems EXCEPT for

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a. agency costs. 

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b. environments.

c. business processes.

d. goals.

Question 7

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A relocation control system that reports summaries on the total moving, house-hunting, and home financing costs for employees in all company divisions would fall into the category of

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a. management information systems. 

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b. knowledge management systems.

c. transaction processing systems.

d. executive support systems.

Question 8

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The discipline that focuses on mathematical techniques for optimizing parameters of organizations, such as transportation and inventory control, is

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a. operations research. 

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b. MIS.

c. management science.

d. utilization management.

Question 9

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If two organizations pool markets and expertise that result in lower costs and generate profits it is often referred to as creating

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a. synergies. 

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b. core competencies.

c. a value web.

d. a value chain.

Question 10

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Which field of study focuses on both a behavioral and technical understanding of information systems?

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a. management information systems 

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b. sociology

c. economics

d. operations research

Question 11

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The multitasking, multi-user, operating system developed by Bell Laboratories that operates on a wide variety of computing platforms is

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a. Unix. 

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b. OS X.

c. Linux.

d. COBOL.

Question 12

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________ are created by combining and customizing components from different online software applications.

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a. Mashups 

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b. Apps

c. SaaS

d. Web services

Question 13

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The introduction of the minicomputer

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a. offered new, powerful machines at lower prices than mainframes.

b. enabled decentralized computing.

c. all of the above. 

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d. allowed computers to be customized to the specific needs of departments or business units.

Question 14

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Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of ChoicePoint raise?

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a. system quality

b. property rights and obligations

c. information rights and obligations 

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d. accountability and control

Question 15

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The costs incurred when a firm buys on the marketplace what it cannot make itself are referred to as

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a. agency costs.

b. procurement.

c. switching costs.

d. transaction costs. 

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Question 16

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The fundamental set of assumptions, values, and ways of doing things that has been accepted by most of a company's members is called its

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a. environment.

b. culture. 

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c. values.

d. atmosphere.

Question 17

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The principal liaison between the information systems groups and the rest of the organization is a

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a. programmer.

b. information systems manager.

c. CTO.

d. systems analyst. 

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Question 18

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The strength of patent protection is that it

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a. puts the strength of law behind copyright.

b. grants a monopoly on underlying concepts and ideas. 

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c. allows protection from Internet theft of ideas put forth publicly.

d. is easy to define.

Question 19

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In a business hierarchy, the level that is responsible for monitoring the daily activities of the business is

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a. service workers.

b. middle management.

c. production management.

d. operational management. 

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Which of the following is an example of a cross-functional business process?

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a. creating a new product 

b. paying creditors

c. identifying customers

d. assembling a product