1 out of 1 points
Users should take an active role in system development to create an information system that meets their needs.
Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
The CEO of an organization asks the human resources manager to send information about the rate of employee turnover in the organization for the last quarter. The manager sends the salary details of new hires during this period. This information is likely to be of little use to the CEO because it is ________.
Selected Answer:
irrelevant
Correct Answer:
irrelevant
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Information systems become a waste of time and money when users work with inaccurate data.
Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
Because of Moore's Law, the cost of data communications and data storage is essentially zero.
Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is a component of an information system, but not of information technology?
Selected Answer:
people
Correct Answer:
people
Question 7
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Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Today, because of Moore's Law, any routine skill is liable to be outsourced to the lowest bidder.
Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True
Question 10
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Information system refers to the products, methods, inventions, and standards that are used for the purpose of producing information.
Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False
Q02 Question 1
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A student team, which is assigned a term project, meets and divides the work into sections and then team members work independently on their individual pieces. An hour before the project is due the team members meet again to assemble their independent pieces into a whole. Which of the following is lacking in this activity?
Selected Answer:
collaboration
Correct Answer:
collaboration
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The choice of information systems used for sharing content depends on the degree of control required.
Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True 1 out of 1 points
Question 3
Which of the following statements is true about working with Google Drive?
Selected Answer:
Question 4
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Question 5
1 out of 1 points
An organization defines the rules that govern a project that it needs to undertake and the people who should perform the tasks. The project is in the ________ phase of project management.
Selected Answer:
starting
Correct Answer:
starting
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Question 7
The term ________ refers to a collaboration tool where team members can easily respond and the management can easily identify the people who have not responded to a request.
Selected Answer:
team surveys
Correct Answer:
team surveys
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Question 9
Feedback and iteration enable a group to produce something greater than any single person could accomplish working independently.
Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True 1 out of 1 points
Question 10
synchronous
Correct Answer:
synchronous
Q3
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Focused differentiation refers to providing a better product or service within an industry segment.
Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True 1 out of 1 points
Question 2
The difference between the value that an activity generates and the cost of the activity is called the ________.
Selected Answer:
margin
Correct Answer:
margin
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following statements is consistent with the central idea of business process design?
Selected Answer:
Organizations should create new business processes rather than improve existing systems. Organizations should create new business processes rather than improve existing systems.
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 4
Question 5
Huen Software, an application provider to the gaming industry, decided to increase its portfolio by developing 3-D graphics-enabled games for the mobile gaming industry. By doing this, which competitive strategy is Huen Software implementing?
Selected Answer:
product differentiation
Correct Answer:
product differentiation
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The competitive strategy of locking in customers is called establishing high switching costs.
Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True 1 out of 1 points
Question 7
industry structure
Correct Answer:
industry structure
Question 8
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Question 9
Question 10
1 out of 1 points