INFO 360 tests 1-3

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Question 1

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The three activities in an information system that produce the information organizations use to control operations are:
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  • Information retrieval, research, and analysis.
  • Input, output, and feedback.
  • Input, processing, and output.
  • Data analysis, processing, and feedback.

Question 2

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Output:
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  • Is feedback that has been processed to create meaningful information.
  • Is information that is returned to appropriate members of the organization to help them evaluate the input stage.
  • Transfers raw data to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used.
  • Transfers processed information to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used.

Question 3

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Converting raw data into a more meaningful form is called:
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  • Capturing
  • Processing
  • Organizing
  • Feeback

Question 4

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A hierarchy:
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  • Results in a clear-cut division of labor.
  • Is composed primarily of experts trained for different functions.
  • Is a pyramid structure of rising authority and responsibility.
  • Is used primarily in large organizations to define job roles.

Question 5

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The field that deals with behavioral issues, as well as technical issues surrounding the development, use, and impact of information systems used by managers and employees in the firm, is called:
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  • Information systems literacy.
  • Information systems architecture.
  • Management information systems.
  • Information technology infrastructure.

Question 6

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All of the following can be considered managerial responsibilities except:
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  • Making action plans to solve organizational problems.
  • Creating new products and services.
  • Designing new information systems
  • Allocating human resources to coordinate the work to be done

Question 7

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Data management technology consists of:
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  • The physical hardware and media used by an organization for storing data.
  • The detailed, preprogrammed instructions that control and coordinate the computer hardware components in an information system.
  • The software governing the organization of data on physical storage media.
  • The hardware and software used to transfer data.

Question 8

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Promoting the organization's products or services is a responsibility of the ________ function.
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  • Finance and accounting
  • Human resources
  • Manufacturing and production
  • Sales and marketing

Question 9

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Checking for product quality is an activity associated with the ______ function.
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  • Finance and accounting
  • Human resources
  • Manufacturing and production
  • Sales and marketing

Question 10

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That assist with paperwork at all levels of the firm are called:
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  • Data workers.
  • Knowledge workers.
  • Operational management.
  • Service workers.

Question 11

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The three principal levels of hierarchies within a business organization are:
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  • Management, knowledge workers, and service workers.
  • Senior management, middle management, and operational management.
  • Management, data workers, and operational management.
  • Senior management, operational management, and workers.

Question 12

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Engineers and architects are examples of:
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  • Senior management.
  • Production workers.
  • Knowledge workers.
  • Middle management.

Question 13

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Which type of system would you use to change a production schedule if a key supplier was late in delivering goods?
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  • ESS
  • TPS
  • MIS
  • DSS

Question 14

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________ is the ability to offer individually tailored products or services using the same production resources as bulk production.
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  • Mass customization
  • Size customization
  • Personalization
  • Demand customization

Question 15

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A substitute product of most concern for a cable TV distributor is:
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  • Satellite TV.
  • Broadcast TV.
  • Satellite radio.
  • The Internet.

Question 16

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When the output of some units can be used as inputs to other units, or 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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  • Value webs.
  • Value chains.
  • Synergies.
  • Core competencies.

Question 17

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The iPad can be seen as a disruptive technology for the ___________ industry.
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  • Publishing
  • Music
  • Software
  • Travel

Question 18

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A ___________ is an activity at which a firm excels as a world-class leader.
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  • Best practice
  • Competitive advantage
  • Primary activity
  • Core competency

Question 19

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Which of the following can force a business and its competitors to compete on price alone?
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  • High product differentiation
  • Poor process efficiency
  • Demand control
  • Transparent marketplace

Question 20

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In the information age, the obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values and institutions fall within the moral dimension of:
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  • Family and home.
  • Property rights and obligations
  • System quality.
  • Quality of life.

Question 21

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Accepting the potential costs, duties, and obligations for the decisions you make is referred to as:
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  • Responsibility
  • Accountability
  • Liability
  • Due process

Question 22

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The practice in law-governed societies in which laws are known and understood, and there is an ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly is called:
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  • Liability
  • Due process
  • The courts of appeal
  • Accountability

Question 23

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Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of Choice Point raise?
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  • Property rights and obligations
  • System quality
  • Accountability and control
  • Information rights and obligations

Question 24

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All of the following are current key technology trends raising ethical issues except:
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  • Data storage improvements.
  • Data analysis advancements.
  • Increase in multimedia quality
  • Increase in use of mobile devices

Question 25

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Types of information gathered by Web site tracking tools include all of the following except:
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  • Health concerns
  • Birthplace
  • Income
  • Purchases

Question 26

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An extranet is a private intranet extended to authorized users outside the organization.
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  • True
  • False

Question 27

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Information systems literacy describes the behavioral approach to information systems, while computer literacy describes the technical approach.
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  • True
  • False

Question 28

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Developing a new product, fulfilling an order, or hiring a new employee are all examples of business processes.
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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Business processes are those logically related tasks for accomplishing tasks that have been formally encoded by an organization.
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  • True
  • False

Question 30

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As a result of new public laws, accountants are beginning to perform more technical duties, such as auditing systems and networks.
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  • True
  • False

Question 31

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A network requires at least three computers and a shared resource.
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  • True
  • False

Question 32

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Senior management is responsible for directing the day-to-day activities of the business.
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  • True
  • False

Question 33

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Transaction processing systems are most commonly encountered at the senior management level of an organization.
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  • True
  • False

Question 34

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Transaction processing systems are the basic business systems that serve the operational level of the organization.
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  • True
  • False

Question 35

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Most MISs use sophisticated mathematical models or statistical techniques.
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  • True
  • False

Question 36

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ESSs are designed to incorporate data about external events, but they also draw summarized information from internal MIS and DSS.
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  • True
  • False

Question 37

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ESSs are designed primarily to solve specific problems.
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  • True
  • False

Question 38

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A firm can be said to have competitive advantage when it has higher stock market valuations than its competitors.
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  • True
  • False

Question 39

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A primary challenge in BPM is employee resistance.
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  • True
  • False

Question 40

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A transparent marketplace means that there is high product differentiation.
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  • True
  • False

Question 41

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The greatest barrier to changing business processes is, ironically, management itself.
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  • True
  • False

Question 42

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BPM is considered concluded when the new processes are both implemented and accepted.
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  • True
  • False

Question 43

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In the value chain model, primary activities are most directly related to the production and distribution of the firm's products and services that create value for the customer.
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  • True
  • False

Question 44

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Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult.
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  • True
  • False

Question 45

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Professionals take on special rights and obligations because of their special claims to knowledge, wisdom, and respect.
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  • True
  • False

Question 46

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Even in today's legal climate, there is little incentive for firms to cooperate with prosecutors investigating financial crimes at their firm.
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  • True
  • False

Question 47

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Most Internet businesses do very little to protect the privacy of their customers.
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  • True
  • False

Question 48

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Copyright is the legal protection afforded intellectual property, such as a song, book, or video game.
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  • True
  • False

Question 49

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Spyware is software that comes hidden in downloaded applications and can track your online movements.
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  • True
  • False

Question 50

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Most American and European privacy law is based on a set of five principles called COPPA.
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  • True
  • False

Question 51

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Software used to apply the computer to a specific task for an end user is called:
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  • system software.
  • application software.
  • data management software.
  • network software.

Question 52

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Legacy systems are still in use today because:
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  • they can only be run on the older mainframe computers.
  • they are too expensive to redesign.
  • many integrate well using new Web services technologies.
  • they contain valuable data that would be lost during redesign.

Question 53

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_________ describes the practices and technologies used minimize the environmental effects of manufacturing and managing computing devices.
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  • Capacity planning
  • Cloud computing
  • Green computing
  • Autonomic computing

Question 54

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An industry-wide effort to develop systems that can configure, optimize, tune, and heal themselves when broken, and protect themselves from outside intruders and self-destruction is called:
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  • grid computing.
  • utility computing.
  • cloud computing.
  • autonomic computing.

Question 55

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Microsoft Word is an example of:
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  • open-source software.
  • word-processing software.
  • software productivity suite.
  • data management software.

Question 56

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Microsoft Excel is an example of:
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  • data management software.
  • spreadsheet software.
  • presentation graphics.
  • word processing software.

Question 57

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An example of a pre-digital database is a:
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  • library's card-catalog.
  • cash register receipt.
  • doctor's office invoice.
  • list of sales totals on a spreadsheet.

Question 58

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Which of the following best illustrates the relationship between entities and attributes?
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  • The entity CUSTOMER with the attribute PRODUCT
  • The entity CUSTOMER with the attribute ADDRESS
  • The entity PRODUCT with the attribute PURCHASE
  • The entity PRODUCT with the attribute CUSTOMER

Question 59

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In a relational database, a record is also called a(n):
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  • tuple
  • row
  • entity
  • field

Question 60

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A field identified in a record as holding the unique identifier for that record is called the:
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  • primary key.
  • key field.
  • primary field.
  • foreign key.

Question 61

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Which of the following would you use to find out which Web sites with content related to database design were the most often linked to by other Web sites?
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  • Web usage mining
  • Web server mining
  • Web structure mining
  • Web content mining

Question 62

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Which of the following is not a typical feature of DBMS?
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  • Data manipulation language
  • Report generation tools
  • Data dictionary
  • Query wizard tool

Question 63

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A ______________ is special software that routes and manages communications on the network and coordinates networks resources.
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  • switch
  • firewall
  • server
  • network operating system/NOS

Question 64

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Which of the following statements is not true about search engines?
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  • They are arguably the Internet's "killer app."
  • They have solved the problem of how users instantly find information on the Internet
  • They are monetized almost exclusively by search engine marketing.
  • There are hundreds of search engines vying for user attention, with no clear leader having yet emerged.

Question 65

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Which of the following is an example of the "visual Web"?
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  • Twitter
  • Blogger
  • Pinterest
  • Facebook

Question 66

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A LAN would be used to connect all of the following except:
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  • all of the computers in a large building.
  • all of the devices within a 10-meter area.
  • all of the computers in a city.
  • all of the computers in a small office.

Question 67

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What is the primary difference between 3G and 4G cellular systems?
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  • 4G systems are digital.
  • 4G systems have greater transmission speeds.
  • 3G systems are unable to handle Web browsing.
  • 3G systems have poor security.

Question 68

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__________ integrate(s) disparate channels for voice communications, data communications, instant messaging, e-mail, and electronic conferencing into a single experience.
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  • Wireless networks
  • Intranets
  • Virtual private networks
  • Unified communications

Question 69

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Evil twins are:
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  • Trojan horses that appears to the user to be a legitimate commercial software application.
  • e-mail messages that mimic the e-mail messages of a legitimate business.
  • fraudulent Web sites that mimic a legitimate business's Web site.
  • bogus wireless network access points that look legitimate to users.

Question 70

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You have been hired as a security consultant for a law firm. Which of the following constitutes the greatest source of security threats to the firm?
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  • Wireless network
  • Employees
  • Authentication procedures
  • Lack of data encryption

Question 71

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Tricking employees to reveal their passwords by pretending to be a legitimate member of a company is called:
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  • sniffing
  • social engineering
  • phishing
  • pharming

Question 72

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Which of the following is a type of ambient data?
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  • Computer log containing recent system errors
  • A file deleted from a hard disk
  • A file that contains an application's user settings
  • A set of raw data from an environmental sensor

Question 73

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Computer forensics tasks include all of the following except:
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  • presenting collected evidence in a court of law.
  • securely storing recovered electronic data
  • collecting physical evidence on the computer
  • finding significant information in a large volume of electronic data

Question 74

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The development and use of methods to make computer systems resume their activities more quickly after mishaps is called:
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  • high-availability computing
  • recovery-oriented computing
  • fault-tolerant computing
  • disaster-recovery planning

Question 75

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Most antivirus software is effective against:
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  • only those viruses active on the Internet and through e-mail
  • any virus.
  • any virus except those in wireless communications applications
  • only those viruses already known when the software is written

Question 76

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Systems integration means ensuring the legacy systems work with new elements of the infrastructure.
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  • True
  • False

Question 77

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Using an online storage service such as DropBox is a type of virtualization.
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  • True
  • False

Question 78

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SaaS providers deliver and provide Web-based, remote access to storage.
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  • True
  • False

Question 79

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One of the main benefits of moving to mobile business computing platforms is the dramatically lower costs of hardware.
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  • True
  • False

Question 80

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Total cost of ownership components include costs for downtime, training, and support.
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  • True
  • False

Question 81

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The collection of Web services that are used to build a firm's software systems constitutes what is known as a service-oriented architecture.
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  • True
  • False

Question 82

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Web mining is the discovery of useful patterns on the Web.
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  • True
  • False

Question 83

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Every record in a file should contain at least one key field.
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  • True
  • False

Question 84

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OLAP is a key tool of BI.
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  • True
  • False

Question 85

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Data cleansing is the same process as data scrubbing
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  • True
  • False

Question 86

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The two key services of Hadoop are HDFS and in-memory computing
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  • True
  • False

Question 87

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DBMS simplify how end users work with databases by separating the logical and physical views of the data.
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  • True
  • False

Question 88

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To create a computer network, you must have at least two computers.
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  • True
  • False

Question 89

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Circuit switching makes much more efficient use of the communications capacity of a network than does packet switching.
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  • True
  • False

Question 90

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Mobile search makes up approximately 10% of all Internet searches
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  • True
  • False

Question 91

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Two computers using TCP/IP can communicate even if they are based on different hardware and software platforms.
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  • True
  • False

Question 92

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VoIP technology delivers voice information in digital form using packet switching.
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  • True
  • False

Question 93

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In a large company today, you will often find an infrastructure that includes hundreds of small LANs linked to each other as well as to corporate-wide networks.
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  • True
  • False

Question 94

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In a client/server network, a network server provides every connected client with an address so it can be found by others on the network.
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  • True
  • False

Question 95

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The term cracker is used to identify a hacker whose specialty is breaking open security systems
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  • True
  • False

Question 96

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The term cracker is used to identify a hacker whose specialty is breaking open security systems
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  • True
  • False

Question 97

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One form of spoofing involves forging the return address on an e-mail so that the e-mail message appears to come from someone other than the sender.
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  • True
  • False

Question 98

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The distributed nature of cloud computing makes it somewhat easier to track unauthorized access.
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  • True
  • False

Question 99

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Zero defects cannot be achieved in larger software programs because fully testing programs that contain thousands of choices and millions of paths would require thousands of years.
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  • True
  • False

Question 100

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SSL is a protocol used to establish a secure connection between two computers.
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  • True
  • False

Question 101

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Enterprise software is built around thousands of predefined business processes that reflect:
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  • the firm's organization.
  • industry goals.
  • best practices.
  • cutting edge workflow analyses

Question 102

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Which of the following is not true about enterprise systems?
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  • Enterprise systems help firms respond rapidly to customer requests for information or products.
  • Enterprise system data have standardized definitions and formats that are accepted by the entire organization.
  • Enterprise software is expressly built to allow companies to mimic their unique business practices.
  • Enterprise software includes analytical tools to evaluate overall organizational performance.

Question 103

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When tailoring a particular aspect of a system to the way a company does business, enterprise software can provide the company with:
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  • configuration tables
  • Web services
  • data dictionaries
  • middleware

Question 104

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In order to achieve maximum benefit from an enterprise software package, a business:
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  • customizes the software to match all of its business processes
  • uses only the processes in the software that match its own processes
  • changes the way it works to match the software's business processes
  • selects only the software that best matches its existing business processes.

Question 105

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A company's suppliers, supplier's suppliers, and the processes for managing relationships with them is the:
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  • supplier's internal supply chain
  • external supply chain
  • upstream portion of the supply chain
  • downstream portion of the supply chain

Question 106

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Why is overstocking warehouses not an effective solution for a problem of low availability?
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  • It does not speed product time to market
  • It is an inefficient use of raw materials
  • It increases sales costs
  • It increases inventory costs

Question 107

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Which of the following is not one of the unique features of e-commerce technology
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  • Information density
  • Transparency
  • Richness
  • Social technology

Question 108

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The integration of video, audio, and text marketing messages into a single marketing message and consumer experience describes which dimension of e-commerce technology?
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  • Ubiquity
  • Personalization/customization
  • Richness
  • Interactivity

Question 109

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Selling products and services directly to individual consumers via the Internet best describes
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  • B2B e-commerce
  • C2C e-commerce
  • M-commerce
  • B2C e-commerce

Question 110

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Transaction brokers
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  • generate revenue from advertising or from directing buyers to sel
  • save users money and time by processing online sales transactions.
  • provide a digital environment where buyers and sellers can establish prices for products
  • sell physical products directly to consumers or individual businesses.

Question 111

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EDI is:
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  • the use of Internet technologies for electronic data transactions
  • the exchange between two organizations of standard transactions through a network
  • electronic data invoicing
  • electronic delivery infrastructure

Question 112

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Goods that are involved in the actual production process are referred to as:
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  • raw materials
  • direct goods.
  • purchasing goods
  • indirect goods

Question 113

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Where there is no well-understood or agreed-on procedure for making a decision, it is said to be
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  • undocumented
  • unstructured
  • documented
  • semistructured

Question 114

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The type of decision that can be made by following a definite procedure is called a(n) ___________ decision.
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  • structured
  • unstructured
  • semistructured
  • procedural

Question 115

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Simon's four different stages in decision making are, in order from first to last
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  • identification, choice, design, and implementation
  • identification, design, choice, and finalization
  • intelligence, choice, design, and implementation
  • intelligence, design, choice, and implementation.

Question 116

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Which dimension of quality means that a decision faithfully reflects the concerns and interests of affected parties?
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  • Due process
  • Justice
  • Fairness
  • Coherence

Question 117

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All of the following are analytic functionalities that BI systems deliver except:
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  • user interface
  • ad hoc queries
  • dashboards
  • production reports

Question 118

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Why is the balanced scorecard method said to be "balanced"?
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  • It uses measurable dimensions for assessing performance
  • It measures performance of more than just financial systems
  • It assesses both the internally focused and externally focused business processes
  • It measures performance along all major divisions of a firm, from production and manufacturing to human resources.

Question 119

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"Hidden costs," such as _________ costs, can easily undercut anticipated benefits from outsourcing.
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  • vendor selection
  • hardware
  • software
  • employee salary

Question 120

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The primary tool for representing a system's component processes and the flow of data between them is the:
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  • data dictionary
  • process specifications diagram
  • user documentation
  • data flow diagram

Question 121

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You would expect to find all of the following in an information systems plan except
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  • key business processes
  • budget requirements
  • portfolio analysis
  • milestones and planning

Question 122

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__________ is a method for deciding among alternative systems based on a system of ratings for selected objectives.
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  • A scoring model
  • A scorecard
  • Portfolio analysis
  • Risk analysis

Question 123

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A systems analysis includes a ____________ that is used to determine whether the solution is achievable from a financial, technical, and organizational standpoint.
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  • test plan
  • conversion plan
  • feasibility study
  • risk analysis

Question 124

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The project risk will rise if the project team and the IS staff lack
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  • RAD experience
  • web services
  • the required technical expertise
  • CASE tools

Question 125

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____________ are tangible benefits of information systems.
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  • Improved asset utilization, increased organizational learning, and improved operations
  • Reduced workforce, lower outside vendor costs, and increased productivity
  • Increased productivity, reduced workforce, and increased job satisfaction
  • Lower operational costs, improved resource control, and more information

Question 126

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Supply chain management systems are a type of enterprise system
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  • True
  • False

Question 127

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In a pull-based model of SCM systems, production master schedules are based on forecasts of demand for products.
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  • True
  • False

Question 128

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Total supply chain costs in some industries approach 75 percent of the total operating budget
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  • True
  • False

Question 129

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CRM software can help organizations identify high-value customers for preferential treatments
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  • True
  • False

Question 130

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Enterprise systems require fundamental changes in the way the business operates.
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  • True
  • False

Question 131

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The bullwhip effect is the distortion of information about the demand for a product as it passes from one entity to the next across the supply chain.
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  • True
  • False

Question 132

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Rich media advertisements are a sales-oriented marketing format
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  • True
  • False

Question 133

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An example of the content provider business model is Barnesandnoble.com, a retailer of printed books.
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  • True
  • False

Question 134

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Ninety-six percent of all U.S. households with Internet access use a broadband connection
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  • True
  • False

Question 135

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Automobile manufacturing is an example of a vertical market
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  • True
  • False

Question 136

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In the free/freemium revenue model, firms offer basic services for free and charge a fee for special features.
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  • True
  • False

Question 137

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Web personalization is used primarily as a major marketing tool
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  • True
  • False

Question 138

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In high-velocity automated decision making, humans are eliminated from the decision chain
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  • True
  • False

Question 139

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DSS primarily address structured problems
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  • True
  • False

Question 140

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GDSS are designed to display data in the form of digitized maps
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  • True
  • False

Question 141

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CBR is used in diagnostic systems in medicine
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  • True
  • False

Question 142

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Shopping bots are a form of intelligent agent
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  • True
  • False

Question 143

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Enterprise-wide knowledge management systems deal with structured and semistructured knowledge, while other systems are used for unstructured knowledge.
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  • True
  • False

Question 144

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Knowledge can reside in e-mail, voice mail, graphics, and unstructured documents as well as structured documents.
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  • True
  • False

Question 145

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Documentation reveals how well the system has met its original objectives
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  • True
  • False

Question 146

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Gantt and PERT charts are two common formal planning tools for project managemen
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  • True
  • False

Question 147

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More timely information is a tangible benefit of information systems
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  • True
  • False

Question 148

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An information systems plan shows how specific information systems fit into a company's overall business plan and business strategy.
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  • True
  • False

Question 149

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End-user-developed systems can be completed more rapidly than those developed through the conventional programming tools.
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  • True
  • False

Question 150

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A new information system is not considered in production until conversion is complete
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  • True
  • False
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