Management Information System Quiz

Question 1

OLAP applications are typically slower but more sophisticated than data-mining tools.

Question 1 answers

True

False

Question 2

Dashboard’s goal is to ensure that two people who might benefit from creating a connection in a workplace do so.

Question 2 answers

True

False

Question 3

Managers in some companies now track information about their products from the purchasing of raw materials to the receipt of payment not only for operations but so they can learn more about their clients and their own business.

Question 3 answers

True

False

Question 4

Knowledge management is the combination of activities involved in gathering, organizing, sharing, analyzing, and disseminating knowledge to improve an organization’s performance.

Question 4 answers

True

False

Question 5

Expertise in narrow domains can be programmed in ____.

Question 5 answers

CRM modules

database management software

OLAP software

expert systems

Question 6

Some companies, especially consulting firms, require their employees to create ____ about sessions with clients.

Question 6 answers

timesheets

reports

logs

stories

Question 7

The knowledge that is maintained in information systems is typically of the type that is accumulated through experience.

Question 7 answers

True

False

Question 8

Many business databases consist of multiple tables with ____ among them.

Question 8 answers

Relationships

Arrows

Objects

Constraints

Question 9

The inclusion of foreign keys might cause considerable data redundancy. This complexity has not diminished the popularity of relational databases, however.

Question 9 answers

True

False

Management Information System Quiz-Question 10

To use an online database, a(n) ____ must be designed to work with the Web.

Question 10 answers

interface

menu

option

table

Question 11

Usually, the same software that is used to construct and populate the database, that is, the DBMS, is also used to present ____.

Question 11 answers

choices

entities

options

queries

Question 12

The fields related to the same entity make up a file.

Question 12 answers

True

False

Question 13

In the ____ phase, the builders compare the data in the data warehouses with the original data to ascertain completeness.

Question 13 answers

extraction

injection

loading

transformation

Question 14

It would be a waste of resources for an organization to have both a data warehouse and a transactional database.

Question 14 answers

True

False

Question 15

Choices you make when selecting menu items, clicking buttons, and moving from one page to another are recorded. Such activities are often called cookie investigation.

Question 15 answers

True

False

Question 16

The reason for spam is simple: it is the most cost-effective marketing method.

Question 16 answers

True

False

Question 17

Free advertising on the Web often takes the form of multiple mentions on blogs.

Question 17 answers

True

False

Question 18

Companies discourage their suppliers from joining their extranets.

Question 18 answers

True

False

Question 19 text

A Web site’s address is the IP number (also called IP address) assigned to the site, but in most cases the site also has a(n) ____ made up from letters.

Question 19 answers

domain name

IP protocol

TCP protocol

URN

Management Information System Quiz-Question 20

____ technologies, the software that links Web pages with databases, automate much of the business activity with business partners.

Question 20 answers

Dynamic IP

Dynamic page

Page link

System link

Question 21

Just as the movie rental industry has changed dramatically within a few years from in-store rental to ____ to over-the-Web download, other industries have changed and will continue to change thanks to faster Internet links and new Web technologies.

Question 21 answers

midnight order

over-the-Web order

unattended service

unlimited time

Question 22

Fulfillment activities taking place after customers place orders online, is one of the greatest challenges for online businesses.

Question 22 answers

True

False

Question 23

While DSSs are used widely in industries such as Retailing and Tax Planning, DSS applications are not suitable for industries such as Agriculture.

Question 23 answers

True

False

Question 24

Managers encounter semi____ problems almost daily in many different industries and in many different business functions.

Question 24 answers

structured

scaled

solid

Question 25

____ are used to predict output on the basis of different input or different conditions or to estimate what combination of conditions and input might lead to a desired output.

Question 25 answers

Cards

Forecasts

Models

Plans

Question 26

In architecture, a tabletop representation of a building or a city block is a ____ of the full-sized structure.

Question 26 answers

card

data sheet

model

synopsis

Question 27

Managers either use universal models, such as certain ____ models, or design their own models to analyze data.

Question 27 answers

Statistical

Organizational

Occupational

Referential

Question 28

Decisions become easier when more than one alternative seems reasonable and when the number of alternatives is great.

Question 28 answers

True

False

Question 29

Many DSSs are now closely intertwined with other organizational systems, including data warehouses, data marts, and ERP systems, from which they draw relevant data.

Question 29 answers

True

False

Question 30

Finding the roots of a quadratic equation is a structured problem: there is a formula (a(n) ____) you can use to solve the problem.

Question 30 answers

algorithm

analysis

plan

synthesis

Question 31

____ ensures that the packets arrive accurately and in the proper order, while IP ensures delivery of packets from node to node in the most efficient manner.

Question 31 answers

802.15 Bluetooth

CDMA

CSMA/CD

TCP

Question 32

4G protocol devices operate only digitally and with packet switching, transmit at bandwidths of up to 100 Mbps, and include tighter security measures.

Question 32 answers

True

False

Question 33

If telecommuters need data from the office, they can connect to their office intranet using ____ and retrieve the required information.

Question 33 answers

IRC software

Usenet software

NNTP software

VPN software

Question 34

A hub routes data packets to the next node on their way to the final destination.

Question 34 answers

True

False

Question 35

It is likely that many rural areas will be offered BPL in the near future.

Question 35 answers

True

False

Question 36 text

Only a third of all Americans have broadband service at home. Among telecommuters, the proportion is 87 percent.

Question 36 answers

True

False

Question 37 text

On a typical network, downstream transmission speeds are faster than upstream transmission speeds.

Question 37 answers

True

False

Question 38 text   Question 38  2.5 points    Save

Americans use their credit cards in online transactions at the same frequency as users in other countries, such as the French or Japanese.

Question 38 answers

True

False

Question 39 text

International ISs, especially those using the Web, often incorporate graphics to convey technical or business information, and those applications, as well as interactive software, require increasingly fast (____) communication lines.

Question 39 answers

broadband

digital

infrared

short wave

Question 40 text

Multinational corporations might have unified ____ throughout their organizations, but they still have to abide by the laws of the countries in which each unit operates.

Question 40 answers

campaigns

manuals

policies  

salaries

Answer Preview-Management Information System Quiz