TOPIC 1: SLIDE

Multiple Choice

What does IS stand for in a business and technology context?

• Internet Security

• Information System

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Why are information systems essential in today’s business environment?

• To increase manual work

• To support slower decision-making

• To reduce inventories and respond to customer demands faster

• To avoid using mobile devices

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Which of the following best defines an Information System (IS)?

• A set of people and tools that stores hardware only

• A collection of unrelated data

• A set of interrelated components that collect, process, store, and distribute information

• A program that controls hardware components

Multiple Choice

The main purpose of Information Systems in an organization is to:

• Entertain customers

• Replace human labor

• Support decision making, coordinating, and control

• Increase the number of employees

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Which of the following is an example of raw data?

• Best Student Award

• Highest CGPA

• Student’s name and ID number

• Subject analysis report

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Business intelligence refers to:

• Raw facts from a single source

• Meaningless symbols
  

• Information analyzed for strategic decision-making

• Daily personal opinions

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Information Technology (IT) includes:

• Only internet browsers

• Hardware and software used to process and transmit information

• Only mobile applications

• Business process models

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Which of the following statements is TRUE about the relationship between IT and IS?

• IS is a part of IT

• IT and IS are the same

• IS includes IT along with people and organizational processes

• IS is only about hardware

Multiple Choice

In which era did the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) first appear?

• First Era (1960s–1970s)

• Second Era (1970s–1980s)

• Third Era (1980s–1990s)

• Fourth Era (1990s–present)

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The Fifth Era of MIS emphasizes on:

• Paper documentation

• Magnetic tapes

• Cloud computing and internet bandwidth

• Manual data processing

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Which of the following is NOT a major dimension of Information Systems?

• Organization

• Management

• Technology

• Logistics

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The three basic activities of IS are:

• Create, Analyze, Delete

• Input, Process, Output

• Think, Type, Read

• Decide, Inform, Store

Multiple Choice

Feedback in an information system is used to:

• Replace output

• Correct or refine the input

• Create new data

• Encrypt user messages