2.01 review POBF

Businesses assess their information needs to determine the type of information that will help them deal with

• Ethical Issues

• Job Applicants

• Personal Relationships

• Specific Problems

The reason businesses obtain information usually is to apply it in order to:

• determine a need

• develop a database

• accomplish a task

• evaluate a source

Which is the most efficient tool for gathering the external information that businesses need?

• library

• Internet

• Software

• Textbook

What do most businesses use to store information for future use?

• CD-ROMs

• Computer Systems

• Display Screens

• Scanners

Emma used her textbook to complete a study guide for her midterm exam in Spanish class. What type of source is the textbook?

• Formal

• Historical

• Primary

• Secondary

Why is it important for businesses to store information for future use?

• to make it accessible,

• to interpret data

• to establish quality control

• o protect it from overuse

Businesses evaluate the quality and source of the information they obtain to make sure the information is

• random

• scientific

• technical

• useful

One way for businesses to obtain needed information efficiently is to

• contact a competitor

• schedule an interview

• read a book

• access a database

Which of the following is a primary source?

• Speeches

• Cereal

• Food Lion

• Textbook

Which is not a primary source

• Speeches

• Government Publications

• Audio Recordings

• Photographs

• Encyclopedias