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Class

Date

Business professionals can no longer hide in a functional silo within a company.

True

False

In the business world, information technology and Information Systems play a pivotal role.

True

False

Customers expect quality service, accurate and timely delivery of orders, and a well-run organization behind the flashy Web site.

True

False

All business professionals must share common information, information that is collected centrally and made available via integrated Information Systems to all company users.

True

False

Business process owners, business professionals are also evaluators of the IS.

True

False

The business professional is also a user of the IS to perform functions

True

False

Managers choose to sacrifice maximum attainment of individual goals or values for achievement of a higher goal.

True

False

To obtain accurate information, we may carefully and methodically prepare the information, thus sacrificing its timeliness.

True

False

The benefits and sometimes the costs of information are often hard to measure.

True

False

10.

Many companies use perpetual inventory balances for most of the year, or estimate their inventory balances based on sales or past years’ levels.

True

False

11.

E-business systems are software packages designed to provide complete integration of an organization’s business information processing systems and all related data.

True

False

12.

Information Technology is the application of electronic networks (including the Internet) to undertake business processes between organizations and either individuals or other organizations.

True

False

13.

Enterprise system encompasses any hardware, software, or communications technology that might be adopted by an organization to support or control a business process, enable management decisions, or provide a competitive advantage.

True

False

14.

Technological developments have a no effect on information systems.

True

False

15.

A business process is a set of business events that hinders the creation and delivery of an organization’s products or services to its customers.

True

False

16.

Information is unfavorable if it recognizes the personal management styles and preferences of the decision maker.

True

False

17.

To present the results of their endeavors effectively, business professionals must possess weak oral and written communication skills.

True

False

18.

A system must have organization, interrelationships, integration, and insignificant objectives.

True

False

19.

Business might strive to demote the quality of life of its employees, or to use its natural resources responsibly.

True

False

20.

Business events comprise the activities of the organization, such as purchasing goods from customers and collecting cash from vendors.

True

False

21.

Business professional must know what outputs are required or desirable.

(a)

22.

Internal auditors and IS professionals have been charged with controlling business processes.

(a)

23.

Organizations engage in activities or operations, such as hiring employees, purchasing inventory, and collecting cash from customers.

(a)

24.

As organizations undertake their business operations such as sales and purchases.

(a)

25.

Information Systems that process business events and provide information for management decision making.

(a)

26.

Business professional must understand the use to which the information will be put.

(a)

27.

The information used for a decision must be tailored to the type of decision under consideration.

(a)

28.

Information being relevant and pertinent to the business process.

(a)

29.

Concerns the provision of information through the optimal usage of resources.

(a)

30.

Protection of sensitive information from unauthorized disclosure.

(a)

31.

Safeguarding of necessary resources and associated capabilities.

(a)

32.

identify similarities and differences in two pieces of information.

(a)

33.

Improve a decision maker’s capacity to confirm or correct earlier expectations.

(a)

34.

Enables users to perceive the information’s significance.

(a)

35.

Relates to the provision of appropriate information.

(a)

36.

Human-made system consisting of the people, equipment, organization, policies, and procedures whose objective is to accomplish the work of the organization.

(a)

37.

Portion of the overall IS related to a particular business process.

(a)

38.

A human-made system consisting of the people, authority, organization, policies, and procedures whose objective is to plan and control the operations of the organization.

(a)

39.

Represent the measurements or observations of objects and events.

(a)

40.

Have organization, interrelationships, integration, and central objectives.

(a)

41.

Documenting business processes helps to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement.

True

False

42.

Documenting business processes should be updated regularly to reflect changes in the organization.

True

False

43.

Information systems are necessary for documenting business processes.

True

False

44.

Process documentation should be tailored to the needs of different stakeholders.

True

False

45.

Business processes should be documented proactively to avoid problems.

True

False

46.

Documenting business processes can help with compliance and regulatory requirements.

True

False

47.

Documenting business processes can help with training and onboarding new employees.

True

False

48.

Process documentation should include information on the roles and responsibilities of each team member.

True

False

49.

Documenting business processes is important for businesses of all sizes.

True

False

50.

Information systems can be useful for organizations of any size.

True

False

51.

Process documentation is important for all departments, not just customer-facing ones.

True

False

52.

Process documentation should be reviewed regularly to ensure it is up-to-date.

True

False

53.

Process documentation should be written in language that is easy to understand, not technical language.

True

False

54.

Information systems can help to automate business processes.

True

False

55.

All team members can contribute to documenting business processes, not just management.

True

False

56.

Process documentation should be shared with all team members to improve collaboration and communication.

True

False

57.

Documenting business processes can help to reduce errors and improve quality.

True

False

58.

Process documentation should include information on the tools and technologies used.

True

False

59.

Documenting business processes is important for all processes, not just complex ones.

True

False

60.

Information systems can help to streamline communication between team members.

True

False

61.

Documenting business processes is important for businesses in all industries, not just regulated ones.

True

False

62.

Process documentation should be easily accessible to all team members.

True

False

63.

Process documentation should include information on the inputs and outputs of each process.

True

False

64.

Information systems can help to track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs).

True

False

65.

Even standardized business processes should be documented for clarity and consistency.

True

False

66.

Process documentation should be concise and easy to understand.

True

False

67.

Documenting business processes can help with succession planning.

True

False

68.

Information systems can help to identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement.

True

False

69.

Process documentation should include information on the expected timelines for each process.

True

False

70.

A database management system (DBMS) is software that manages the storage and retrieval of data.

True

False

71.

A DBMS can store data in a variety of formats, including text, images, and video.

True

False

72.

A DBMS can help ensure data integrity by enforcing data constraints and relationships between data elements.

True

False

73.

A DBMS can eliminate data redundancy and inconsistency.

True

False

74.

The physical view of a database refers to the logical organization of data.

True

False

75.

The conceptual view of a database describes the relationships between data elements.

True

False

76.

SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most commonly used language for querying and manipulating data in a DBMS.

True

False

77.

Event data processing is the process whereby event-related data are collected and deleted.

True

False

78.

Every firm has no business events that link together to form a business process.

True

False

79.

A merchandising firm is an organization (e.g., a store) that sells goods from vendors and buys those goods to customers.

True

False

80.

A manufacturing firm acquires raw materials, converts those materials into finished goods, and keeps this goods from the customers.

True

False

81.

Manufacturing firm production process includes recording activities related to the manufacture of goods for sale.

True

False

82.

The data that are recorded by a transaction processing system reflect the minimal information needed to represent each transaction, and are stored in a file with no other records.

True

False

83.

File management comprises the functions that collect, organize, store, retrieve, and manipulate data maintained in computerized file-oriented data processing environments.

True

False

84.

A string is a basic unit of data such as a letter, number, or special character.

True

False

85.

A record is a collection of related characters, such as a customer number or a customer name.

True

False

86.

A record is a collection of related file such as student, employee, and etc.

True

False

87.

A file is a collection of related database.

True

False

88.

The logical database view is how the data appear to the user to be stored. This view represents the structure that the user must interface with in order to extract data from the database.

True

False

89.

The physical database storage is how the data are actually logically stored on the storage medium used in the database management system.

True

False

90.

A schema is a complete description of the configuration of record types and data items and the relationships among them.

True

False

91.

A schema is a description of a portion of a subschema.

True

False

92.

Data warehousing is the use of Information Systems facilities to focus on the collection, organization, integration, and long-term storage of entity-wide data.

True

False

93.

Data warehousing is the complementary action to data mining.

True

False

94.

An attribute is an object, event, or agent about which data are collected.

True

False

95.

An entity is an item of data that characterizes an entity or relationship.

True

False

96.

A key attribute is the attribute whose value is unique (i.e., different) for every entity that will ever appear in the database and is the most meaningful way of identifying each entity.

True

False

97.

Relationships are associations between entities.

True

False

98.

The relational database model is a physical model for a database in which data are physically organized in two-dimensional tables referred to as relations.

True

False

99.

In an object-oriented database model, both simple and complex objects can be stored through use of abstract data types, inheritance, and encapsulation.

True

False

100.

Elements in the Study of Information Systems

Hardware and Software

Databases, Reporting, Control

Business Operations, Events Processing

Management Decision Making, Systems Development and Operation

Communications, Business Principles

101.

Each part of a system is known as a

(a)

102.

a man-made system that consists of an integrated set of

computer-based and manual components established to facilitate an organization’s operational functions and to support management decision making by providing information that managers can use to plan and control the activities of the firm.

(a)

103.

are data received by the Information System from the external environment or from another area within the Information System.

(a)

104.

Input data are normally recorded in

(a)

105.

is an information processing activity whose function is to incorporate new business event data into existing master data.

(a)

106.

are repositories of relatively permanent data maintained over an extended period of time.

(a)

107.

contain data related to entities

(a)

108.

includes data processing functions related to economic events such as financial events, and internal operations such as manufacturing.

(a)

109.

includes activities related to adding, deleting, or replacing the standing data portions of master data.

(a)

110.

include relatively permanent portions of master data, such as the credit limit

on customer master data and the selling price and warehouse location on inventory master data.

(a)

111.

data presented in a form that is useful in a decision-making activity.

(a)

112.

relates to the accuracy and completeness of information as well as to its validity in accordance with business values and expectations.

(a)

113.

deals with complying with those

laws, regulations, and contractual obligations to

which the business process is subject, i.e., externally imposed business criteria.

(a)

114.

If there is a high degree of consensus about the information among independent

measurers using the same measurement methods, the information has

(a)

115.

is a top-level, or least-detailed diagram of

an information system.

(a)

116.

depicts an entity

or a process within which incoming

data flows are transformed into

outgoing data flows.

(a)

117.

represents a

pathway for data.

(a)

118.

portrays a source or a destination of data outside the system.

(a)

119.

represents a place

where data are stored.

(a)

120.

is a graphical representation of a system showing the system’s internal and external entities, and the flows of data into and out of these entities.

(a)

121.

is an entity (i.e.,

person, place, or thing) within the system that transforms data.

(a)

122.

is a graphical representation of a system showing the system’s processes and the flows of data into and out of the processes.

(a)

123.

is a graphical representation of information processes (activities,

logic flows, inputs, outputs, and data storage), as well as the related operations processes (entities, physical flows, and operations activities).

(a)

124.

is an organization that sells services, rather

than merchandise, to its customers.

(a)

125.

capture a complete description of each event, regardless of

its economic impact on the firm, and permanently store the individual descriptions of each event.

(a)

126.

describes the fields making up a record.

(a)

127.

is a collection of related records, such as a customer file or a payroll file.

(a)

128.

is a collection of related data fields pertaining to a particular entity (person,

place, or thing, such as a customer record) or event (sale, hiring of a new employee, and so on).

(a)

129.

is a collection of related characters, such as a customer number or a customer name.

(a)

130.

is a set of integrated programs designed to simplify the

tasks of creating, accessing, and managing data.

(a)

131.

What are the 6 advantages of the database approach?

(a)

132.

is the complementary action to data warehousing

(a)

133.

is an object, event, or agent about which data are collected.

(a)

134.

is an item of data that characterizes an entity or relationship.

(a)

135.

is defined as a collection of data representing multiple occurrences of an object, event, or agent.

(a)

136.

requires that for every attribute value in one relation that has been specified in order to allow reference to another relation, the tuple being referenced must remain intact.

(a)

137.

relates to the specification of how many occurrences of an entity can participate in the given relationship with any one occurrence of the other entity in the relationship.

(a)

138.

is used to specify both the minimum and maximum participation of one entity in the relationship with the other entity.

(a)

139.