BCOR 330 PART 3 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which of the following is characterized by a group of people who work together
following a process of feedback and iteration to achieve a common goal? - Answers -
Collaboration
A team of customer service representatives provides service to an organization's
customers by answering questions from individual customers and solving individual
customer problems. This team follows a ____________ work process. - Answers -
cooperative
The most common criterion used by student teams to judge the success of the team
effort is _____________. - Answers -achieve a successful outcome
An important aspect of a business team's successful outcome is ____________. -
Answers -meeting a deadline and budget
Collaborative information systems must support the primary collaborative purpose of
_________, which means ensuring that team members are conceiving information in
the same way. - Answers -becoming informed
A collaborative team is not likely to be tasked with dealing with _________. - Answers -
structured decisions
Collaborative information systems _______ specify standards, policies, and techniques
for conducting the team's work. - Answers -procedures
The data component of a collaborative information system that includes the team's
schedules, tasks, and budgets is the __________. - Answers -project metadata
When a team of students decide to meet together at a specific date and time using
videoconferencing, they are utilizing a(n) __________ communication practice. -
Answers -synchronous, virtual meeting
An asynchronous communication method that keeps the team's work product organized
and encourages participation is __________. - Answers -a discussion forum
Collaboration information systems that are "in the cloud" include _______. - Answers -
Google Drive
A popular, widely-used team communication method that is likely to be disorganized
and disconnected is ________. - Answers -email
, A well-managed team makes sure that all of the following are accomplished at the end
of a meeting, EXCEPT __________. - Answers -the date of the next team social event
is in the calendar
The simplest, most effective, and least expensive way to share a task list is _________.
- Answers -share the task list on Google Drive
The Comprehensive set of collaboration tools requires a significant time investment to
learn and ________. - Answers -provides a high degree of utility
The collaborative tool set that provides a power curve with an early flat spot that then
increases to a moderate level is the _________ tool set. - Answers -Good
By 2029, collaboration systems will result in __________. - Answers -far fewer face-to-
meetings (F2F)
In the future, collaboration systems are expected to _____________. - Answers -
substantially improve international business operations
__________ processes are flexible, informal, and adaptive processes that normally
involve strategic and less structured managerial decisions and activities. - Answers -
Dynamic
__________ information systems, also known as functional information systems, exist
to support one or more processes within the workgroup. - Answers -Workgroup
The measure of the ratio of how well a process achieves organizational strategy is
known as ________. - Answers -process effectiveness
Assume the process of obtaining a driver's license is considered too long because of
too few people who can administer the final driving test. One way to resolve this
problem is to hire more people who can give the driving test. This is an example of a
change in process __________. - Answers -resources
If an organization has information that is difficult to integrate because it is scattered
among several different workgroup information systems, it is suffering from a problem
with ___________. - Answers -information silos
The Sales department believes Company X is a preferred customer based upon the
volume of sales made to Company X. The Accounts Receivable department believes
Company X is a serious problem because it is so slow to pay for the products it has
purchased. How can you explain these two different views existing in the same
company? - Answers -The two departments can only view the data available to them
from the workgroup information systems.
Which of the following is characterized by a group of people who work together
following a process of feedback and iteration to achieve a common goal? - Answers -
Collaboration
A team of customer service representatives provides service to an organization's
customers by answering questions from individual customers and solving individual
customer problems. This team follows a ____________ work process. - Answers -
cooperative
The most common criterion used by student teams to judge the success of the team
effort is _____________. - Answers -achieve a successful outcome
An important aspect of a business team's successful outcome is ____________. -
Answers -meeting a deadline and budget
Collaborative information systems must support the primary collaborative purpose of
_________, which means ensuring that team members are conceiving information in
the same way. - Answers -becoming informed
A collaborative team is not likely to be tasked with dealing with _________. - Answers -
structured decisions
Collaborative information systems _______ specify standards, policies, and techniques
for conducting the team's work. - Answers -procedures
The data component of a collaborative information system that includes the team's
schedules, tasks, and budgets is the __________. - Answers -project metadata
When a team of students decide to meet together at a specific date and time using
videoconferencing, they are utilizing a(n) __________ communication practice. -
Answers -synchronous, virtual meeting
An asynchronous communication method that keeps the team's work product organized
and encourages participation is __________. - Answers -a discussion forum
Collaboration information systems that are "in the cloud" include _______. - Answers -
Google Drive
A popular, widely-used team communication method that is likely to be disorganized
and disconnected is ________. - Answers -email
, A well-managed team makes sure that all of the following are accomplished at the end
of a meeting, EXCEPT __________. - Answers -the date of the next team social event
is in the calendar
The simplest, most effective, and least expensive way to share a task list is _________.
- Answers -share the task list on Google Drive
The Comprehensive set of collaboration tools requires a significant time investment to
learn and ________. - Answers -provides a high degree of utility
The collaborative tool set that provides a power curve with an early flat spot that then
increases to a moderate level is the _________ tool set. - Answers -Good
By 2029, collaboration systems will result in __________. - Answers -far fewer face-to-
meetings (F2F)
In the future, collaboration systems are expected to _____________. - Answers -
substantially improve international business operations
__________ processes are flexible, informal, and adaptive processes that normally
involve strategic and less structured managerial decisions and activities. - Answers -
Dynamic
__________ information systems, also known as functional information systems, exist
to support one or more processes within the workgroup. - Answers -Workgroup
The measure of the ratio of how well a process achieves organizational strategy is
known as ________. - Answers -process effectiveness
Assume the process of obtaining a driver's license is considered too long because of
too few people who can administer the final driving test. One way to resolve this
problem is to hire more people who can give the driving test. This is an example of a
change in process __________. - Answers -resources
If an organization has information that is difficult to integrate because it is scattered
among several different workgroup information systems, it is suffering from a problem
with ___________. - Answers -information silos
The Sales department believes Company X is a preferred customer based upon the
volume of sales made to Company X. The Accounts Receivable department believes
Company X is a serious problem because it is so slow to pay for the products it has
purchased. How can you explain these two different views existing in the same
company? - Answers -The two departments can only view the data available to them
from the workgroup information systems.
