SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DECISION
MAKING FINAL PAPER PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
PACKAGE
●● 2. Which of the following enables a firm to generate demand
forecasts for a product and to develop sourcing and manufacturing plans
for that product?
Answer: Supply chain planning system
●● 3. Which types of decisions are more prevalent at lower
organizational levels?
Answer: Structured decisions
●● 4. Supply chain inefficiencies can waste as much as 25 percent of a
company's operating costs.
Answer: True
●● 5. To find the cheapest airline fare to a particular location, a firm
would most likely use a(n):
Answer: intelligent agent.
,●● 6. Which of the following did Angostura attach the least weight to,
according to the sample scoring model discussed in the chapter?
Answer: Software costs
●● 7. Credit scoring is one of the best-known applications of predictive
analytics.
Answer: True
●● 8. Which of the following is the BI delivery platform for super users?
Answer: DSS
●● 9. Which of the following statements about mobile web apps is true?
Answer: Users access mobile web apps through their mobile device's
web browser.
●● 10. Which of the following statements about the results of a 2022
survey of 140 ERP users conducted by Panorama Consulting Group
about enterprise application implementation challenges is not true?
Answer: Technical issues were the most common reason for cost
overruns.
●● 11. A decision that reflects a rational process fulfills which of the
following dimensions of quality with respect to decision making?
Answer: Coherence
,●● 12. Which of the following Internet business models involves a
merchant creating an online digital environment that enables people with
similar interests to share information?
Answer: Community provider
●● 13. Enterprise systems are built around a small number of predefined
business processes.
Answer: False
●● 14. Intangible benefits of an information system are those that cannot
be easily quantified.
Answer: True
●● 15. Total supply chain costs in some industries approach 75 percent
of the total operating budget.
Answer: True
●● 16. Which of the following tools would you use to identify
transformations in job functions?
Answer: Organizational impact analysis
●● 17. A(n) ________ capability allows users to move from a high-level
summary to a more detailed view of data.
, Answer: drill-down
●● 18. Which phase of decision-making consists of finding or
recognizing a problem?
Answer: Intelligence
●● 19. System testing:
Answer: tests the functioning of the system as a whole in order to
determine if discrete modules will function together as planned.
●● 20. The process of sourcing goods and materials, negotiating with
suppliers, paying for goods, and making delivery arrangements is called:
Answer: procurement.
●● 21. Which of the following statements is not true?
Answer: The amount of time required to complete the project is an
important aspect of the quality of a project.
●● 22. The use of high-velocity automated decision making eliminates
the risk inherent in human decision making.
Answer: False
●● 23. ________ is a stand-alone application designed to run on a
specific mobile platform and device.
MAKING FINAL PAPER PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
PACKAGE
●● 2. Which of the following enables a firm to generate demand
forecasts for a product and to develop sourcing and manufacturing plans
for that product?
Answer: Supply chain planning system
●● 3. Which types of decisions are more prevalent at lower
organizational levels?
Answer: Structured decisions
●● 4. Supply chain inefficiencies can waste as much as 25 percent of a
company's operating costs.
Answer: True
●● 5. To find the cheapest airline fare to a particular location, a firm
would most likely use a(n):
Answer: intelligent agent.
,●● 6. Which of the following did Angostura attach the least weight to,
according to the sample scoring model discussed in the chapter?
Answer: Software costs
●● 7. Credit scoring is one of the best-known applications of predictive
analytics.
Answer: True
●● 8. Which of the following is the BI delivery platform for super users?
Answer: DSS
●● 9. Which of the following statements about mobile web apps is true?
Answer: Users access mobile web apps through their mobile device's
web browser.
●● 10. Which of the following statements about the results of a 2022
survey of 140 ERP users conducted by Panorama Consulting Group
about enterprise application implementation challenges is not true?
Answer: Technical issues were the most common reason for cost
overruns.
●● 11. A decision that reflects a rational process fulfills which of the
following dimensions of quality with respect to decision making?
Answer: Coherence
,●● 12. Which of the following Internet business models involves a
merchant creating an online digital environment that enables people with
similar interests to share information?
Answer: Community provider
●● 13. Enterprise systems are built around a small number of predefined
business processes.
Answer: False
●● 14. Intangible benefits of an information system are those that cannot
be easily quantified.
Answer: True
●● 15. Total supply chain costs in some industries approach 75 percent
of the total operating budget.
Answer: True
●● 16. Which of the following tools would you use to identify
transformations in job functions?
Answer: Organizational impact analysis
●● 17. A(n) ________ capability allows users to move from a high-level
summary to a more detailed view of data.
, Answer: drill-down
●● 18. Which phase of decision-making consists of finding or
recognizing a problem?
Answer: Intelligence
●● 19. System testing:
Answer: tests the functioning of the system as a whole in order to
determine if discrete modules will function together as planned.
●● 20. The process of sourcing goods and materials, negotiating with
suppliers, paying for goods, and making delivery arrangements is called:
Answer: procurement.
●● 21. Which of the following statements is not true?
Answer: The amount of time required to complete the project is an
important aspect of the quality of a project.
●● 22. The use of high-velocity automated decision making eliminates
the risk inherent in human decision making.
Answer: False
●● 23. ________ is a stand-alone application designed to run on a
specific mobile platform and device.
