TEST BANK
Business Driven Information Systems
Paige Baltzan
8th Edition
,Table of Contents
MODULE 1: Business Driven MIS
1. Management Information Systems: Business
Driven MIS
2. Decisions and Processes: Value Driven
Business
3. E-business: Electronic Business Value
4. Ethics and Information Security: MIS
Business Concerns
MODULE 2: Technical Foundations of MIS
5. Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies
6. Data: Business Intelligence
7. Networks: Mobile Business
MODULE 3: Enterprise MIS
8. Enterprise Applications: Business Communications
9. Systems Development and Project Management:
Corporate Responsibility
Appendices
• Appendix A: Hardware and Software Basics
• Appendix B: Networks and
Telecommunications
• Appendix C: Designing Databases
• Appendix D: Emerging Trends & Technology
• Apply Your Knowledge
• Glossary
,Appendix A Hardware and Software Basics
1) Volatility is a protected memory space created by the CPU allowing the computer to create
virtual machines.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Virtualization is a protected memory space created by the CPU allowing the
computer to create virtual machines.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
2) Complex instruction set computer chips limits the number of instructions the CPU can execute
to increase processing speed.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Reduced instruction set computer (RISC. chips limit the number of instructions the
CPU can execute to increase processing speed.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
3) A computer is an electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own
memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: A computer is an electronic device operating under the control of instructions
stored in its own memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
, 4) The central processing unit (CPU) (or microprocessor) is the actual hardware that interprets
and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware
devices work together.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The central processing unit (CPU) (or microprocessor) is the actual hardware that
interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other
hardware devices work together.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
5) The arithmetic-logic unit includes instructions and literally tells the other hardware devices
what to do, based on the software instructions.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The control unit interprets software instructions and literally tells the other
hardware devices what to do, based on the software instructions.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
6) The control unit performs all arithmetic operations (for example, addition and subtraction) and
all logic operations.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) performs all arithmetic operations (for example,
addition and subtraction) and all logic operations.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
Business Driven Information Systems
Paige Baltzan
8th Edition
,Table of Contents
MODULE 1: Business Driven MIS
1. Management Information Systems: Business
Driven MIS
2. Decisions and Processes: Value Driven
Business
3. E-business: Electronic Business Value
4. Ethics and Information Security: MIS
Business Concerns
MODULE 2: Technical Foundations of MIS
5. Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies
6. Data: Business Intelligence
7. Networks: Mobile Business
MODULE 3: Enterprise MIS
8. Enterprise Applications: Business Communications
9. Systems Development and Project Management:
Corporate Responsibility
Appendices
• Appendix A: Hardware and Software Basics
• Appendix B: Networks and
Telecommunications
• Appendix C: Designing Databases
• Appendix D: Emerging Trends & Technology
• Apply Your Knowledge
• Glossary
,Appendix A Hardware and Software Basics
1) Volatility is a protected memory space created by the CPU allowing the computer to create
virtual machines.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Virtualization is a protected memory space created by the CPU allowing the
computer to create virtual machines.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
2) Complex instruction set computer chips limits the number of instructions the CPU can execute
to increase processing speed.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Reduced instruction set computer (RISC. chips limit the number of instructions the
CPU can execute to increase processing speed.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
3) A computer is an electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own
memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: A computer is an electronic device operating under the control of instructions
stored in its own memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
, 4) The central processing unit (CPU) (or microprocessor) is the actual hardware that interprets
and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other hardware
devices work together.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The central processing unit (CPU) (or microprocessor) is the actual hardware that
interprets and executes the program (software) instructions and coordinates how all the other
hardware devices work together.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
5) The arithmetic-logic unit includes instructions and literally tells the other hardware devices
what to do, based on the software instructions.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The control unit interprets software instructions and literally tells the other
hardware devices what to do, based on the software instructions.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
6) The control unit performs all arithmetic operations (for example, addition and subtraction) and
all logic operations.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) performs all arithmetic operations (for example,
addition and subtraction) and all logic operations.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Six Major Categories of Hardware
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Outcome: A.1 Describe the six major categories of hardware and provide an example
of each.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic
