ISDS 3001 CORRECT EXAMS SCRIPT ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔an estimate of the likely time delay competitors will face in replicating the leader's
initiative - ✔✔the sustainability of competitive advantage grounded in an IT-dependent
strategic initiative is measured by
✔✔No, because IT ranges from extremely complex technology (large data warehouses,
infrastructure projects) to small applications (personal web site) - ✔✔IS IT an indistinct
commodity?
✔✔True - ✔✔When an IT initiative is being developed as part of a consortium, the
leader shares the risks and costs associated with the initiative with competitors that are
part of the consortium (T/F)
✔✔Capability development - ✔✔the process by which an organization is able to
improve performance over time by developing its ability to use available resources for
maximum effectiveness is known as:
✔✔asset-stock accumulation - ✔✔the process by which a firm accrues or builds up a
resource over time is important for you to recognize as it is often the basis of
rejuvenating barriers to erosion. Such process is called:
, ✔✔A measure of the delay of competitive response to an IT-Dependent strategic
initiative - ✔✔Response lag is:
✔✔sending the help desk function to mexico - ✔✔if a company was based in
Montgomery, AL, which of the following would be considered an offshoring activity?
✔✔Full life cycle costs of IT assets - ✔✔total cost of ownership is a financial estimate
designed to explicitly recognize the:
✔✔Charge-back, allocation, overhead - ✔✔there are three main methods used by
modern org to fund IS. These include:
✔✔Informational - ✔✔a botique is an online vintage chinaware business. They have
decided to implement an order tracking software for this business. This project is meant
to increase control and improve information management (order tracking) for the
business. What kind of project can this be considered as?
✔✔Allocation - ✔✔which of the following balances per per use against charging the
department that uses the IT functions directly?
✔✔False - ✔✔The steering committee includes programmers who convene regularly to
provide guidance to the IS function (T/F)
✔✔False - ✔✔Outsourcing is the process of engaging a foreign provider to supply the
products or services the firm no longer intends to produce internally (T/F)
✔✔Do things better - ✔✔Mary is creating a business base for Turkish airlines. She
proposes that the company to "reduce the response time to customer complaints on
twitter". How would you categorize this type of business charge?
✔✔Chargeback - ✔✔company X is charged for networking expenses based on the
volume of traffic it initiates. Which of the following IS funding approaches best fits this
example?
✔✔The steering committee - ✔✔which of the following makes decisions on the IS
investment approach, portfolio, and risk?
✔✔flexibility and control - ✔✔which of the following is an advantage of custom
development?
✔✔Open source development - ✔✔We have identified three general approaches to the
acquisition of information processing functionalities and the introduction of IT-based
information systems. Which of the following is not one of them?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔an estimate of the likely time delay competitors will face in replicating the leader's
initiative - ✔✔the sustainability of competitive advantage grounded in an IT-dependent
strategic initiative is measured by
✔✔No, because IT ranges from extremely complex technology (large data warehouses,
infrastructure projects) to small applications (personal web site) - ✔✔IS IT an indistinct
commodity?
✔✔True - ✔✔When an IT initiative is being developed as part of a consortium, the
leader shares the risks and costs associated with the initiative with competitors that are
part of the consortium (T/F)
✔✔Capability development - ✔✔the process by which an organization is able to
improve performance over time by developing its ability to use available resources for
maximum effectiveness is known as:
✔✔asset-stock accumulation - ✔✔the process by which a firm accrues or builds up a
resource over time is important for you to recognize as it is often the basis of
rejuvenating barriers to erosion. Such process is called:
, ✔✔A measure of the delay of competitive response to an IT-Dependent strategic
initiative - ✔✔Response lag is:
✔✔sending the help desk function to mexico - ✔✔if a company was based in
Montgomery, AL, which of the following would be considered an offshoring activity?
✔✔Full life cycle costs of IT assets - ✔✔total cost of ownership is a financial estimate
designed to explicitly recognize the:
✔✔Charge-back, allocation, overhead - ✔✔there are three main methods used by
modern org to fund IS. These include:
✔✔Informational - ✔✔a botique is an online vintage chinaware business. They have
decided to implement an order tracking software for this business. This project is meant
to increase control and improve information management (order tracking) for the
business. What kind of project can this be considered as?
✔✔Allocation - ✔✔which of the following balances per per use against charging the
department that uses the IT functions directly?
✔✔False - ✔✔The steering committee includes programmers who convene regularly to
provide guidance to the IS function (T/F)
✔✔False - ✔✔Outsourcing is the process of engaging a foreign provider to supply the
products or services the firm no longer intends to produce internally (T/F)
✔✔Do things better - ✔✔Mary is creating a business base for Turkish airlines. She
proposes that the company to "reduce the response time to customer complaints on
twitter". How would you categorize this type of business charge?
✔✔Chargeback - ✔✔company X is charged for networking expenses based on the
volume of traffic it initiates. Which of the following IS funding approaches best fits this
example?
✔✔The steering committee - ✔✔which of the following makes decisions on the IS
investment approach, portfolio, and risk?
✔✔flexibility and control - ✔✔which of the following is an advantage of custom
development?
✔✔Open source development - ✔✔We have identified three general approaches to the
acquisition of information processing functionalities and the introduction of IT-based
information systems. Which of the following is not one of them?
