ISDS 3001 REVIEW EXAMS UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant are examples of voice user interfaces. Which
of the following trend is most closely related to the fact that these interfaces are now
widely available? - ✔✔Computers have become easier to use
✔✔in the context of digital technology we have defined 'intelligence' as the ability of a
digital computer to: - ✔✔Perform computations to process information
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a managerial staff position in the IT
function? - ✔✔Analyst
✔✔Is an information system a sociotechnical system? - ✔✔Yes, because it includes a
social subsystem and a technical subsystem
✔✔The ATMs of you bank still run of the Windows XP operating system. In 2018
Microsoft decided to stop supporting Windows XP. As a consequence, no more security
update will be released for it. Because of systemic effects, you could intervene on any
one of the four components of the information systems to address this problem. Which
intervention would be most appropriate for the bank in this case? - ✔✔Technology. You
should upgrade all ATMs to a newer version of the operating system
,✔✔When designing an information system you must optimize the IS as a whole, not
each individual component. This is because the components an IS interact with one
another. We have termed this phenomenon: - ✔✔Systemic effects
✔✔An IS has two subsystems, a social and technical one. - ✔✔True
✔✔Are the terms Information System and Information Technology synonymous? -
✔✔No, because information technology is a component of modern information systems
✔✔Napoleon's army would NOT need an information system. Is this statement correct?
- ✔✔No, they would need an information system to run their operations like keeping
track of supplies and soldiers' assignments
✔✔The owner of a large car dealership in your hometown, just told you he is thinking
about using virtual reality to reduce the number of test drives by customers. He is all
excited about this initiative because he thinks it will increase efficiency. You think this
initiative will be very disruptive to the structure component of the existing car dealership
information system. Why? - ✔✔Virtual reality will significantly change the relationships
between customers and sales associates, reducing their chance to earn commissions
✔✔Which of the following is an example of the process element of an information
system? - ✔✔The procedure for enforcing security at airports using body scanners
✔✔Which of the following is not part of the organizational context of an Information
System? - ✔✔Structure
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an element of an information system? -
✔✔Subsystem
✔✔Which of the following are not one of the levels of an organization according to the
hierarchical perspective? - ✔✔Transactional
✔✔Enterprise systems are built around which concept? - ✔✔Integration
✔✔What is the difference between a data warehouse and a data mart? - ✔✔Compared
to a data warehouse, a data mart is smaller and easier to build
✔✔IN chapter #3 the book briefly introduced the notion of Business Process
Reengineering (BPR) to refer to: - ✔✔The fundamental rethinking and radical redesign
of a firm's existing business processes
, ✔✔We identified four main eras of data processing in business, what characterizes the
'batch era'? - ✔✔transactions were batched and processed by a mainframe at periodic
intervals
✔✔Which kind of analytics make use of statistical modeling and machine learning
algorithms? - ✔✔Predictive analytics
✔✔Which of the following is correct regarding the characteristics of decision making at
the executive level of an organization? - ✔✔All choices are correct
✔✔"A system mainly concerned with automating recurring activities and structuring day-
to-day activities to ensure that they are performed with speed and accuracy" is: - ✔✔A
TPS
✔✔What is the focus of 'predictive analytics'? - ✔✔To better understand what will occur
✔✔Which one of the following is not one of the three main phases of the IS cycle? -
✔✔Integrating transaction processing systems
✔✔A market is likely to tip when there are: - ✔✔Strong economies of scale and low
need for product variety
✔✔What is a two-sided network? - ✔✔A network that connects the web designers and
web users
✔✔Which of the following is not an economic characteristic of information? - ✔✔Low
production costs
✔✔Positive feedback refers to what? - ✔✔An economic condition where the strong get
stronger and the weak get weaker
✔✔Tippy markets are associated with strong positive feedback - ✔✔True
✔✔Information goods are not: - ✔✔Easy to produce
✔✔Network effects are associated with: - ✔✔Demand-side economies of scale
✔✔How is value created in networks? - ✔✔Value is a function of the number of
connected nodes
✔✔Which of the following is a simple definition of the Internet? - ✔✔A network of
networks
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant are examples of voice user interfaces. Which
of the following trend is most closely related to the fact that these interfaces are now
widely available? - ✔✔Computers have become easier to use
✔✔in the context of digital technology we have defined 'intelligence' as the ability of a
digital computer to: - ✔✔Perform computations to process information
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a managerial staff position in the IT
function? - ✔✔Analyst
✔✔Is an information system a sociotechnical system? - ✔✔Yes, because it includes a
social subsystem and a technical subsystem
✔✔The ATMs of you bank still run of the Windows XP operating system. In 2018
Microsoft decided to stop supporting Windows XP. As a consequence, no more security
update will be released for it. Because of systemic effects, you could intervene on any
one of the four components of the information systems to address this problem. Which
intervention would be most appropriate for the bank in this case? - ✔✔Technology. You
should upgrade all ATMs to a newer version of the operating system
,✔✔When designing an information system you must optimize the IS as a whole, not
each individual component. This is because the components an IS interact with one
another. We have termed this phenomenon: - ✔✔Systemic effects
✔✔An IS has two subsystems, a social and technical one. - ✔✔True
✔✔Are the terms Information System and Information Technology synonymous? -
✔✔No, because information technology is a component of modern information systems
✔✔Napoleon's army would NOT need an information system. Is this statement correct?
- ✔✔No, they would need an information system to run their operations like keeping
track of supplies and soldiers' assignments
✔✔The owner of a large car dealership in your hometown, just told you he is thinking
about using virtual reality to reduce the number of test drives by customers. He is all
excited about this initiative because he thinks it will increase efficiency. You think this
initiative will be very disruptive to the structure component of the existing car dealership
information system. Why? - ✔✔Virtual reality will significantly change the relationships
between customers and sales associates, reducing their chance to earn commissions
✔✔Which of the following is an example of the process element of an information
system? - ✔✔The procedure for enforcing security at airports using body scanners
✔✔Which of the following is not part of the organizational context of an Information
System? - ✔✔Structure
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an element of an information system? -
✔✔Subsystem
✔✔Which of the following are not one of the levels of an organization according to the
hierarchical perspective? - ✔✔Transactional
✔✔Enterprise systems are built around which concept? - ✔✔Integration
✔✔What is the difference between a data warehouse and a data mart? - ✔✔Compared
to a data warehouse, a data mart is smaller and easier to build
✔✔IN chapter #3 the book briefly introduced the notion of Business Process
Reengineering (BPR) to refer to: - ✔✔The fundamental rethinking and radical redesign
of a firm's existing business processes
, ✔✔We identified four main eras of data processing in business, what characterizes the
'batch era'? - ✔✔transactions were batched and processed by a mainframe at periodic
intervals
✔✔Which kind of analytics make use of statistical modeling and machine learning
algorithms? - ✔✔Predictive analytics
✔✔Which of the following is correct regarding the characteristics of decision making at
the executive level of an organization? - ✔✔All choices are correct
✔✔"A system mainly concerned with automating recurring activities and structuring day-
to-day activities to ensure that they are performed with speed and accuracy" is: - ✔✔A
TPS
✔✔What is the focus of 'predictive analytics'? - ✔✔To better understand what will occur
✔✔Which one of the following is not one of the three main phases of the IS cycle? -
✔✔Integrating transaction processing systems
✔✔A market is likely to tip when there are: - ✔✔Strong economies of scale and low
need for product variety
✔✔What is a two-sided network? - ✔✔A network that connects the web designers and
web users
✔✔Which of the following is not an economic characteristic of information? - ✔✔Low
production costs
✔✔Positive feedback refers to what? - ✔✔An economic condition where the strong get
stronger and the weak get weaker
✔✔Tippy markets are associated with strong positive feedback - ✔✔True
✔✔Information goods are not: - ✔✔Easy to produce
✔✔Network effects are associated with: - ✔✔Demand-side economies of scale
✔✔How is value created in networks? - ✔✔Value is a function of the number of
connected nodes
✔✔Which of the following is a simple definition of the Internet? - ✔✔A network of
networks
