ISOM 3263 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FINAL STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Why do students need to study information technology?
A) Information Technology is everywhere in business.
B) Information Technology is frequently discussed in
business.
C) Information Technology is frequently used in
organizations?
D) All of these are correct.
Answer:
D) All of these are correct.
Question:
2. What is the Internet of Things?
Answer:
a world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can collect
and share data without human intervention.
Question:
3. What is machine to machine?
Answer:
refers to devices that connect directly to other devices
Question:
4. What is the confirmation or validation of an event or
object?
Answer:
A Fact
Question:
5. The age we live in has infinite quantities of facts that are
widely available to anyone who can use a computer.
What age is this statement referring to?
Answer:
Information Age
,Question:
6. Which of the following is an important challenge facing
managers today?
A. making business decisions
B. cultivating strategies
C. competing to win in today's market
D. All of these are correct.
Answer:
D. All of these are correct
Question:
7. What must managers be able to do to compete in today's
global marketplace?
A. make decisions to gain competitive advantages
B. make decisions that can help forecast future business
needs
C. make decisions that can help forecast future business
requirements
D. All of these are correct
Answer:
D. All of these are correct
Question:
8. Which of the following is NOT considered a challenge
facing most managers today?
A. Managerial decisions must be made quickly.
B. Strategic decisions need to be made by applying
analysis techniques.
C. Artificial intelligence is required by all managers to be
successful.
D. Managerial decisions require large amounts of
information to analyze.
Answer:
C. Artificial intelligence is required by all managers to be successful.
, Question:
9. Managers that must analyze data from 500 hotels to
determine when to discount rooms based on occupancy
patterns would be placed in which category for
managerial decision-making challenges?
A. Managers need to analyze large amounts of
information.
B. Managers need to make decisions quickly.
C. Managers must apply sophisticated analysis
techniques, such as Porter's strategies or forecasting, to
make strategic decisions.
D. All of the above.
Answer:
A. Managers need to analyze large amounts of information.
Question:
10. An important customer who shows up at a hotel that is
fully booked and the reservation is missing would be
placed in which category for managerial decision
making?
A. Managers need to analyze large amounts of
information.
B. Managers need to make decisions quickly.
C. Managers must apply sophisticated analysis
techniques, such as Porter's strategies or forecasting, to
make strategic decisions.
D. All of the above.
Answer:
B. Managers must make decisions quickly.
Question:
11. Which of the following terms implies that organizations
that cannot adapt to the new demands placed on them
for surviving in the information age are doomed to
extinction?
A. collective intelligence.
B. digital Darwinism.
C. Joint Venture
D. Sole Proprietorship
Answer:
Digital Darwinism
FINAL STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Why do students need to study information technology?
A) Information Technology is everywhere in business.
B) Information Technology is frequently discussed in
business.
C) Information Technology is frequently used in
organizations?
D) All of these are correct.
Answer:
D) All of these are correct.
Question:
2. What is the Internet of Things?
Answer:
a world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can collect
and share data without human intervention.
Question:
3. What is machine to machine?
Answer:
refers to devices that connect directly to other devices
Question:
4. What is the confirmation or validation of an event or
object?
Answer:
A Fact
Question:
5. The age we live in has infinite quantities of facts that are
widely available to anyone who can use a computer.
What age is this statement referring to?
Answer:
Information Age
,Question:
6. Which of the following is an important challenge facing
managers today?
A. making business decisions
B. cultivating strategies
C. competing to win in today's market
D. All of these are correct.
Answer:
D. All of these are correct
Question:
7. What must managers be able to do to compete in today's
global marketplace?
A. make decisions to gain competitive advantages
B. make decisions that can help forecast future business
needs
C. make decisions that can help forecast future business
requirements
D. All of these are correct
Answer:
D. All of these are correct
Question:
8. Which of the following is NOT considered a challenge
facing most managers today?
A. Managerial decisions must be made quickly.
B. Strategic decisions need to be made by applying
analysis techniques.
C. Artificial intelligence is required by all managers to be
successful.
D. Managerial decisions require large amounts of
information to analyze.
Answer:
C. Artificial intelligence is required by all managers to be successful.
, Question:
9. Managers that must analyze data from 500 hotels to
determine when to discount rooms based on occupancy
patterns would be placed in which category for
managerial decision-making challenges?
A. Managers need to analyze large amounts of
information.
B. Managers need to make decisions quickly.
C. Managers must apply sophisticated analysis
techniques, such as Porter's strategies or forecasting, to
make strategic decisions.
D. All of the above.
Answer:
A. Managers need to analyze large amounts of information.
Question:
10. An important customer who shows up at a hotel that is
fully booked and the reservation is missing would be
placed in which category for managerial decision
making?
A. Managers need to analyze large amounts of
information.
B. Managers need to make decisions quickly.
C. Managers must apply sophisticated analysis
techniques, such as Porter's strategies or forecasting, to
make strategic decisions.
D. All of the above.
Answer:
B. Managers must make decisions quickly.
Question:
11. Which of the following terms implies that organizations
that cannot adapt to the new demands placed on them
for surviving in the information age are doomed to
extinction?
A. collective intelligence.
B. digital Darwinism.
C. Joint Venture
D. Sole Proprietorship
Answer:
Digital Darwinism
