Practice Exam Questions for Smart business networks 2022
Tilburg university – Master Information Management
1. Oesterle defines a new phase in development of business networking around the 1980.
Which one is true?
a. The development of ERP to integrate internal processes
b. Reverse engineering ideas
c. Build towards customer needs and processes
d. Computerization of functional area’s
2. What is a direct effect of higher differentiation?
a. High centralization
b. More cliques
c. More integration
d. Higher density
3. Once a month the several leaders or organizations come together to review targets and set
new goals for the upcoming period. This is an example of:
a. Lead-organization governance
b. Network administrative organization (NAO) governance
c. Shared governance
d. Hub-firm governance
4. 1. The NAO is the leading manufacturing of the network.
2. The NAO takes the lead in coordinating within the network
a. 1 is true
b. 2 is true
c. both true
d. both false
, 5. Structural holes indicate:
a. Integration
b. Centralization
c. Fragmentation
d. Density
6. Which is not a network performance indicator?
a. Learning
b. Societal effects
c. Organizational learning
d. Competitiveness
7. Which is not an indicator defined in the Model of Kaplan and Norton?
a. Effectiveness
b. Innovation
c. Internal processes
d. Financial results
8. Which network layer does blockchain affect most?
a. Transaction layer
b. Physical layer
c. Information layer
d. Essential layer
9. Oesterle refers to three kinds of aspects in the definition of networkability. Which is not one
of them?
a. Resources
b. Capabilities
c. Business processes
d. Business units
10. Point of sale information from the cash register to the product is an example of:
a. Knowledge management
b. Business networking
c. Smart appliances
d. Electronic services
11. How does Osterle define the central idea of the new network approach?
a. Linking processes by internal and external transactions
b. Linking partners on the basis of processes
c. Creating logic for underlying transactions
d. Becoming smart by connecting all internal processes
Tilburg university – Master Information Management
1. Oesterle defines a new phase in development of business networking around the 1980.
Which one is true?
a. The development of ERP to integrate internal processes
b. Reverse engineering ideas
c. Build towards customer needs and processes
d. Computerization of functional area’s
2. What is a direct effect of higher differentiation?
a. High centralization
b. More cliques
c. More integration
d. Higher density
3. Once a month the several leaders or organizations come together to review targets and set
new goals for the upcoming period. This is an example of:
a. Lead-organization governance
b. Network administrative organization (NAO) governance
c. Shared governance
d. Hub-firm governance
4. 1. The NAO is the leading manufacturing of the network.
2. The NAO takes the lead in coordinating within the network
a. 1 is true
b. 2 is true
c. both true
d. both false
, 5. Structural holes indicate:
a. Integration
b. Centralization
c. Fragmentation
d. Density
6. Which is not a network performance indicator?
a. Learning
b. Societal effects
c. Organizational learning
d. Competitiveness
7. Which is not an indicator defined in the Model of Kaplan and Norton?
a. Effectiveness
b. Innovation
c. Internal processes
d. Financial results
8. Which network layer does blockchain affect most?
a. Transaction layer
b. Physical layer
c. Information layer
d. Essential layer
9. Oesterle refers to three kinds of aspects in the definition of networkability. Which is not one
of them?
a. Resources
b. Capabilities
c. Business processes
d. Business units
10. Point of sale information from the cash register to the product is an example of:
a. Knowledge management
b. Business networking
c. Smart appliances
d. Electronic services
11. How does Osterle define the central idea of the new network approach?
a. Linking processes by internal and external transactions
b. Linking partners on the basis of processes
c. Creating logic for underlying transactions
d. Becoming smart by connecting all internal processes
