IS 3003 Cumulative Exam (Modules 1-
3) Questions and Answers 100% Pass
The __________ strategy, such as McDonald's, includes creation of a product in the home country, but
then relies on foreign personnel to assist with remote marketing and sales. - ✔✔franchiser
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways information systems help companies compete? -
✔✔Creating a wide array of products to match what's available in the industry
This scenario is an example of __________. - ✔✔how information systems help businesses use network-
based strategies to achieve competitive advantage
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways information systems help companies compete? -
✔✔Focusing on appealing to a wide range of consumers
Which of the following best defines business process management (BPM)? - ✔✔BPM combines and
streamlines the steps in a business process to eliminate repetitive and redundant work and to achieve
dramatic improvements in quality, service, and speed.
The domestic exporter strategy __________. - ✔✔tends to focus core business activities such as
production, sales, and human resources in the home country of an organization
If a company decides to use a CAD system, it is using which of the following strategies to promote
quality? - ✔✔Improving quality and precision in design and production
Organizations using information systems to deal with competitive forces __________. - ✔✔achieve the
lowest operational costs
Created by Katelyn Whitman © 2025, All Rights Reserved. 100% PASS GUARANTEE
, 2|Page
In which strategy are nearly all the value-adding activities managed from a global perspective without
reference to national borders, optimizing sources of supply and demand wherever they appear and
taking advantage of any local competitive advantage? - ✔✔A transnational strategy
__________ highlight(s) activities that add a margin of value to a firm's products or services where
information systems can best be applied to achieve a competitive advantage. - ✔✔The value chain model
Which strategy concentrates financial management and control out of a central home base while
decentralizing production, sales, and marketing operations to units in other countries? - ✔✔A
multinational strategy
How do new entrants in an industry affect established organizations? - ✔✔Organizations' profits are
affected as they lower prices to compete against new entrants.
Which strategy has the product created, designed, financed, and initially produced in the home country
but relies heavily on foreign personnel for further production, marketing, and human resources (while
nonetheless, local production of some items, local marketing, and local recruitment of personnel are
required)? - ✔✔Franchisers
Inbound logistics (receiving and storing materials for distribution to production), operations
(transforming inputs into finished products), outbound logistics (storing and distributing finished
products), sales and marketing, and service, are all __________. - ✔✔primary activities
During which step of the BPM process do managers need to determine what business processes are the
most important and how improving these processes will help business performance? - ✔✔Identify
processes for change.
This scenario is an example of __________. - ✔✔how information systems help businesses use core
competencies to achieve competitive advantage
__________ are activities at which a firm excels as a world-class leader. - ✔✔Core competencies
Created by Katelyn Whitman © 2025, All Rights Reserved. 100% PASS GUARANTEE