OMIS 351 EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
If a business person gets a great idea for a possible information technology solution to a
business process problem, the first thing he/she should do is? - Begin processing through
the stages of the SDLC starting with planning.
how did Dr. Downing improve the organic search results for his Kirk Herbstreit joke in fall 2012
(How would anyone improve such results)? - By linking text like "NIU BCS Kirk Herbstreit
joke" to ChuckDowning.com from web pages.
the ______ measures the percentage of people who clicked on an ad to arrive at a destination
site. - click-through rate
Search engines use ____ to discover documents for indexing and retrieval. - web crawlers
What is a data warehouse? - A large, batch-updated and "cleaned" database storing
organization wide data
A(n) _____ is a tool for extracting, combining, and displaying data from one of more table,
according to any criteria specified. - query
With regard to data for you to make a large contribution to your organization, you could suggest
which? - Move organizational information out of spreadsheets, into a relational DBMS,
and then centralize the database.
user-generated content online means firms may: - All of the above
If there are 80 million power drills in the U.S., used for an average of 13 minutes each per year, a
good Sharing Economy / Collaborative Consumption business idea would be...
A. Internet exchange colocation centers.
B. an app or site that allowed users to post used drills for sale, and other users to purchase the
used
drills (an EBay sort of app for drills).
C. an app or site that worked like Uber, where those with drills would be dispatched to personal
homes or businesses to perform work requiring a power drill.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
If a business person gets a great idea for a possible information technology solution to a
business process problem, the first thing he/she should do is? - Begin processing through
the stages of the SDLC starting with planning.
how did Dr. Downing improve the organic search results for his Kirk Herbstreit joke in fall 2012
(How would anyone improve such results)? - By linking text like "NIU BCS Kirk Herbstreit
joke" to ChuckDowning.com from web pages.
the ______ measures the percentage of people who clicked on an ad to arrive at a destination
site. - click-through rate
Search engines use ____ to discover documents for indexing and retrieval. - web crawlers
What is a data warehouse? - A large, batch-updated and "cleaned" database storing
organization wide data
A(n) _____ is a tool for extracting, combining, and displaying data from one of more table,
according to any criteria specified. - query
With regard to data for you to make a large contribution to your organization, you could suggest
which? - Move organizational information out of spreadsheets, into a relational DBMS,
and then centralize the database.
user-generated content online means firms may: - All of the above
If there are 80 million power drills in the U.S., used for an average of 13 minutes each per year, a
good Sharing Economy / Collaborative Consumption business idea would be...
A. Internet exchange colocation centers.
B. an app or site that allowed users to post used drills for sale, and other users to purchase the
used
drills (an EBay sort of app for drills).
C. an app or site that worked like Uber, where those with drills would be dispatched to personal
homes or businesses to perform work requiring a power drill.
