Test Bank for Essentials of MIS, 14th
Edition, Kenneth C. Laudon Jane P. Laudon.
All 12 Chapters
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Management Information Systems, 14e (Laudon)
Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today
1) The six important business objectives of information technology are new products, services,
and business models; customer and supplier intimacy; survival; competitive advantage;
operational excellence; and
A) improved flexibility.
B) improved decision making.
C) improved business practices.
D) improved efficiency.
E) improved business value.
Answer: B
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Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Information technology
CASE: Concept
LO: 1.1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
2) Verizon Corporation's use of a Web-based digital dashboard to provide managers with precise
real-time information illustrates which business objective?
A) improved flexibility
B) improved decision making
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C) competitive advantage
D) survival
E) customer and supplier intimacy
Answer: B
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Difficulty: Difficult
AACSB: Information technology
CASE: Synthesis
LO: 1.1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
3) Which of the following choices may lead to competitive advantage?
1. new products, services, and business models; 2. charging less for superior products; 3.
responding to customers in real time?
A) 1 only
B) 1 and 2
C) 2 and 3
D) 1 and 3
E) 1, 2, and 3
Answer: D
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Difficulty: Difficult
AACSB: Analytical thinking
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CASE: Application
LO: 1.1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
4) The use of information systems because of necessity describes the business objective of
p p p p p p p p p p p p
A) operational excellence. p
B) improved business practices. p p
C) competitive advantage. p
D) improved flexibility. p
E) survival. p
Answer: E p p p
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p p
Difficulty: Moderate p
AACSB: Information technology p p p p
CASE: Concept p p
LO: 1.1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p
running and managing a business today?
p p p p p
5) The Mandarin Oriental hotel's use of computer systems to keep track of guests' preferences is
p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p
an example of
p p
A) improved flexibility. p
B) improved decision making. p p
C) improved efficiency. p
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