Ace Your Exams With MIS, 10th Edition, Hossein Bidgoli Test Bank

,Module t01: tInformation tSystems tin tBusiness
True t/ tFalse

1. When trepetitive ttransaction-processing toperations t are tautomated, t human t involvement t is tincreasingly t required.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Correct
Computers tare tmost tbeneficial tin ttransaction- tprocessing toperations. tThese toperations tare
trepetitive, tsuch tas tprinting tnumerous tchecks, tor tinvolve tenormous tvolumes tof tdata, tsuch

tas tinventory tcontrol tin ta tmultinational ttextile tcompany. tWhen tthese tsystems tare

tautomated, thuman tinvolvement tis tminimal. tSee t1-3:The tBeginning: tTransaction-

Processing tSystems

POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Define ttransaction-processing tsystems
QUESTION tTYPE: True t/ tFalse
HAS tVARIABLES: False
LEARNING tOBJECTIVES: t MIS.10e.1.3

TOPICS: Information tsystems
t Information tsystems

timportance

KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE tCREATED: 10/22/2019 t1:26 tPM
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2. Information tsystems tare tbroader tin tscope tthan tinformation ttechnologies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Correct
Information tsystems tare tbroader tin tscope tthan tinformation ttechnologies, tbut tthe ttwo
toverlap tin tmany tareas. tBoth tare tused tto thelp torganizations tbe tmore tcompetitive tand tto

timprove ttheir toverall tefficiency tand teffectiveness. tSee t1-1: tComputers tand tInformation

tSystems tin tDaily tLife

POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Discuss tcommon tapplications tof tcomputers tand tinformation tsystems.
QUESTION tTYPE: True t/ tFalse
HAS tVARIABLES: False
LEARNING tOBJECTIVES: t MIS.10e.1.1
TOPICS: Information tsystems
t Information tsystems

timportance

KEYWORDS: Understand
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3. In ta tmanagement tinformation tsystem t(MIS) tapplication, tprocesses tare tusually tmethods tfor tperforming ta ttask.
a. True




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, Module t01: tInformation tSystems tin tBusiness
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Correct
In tan tMIS tapplication, tprocesses tare tusually tmethods tfor tperforming ta ttask. tSee t1-4:
tManagement tInformation tSystems

POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Define tmanagement tinformation tsystems.
QUESTION tTYPE: True t/ tFalse
HAS tVARIABLES: False
LEARNING tOBJECTIVES: t MIS.10e.1.4
TOPICS: Management tinformation tsystems
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE tCREATED: 10/22/2019 t1:26 tPM
DATE tMODIFIED: 10/22/2019 t1:26 tPM

4. In tdesigning ta tmanagement tinformation tsystem t(MIS), tthe tfirst ttask tis tto tcollect tdata tand tanalyze tit.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Correct
In tdesigning tan tMIS, tthe tfirst ttask tis tto tclearly tdefine tthe tsystem’s tobjectives. tSee t1-4:
tManagement tInformation tSystems

POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Define tmanagement tinformation tsystems.
QUESTION tTYPE: True t/ tFalse
HAS tVARIABLES: False
LEARNING tOBJECTIVES: t MIS.10e.1.4
TOPICS: Management tinformation tsystems
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE tCREATED: 10/22/2019 t1:26 tPM
DATE tMODIFIED: 10/22/2019 t1:26 tPM

5. An tinformation tsystem tshould tcollect tdata tfrom tboth texternal tand tinternal tsources, talthough torganizational tobjectives
tand tthe ttype tof tapplication talso tdetermine twhat tsources tto tuse.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Correct
The tinformation tthat tusers tneed taffects tthe ttype tof tdata tthat tis tcollected tand tused. tAn
tinformation tsystem tshould tcollect tdata tfrom tboth texternal tand tinternal tsources, talthough

torganizational tobjectives tand tthe ttype tof tapplication talso tdetermine twhat tsources tto tuse.

tSee t1-5: tMajor tComponents tof tan tInformation tSystem

POINTS: 1

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