IS 301 Lecture 1 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers.
Information Age
We are currently living in the _______, an era characterized by the production, distribution, and
control of information as the primary economic driver.
Technology skills gap
The current mismatch between employers' demand for technical skills and the technical skills
available from employees is called the _______.
IS (Information Systems)
an assembly of hardware, software, data, procedures, and people that produces information
Competitiveness
To be considered high quality, data must have all of the following characteristics except.....
is not worth its cost
A common mistake made by novice information system developers is to create reports with large
amounts and a wide variety of date included. This tendency ignores which of the following
characteristics of quality information?
Strategy
Which of the following is NOT considered a component of an information system?
People
Which component is responsible for generating information useful for business?
Data is what humans perceived, and from that perception, one conceives information.
Which option is an accurate statement about data and information?
Industry structure, competitive strategy, value chains, business processes, information
systems
, Which of the following is the correct sequence of concepts?
Threat of new entrants
A significant competitive force faced by eHermes is that of _________
a bargaining power of customers
If eHermes is evaluating the likelihood that its large corporate clients might demand a greater
share of profits, it is considering which competitive force?
Cost leader
When an organization invests in information systems to help cut operational expenses to the
lowest possible level, it is pursuing the ____ competitive strategy.
Lock in customers
PowerCruise, a holiday cruise firm,recently offered its existing customers an extension of two
years in their membership without any additional charges. By doing this, which competitive
strategy is PowerCruise implementing?
Competitive strategy*
Which of the following ultimately determines the structure, functions, and features of an
organization's information systems?
Rumors
Which of the following is not typically included as a data source for business intelligence?
Purchased data, social data, operational databases, employee knowledge
Data sources for business intelligence.
identifying paters in
Business intelligence systems generate business intelligence by ________ data
data warehouse
A _______ is a facility for managing an organization's business intelligence data.
Answers.
Information Age
We are currently living in the _______, an era characterized by the production, distribution, and
control of information as the primary economic driver.
Technology skills gap
The current mismatch between employers' demand for technical skills and the technical skills
available from employees is called the _______.
IS (Information Systems)
an assembly of hardware, software, data, procedures, and people that produces information
Competitiveness
To be considered high quality, data must have all of the following characteristics except.....
is not worth its cost
A common mistake made by novice information system developers is to create reports with large
amounts and a wide variety of date included. This tendency ignores which of the following
characteristics of quality information?
Strategy
Which of the following is NOT considered a component of an information system?
People
Which component is responsible for generating information useful for business?
Data is what humans perceived, and from that perception, one conceives information.
Which option is an accurate statement about data and information?
Industry structure, competitive strategy, value chains, business processes, information
systems
, Which of the following is the correct sequence of concepts?
Threat of new entrants
A significant competitive force faced by eHermes is that of _________
a bargaining power of customers
If eHermes is evaluating the likelihood that its large corporate clients might demand a greater
share of profits, it is considering which competitive force?
Cost leader
When an organization invests in information systems to help cut operational expenses to the
lowest possible level, it is pursuing the ____ competitive strategy.
Lock in customers
PowerCruise, a holiday cruise firm,recently offered its existing customers an extension of two
years in their membership without any additional charges. By doing this, which competitive
strategy is PowerCruise implementing?
Competitive strategy*
Which of the following ultimately determines the structure, functions, and features of an
organization's information systems?
Rumors
Which of the following is not typically included as a data source for business intelligence?
Purchased data, social data, operational databases, employee knowledge
Data sources for business intelligence.
identifying paters in
Business intelligence systems generate business intelligence by ________ data
data warehouse
A _______ is a facility for managing an organization's business intelligence data.
