INF1505
1. __________ is a structure similar to managerial pyramid, where the hierarchy of
decision-making and authority flows from strategic management and top down
to operational management and non-management employees.
a. Virtual Organizational Structure
b. Traditional Organizational Structure
c. Team Organizational Structure
d. Project Organizational Structure
2. The major elements of Artificial Intelligence are:
a. Robotics, People, Learning systems, Neural networks and Expert systems
b. Robotics, Vision Systems, Learning systems, People and Expert systems
c. Robotics, Vision systems, Learning systems, Neural networks and Expert
systems
d. People, Vision systems, Learning systems, Neural networks and Expert systems
3. The way organizational subunits relate to each other is called Organizational
division.
a. True
b. False
4. A (an) __________ is a large, powerful computer that is often shared by hundreds of
concurrent users connected to the machine over a network.
a. Server
b. nettop computer
c. supercomputer
d. mainframe computer
5. __________ is concerned with the efficient and environmentally responsible design,
manufacture, operation and disposal of IS-based products.
a. Grid computing
b. Green computing
c. Mainframe computing
d. Scalable computing
6. Feedback is information from a system that is used to make changes to the input.
7. Output involves producing useful information, usually in the form of documents
and reports.
Downloaded by: tatummurray | Want to earn
Distribution of this document is illegal R13,625 per year?
,8. Information system(IS) is a set of interrelated components that collect,
manipulate, store, disseminate information and provide a feedback mechanism to
meet an objective.
9. The Internet is the world’s largest computer network, actually consisting of
thousands of interconnected networks, all freely exchanging information.
10. A business related exchange is known as a Transaction.
11. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the part of the computer that consists of
three associated elements. Which of the below is NOT an element of the CPU?
a. Direct Access Storage (DASD)
b. Control unit
c. Arithmetic/Logical unit (ALU)
d. Register
12. An Organization is a formal collection of people and other resources established
to accomplish a set of goals.
a. True
b. False
13. MIPS (millions of instructions per second) is a measure of the computer’s clock
speed, whilst gigahertz (GHz) measures the computer’s machine’s cycle time.
a. True
b. False
14. Intranets allows people outside the organization to exchange information and
work on projects.
a. True
b. False
15. Computer literacy is defined as:
a. knowledge of computer electronics and equipment and the ways they
function.
b. knowledge of computer hardware and equipment and the ways they function.
c. knowledge of computer network and equipment and the ways they function.
d. knowledge of computer systems and equipment and the ways they function.
16. Data and information that is stored on secondary storage can be accessed either
by using sequential or direct access methods. __________ refers to the retrieval
Downloaded by: tatummurray | Want to earn
Distribution of this document is illegal R13,625 per year?
, method in which data can be retrieved directly without the need to pass by other
data in sequence.
a. Direct access
b. Incremental access
c. Dual access
d. Sequential access
17. The most important element in an information system is the __________.
a. Hardware
b. People
c. Procedures
d. Software
18. Supercomputers are the most powerful computers with the fastest processing
speed and highest performance.
19. ________ is a measure of how widely technology is spread throughout the
organisation.
a. Technology Infusion
b. Technology Diffusion
c. Technology Distillation
d. Technology Refinement
20. Outsourcing involves contracting with outside professional services to meet
specific business needs.
a. True
b. False
21. A Pixel is a dot of colour on a photo image or a point of light on a display screen
22. A Register holds small units of program instructions and data immediately before,
during and after execution by the computer.
23. In comparison, data and information that is stored in memory is only stored
temporarily and costs considerably less per gigabyte of capacity when compared
to secondary storage.
a. True
b. False
24. A [petabyte] is 2 to the power of __________ bytes.
a. 10
Downloaded by: tatummurray | Want to earn
Distribution of this document is illegal R13,625 per year?
, b. 50
c. 40
d. 20
25. Software consist of the computer electronics that govern the operation of the
computer.
a. True
b. False
26. In e-commerce, B2B stands for:
a. Back to Back
b. Bid to buy
c. Business to business
d. Back to business
27. The components of a Computer-based Information System are:
a. Hardware, People, Software, Procedures, Electricity and Databases
b. Hardware, Telecommunications, Software, Procedures and Databases
c. Hardware, People, Software, Procedures, Telecommunications and Databases
d. Hardware, Telecommunications, Software, Procedures and Network
28. The ability to increase processing in order to handle more users is called
Scalability.
29. In an information system, information must have which of the following qualities?
a. Accuracy, Timeliness, Relevance
b. Accuracy, Timeliness, Formality
c. Accuracy, Formality, Relevance
d. Timeliness, Relevance, Formality
30. Giving employees and their managers more responsibility and authority is known
as empowerment.
31. A minimum number of management layers results in a flat organization structure.
32. A Database is an organized collection of facts and information, typically
consisting of two or more related data files.
a. True
b. False
Downloaded by: tatummurray | Want to earn
Distribution of this document is illegal R13,625 per year?
1. __________ is a structure similar to managerial pyramid, where the hierarchy of
decision-making and authority flows from strategic management and top down
to operational management and non-management employees.
a. Virtual Organizational Structure
b. Traditional Organizational Structure
c. Team Organizational Structure
d. Project Organizational Structure
2. The major elements of Artificial Intelligence are:
a. Robotics, People, Learning systems, Neural networks and Expert systems
b. Robotics, Vision Systems, Learning systems, People and Expert systems
c. Robotics, Vision systems, Learning systems, Neural networks and Expert
systems
d. People, Vision systems, Learning systems, Neural networks and Expert systems
3. The way organizational subunits relate to each other is called Organizational
division.
a. True
b. False
4. A (an) __________ is a large, powerful computer that is often shared by hundreds of
concurrent users connected to the machine over a network.
a. Server
b. nettop computer
c. supercomputer
d. mainframe computer
5. __________ is concerned with the efficient and environmentally responsible design,
manufacture, operation and disposal of IS-based products.
a. Grid computing
b. Green computing
c. Mainframe computing
d. Scalable computing
6. Feedback is information from a system that is used to make changes to the input.
7. Output involves producing useful information, usually in the form of documents
and reports.
Downloaded by: tatummurray | Want to earn
Distribution of this document is illegal R13,625 per year?
,8. Information system(IS) is a set of interrelated components that collect,
manipulate, store, disseminate information and provide a feedback mechanism to
meet an objective.
9. The Internet is the world’s largest computer network, actually consisting of
thousands of interconnected networks, all freely exchanging information.
10. A business related exchange is known as a Transaction.
11. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the part of the computer that consists of
three associated elements. Which of the below is NOT an element of the CPU?
a. Direct Access Storage (DASD)
b. Control unit
c. Arithmetic/Logical unit (ALU)
d. Register
12. An Organization is a formal collection of people and other resources established
to accomplish a set of goals.
a. True
b. False
13. MIPS (millions of instructions per second) is a measure of the computer’s clock
speed, whilst gigahertz (GHz) measures the computer’s machine’s cycle time.
a. True
b. False
14. Intranets allows people outside the organization to exchange information and
work on projects.
a. True
b. False
15. Computer literacy is defined as:
a. knowledge of computer electronics and equipment and the ways they
function.
b. knowledge of computer hardware and equipment and the ways they function.
c. knowledge of computer network and equipment and the ways they function.
d. knowledge of computer systems and equipment and the ways they function.
16. Data and information that is stored on secondary storage can be accessed either
by using sequential or direct access methods. __________ refers to the retrieval
Downloaded by: tatummurray | Want to earn
Distribution of this document is illegal R13,625 per year?
, method in which data can be retrieved directly without the need to pass by other
data in sequence.
a. Direct access
b. Incremental access
c. Dual access
d. Sequential access
17. The most important element in an information system is the __________.
a. Hardware
b. People
c. Procedures
d. Software
18. Supercomputers are the most powerful computers with the fastest processing
speed and highest performance.
19. ________ is a measure of how widely technology is spread throughout the
organisation.
a. Technology Infusion
b. Technology Diffusion
c. Technology Distillation
d. Technology Refinement
20. Outsourcing involves contracting with outside professional services to meet
specific business needs.
a. True
b. False
21. A Pixel is a dot of colour on a photo image or a point of light on a display screen
22. A Register holds small units of program instructions and data immediately before,
during and after execution by the computer.
23. In comparison, data and information that is stored in memory is only stored
temporarily and costs considerably less per gigabyte of capacity when compared
to secondary storage.
a. True
b. False
24. A [petabyte] is 2 to the power of __________ bytes.
a. 10
Downloaded by: tatummurray | Want to earn
Distribution of this document is illegal R13,625 per year?
, b. 50
c. 40
d. 20
25. Software consist of the computer electronics that govern the operation of the
computer.
a. True
b. False
26. In e-commerce, B2B stands for:
a. Back to Back
b. Bid to buy
c. Business to business
d. Back to business
27. The components of a Computer-based Information System are:
a. Hardware, People, Software, Procedures, Electricity and Databases
b. Hardware, Telecommunications, Software, Procedures and Databases
c. Hardware, People, Software, Procedures, Telecommunications and Databases
d. Hardware, Telecommunications, Software, Procedures and Network
28. The ability to increase processing in order to handle more users is called
Scalability.
29. In an information system, information must have which of the following qualities?
a. Accuracy, Timeliness, Relevance
b. Accuracy, Timeliness, Formality
c. Accuracy, Formality, Relevance
d. Timeliness, Relevance, Formality
30. Giving employees and their managers more responsibility and authority is known
as empowerment.
31. A minimum number of management layers results in a flat organization structure.
32. A Database is an organized collection of facts and information, typically
consisting of two or more related data files.
a. True
b. False
Downloaded by: tatummurray | Want to earn
Distribution of this document is illegal R13,625 per year?
