Edition Baltzan
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,Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS
True / False Questions
1. Companies today are successful when they combine the power of the information age with
traditional business methods.
True False
2. Competitive intelligence is information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers,
customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships
for strategic decision making.
True False
3. Business intelligence is information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers,
competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic
decision making.
True False
4. The information age is the present time, during which infinite quantities of facts are widely
available to anyone who can use a computer.
True False
5. Technology provides countless business opportunities, but can also lead to pitfalls and traps for a
business.
True False
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,6. Top managers use social intelligence to define the future of the business, analyzing markets,
industries and economies to determine the strategic direction the company must follow to remain
unprofitable.
True False
7. A variable is a business intelligence characteristic that stands for a value that cannot change over
time.
True False
8. A fact is the confirmation or validation of an event or object. In the past, people primarily learned
facts from books.
True False
9. Zappos is not a technology company; its primary business focus is to sell books.
True False
10. Order date, amount sold, and customer number are all forms of data.
True False
11. Choosing not to fire a sales representative who is underperforming knowing that person is
experiencing family problems is a form of knowledge.
True False
12. Information is data converted into a meaningful and useful context. The truth about information is
that its value is only as good as the people who use it. People using the same information can
make different decisions depending on how they interpret or analyze the information.
True False
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, 13. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things"
can collect and share data without human intervention.
True False
14. Machine to machine (M2M) refers to devices that connect directly to other devices.
True False
15. The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to devices that connect directly to other devices.
True False
16. Predictive analytics extracts information from data and uses it to predict future trends and identify
behavioral patterns.
True False
17. Predictive analytics is a world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can
collect and share data without human intervention.
True False
18. Top managers use predictive analytics to define the future of the business, analyzing markets,
industries, and economies to determine the strategic direction the company must follow to remain
profitable. Tony will set the strategic direction for his firm, which might include introducing new
flavors of potato chips or sports drinks as new product lines or schools and hospitals as new
market segments.
True False
19. Machine to machine (M2M) extracts information from data and uses it to predict future trends and
identify behavioral patterns.
True False
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