,Chapter 01 - Business Driven Technology
Chapter 01
Business Driven Technology
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why do students need to study information technology?
A. Information technology is everywhere in business
B. Information technology is rarely discussed in business magazines
C. Information technology is rarely used in organizations
D. Information technology is found in only a few businesses
2. What is a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing
information?
A. Information technology
B. Management information systems
C. Technology's role in business
D. Technology's impact on business
3. What is a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the
application of people, technologies, and procedures—collectively called information systems
—to solve business problems?
A. Information technology
B. Management information systems
C. Technology's role in business
D. Technology's impact on business
4. What can IT enable an organization to accomplish?
A. Reduce costs
B. Improve productivity
C. Generate growth
D. All of the above
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5. Which of the following represents the order of priority for the three primary organizational
key resources?
A. Information, people, information technology
B. People, information, information technology
C. Information, information technology, people
D. Information technology, people, information
6. Which of the following represents the relationship between functional areas in a business?
A. Independent
B. Autonomous
C. Interdependent
D. Self-sufficient
7. Which of the following statements is true?
A. IT equals business success
B. IT equals business innovation
C. IT represents business success and innovation
D. IT enables business success and innovation
8. Which of the following is not a department found in most businesses?
A. Human resources
B. Accounting
C. Management information systems (MIS)
D. Payroll
9. What is the name of a company's internal IT department?
A. Management information systems (MIS)
B. Information systems (IS)
C. Information technology (IT)
D. All of the above
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10. What are raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event?
A. Information
B. Information technology
C. Data
D. All of the above
11. What is data that has been converted into meaningful and useful context?
A. Information
B. Information technology
C. Information systems
D. All of the above
12. Which of the following is considered information?
A. Quantity sold
B. Date sold
C. Best selling item by month
D. All of the above
13. Which of the following is considered data?
A. Quantity sold
B. Best customer by month
C. Best selling item by month
D. Worst selling item by month
14. Which information culture can cause an organization to have a great degree of difficulty
operating?
A. Information-functional culture
B. Information-sharing culture
C. Information-inquiring culture
D. Information-discovery culture
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Chapter 01
Business Driven Technology
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why do students need to study information technology?
A. Information technology is everywhere in business
B. Information technology is rarely discussed in business magazines
C. Information technology is rarely used in organizations
D. Information technology is found in only a few businesses
2. What is a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing
information?
A. Information technology
B. Management information systems
C. Technology's role in business
D. Technology's impact on business
3. What is a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the
application of people, technologies, and procedures—collectively called information systems
—to solve business problems?
A. Information technology
B. Management information systems
C. Technology's role in business
D. Technology's impact on business
4. What can IT enable an organization to accomplish?
A. Reduce costs
B. Improve productivity
C. Generate growth
D. All of the above
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5. Which of the following represents the order of priority for the three primary organizational
key resources?
A. Information, people, information technology
B. People, information, information technology
C. Information, information technology, people
D. Information technology, people, information
6. Which of the following represents the relationship between functional areas in a business?
A. Independent
B. Autonomous
C. Interdependent
D. Self-sufficient
7. Which of the following statements is true?
A. IT equals business success
B. IT equals business innovation
C. IT represents business success and innovation
D. IT enables business success and innovation
8. Which of the following is not a department found in most businesses?
A. Human resources
B. Accounting
C. Management information systems (MIS)
D. Payroll
9. What is the name of a company's internal IT department?
A. Management information systems (MIS)
B. Information systems (IS)
C. Information technology (IT)
D. All of the above
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10. What are raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event?
A. Information
B. Information technology
C. Data
D. All of the above
11. What is data that has been converted into meaningful and useful context?
A. Information
B. Information technology
C. Information systems
D. All of the above
12. Which of the following is considered information?
A. Quantity sold
B. Date sold
C. Best selling item by month
D. All of the above
13. Which of the following is considered data?
A. Quantity sold
B. Best customer by month
C. Best selling item by month
D. Worst selling item by month
14. Which information culture can cause an organization to have a great degree of difficulty
operating?
A. Information-functional culture
B. Information-sharing culture
C. Information-inquiring culture
D. Information-discovery culture
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