IS 3003 EXAM #1 REVIEW QUESTIONS
and answers 2025/2026
1) Purchase of information systems and telecommunications equipment constituted more than
half of all capital investment in the United States in 2013. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
2) A business model describes how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service
to create wealth. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
3) Information systems consists of all the hardware and software that a firm needs to use in
order to achieve its business objectives. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
4) An extranet is a private intranet extended to authorized users outside the organization. -
correct answer ✔✔TRUE
5) Information systems literacy describes the behavioral approach to information systems, while
computer literacy describes the technical approach. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
6) The dimensions of information systems are people, organizations, and information
technology. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
7) In order to understand how a specific business firm uses information systems, you need to
know something about the history and culture of the company. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
8) Developing a new product, fulfilling an order, or hiring a new employee are all examples of
business processes. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
,9) Business processes are those logically related tasks for accomplishing tasks that have been
formally encoded by an organization. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
10) Employee attitudes about their jobs, employers, or technology can have a powerful effect
on their abilities to use information systems productively. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
11) A network requires at least three computers and a shared resource. - correct answer
✔✔FALSE
12) An IT infrastructure provides the platform on which the firm can build its information
systems. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
13) UPS's use of Web-based tools that allow customers to embed UPS functions, such as
tracking and cost calculations, into their own Web sites was an information systems solution
used to achieve customer intimacy. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
14) Identifying a problem includes agreeing that a problem exists. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
15) Political conflict is an example of the people dimension of business problems. - correct
answer ✔✔FALSE
16) As a result of new public laws, accountants are beginning to perform more technical duties,
such as auditing systems and networks. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
17) IT managerial jobs are outsourced easily because of the universal standards used by the
Internet. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
18) An understanding of enterprise-wide systems for customer relationship management is one
of the skills relevant to careers in marketing. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
, 19) Whereas marketing and financial careers have been transformed by the growth in
information systems, management has-so far-remained relatively unaffected. - correct answer
✔✔FALSE
20) There are two types of outsourcing: offshore outsourcing and foreign outsourcing. - correct
answer ✔✔FALSE
21) The average number of tickets sold daily online is an example of:
A) input.
B) raw data.
C) meaningful information.
D) output. - correct answer ✔✔C
22) Output:
A) is feedback that has been processed to create meaningful information.
B) is information that is returned to appropriate members of the organization to help them
evaluate the input stage.
C) transfers raw data to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used.
D) transfers processed information to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it
will be used. - correct answer ✔✔D
23) Converting raw data into a more meaningful form is called:
A) capturing.
B) processing.
C) organizing.
D) feedback. - correct answer ✔✔B
and answers 2025/2026
1) Purchase of information systems and telecommunications equipment constituted more than
half of all capital investment in the United States in 2013. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
2) A business model describes how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service
to create wealth. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
3) Information systems consists of all the hardware and software that a firm needs to use in
order to achieve its business objectives. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
4) An extranet is a private intranet extended to authorized users outside the organization. -
correct answer ✔✔TRUE
5) Information systems literacy describes the behavioral approach to information systems, while
computer literacy describes the technical approach. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
6) The dimensions of information systems are people, organizations, and information
technology. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
7) In order to understand how a specific business firm uses information systems, you need to
know something about the history and culture of the company. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
8) Developing a new product, fulfilling an order, or hiring a new employee are all examples of
business processes. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
,9) Business processes are those logically related tasks for accomplishing tasks that have been
formally encoded by an organization. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
10) Employee attitudes about their jobs, employers, or technology can have a powerful effect
on their abilities to use information systems productively. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
11) A network requires at least three computers and a shared resource. - correct answer
✔✔FALSE
12) An IT infrastructure provides the platform on which the firm can build its information
systems. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
13) UPS's use of Web-based tools that allow customers to embed UPS functions, such as
tracking and cost calculations, into their own Web sites was an information systems solution
used to achieve customer intimacy. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
14) Identifying a problem includes agreeing that a problem exists. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
15) Political conflict is an example of the people dimension of business problems. - correct
answer ✔✔FALSE
16) As a result of new public laws, accountants are beginning to perform more technical duties,
such as auditing systems and networks. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
17) IT managerial jobs are outsourced easily because of the universal standards used by the
Internet. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
18) An understanding of enterprise-wide systems for customer relationship management is one
of the skills relevant to careers in marketing. - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
, 19) Whereas marketing and financial careers have been transformed by the growth in
information systems, management has-so far-remained relatively unaffected. - correct answer
✔✔FALSE
20) There are two types of outsourcing: offshore outsourcing and foreign outsourcing. - correct
answer ✔✔FALSE
21) The average number of tickets sold daily online is an example of:
A) input.
B) raw data.
C) meaningful information.
D) output. - correct answer ✔✔C
22) Output:
A) is feedback that has been processed to create meaningful information.
B) is information that is returned to appropriate members of the organization to help them
evaluate the input stage.
C) transfers raw data to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used.
D) transfers processed information to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it
will be used. - correct answer ✔✔D
23) Converting raw data into a more meaningful form is called:
A) capturing.
B) processing.
C) organizing.
D) feedback. - correct answer ✔✔B
