BIT 3464 Exam 1 questions well
answered graded A+
Which of the following is not one of the four functional areas common among most companies?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Logistics and Distributions Management
A business process can be thought of as: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔a collection of activities that
turns inputs into outputs to create value.
Business processes typically span across multiple business functions - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔True
Which of the following entities are included in the information systems used to store, organize,
analyze and deliver information to today's businesses? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔All of the above
(computers, procedures, people, software)
Information systems that are designed to share information across the functional areas of a
business are called: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔integrated information systems
Business processes only affect external customers and never an internal customer of a business
such as another department in an organization: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔False
A successful business manager will view all of their company's business functions, processes,
and operations from the perspective of: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A satisfied customer
, A core software program (or collection of programs) that is used by companies to coordinate
and integrate information across all areas of the business is called: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔An
ERP system
One of the benefits of an integrated information system is that the data stored by one
functional area of a business is kept separate from the other functional areas for security
purposes: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔False
Which of the following would be a potential benefit of the sharing of information between the
Marketing and Sales function and the Supply Chain Management function of a business? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Reduced chance of a stockout
Individual and non-integrated information systems for each functional area of a business are
known as silos and/or legacy systems: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔True
Enterprise Resource Planning systems are made possibly by all of the following information
technology components except" - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the telegraph
Moore's Law, named after Intel employee Gordon Moore, states that the number of decisions
that can be processed by a CPU doubled every ______ months: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔18-24
months
A scalable computer system is one in which: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔capacity can be increased
by adding additional hardware components.
A scalable architecture is the client-server architecture where a central database is maintained
on a server with individual clients accessing that database as needed: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔True
answered graded A+
Which of the following is not one of the four functional areas common among most companies?
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Logistics and Distributions Management
A business process can be thought of as: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔a collection of activities that
turns inputs into outputs to create value.
Business processes typically span across multiple business functions - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔True
Which of the following entities are included in the information systems used to store, organize,
analyze and deliver information to today's businesses? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔All of the above
(computers, procedures, people, software)
Information systems that are designed to share information across the functional areas of a
business are called: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔integrated information systems
Business processes only affect external customers and never an internal customer of a business
such as another department in an organization: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔False
A successful business manager will view all of their company's business functions, processes,
and operations from the perspective of: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A satisfied customer
, A core software program (or collection of programs) that is used by companies to coordinate
and integrate information across all areas of the business is called: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔An
ERP system
One of the benefits of an integrated information system is that the data stored by one
functional area of a business is kept separate from the other functional areas for security
purposes: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔False
Which of the following would be a potential benefit of the sharing of information between the
Marketing and Sales function and the Supply Chain Management function of a business? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Reduced chance of a stockout
Individual and non-integrated information systems for each functional area of a business are
known as silos and/or legacy systems: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔True
Enterprise Resource Planning systems are made possibly by all of the following information
technology components except" - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the telegraph
Moore's Law, named after Intel employee Gordon Moore, states that the number of decisions
that can be processed by a CPU doubled every ______ months: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔18-24
months
A scalable computer system is one in which: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔capacity can be increased
by adding additional hardware components.
A scalable architecture is the client-server architecture where a central database is maintained
on a server with individual clients accessing that database as needed: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔True
