MISY EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
\.A firm that must invest in a new information system in order to comply with
federal legislation is investing to achieve which of the following business
objectives? - ANSWERS✔-Survival
\.A firm's IT infrastructure provides the platform on which the firm can build its
information systems. (T/F) - ANSWERS✔-True
\.A human resources system that summarizes the total moving, house-hunting,
and home financing costs for employees in all company divisions is an example of
which of the following? - ANSWERS✔-MIS
\.Business processes are logically related tasks for accomplishing work that have
been formally encoded by an organization (T/F) - ANSWERS✔-False
\.Business processes that impede organizational responsiveness are a source of
competitive strength for a company. (T/F) - ANSWERS✔-False
\.Converting raw data into a more meaningful form is called: - ANSWERS✔-
Processing
, \.In choosing the best solution for a business problem, all of the following are
important considerations except: - ANSWERS✔-the ability to forget about the
problem once it has been solved.
\.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 (T/F) -
ANSWERS✔-True
\.Inadequate resources are an example of the ______dimension of business
problems. - ANSWERS✔-Organizational
\.Systems analysts are the principal liaisons between the information systems
group and the rest of the organization (T/F) - ANSWERS✔-True
\.Telepresence is an example of which of the following? - ANSWERS✔-Virtual
Meeting
\.The average number of baseball tickets sold at a particular price is an example
of: - ANSWERS✔-Meaningful Information
\.Which business objectives were competitors seeking when they rushed to
provide ATMs after Citibank introduced the first ATMs in New York? - ANSWERS✔-
Survival
\.Which of the following can typically access a company's intranet? - ANSWERS✔-
The firms employees
COMPLETE ANSWERS
\.A firm that must invest in a new information system in order to comply with
federal legislation is investing to achieve which of the following business
objectives? - ANSWERS✔-Survival
\.A firm's IT infrastructure provides the platform on which the firm can build its
information systems. (T/F) - ANSWERS✔-True
\.A human resources system that summarizes the total moving, house-hunting,
and home financing costs for employees in all company divisions is an example of
which of the following? - ANSWERS✔-MIS
\.Business processes are logically related tasks for accomplishing work that have
been formally encoded by an organization (T/F) - ANSWERS✔-False
\.Business processes that impede organizational responsiveness are a source of
competitive strength for a company. (T/F) - ANSWERS✔-False
\.Converting raw data into a more meaningful form is called: - ANSWERS✔-
Processing
, \.In choosing the best solution for a business problem, all of the following are
important considerations except: - ANSWERS✔-the ability to forget about the
problem once it has been solved.
\.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 (T/F) -
ANSWERS✔-True
\.Inadequate resources are an example of the ______dimension of business
problems. - ANSWERS✔-Organizational
\.Systems analysts are the principal liaisons between the information systems
group and the rest of the organization (T/F) - ANSWERS✔-True
\.Telepresence is an example of which of the following? - ANSWERS✔-Virtual
Meeting
\.The average number of baseball tickets sold at a particular price is an example
of: - ANSWERS✔-Meaningful Information
\.Which business objectives were competitors seeking when they rushed to
provide ATMs after Citibank introduced the first ATMs in New York? - ANSWERS✔-
Survival
\.Which of the following can typically access a company's intranet? - ANSWERS✔-
The firms employees
