Test Bank
Managing And Using Information Systems A
Strategic Approach
By Keri E. Pearlson
8th Edition
,Chapter 0, Introduction
Multiple Choice
1. What requires a unit of analysis, has been processed, and requires human mediation?
a) Data
b) Information
c) Knowledge
d) Legacy
e) None of the
above ans: b
(medium)
2. Roles that managers fill, according to mintzberg, include all of the following except:
a) Figurehead
b) Disseminator
c) Disciplinarian
d) Entrepreneur
e) Resource allocator
Ans: c (hard)
3. Which of the following is not a decisional role?
a) Entrepreneur
b) Disturbance handler
c) Negotiator
d) Resource allocator
e) Spokesperson
Ans: e (medium)
4. What skills would be required to be a visionary manager?
a) Communication and information gathering
b) Flexibility and creativity
c) Analytical and organizational
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
,Ans: b (easy)
5. Wisdom can be defined as:
a) Knowledge infused with intuition and judgment that facilitates the ability to
make decisions.
b) A process.
c) All forms of technology used to create data.
d) Anything that makes a person clever.
e) Only b and
d ans: a (easy)
6. Data is:
a) Information endowed with relevance and purpose.
b) A set of specific objective facts or observations.
c) Some information.
d) All of the above
e) Only a and
c ans: b
(medium)
7. Cisco estimates that by 2021 what percentage global internet traffic will be
the data transmitted by “things”?
a) 2%
b) 5%
c) 8%
d) 11%
e) 14%
Ans: b (medium)
True/false
8. Information systems (is) managers should participate in all of the important is
decisions, even if those decisions do not impact the is department.
Ans: true (easy)
, 9. Information for top management is usually based on a long time horizon, with great
detail and high structuredness.
Ans: false (medium)
10. A successful process begins only once a company has access to a variety of
sophisticated technologies.
Ans: false (easy)
11. For companies to stay current and success, they must adopt traditional information
retrieval systems that are similar to those they’ve used in the past.
Ans: false (medium)
Short answer
12. Pricing of things is most often based on , while pricing of information goods is
most often based on .
Ans: cost; value (hard)
13. If a manager exhibits creativity, curiosity, and confidence, we would say that he
or she supports the role of very well.
Ans: visionary (hard)
14. The chief technology officer of walmart states that every company is becoming a
company.
Ans: tech or technology (medium)
15. While digital natives grew up in an era with internet availability, digital
grew up at a time when computer access wasn’t available or common.
Ans: immigrants (medium)
Managing And Using Information Systems A
Strategic Approach
By Keri E. Pearlson
8th Edition
,Chapter 0, Introduction
Multiple Choice
1. What requires a unit of analysis, has been processed, and requires human mediation?
a) Data
b) Information
c) Knowledge
d) Legacy
e) None of the
above ans: b
(medium)
2. Roles that managers fill, according to mintzberg, include all of the following except:
a) Figurehead
b) Disseminator
c) Disciplinarian
d) Entrepreneur
e) Resource allocator
Ans: c (hard)
3. Which of the following is not a decisional role?
a) Entrepreneur
b) Disturbance handler
c) Negotiator
d) Resource allocator
e) Spokesperson
Ans: e (medium)
4. What skills would be required to be a visionary manager?
a) Communication and information gathering
b) Flexibility and creativity
c) Analytical and organizational
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
,Ans: b (easy)
5. Wisdom can be defined as:
a) Knowledge infused with intuition and judgment that facilitates the ability to
make decisions.
b) A process.
c) All forms of technology used to create data.
d) Anything that makes a person clever.
e) Only b and
d ans: a (easy)
6. Data is:
a) Information endowed with relevance and purpose.
b) A set of specific objective facts or observations.
c) Some information.
d) All of the above
e) Only a and
c ans: b
(medium)
7. Cisco estimates that by 2021 what percentage global internet traffic will be
the data transmitted by “things”?
a) 2%
b) 5%
c) 8%
d) 11%
e) 14%
Ans: b (medium)
True/false
8. Information systems (is) managers should participate in all of the important is
decisions, even if those decisions do not impact the is department.
Ans: true (easy)
, 9. Information for top management is usually based on a long time horizon, with great
detail and high structuredness.
Ans: false (medium)
10. A successful process begins only once a company has access to a variety of
sophisticated technologies.
Ans: false (easy)
11. For companies to stay current and success, they must adopt traditional information
retrieval systems that are similar to those they’ve used in the past.
Ans: false (medium)
Short answer
12. Pricing of things is most often based on , while pricing of information goods is
most often based on .
Ans: cost; value (hard)
13. If a manager exhibits creativity, curiosity, and confidence, we would say that he
or she supports the role of very well.
Ans: visionary (hard)
14. The chief technology officer of walmart states that every company is becoming a
company.
Ans: tech or technology (medium)
15. While digital natives grew up in an era with internet availability, digital
grew up at a time when computer access wasn’t available or common.
Ans: immigrants (medium)
