ISTM 210 Exam 1 TAMU (Phinney)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What are people called who use computers? -
correct answer ✅End-Users
What is the study, design, development, implementation, support,
and management of computer-based information systems? -
correct answer ✅Information Technology
What is the knowledge that enables a person to understand
something? -
correct answer ✅Competency
What is a way of thinking that involves analysis and evaluation and
includes considering all possible outcomes in order to form a solid
decision? -
correct answer ✅Critical Thinking
What is a management process, technique, or method that is most
effective at arriving at a desired outcome or better outcome than
other processes -
correct answer ✅Best Practice
,ISTM 210 Exam 1 TAMU (Phinney)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is simply memorizing keystrokes to accomplish a task? -
correct answer ✅Rote
What is something with a practical use and expected outcome? -
correct answer ✅Application
What states that computing power doubles every 18 months? -
correct answer ✅Moore's Law
How does Professor Phinney define Critical Thinking? -
correct answer ✅Weighing options and making choices
What do business people need to use to make good decisions? -
correct answer ✅Information
What does ROI stand for? -
correct answer ✅Return on Investment
What was the first technology that connected the world? -
correct answer ✅Telegraphs (1837)
, ISTM 210 Exam 1 TAMU (Phinney)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Who used carrier pigeons to find information about the market? -
correct answer ✅Paul Reuters (1850s)
Who is the Co-founder of Intel? -
correct answer ✅Gordon Moore (1965)
What are businesses that buy new technology as it comes to
market in the hopes that it will afford them a competitive
advantage? -
correct answer ✅Leaders
What is another term for a leader? -
correct answer ✅First adopter
What are organizations that abstain from buying new technology
and wait for it to improve from its original version, believing that
there is no competitive advantage to be gained? -
correct answer ✅Followers
What is the most important aspect of Business Information systems
and critical to utilize the tools? -
correct answer ✅People
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What are people called who use computers? -
correct answer ✅End-Users
What is the study, design, development, implementation, support,
and management of computer-based information systems? -
correct answer ✅Information Technology
What is the knowledge that enables a person to understand
something? -
correct answer ✅Competency
What is a way of thinking that involves analysis and evaluation and
includes considering all possible outcomes in order to form a solid
decision? -
correct answer ✅Critical Thinking
What is a management process, technique, or method that is most
effective at arriving at a desired outcome or better outcome than
other processes -
correct answer ✅Best Practice
,ISTM 210 Exam 1 TAMU (Phinney)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is simply memorizing keystrokes to accomplish a task? -
correct answer ✅Rote
What is something with a practical use and expected outcome? -
correct answer ✅Application
What states that computing power doubles every 18 months? -
correct answer ✅Moore's Law
How does Professor Phinney define Critical Thinking? -
correct answer ✅Weighing options and making choices
What do business people need to use to make good decisions? -
correct answer ✅Information
What does ROI stand for? -
correct answer ✅Return on Investment
What was the first technology that connected the world? -
correct answer ✅Telegraphs (1837)
, ISTM 210 Exam 1 TAMU (Phinney)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Who used carrier pigeons to find information about the market? -
correct answer ✅Paul Reuters (1850s)
Who is the Co-founder of Intel? -
correct answer ✅Gordon Moore (1965)
What are businesses that buy new technology as it comes to
market in the hopes that it will afford them a competitive
advantage? -
correct answer ✅Leaders
What is another term for a leader? -
correct answer ✅First adopter
What are organizations that abstain from buying new technology
and wait for it to improve from its original version, believing that
there is no competitive advantage to be gained? -
correct answer ✅Followers
What is the most important aspect of Business Information systems
and critical to utilize the tools? -
correct answer ✅People
