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INF1505 – PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION
SYSTEMS QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS DETAILED
RATIONALES GRADED A+
INF1505 – Principles of Business Information Systems
Questions 1–250
1. Which of the following best defines a system in the context of business information
systems?
A. A collection of unrelated components working independently
B. A set of elements or components that interact to accomplish goals
C. Any combination of hardware and software
D. A single device used for data processing
Answer: B. Rationale: A system is fundamentally defined as a set of elements or components
that interact to accomplish goals, emphasising interdependence and collective purpose.
2. What are the four essential components of a system?
A. Hardware, software, data, and people
B. Input, processing, output, and feedback
C. Database, network, procedures, and information
D. Planning, organising, leading, and controlling
Answer: B. Rationale: The four essential components of a system are input, processing, output,
and feedback. Input gathers data, processing transforms it, output produces useful information,
and feedback adjusts the system.
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3. A measure of what is produced divided by what is consumed is known as which of the
following?
A. Effectiveness
B. Efficiency
C. Productivity
D. Performance standard
Answer: B. Rationale: Efficiency is a measure of what is produced divided by what is consumed,
focusing on resource utilisation.
4. Which term describes a measure of the extent to which a system achieves its goals?
A. Efficiency
B. Effectiveness
C. Throughput
D. Benchmark
Answer: B. Rationale: Effectiveness is a measure of the extent to which a system achieves its
stated goals.
5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of valuable information?
A. Accurate and complete
B. Timely and verifiable
C. Expensive to produce
D. Relevant and simple to understand
Answer: C. Rationale: Valuable information should be economical to produce, not expensive.
Other characteristics include accuracy, completeness, flexibility, reliability, relevance, simplicity,
timeliness, verifiability, accessibility, and security.
6. A single set of hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, people, and
procedures that is configured to collect, manipulate, store, and process data into information
is called which of the following?
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A. Transaction processing system
B. Computer-based information system
C. Decision support system
D. Enterprise resource planning system
Answer: B. Rationale: A computer-based information system (CBIS) is defined as a single set of
hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, people, and procedures configured to
process data into information.
7. Which of the following describes the knowledge of how data and information are used by
individuals, groups, and organisations?
A. Computer literacy
B. Information systems literacy
C. Digital literacy
D. Media literacy
Answer: B. Rationale: Information systems literacy is knowledge of how data and information
are used by individuals, groups, and organisations, distinct from computer literacy which
focuses on hardware and software.
8. Which of the following is the world's largest computer network, consisting of thousands of
interconnected networks that freely exchange information?
A. Intranet
B. Extranet
C. Internet
D. Local area network
Answer: C. Rationale: The Internet is the world's largest computer network, consisting of
thousands of interconnected networks all freely exchanging information.
9. An internal company network built using Internet and World Wide Web standards that
allows people within an organisation to exchange information and work on projects is called
which of the following?
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A. Extranet
B. Internet
C. Intranet
D. WAN
Answer: C. Rationale: An intranet is an internal company network built using Internet and Web
standards that enables internal information exchange and collaboration.
10. A network based on Web technologies that allows selected outsiders, such as business
partners and customers, to access authorised resources of a company's intranet is called
which of the following?
A. Intranet
B. Extranet
C. Internet
D. Ethernet
Answer: B. Rationale: An extranet is a network based on Web technologies that allows selected
outsiders to access authorised resources of a company's intranet.
11. Which of the following is the electronic transmission of signals for communications that
enables organisations to carry out their processes through effective computer networks?
A. Telecommunications
B. Broadcasting
C. Networking
D. Data processing
Answer: A. Rationale: Telecommunications is the electronic transmission of signals for
communications that enables organisational processes through effective computer networks.
12. Which of the following describes a computing environment where software and storage
are provided as an Internet service and accessed via a web browser?
A. On-premises computing
B. Cloud computing
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INF1505 – PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION
SYSTEMS QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS DETAILED
RATIONALES GRADED A+
INF1505 – Principles of Business Information Systems
Questions 1–250
1. Which of the following best defines a system in the context of business information
systems?
A. A collection of unrelated components working independently
B. A set of elements or components that interact to accomplish goals
C. Any combination of hardware and software
D. A single device used for data processing
Answer: B. Rationale: A system is fundamentally defined as a set of elements or components
that interact to accomplish goals, emphasising interdependence and collective purpose.
2. What are the four essential components of a system?
A. Hardware, software, data, and people
B. Input, processing, output, and feedback
C. Database, network, procedures, and information
D. Planning, organising, leading, and controlling
Answer: B. Rationale: The four essential components of a system are input, processing, output,
and feedback. Input gathers data, processing transforms it, output produces useful information,
and feedback adjusts the system.
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3. A measure of what is produced divided by what is consumed is known as which of the
following?
A. Effectiveness
B. Efficiency
C. Productivity
D. Performance standard
Answer: B. Rationale: Efficiency is a measure of what is produced divided by what is consumed,
focusing on resource utilisation.
4. Which term describes a measure of the extent to which a system achieves its goals?
A. Efficiency
B. Effectiveness
C. Throughput
D. Benchmark
Answer: B. Rationale: Effectiveness is a measure of the extent to which a system achieves its
stated goals.
5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of valuable information?
A. Accurate and complete
B. Timely and verifiable
C. Expensive to produce
D. Relevant and simple to understand
Answer: C. Rationale: Valuable information should be economical to produce, not expensive.
Other characteristics include accuracy, completeness, flexibility, reliability, relevance, simplicity,
timeliness, verifiability, accessibility, and security.
6. A single set of hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, people, and
procedures that is configured to collect, manipulate, store, and process data into information
is called which of the following?
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A. Transaction processing system
B. Computer-based information system
C. Decision support system
D. Enterprise resource planning system
Answer: B. Rationale: A computer-based information system (CBIS) is defined as a single set of
hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, people, and procedures configured to
process data into information.
7. Which of the following describes the knowledge of how data and information are used by
individuals, groups, and organisations?
A. Computer literacy
B. Information systems literacy
C. Digital literacy
D. Media literacy
Answer: B. Rationale: Information systems literacy is knowledge of how data and information
are used by individuals, groups, and organisations, distinct from computer literacy which
focuses on hardware and software.
8. Which of the following is the world's largest computer network, consisting of thousands of
interconnected networks that freely exchange information?
A. Intranet
B. Extranet
C. Internet
D. Local area network
Answer: C. Rationale: The Internet is the world's largest computer network, consisting of
thousands of interconnected networks all freely exchanging information.
9. An internal company network built using Internet and World Wide Web standards that
allows people within an organisation to exchange information and work on projects is called
which of the following?
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A. Extranet
B. Internet
C. Intranet
D. WAN
Answer: C. Rationale: An intranet is an internal company network built using Internet and Web
standards that enables internal information exchange and collaboration.
10. A network based on Web technologies that allows selected outsiders, such as business
partners and customers, to access authorised resources of a company's intranet is called
which of the following?
A. Intranet
B. Extranet
C. Internet
D. Ethernet
Answer: B. Rationale: An extranet is a network based on Web technologies that allows selected
outsiders to access authorised resources of a company's intranet.
11. Which of the following is the electronic transmission of signals for communications that
enables organisations to carry out their processes through effective computer networks?
A. Telecommunications
B. Broadcasting
C. Networking
D. Data processing
Answer: A. Rationale: Telecommunications is the electronic transmission of signals for
communications that enables organisational processes through effective computer networks.
12. Which of the following describes a computing environment where software and storage
are provided as an Internet service and accessed via a web browser?
A. On-premises computing
B. Cloud computing
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