Using MIS, 7e (Kroenke)
The International Dimension
13.1 True/False Questions
1) The global economy has intensified rivalry by increasing product and vendor choices
and by accelerating the flow of information about price, product, availability, and service.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: Moderate
Course LO: Explain how IS can be used to gain and sustain competitive advantage
Chapter LO: 1
2) Unlike business processes, information systems procedures need not reflect local
cultural values and norms.
Answer: FALSE
AACSB: Diverse and multicultural work environments
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Explain how IS can be used to gain and sustain competitive advantage
Chapter LO: 2
3) Distributed database processing refers to the processing of multiple databases that
reside in a single location.
Answer: FALSE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the role of information systems in supporting business processes
,Chapter LO: 2
4) Two locations that are diverse in terms of business practices and language can operate
independently if there is an adequate data interface between the information systems used
in each location.
Answer: TRUE
AACSB: Diverse and multicultural work environments; Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
Course LO: Explain how IS can be used to gain and sustain competitive advantage
Chapter LO: 3
5) A supply chain is a network of organizations and facilities that transforms raw
materials into products delivered to customers.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the role of information systems in supply chain management and
performance
Chapter LO: 4
,6) The bullwhip effect is a phenomenon in which the variability in the size and timing of
orders decreases at each stage of the supply chain.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the role of information systems in supply chain management and
performance
Chapter LO: 4
7) The bullwhip effect increases the overall profitability of the supply chain.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the role of information systems in supply chain management and
performance
Chapter LO: 4
8) International organizations have more IS and IT assets, and those assets are exposed to
more risk and greater uncertainty.
Answer: TRUE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Describe different methods of managing IS security
Chapter LO: 5
9) The business processes that support the competitive strategies of the multinational
companies tend to be simpler and easier to implement, as they are isolated from one
another.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Easy
, Course LO: Explain how IS can be used to gain and sustain competitive advantage
Chapter LO: 5
10) Technical and data safeguards change for international information systems.
Answer: FALSE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Describe different methods of managing IS security
Chapter LO: 5
The International Dimension
13.1 True/False Questions
1) The global economy has intensified rivalry by increasing product and vendor choices
and by accelerating the flow of information about price, product, availability, and service.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: Moderate
Course LO: Explain how IS can be used to gain and sustain competitive advantage
Chapter LO: 1
2) Unlike business processes, information systems procedures need not reflect local
cultural values and norms.
Answer: FALSE
AACSB: Diverse and multicultural work environments
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Explain how IS can be used to gain and sustain competitive advantage
Chapter LO: 2
3) Distributed database processing refers to the processing of multiple databases that
reside in a single location.
Answer: FALSE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the role of information systems in supporting business processes
,Chapter LO: 2
4) Two locations that are diverse in terms of business practices and language can operate
independently if there is an adequate data interface between the information systems used
in each location.
Answer: TRUE
AACSB: Diverse and multicultural work environments; Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
Course LO: Explain how IS can be used to gain and sustain competitive advantage
Chapter LO: 3
5) A supply chain is a network of organizations and facilities that transforms raw
materials into products delivered to customers.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the role of information systems in supply chain management and
performance
Chapter LO: 4
,6) The bullwhip effect is a phenomenon in which the variability in the size and timing of
orders decreases at each stage of the supply chain.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the role of information systems in supply chain management and
performance
Chapter LO: 4
7) The bullwhip effect increases the overall profitability of the supply chain.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the role of information systems in supply chain management and
performance
Chapter LO: 4
8) International organizations have more IS and IT assets, and those assets are exposed to
more risk and greater uncertainty.
Answer: TRUE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Describe different methods of managing IS security
Chapter LO: 5
9) The business processes that support the competitive strategies of the multinational
companies tend to be simpler and easier to implement, as they are isolated from one
another.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Easy
, Course LO: Explain how IS can be used to gain and sustain competitive advantage
Chapter LO: 5
10) Technical and data safeguards change for international information systems.
Answer: FALSE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
Course LO: Describe different methods of managing IS security
Chapter LO: 5
