Test Bank for Management Information Systems, Managing the Digital Firm, 17e Kenneth Laudon, Jane Laudon

Test Bank for Management Information Systems, Managing the Digital Firm, 17e Kenneth Laudon, Jane Laudon Test Bank for Management Information Systems, Managing the Digital Firm, 17e Kenneth Laudon, Jane Laudon Management Information Systems, 17e (Laudon/Laudon) Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today 1) Which of the following is not one of the six strategic business objectives that businesses are seeking to achieve when they invest in information systems? A) Operational excellence B) Improved decision making C) Improved community relations D) Competitive advantage E) Survival Answer: C Difficulty: Challenging AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 2) Verizon Corporation uses a web-based digital dashboard to provide managers with real-time information in order to: A) comply with regulations. B) improve decision making. C) create customer intimacy. D) improve employee morale. E) create supplier intimacy. Answer: B Difficulty: Challenging AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 3) Which of the following may lead to competitive advantage? 1. New products, services, and business models 2. Charging less for superior products 3. Responding to customers in real time A) 1 only B) 1 and 2 C) 2 and 3 D) 1 and 3 E) 1, 2, and 3 Answer: E Difficulty: Challenging AACSB: Analytical thinking LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 4) A firm that invests in an information system because it is a necessity of doing business does so because it is seeking to achieve which of the following business objectives? A) Operational excellence B) Improved decision making C) Competitive advantage D) Customer intimacy E) Survival Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 5) The Mandarin Oriental uses computer systems to keep track of guests' preferences in order to: A) Improve flexibility B) Improve decision making C) Increase efficiency D) Enhance customer intimacy E) Achieve operational excellence Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 6) All of the following are examples of challenges that required companies to create information systems as a necessity of doing business except: A) Walmart's development of Retail Link. B) Citibank's development of an ATM network. C) the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act. D) the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. E) the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Answer: A Difficulty: Challenging AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 7) As discussed in the chapter-opening case, AWM Smart Shelf can help brands and retailers achieve which of the following? A) Increased customer intimacy B) Survival C) Improved employee morale D) Development of new products E) Increased supplier intimacy Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Analytical thinking LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 8) Which of the following is an example of a business using information systems to improve supplier intimacy? A) Citibank's ATM system B) The Mandarin Oriental's use of computers to keep track of guest preferences C) Verizon Corporation's use of a web-based digital dashboard to provide real-time information for managers D) Apple's creation of the iPad E) JCPenney's information system that allows its contract manufacturers to see what garments have been sold and need to be replaced Answer: E Difficulty: Challenging AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 9) Walmart exemplifies the power of information systems coupled with state-of-the-art business practices and supportive management to achieve which of the following? A) The development of new products and services B) Operational efficiency C) Survival D) Customer intimacy E) Competitive advantage Answer: B Difficulty: Challenging AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 10) In each of the years between 1999 and 2019, capital investment in information technology, consisting of IT equipment, software, and research and development (R&D), accounted for over ________ percent of U.S. total capital spending (in nominal GDP). A) 40 B) 50 C) 55 D) 65 E) 70 Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 11) To make sure it stocks clothes that its customers will purchase, a department store implements a new application that analyzes spending levels at its stores and cross-references this data to popular clothing styles. Which of the following business objectives is this information intended to support? A) Customer intimacy B) Survival C) New business models D) Supplier intimacy E) New services Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Analytical thinking LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 12) Approximately how much revenue was generated by e-commerce sales worldwide in 2019? A) About $3.6 billion B) About $36 billion C) About $360 billion D) About $3.6 trillion E) About $36 trillion Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 13) All of the following are new technology-related innovations in MIS except: A) cloud computing. B) big data. C) IoT. D) the mobile digital platform. E) co-creation of business value. Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 14) Which of the following statements about digital firms is not true? A) In digital firms, time shifting and space shifting are the norm. B) Today, most firms are fully digital. C) Digital firms offer extraordinary opportunities for flexible global organization and management. D) Digital firms sense and respond to their environments more rapidly than traditional firms. E) Digital firms have more flexibility to survive in turbulent times. Answer: B Difficulty: Challenging AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 15) A firm that must invest in new information systems capabilities in order to comply with federal legislation is investing to achieve which business objective? A) Customer intimacy B) Operational excellence C) Survival D) Creation of new products E) Improved decision making Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Information technology LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for running and managing a business today? 16) All of the following exemplify the new