CIS Test 1 Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Business analytics use ___ to derive meaning form data by finding patterns to make future predictions. -
Answer: algorithms
Production is the process where a business takes raw materials and processes or converts them into
finished ____ or services. - Answer: goods
What are the two names for the assets that reside within the minds of members, customers, and
colleagues and include physical structures and recorded media?
Multiple select question.
- Knowledge workers
- Knowledge assets
- Knowledge facilitators
- Intellectual capital - Answer: knowledge assets
intellectual capital
Select the two benefits a business that sold hamburgers would experience if it could produce a
hamburger with less expensive inputs or produce more hamburgers with the same inputs.
Multiple select question.
- Rise in productivity
- A likely increase in profits
- A likely decrease in profits
- Fall in productivity - Answer: rise in productivity
a likely increase in profits
What is information that returns to its original transmitter (input, transform, or output) and modifies the
transmitter's actions? - Answer: feedback
,Data that is entered in a computer - Answer: input
computer program that processes the data - Answer: process
the resulting information from the computer program - Answer: output
controls to ensure correct processing - Answer: feedback
What is the rate at which goods and services are produced based upon total output given total inputs? -
Answer: productivity
Select two examples of services.
Multiple select question.
- Manufacturing automobiles
- Waiting tables
- Groceries
- Cutting hair - Answer: waiting tables
cutting hair
Select the accurate statement in terms of MIS.
Multiple choice question.
- MIS represents business success and innovation
- MIS equals business success and innovation
- MIS enables business success and innovation - Answer: MIS enables business success and innovation
Select two alternate names for an MIS department.
Multiple select question.
- IT department
- IS department
,- MIT department
- CTT department - Answer: IT department
IS department
Who is responsible for (1) overseeing all uses of MIS and (2) ensuring that MIS strategically aligns with
business goals and objectives? (Please use the acronym) - Answer: CIO
What is the process where a business takes raw materials and processes them or converts them into a
finished product for its goods or services? - Answer: production
Who is responsible for determining the types of information the enterprise will capture, retain, analyze,
and share, regardless of the system used to do so? - Answer: chief data officer
Productivity is the ______ at which goods and services are produced based upon total output given total
inputs. - Answer: rate
The person responsible for (1) overseeing all uses of MIS and (2) ensuring that MIS strategically aligns
with business goals and objectives is the Chief ________ Officer. - Answer: information
What are mathematical formulas placed in software that performs an analysis on a data set? - Answer:
algorithm
True or false: The difference between the CIO and CDO is that the CIO is responsible for the information
systems through which data is stored and processed, while the CDO is responsible for the data,
regardless of the information system. - Answer: true
Who is responsible for ensuring the speed, accuracy, availability, and reliability of the MIS? (Please use
the acronym) - Answer: CTO
Who is responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within a company? - Answer:
chief privacy officer
, The person responsible for collecting, maintaining, and distributing company knowledge is the Chief
__________ Officer. - Answer: knowledge
Which of the following represent executive levels you might see created over the next decade?
Multiple select question.
- Chief intellectual property officer
- Chief user experience officer
- Chief fact officer
- Chief MIS skills gap officer
- Chief automation officer
- Chief computer officer - Answer: chief intellectual property officer
chief user experience officer
chief automation officer
What is the difference between existing MIS workplace knowledge and the knowledge required to fulfill
the business goals and strategies? - Answer: MIS skills gap
What is information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners,
and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making? - Answer:
business intelligence
Management ________ systems is a business function, like accounting and human resources, which
moves information about people, products, and processes across the company to facilitate decision
making and problem solving. - Answer: information
What is the confirmation or validation of an event or object? - Answer: fact
What is a world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can collect and share data
without human intervention? - Answer: the internet of things (IoT)
Structured data has a defined length, type, and format and includes numbers, dates, or strings such as
Customer Address. Which two sources typically store structured data? - Answer: spreadsheet
Solutions Graded A+
Business analytics use ___ to derive meaning form data by finding patterns to make future predictions. -
Answer: algorithms
Production is the process where a business takes raw materials and processes or converts them into
finished ____ or services. - Answer: goods
What are the two names for the assets that reside within the minds of members, customers, and
colleagues and include physical structures and recorded media?
Multiple select question.
- Knowledge workers
- Knowledge assets
- Knowledge facilitators
- Intellectual capital - Answer: knowledge assets
intellectual capital
Select the two benefits a business that sold hamburgers would experience if it could produce a
hamburger with less expensive inputs or produce more hamburgers with the same inputs.
Multiple select question.
- Rise in productivity
- A likely increase in profits
- A likely decrease in profits
- Fall in productivity - Answer: rise in productivity
a likely increase in profits
What is information that returns to its original transmitter (input, transform, or output) and modifies the
transmitter's actions? - Answer: feedback
,Data that is entered in a computer - Answer: input
computer program that processes the data - Answer: process
the resulting information from the computer program - Answer: output
controls to ensure correct processing - Answer: feedback
What is the rate at which goods and services are produced based upon total output given total inputs? -
Answer: productivity
Select two examples of services.
Multiple select question.
- Manufacturing automobiles
- Waiting tables
- Groceries
- Cutting hair - Answer: waiting tables
cutting hair
Select the accurate statement in terms of MIS.
Multiple choice question.
- MIS represents business success and innovation
- MIS equals business success and innovation
- MIS enables business success and innovation - Answer: MIS enables business success and innovation
Select two alternate names for an MIS department.
Multiple select question.
- IT department
- IS department
,- MIT department
- CTT department - Answer: IT department
IS department
Who is responsible for (1) overseeing all uses of MIS and (2) ensuring that MIS strategically aligns with
business goals and objectives? (Please use the acronym) - Answer: CIO
What is the process where a business takes raw materials and processes them or converts them into a
finished product for its goods or services? - Answer: production
Who is responsible for determining the types of information the enterprise will capture, retain, analyze,
and share, regardless of the system used to do so? - Answer: chief data officer
Productivity is the ______ at which goods and services are produced based upon total output given total
inputs. - Answer: rate
The person responsible for (1) overseeing all uses of MIS and (2) ensuring that MIS strategically aligns
with business goals and objectives is the Chief ________ Officer. - Answer: information
What are mathematical formulas placed in software that performs an analysis on a data set? - Answer:
algorithm
True or false: The difference between the CIO and CDO is that the CIO is responsible for the information
systems through which data is stored and processed, while the CDO is responsible for the data,
regardless of the information system. - Answer: true
Who is responsible for ensuring the speed, accuracy, availability, and reliability of the MIS? (Please use
the acronym) - Answer: CTO
Who is responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within a company? - Answer:
chief privacy officer
, The person responsible for collecting, maintaining, and distributing company knowledge is the Chief
__________ Officer. - Answer: knowledge
Which of the following represent executive levels you might see created over the next decade?
Multiple select question.
- Chief intellectual property officer
- Chief user experience officer
- Chief fact officer
- Chief MIS skills gap officer
- Chief automation officer
- Chief computer officer - Answer: chief intellectual property officer
chief user experience officer
chief automation officer
What is the difference between existing MIS workplace knowledge and the knowledge required to fulfill
the business goals and strategies? - Answer: MIS skills gap
What is information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners,
and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making? - Answer:
business intelligence
Management ________ systems is a business function, like accounting and human resources, which
moves information about people, products, and processes across the company to facilitate decision
making and problem solving. - Answer: information
What is the confirmation or validation of an event or object? - Answer: fact
What is a world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can collect and share data
without human intervention? - Answer: the internet of things (IoT)
Structured data has a defined length, type, and format and includes numbers, dates, or strings such as
Customer Address. Which two sources typically store structured data? - Answer: spreadsheet
