ITM - MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION!!
(1) A list of items, like activities and transactions that have been organized so that
they have meaning and value is:
Select one:
a. information
b. knowledge
c. data
d. records
answers: a. information
(1) A list of things or transactions that has been organized to have meaning and
value and is then combined with a user?s experience and accumulated learning is:
Select one:
a. information
b. knowledge
c. data
d. records
answers: b. knowledge
(1) An elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions is:
Select one:
a. information
b. knowledge
,c. data
d. records
answers: c. data
(1) Ergonomics will affect employees by __________.
Select one:
a. decreasing the number of middle managers.
b. eliminating some of the physical stresses experienced on the job.
c. increasing the need for clerical level staff.
d. adding additional reporting structures for managers.
answers: b. eliminating some of the physical stresses experienced on the job
(1) Expert systems ______________.
Select one:
a. Summarize data and prepare reports.
b. Have become valuable in many areas, although generally not in areas that
involve decision making.
c. Apply reasoning, knowledge, and expertise within a specific domain
d. Can function only when they are embedded in other applications.
answers: c. Apply reasoning, knowledge, and expertise within a specific domain
(1) IT affects middle managers by _______________.?
Select one:
,a. reducing the number of people who can report to them.
b. increasing the number of managers needed in a department.
c. increasing their productivity.
d. increasing their opportunities for promotion.
answers: c. increasing their productivity
IT affects society in which of the following ways?
Select one:
a. Employees have greater flexibility in terms of work hours and locations.
b. Employees have an increases amount of leisure time.
c. Roots are replacing employees as decision makers.
d. None of the choices are correct.
answers: a. Employees have greater flexibility in terms of work hours and
locations.
(1) IT changes the job of a middle manager in which of the following ways? (select
all that apply)
Select one:
a. Increased productivity
b. Increased number of employees reporting to a single manager
c. Decreased time frames for making decisions
d. All of the above
, answers: d. All of the above
The executive in charge of the IS field is the:
Select one:
a. CEO.
b. CIO.
c. CFO.
d. COO.
answers: b. CIO.
(1) They provide fast, accurate communication and collaborations within and
among organizations.
Select one:
a. They interpret vast amounts of data quickly and efficiently.
b. They automate manual tasks but not semiautomatic business processes.
c. They perform high-speed, high-volume, numerical computations.
d. All of the above
answers: c. They perform high-speed, high-volume, numerical computations.
(1) What are 2 IT components in CBIS?
Select one:
a. Hardware and Procedures.
b. Software and Database.
c. Procedures and Networks.
SOLUTION!!
(1) A list of items, like activities and transactions that have been organized so that
they have meaning and value is:
Select one:
a. information
b. knowledge
c. data
d. records
answers: a. information
(1) A list of things or transactions that has been organized to have meaning and
value and is then combined with a user?s experience and accumulated learning is:
Select one:
a. information
b. knowledge
c. data
d. records
answers: b. knowledge
(1) An elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions is:
Select one:
a. information
b. knowledge
,c. data
d. records
answers: c. data
(1) Ergonomics will affect employees by __________.
Select one:
a. decreasing the number of middle managers.
b. eliminating some of the physical stresses experienced on the job.
c. increasing the need for clerical level staff.
d. adding additional reporting structures for managers.
answers: b. eliminating some of the physical stresses experienced on the job
(1) Expert systems ______________.
Select one:
a. Summarize data and prepare reports.
b. Have become valuable in many areas, although generally not in areas that
involve decision making.
c. Apply reasoning, knowledge, and expertise within a specific domain
d. Can function only when they are embedded in other applications.
answers: c. Apply reasoning, knowledge, and expertise within a specific domain
(1) IT affects middle managers by _______________.?
Select one:
,a. reducing the number of people who can report to them.
b. increasing the number of managers needed in a department.
c. increasing their productivity.
d. increasing their opportunities for promotion.
answers: c. increasing their productivity
IT affects society in which of the following ways?
Select one:
a. Employees have greater flexibility in terms of work hours and locations.
b. Employees have an increases amount of leisure time.
c. Roots are replacing employees as decision makers.
d. None of the choices are correct.
answers: a. Employees have greater flexibility in terms of work hours and
locations.
(1) IT changes the job of a middle manager in which of the following ways? (select
all that apply)
Select one:
a. Increased productivity
b. Increased number of employees reporting to a single manager
c. Decreased time frames for making decisions
d. All of the above
, answers: d. All of the above
The executive in charge of the IS field is the:
Select one:
a. CEO.
b. CIO.
c. CFO.
d. COO.
answers: b. CIO.
(1) They provide fast, accurate communication and collaborations within and
among organizations.
Select one:
a. They interpret vast amounts of data quickly and efficiently.
b. They automate manual tasks but not semiautomatic business processes.
c. They perform high-speed, high-volume, numerical computations.
d. All of the above
answers: c. They perform high-speed, high-volume, numerical computations.
(1) What are 2 IT components in CBIS?
Select one:
a. Hardware and Procedures.
b. Software and Database.
c. Procedures and Networks.
