Test Bank for Essentials of MIS, 14th Edition, Kenneth C. Laudon Jane P. Laudon. All 12 Chapters
Test Bank for Essentials of MIS, 14th
Edition, Kenneth C. Laudon Jane P. Laudon.
All 12 Chapters
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,Test Bank for Essentials of MIS, 14th Edition, Kenneth C. Laudon Jane P. Laudon. All 12 Chapters
Management Information Systems, 14e (Laudon)
Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today
1) The six important business objectives of information technology are new products, services,
and business models; customer and supplier intimacy; survival; competitive advantage;
operational excellence; and
A) improved flexibility.
B) improved decision making.
C) improved business practices.
D) improved efficiency.
E) improved business value.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 13
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Information technology
CASE: Concept
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's use of a Web-based digital dashboard to provide managers with precise
real-time information illustrates which business objective?
A) improved flexibility
B) improved decision making
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C) competitive advantage
D) survival
E) customer and supplier intimacy
Answer: B
Page Ref: 15
Difficulty: Difficult
AACSB: Information technology
CASE: Synthesis
LO: 1.1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
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1. wnew wproducts, wservices, wand wbusiness wmodels; w2. wcharging wless wfor wsuperior
wproducts; w3. w responding wto wcustomers win wreal wtime?
A) 1 wonly
B) 1 wand w2
C) 2 wand w3
D) 1 wand w3
E) 1, w2,
wand w3
w Answer: w
wD w Page
wRef: w15
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Difficulty: w wDifficult
AACSB: w wAnalytical wthinking
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Test Bank for Essentials of MIS, 14th
Edition, Kenneth C. Laudon Jane P. Laudon.
All 12 Chapters
Test Bank Page 1
,Test Bank for Essentials of MIS, 14th Edition, Kenneth C. Laudon Jane P. Laudon. All 12 Chapters
Management Information Systems, 14e (Laudon)
Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today
1) The six important business objectives of information technology are new products, services,
and business models; customer and supplier intimacy; survival; competitive advantage;
operational excellence; and
A) improved flexibility.
B) improved decision making.
C) improved business practices.
D) improved efficiency.
E) improved business value.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 13
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Information technology
CASE: Concept
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's use of a Web-based digital dashboard to provide managers with precise
real-time information illustrates which business objective?
A) improved flexibility
B) improved decision making
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C) competitive advantage
D) survival
E) customer and supplier intimacy
Answer: B
Page Ref: 15
Difficulty: Difficult
AACSB: Information technology
CASE: Synthesis
LO: 1.1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
3) Which wof wthe wfollowing wchoices wmay wlead wto wcompetitive wadvantage?
1. wnew wproducts, wservices, wand wbusiness wmodels; w2. wcharging wless wfor wsuperior
wproducts; w3. w responding wto wcustomers win wreal wtime?
A) 1 wonly
B) 1 wand w2
C) 2 wand w3
D) 1 wand w3
E) 1, w2,
wand w3
w Answer: w
wD w Page
wRef: w15
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Difficulty: w wDifficult
AACSB: w wAnalytical wthinking
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