Test Bank For Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach 8th Edition by Keri E. Pearlson||ISBN:9781394215447

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TEST BANK for Managing and Using Information
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Pearlson, Carol S. Saunders and Dennis F. Galletta.
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Chapter 0 (Introduction)
Multiple Choice




1. What requires a unit of analysis, has been processed, and requires human mediation?


a) Data
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b) Information
c) Knowledge
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d) Legacy
e) None of the above

Ans: b (Medium)
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Response: See page 11



2. Roles that managers fill, according to Mintzberg, include all of the
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following except:
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a) Figurehead
b) Disseminator
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c) Disciplinarian
d) Entrepreneur
e) Resource Allocator


Ans: c (Hard)
Response: See page 9




3. Which of the following is not a Decisional role?
a) Entrepreneur
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b) Disturbance handler


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c) Negotiator
d) Resource allocator
e) Spokesperson


Ans: e (Medium)
Response: See page 9

4. What skills would be required to be a visionary manager?
a) Communication and Information gathering
b) Flexibility and creativity
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c) Analytical and organizational
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
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Ans: b (Easy)
Response: See page 7
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5. Define Wisdom:
a) knowledge infused with intuition and judgment that facilitates the ability to make
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b) a process
c) all forms of technology used to create data
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d) anything that makes a person clever
e) only d and b
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Ans: a (Easy)
Response: See page 12




6. Data is:
a) information endowed with relevance and purpose
b) set of specific objective facts or observations
c) some information

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