Edition by Hossein Bidgoli, Chapters 14
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1. Information Systems in Business.
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2. Computers and Their Business Applications.
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3. Data and Business Intelligence.
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4. Personal, Legal, Ethical, and Organizational Issues.
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5. Protecting Information Resources.
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6. Data Communication: Delivering Information Anywhere and Anytime.
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7. A Connected World.
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8. E-Commerce.
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9. Global Information Systems.
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10. Building Successful Information Systems.
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11. Enterprise Systems.
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12. Supporting Decisions and Processes.
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13. Artificial Intelligence and Automation.
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14. Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Applications.
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,1. Information Systems in Business.
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2.
Trueww/wwFalse
1. Whenwwrepetitivewwtransaction-
processingwwoperationswwarewwautomated,wwhumanwwinvolvementwwiswwincreasinglywwrequired.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Correct
Computerswwarewwmostwwbeneficialwwinwwtransaction-
wwprocessingwwoperations.wwThesewwoperationswwarewwrepetitive,wwsuchwwaswwprintingwwnum
erouswwchecks,wworwwinvolvewwenormouswwvolumeswwofwwdata,wwsuchwwaswwinventorywwcontro
lwwinwwawwmultinationalwwtextilewwcompany.wwWhenwwthesewwsystemswwarewwautomated,wwhu
manwwinvolvementwwiswwminimal.wwSeeww1-3:ThewwBeginning:wwTransaction-
ProcessingwwSystems
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Definewwtransaction-processingwwsystems
QUESTIONwwTYPE: Trueww/wwFalse
HASwwVARIABLES: False
LEARNINGwwOBJECTIVES:w w MIS.10e.1.3
TOPICS:
Informationwwsystemsw w Informati
onwwsystemswwimportance
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATEwwCREATED: 10/22/2019ww1:26wwPM
DATEwwMODIFIED: 11/20/2019ww7:17wwPM
2. Informationwwsystemswwarewwbroaderwwinwwscopewwthanwwinformationwwtechnologies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Correct
Informationwwsystemswwarewwbroaderwwinwwscopewwthanwwinformationwwtechnologies,wwb
utwwthewwtwowwoverlapwwinwwmanywwareas.wwBothwwarewwusedwwtowwhelpwworganizationsww
bewwmorewwcompetitivewwandwwtowwimprovewwtheirwwoverallwwefficiencywwandwweffectiven
ess.wwSeeww1-1:wwComputerswwandwwInformationwwSystemswwinwwDailywwLife
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Discusswwcommonwwapplicationswwofwwcomputerswwandwwinformationwwsystems.
QUESTIONwwTYPE: Trueww/wwFalse
, HASwwVARIABLES: False
LEARNINGwwOBJECTIVES:w w MIS.10e.1.1
TOPICS:
Informationwwsystemsw w Informati
onwwsystemswwimportance
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATEwwCREATED: 10/22/2019ww1:26wwPM
DATEwwMODIFIED: 10/22/2019ww1:26wwPM
3. Inwwawwmanagementwwinformationwwsystemww(MIS)wwapplication,wwprocesseswwarewwusuallywwmethodswwforwwperformingww
awwtask.
a. True