Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic
Approach, 8th Edition by Pearlson, Saunders and
Galletta, All 13 Chapters Covered, Verified Latest
Edition
,Table of Contents
Introduction
1 The Information Systems Strategy Triangle
2 Strategic Use of Information Resources
3 Organizational Strategy and Information Systems
4 Information Technology and the Design of Work
5 Information Systems and Digital Transformation
6 Architecture and Infrastructure
7 Cybersecurity
8 The Business of Information Technology
9 Information Technology Governance
10 Information Technology Sourcing
11 Managing IT Projects
12 Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge
Management, and Analytics
13 Privacy, Ethical, and Societal Considerations for Information
Management
, Introduction
Multiple Choice
1. What requires a unit of analysis, has been processed, and requires human mediation?
a) Data
b) Information
c) Knowledge
d) Legacy
e) None of the above
Ans: b (Medium)
Response: See page 11
2. Roles that managers fill, according to Mintzberg, include all of the
following except:
a) Figurehead
b) Disseminator
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
b) Disturbance handler
, 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
c) Analytical and organizational
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
Ans: b (Easy)
Response: See page 7
5. Define Wisdom:
a) knowledge infused with intuition and judgment that facilitates the ability to make
decisions
b) a process
c) all forms of technology used to create data
d) anything that makes a person clever
e) only d and b
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
d) all of the above
e) only a and c