MIS 200 STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The expansion of global markets is a major factor in developing global information
systems to handle the customers' demands of integrated worldwide services. - ✔✔true
✔✔E-business builds on the advantages and structures of traditional business by
adding the flexibility that networks offer - ✔✔true
✔✔One of the issues with the ____ structure is that there is a heavy reliance on
headquarters for new products and ideas. - ✔✔global
✔✔The _____ support of a global information system concentrates on medium range
activities that move the organization toward achieving long-term goals. - ✔✔tactical
✔✔____ is the process of managing the interaction among activities in different,
specialized parts of an organization. - ✔✔coordination
✔✔The _____ support of a global information system involves broad and long-term
goals. - ✔✔strategic
✔✔_____ are considered the first large-scale interactive global system. - ✔✔Airline
reservation systems
✔✔High coordination in a GIS offers the ability to maintain control of market needs
around the world. - ✔✔true
✔✔With a global information system (GIS) in place, an international company can
increase its control over and enhance the coordination of its subsidiaries and be able to
access new global markets. - ✔✔true
✔✔The GIS control dimension requires a(n) ____ architecture for data. - ✔✔centralized
✔✔With reference to a global information system, a network's main function is to allow
users to _____ - ✔✔share information
✔✔An organization with a transnational structure must have its headquarters in a
particular country. - ✔✔false
✔✔Time zones can pose difficulties in managing a GIS. - ✔✔true
✔✔As e-business matures and more companies conduct business online, consumers
, can engage in comparison shopping more easily. - ✔✔true
✔✔An information system manager must choose the best transmission technology for
the global
network's needs because, without reliable transmission, a network has no value. -
✔✔true
✔✔McDonald's is an example of an organization with a global structure. - ✔✔true
✔✔Companies creating separate Web sites for each country in which they do business
is called _____ of a Web site. - ✔✔localization
✔✔Lack of standardization can impede the development of a cohesive GIS that is
capable of sharing information resources across borders - ✔✔true
✔✔In a multinational structure, production, sales, marketing, and financial management
are all decentralized. - ✔✔false
✔✔A GIS can be defined in terms of three dimensions: control, coordination, and
communication. - ✔✔false
✔✔Chapter 11 module 9 - ✔✔
✔✔Overseeing order transmissions are part of the ____ flow in a manufacturing firm's
SCM system - ✔✔information
✔✔For organizations that don't have in-house resources to develop an SCM system,
several vendors offer comprehensive solutions for this purpose. - ✔✔true
✔✔Transaction data for a CRM system might be gathered using ____ - ✔✔grocery
store loyalty cards
✔✔Distribution centers are the final link of a supply chain in service organizations. -
✔✔false
✔✔In general, the best way to gather tacit knowledge is interactively, such as
interviewing the employee with specific questions about how he or she would handle an
issue. - ✔✔true
✔✔Auctions help determine the price of goods and services when the original set price
is too high. - ✔✔false
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The expansion of global markets is a major factor in developing global information
systems to handle the customers' demands of integrated worldwide services. - ✔✔true
✔✔E-business builds on the advantages and structures of traditional business by
adding the flexibility that networks offer - ✔✔true
✔✔One of the issues with the ____ structure is that there is a heavy reliance on
headquarters for new products and ideas. - ✔✔global
✔✔The _____ support of a global information system concentrates on medium range
activities that move the organization toward achieving long-term goals. - ✔✔tactical
✔✔____ is the process of managing the interaction among activities in different,
specialized parts of an organization. - ✔✔coordination
✔✔The _____ support of a global information system involves broad and long-term
goals. - ✔✔strategic
✔✔_____ are considered the first large-scale interactive global system. - ✔✔Airline
reservation systems
✔✔High coordination in a GIS offers the ability to maintain control of market needs
around the world. - ✔✔true
✔✔With a global information system (GIS) in place, an international company can
increase its control over and enhance the coordination of its subsidiaries and be able to
access new global markets. - ✔✔true
✔✔The GIS control dimension requires a(n) ____ architecture for data. - ✔✔centralized
✔✔With reference to a global information system, a network's main function is to allow
users to _____ - ✔✔share information
✔✔An organization with a transnational structure must have its headquarters in a
particular country. - ✔✔false
✔✔Time zones can pose difficulties in managing a GIS. - ✔✔true
✔✔As e-business matures and more companies conduct business online, consumers
, can engage in comparison shopping more easily. - ✔✔true
✔✔An information system manager must choose the best transmission technology for
the global
network's needs because, without reliable transmission, a network has no value. -
✔✔true
✔✔McDonald's is an example of an organization with a global structure. - ✔✔true
✔✔Companies creating separate Web sites for each country in which they do business
is called _____ of a Web site. - ✔✔localization
✔✔Lack of standardization can impede the development of a cohesive GIS that is
capable of sharing information resources across borders - ✔✔true
✔✔In a multinational structure, production, sales, marketing, and financial management
are all decentralized. - ✔✔false
✔✔A GIS can be defined in terms of three dimensions: control, coordination, and
communication. - ✔✔false
✔✔Chapter 11 module 9 - ✔✔
✔✔Overseeing order transmissions are part of the ____ flow in a manufacturing firm's
SCM system - ✔✔information
✔✔For organizations that don't have in-house resources to develop an SCM system,
several vendors offer comprehensive solutions for this purpose. - ✔✔true
✔✔Transaction data for a CRM system might be gathered using ____ - ✔✔grocery
store loyalty cards
✔✔Distribution centers are the final link of a supply chain in service organizations. -
✔✔false
✔✔In general, the best way to gather tacit knowledge is interactively, such as
interviewing the employee with specific questions about how he or she would handle an
issue. - ✔✔true
✔✔Auctions help determine the price of goods and services when the original set price
is too high. - ✔✔false
