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Who is responsible for overseeing all uses of information technology and ensuring the
strategic alignment of MIS business goals and objectives - Answers -Chief Information
Officer (CIO)
The CIO often reports directly to the ______- - Answers -CEO
What are the 3 broad functions of a CIO? - Answers -1. manager
2. leader
3. communicator
The broad function of a CIO that ensures the delivery of all MIS project, on time and
within budget is (manager, leader, or communicator) - Answers -manager
The broad function of a CIO that ensures the strategic vision of MIS is in line with the
strategic vision of the organization is the (manager, leader, or communicator)` -
Answers -leader
The broad function of a CIO that advocates and communicates the MIS strategy by
building and maintaining strong executive relationships is the (manager, leader, or
communicator) - Answers -communicator
Who is responsible for determining the types of information the enterprise will capture,
retain, analyze, and share - Answers -chief data officer (CDO)
The difference between CDO and CIO is that a CIO is responsible for ___________
systems, in which data is stored and processes and CDO is responsible for the
________ regardless of the information system - Answers -information systems; data
Who is responsible for ensuring the throughput, speed, accuracy, availability, and
reliability of an organization's information technology - Answers -chief technology officer
(CTO)
CTOs have direct responsibility of ensuring the ___________ if MIS systems throughout
the organization - Answers -efficiency
Most CTOs possess well-rounded knowledge of all aspects of MIS including (3 things) -
Answers -1. software
2. hardware
3. telecommunications
, Who is responsible for ensuring the security of MIS systems and developing strategies
and MIS safeguards against attacks from hackers and viruses - Answers -Chief
Security Officers (CSO)
Why do most CSOs possess detailed knowledge of networks and telecommunications?
- Answers -Because, hackers find there way into MIS systems through networked
computers
Who is responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within an
organization - Answers -Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)
Is CPO newest or oldest senior executive position in MIS? - Answers -newest
Many CPOs are _______ by training enabling them to understand the often complex
____ issues surrounding the use of information - Answers -lawyers; legal
Who is responsible for collecting, maintaining, and distributing the organization's
knowledge? - Answers -Chief Knowledge Officer
CKOs design programs and systems that it make it easy for people to reuse
___________ and their systems creates repositories and establish methods that make it
easy to filter ____________ - Answers -knowledge; information
Example of CKO is - Answers -Danny Shaw, a CKO of a Boston Children's Hospital
Example of CTO - Answers -Barack Obama appointing the nations first CTO officer
What are 3 executive positions that we might see over the next decade? - Answers -1.
Chief intellectual property officer
2. Chief automation officer
3. Chief user experience officer
Who will manage and defend intellectual property, copyrights, and patents - Answers -
chief intellectual property officer
Who will determine if a person or business process can be replaced by a robot or
software - Answers -chief automation officer
Who will create the optimal relationship between user and technology - Answers -Chief
user experience officer
MIS skills gap is the ______ between existing MIS workplace knowledge and the
knowledge required to fulfill the business (2 things) - Answers -difference
1. goals
2. strategies
PASS
Who is responsible for overseeing all uses of information technology and ensuring the
strategic alignment of MIS business goals and objectives - Answers -Chief Information
Officer (CIO)
The CIO often reports directly to the ______- - Answers -CEO
What are the 3 broad functions of a CIO? - Answers -1. manager
2. leader
3. communicator
The broad function of a CIO that ensures the delivery of all MIS project, on time and
within budget is (manager, leader, or communicator) - Answers -manager
The broad function of a CIO that ensures the strategic vision of MIS is in line with the
strategic vision of the organization is the (manager, leader, or communicator)` -
Answers -leader
The broad function of a CIO that advocates and communicates the MIS strategy by
building and maintaining strong executive relationships is the (manager, leader, or
communicator) - Answers -communicator
Who is responsible for determining the types of information the enterprise will capture,
retain, analyze, and share - Answers -chief data officer (CDO)
The difference between CDO and CIO is that a CIO is responsible for ___________
systems, in which data is stored and processes and CDO is responsible for the
________ regardless of the information system - Answers -information systems; data
Who is responsible for ensuring the throughput, speed, accuracy, availability, and
reliability of an organization's information technology - Answers -chief technology officer
(CTO)
CTOs have direct responsibility of ensuring the ___________ if MIS systems throughout
the organization - Answers -efficiency
Most CTOs possess well-rounded knowledge of all aspects of MIS including (3 things) -
Answers -1. software
2. hardware
3. telecommunications
, Who is responsible for ensuring the security of MIS systems and developing strategies
and MIS safeguards against attacks from hackers and viruses - Answers -Chief
Security Officers (CSO)
Why do most CSOs possess detailed knowledge of networks and telecommunications?
- Answers -Because, hackers find there way into MIS systems through networked
computers
Who is responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within an
organization - Answers -Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)
Is CPO newest or oldest senior executive position in MIS? - Answers -newest
Many CPOs are _______ by training enabling them to understand the often complex
____ issues surrounding the use of information - Answers -lawyers; legal
Who is responsible for collecting, maintaining, and distributing the organization's
knowledge? - Answers -Chief Knowledge Officer
CKOs design programs and systems that it make it easy for people to reuse
___________ and their systems creates repositories and establish methods that make it
easy to filter ____________ - Answers -knowledge; information
Example of CKO is - Answers -Danny Shaw, a CKO of a Boston Children's Hospital
Example of CTO - Answers -Barack Obama appointing the nations first CTO officer
What are 3 executive positions that we might see over the next decade? - Answers -1.
Chief intellectual property officer
2. Chief automation officer
3. Chief user experience officer
Who will manage and defend intellectual property, copyrights, and patents - Answers -
chief intellectual property officer
Who will determine if a person or business process can be replaced by a robot or
software - Answers -chief automation officer
Who will create the optimal relationship between user and technology - Answers -Chief
user experience officer
MIS skills gap is the ______ between existing MIS workplace knowledge and the
knowledge required to fulfill the business (2 things) - Answers -difference
1. goals
2. strategies
