MIS 6713 Exam 1 2026 Questions and
Answers Graded A+
General Manager - Correct answer-A knowledge worker in charge of an entire
organization or business unit. Areas like operations, marketing, finance, human
resources, and accounting.Example store manager.
Functional Manager - Correct answer-A knowledge worker in charge of a
functional area or team. Example kitchen manager.
Knowledge Worker - Correct answer-Works with and produces information as a
product. Workers, whose responsibilities extend beyond the physical execution of
work to include planning, decision making, and problem solving. Individuals
valued for their ability to interpret and analyze information.
End-User - Correct answer-Individuals who have direct contact with software
applications as they use them to carry out specific tasks. Use technology to
complete their day- to-day work and improve their own productivity. Example
General and functional managers using email and calendars or mobile
management.
,Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Correct answer-The individual in charge of the
information systems functions
Data - Correct answer-Streams of raw facts representing events occurring in
organizations. Codified raw facts. Things that have happened. Coded as letters of
the alphabet and numbers. Increasingly stored digitally.
Information - Correct answer-Data converted into a meaningful and useful context.
Data in context. Audience-dependent
Knowledge - Correct answer-Skills, experience, and expertise coupled with
information and intelligence that creates a person's intellectual resources
Business Intelligence (BI) - Correct answer-Information collected from multiple
sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that
analyze patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision-making.
Information system - Correct answer-Organizational systems that enable the
processing and management of an institution's information - are the backbone of
organizational operations. Formal, sociotechical, organizational system designed.
Or those sociotechnical organizational systems designed to collect, process, store,
and distribute information.
, Information technology - Correct answer-Hardware, software, and
telecommunication equipment. This component is a cornerstone of any modern IS,
enabling and constraining action.
Moore's Law - Correct answer-If the current rate of improvement in the production
process of transistor based microprocessors continued, the number of transistors
that could be etched on an integrated circuit (ie microchip) would double every one
to two years.
Key IT Trends - Correct answer-Information processing power continues to
increase rapidly, As do processing power, storage capacity, network bandwidth and
battery life,
IT costs continue to decline rapidly,
IT continues to improve in user friendliness, thus becoming accessible to more and
more people,
Data storage cost continues to decline,
Network bandwidth increases and cost declines,
Intelligent devices are now mainstream
Critical lessons that IT trends have forced managers to consider - Correct answer-
Managers have to make educated decisions about the use of IT,
Answers Graded A+
General Manager - Correct answer-A knowledge worker in charge of an entire
organization or business unit. Areas like operations, marketing, finance, human
resources, and accounting.Example store manager.
Functional Manager - Correct answer-A knowledge worker in charge of a
functional area or team. Example kitchen manager.
Knowledge Worker - Correct answer-Works with and produces information as a
product. Workers, whose responsibilities extend beyond the physical execution of
work to include planning, decision making, and problem solving. Individuals
valued for their ability to interpret and analyze information.
End-User - Correct answer-Individuals who have direct contact with software
applications as they use them to carry out specific tasks. Use technology to
complete their day- to-day work and improve their own productivity. Example
General and functional managers using email and calendars or mobile
management.
,Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Correct answer-The individual in charge of the
information systems functions
Data - Correct answer-Streams of raw facts representing events occurring in
organizations. Codified raw facts. Things that have happened. Coded as letters of
the alphabet and numbers. Increasingly stored digitally.
Information - Correct answer-Data converted into a meaningful and useful context.
Data in context. Audience-dependent
Knowledge - Correct answer-Skills, experience, and expertise coupled with
information and intelligence that creates a person's intellectual resources
Business Intelligence (BI) - Correct answer-Information collected from multiple
sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that
analyze patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision-making.
Information system - Correct answer-Organizational systems that enable the
processing and management of an institution's information - are the backbone of
organizational operations. Formal, sociotechical, organizational system designed.
Or those sociotechnical organizational systems designed to collect, process, store,
and distribute information.
, Information technology - Correct answer-Hardware, software, and
telecommunication equipment. This component is a cornerstone of any modern IS,
enabling and constraining action.
Moore's Law - Correct answer-If the current rate of improvement in the production
process of transistor based microprocessors continued, the number of transistors
that could be etched on an integrated circuit (ie microchip) would double every one
to two years.
Key IT Trends - Correct answer-Information processing power continues to
increase rapidly, As do processing power, storage capacity, network bandwidth and
battery life,
IT costs continue to decline rapidly,
IT continues to improve in user friendliness, thus becoming accessible to more and
more people,
Data storage cost continues to decline,
Network bandwidth increases and cost declines,
Intelligent devices are now mainstream
Critical lessons that IT trends have forced managers to consider - Correct answer-
Managers have to make educated decisions about the use of IT,
