ISDS 3001 CORE MAIN EXAMINATION ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The CSLC should be viewed from which viewpoint?
Select one:
A.Inbound logistics
B.Human Resource Management
C.Procurement
D.Infrastructure Development
E.Technology Development - ✔✔Customers
✔✔Which of the following is an example of mirroring capabilities?
Select one:
A.Your university library electronic reservation system
B.Amazon.com monitoring customer behavior while shopping
C.Amazon.com's suggestive selling initiative
D.Vending machines embedded with microchips
E.RFID tags in books - ✔✔Your university library electronic reservation system
✔✔The CSLC is broken down into 13 stages. One of these involves making sure that
the goods or services that have been purchased actually meet the applicable
specifications. Which stage is this?
Select one:
, A.Evaluate and Accept
B.Specify
C.Select Source
D.Establish Requirements
E.Acquire - ✔✔Evaluate and Accept
✔✔A small local coffee shop has two suppliers, A and B. Supplier A went bankrupt and
had to close its business. Assuming that both suppliers are able to provide the coffee
shop with all its needs in term of suppliers, which of the following is likely to happen:
Select one:
A.The process by which the total value created in the transaction is split among all the
entities who contributed to creating it.
B.The set of activities the company engages in to convert inputs purchased from
suppliers, into outputs to be sold to customer.
C.The process by which new economic value is generated through a transformation
process.
D.The condition where a firm engages in a unique transformation process and has been
able to distinguish its offerings from those of competitors. - ✔✔The bargaining power of
supplier B will increase
✔✔The virtual value chain (VV) model is designed to map the set of sequential activities
that enable a firm to transform data in input into some output information that, once
distributed to the appropriate user, has higher value than the original data. T/ F -
✔✔True
✔✔Of the five forces, rivalry amongst competitors is the most important because it
represents the best determinant of profitability for an average company within an
industry. T / F - ✔✔False
✔✔Response lag is:
Select one:
A.A measure of the delay of competitive response to an IT-dependent strategic initiative
B.The time and cost it takes to identify whether IT investments can be used to generate
added value
C.One of the four barriers to erosion of IT-dependent competitive advantage
D.All of the choices are correct - ✔✔A measure of the delay of competitive response to
an IT-dependent strategic initiative
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a barrier to erosion of advantage?
Select one:
A.IT team barrier
B.IT project barrier
C.IT resources barrier
D.preemption barrier - ✔✔IT team barrier
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The CSLC should be viewed from which viewpoint?
Select one:
A.Inbound logistics
B.Human Resource Management
C.Procurement
D.Infrastructure Development
E.Technology Development - ✔✔Customers
✔✔Which of the following is an example of mirroring capabilities?
Select one:
A.Your university library electronic reservation system
B.Amazon.com monitoring customer behavior while shopping
C.Amazon.com's suggestive selling initiative
D.Vending machines embedded with microchips
E.RFID tags in books - ✔✔Your university library electronic reservation system
✔✔The CSLC is broken down into 13 stages. One of these involves making sure that
the goods or services that have been purchased actually meet the applicable
specifications. Which stage is this?
Select one:
, A.Evaluate and Accept
B.Specify
C.Select Source
D.Establish Requirements
E.Acquire - ✔✔Evaluate and Accept
✔✔A small local coffee shop has two suppliers, A and B. Supplier A went bankrupt and
had to close its business. Assuming that both suppliers are able to provide the coffee
shop with all its needs in term of suppliers, which of the following is likely to happen:
Select one:
A.The process by which the total value created in the transaction is split among all the
entities who contributed to creating it.
B.The set of activities the company engages in to convert inputs purchased from
suppliers, into outputs to be sold to customer.
C.The process by which new economic value is generated through a transformation
process.
D.The condition where a firm engages in a unique transformation process and has been
able to distinguish its offerings from those of competitors. - ✔✔The bargaining power of
supplier B will increase
✔✔The virtual value chain (VV) model is designed to map the set of sequential activities
that enable a firm to transform data in input into some output information that, once
distributed to the appropriate user, has higher value than the original data. T/ F -
✔✔True
✔✔Of the five forces, rivalry amongst competitors is the most important because it
represents the best determinant of profitability for an average company within an
industry. T / F - ✔✔False
✔✔Response lag is:
Select one:
A.A measure of the delay of competitive response to an IT-dependent strategic initiative
B.The time and cost it takes to identify whether IT investments can be used to generate
added value
C.One of the four barriers to erosion of IT-dependent competitive advantage
D.All of the choices are correct - ✔✔A measure of the delay of competitive response to
an IT-dependent strategic initiative
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a barrier to erosion of advantage?
Select one:
A.IT team barrier
B.IT project barrier
C.IT resources barrier
D.preemption barrier - ✔✔IT team barrier
