Test Bank MIS201

Chapter Number: 1 --- Question Type: True/False 1) An information system collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose using a computer. Answer: False 2) Information technology refers to computer-based tools used to support the needs of an organization Answer: True 3) IT is enabling more and more people to communicate, collaborate, and compete, thereby leveling the digital playing field. Answer: True 4) You do not have to work in the IT department to benefit from learning about IT Answer: True 5) An informed user of IT can enhance his or her organization’s competitive position. Answer: True 6) Managing the IS function within an organization is the exclusive responsibility of the IS department. Answer: False 7) A systems analyst focuses on designing specifications for new technology. Answer: True 8) An auditing manager focuses on the ethical and legal use of information systems. Answer: True 9) End-user computer refers to a group of end users working together to manage their interactions with a computer. Answer: False 10) Information technology and information systems are the same thing. Answer: False 11) In general, informed users tend to get more value from whatever technologies they use. Answer: True 12) A combination of your high school grades, application essays, letters of recommendation, and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores would be considered information. Answer: True 13) A university registrar who uses her experience with university admissions along with your high school grades, application essays, letters of recommendation, and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, would be applying her knowledge in your application process. Answer: True 14) A list of football scores with the names of the teams that played the games would be considered information. Answer: True 15) Information technology deals with the planning, development, management, and use of management information tools to help people perform all the tasks related to information processing and management. Answer: False 16) A student’s decision to drop one course and add another would be considered a transaction to the university’s information system but not to its accounting system. Answer: True 17) An ERP system is an inter-organizational information system. Answer: False 18) An organization’s supply chain starts at the supplier and ends at the customer. Answer: True 19) E-commerce systems are a type of inter-organizational information systems. Answer: True 20) An organization’s IT platform consists of the IT components and IT services. Answer: False 21) IT personnel use the IT infrastructure to develop information systems. Answer: False 22) Information is data that have been organized to provide value. Answer: True 23) Knowledge is data that have been organized to convey accumulated learning. Answer: True 24) Digital dashboards are special information systems that that support all managers of the organization. Answer: True 25) The two major determinants of information systems support are the functions that employees perform within organizations and the cost of the information systems. Answer: False 26) Information systems tend to follow the structure of organizations and they are based on the needs of employees. Answer: True 27) Software is a set of programs that enable the hardware to process data. Answer: True 28) Procedures are the set of instructions about how to use information systems to process information and generate desired output. Answer: True 29) Enterprise resource planning systems tightly integrate the functional area information systems via a common database. Answer: True 30) Transaction processing systems tightly integrate the functional area information systems via a common database.