Chapter 1
MIS and You
True-False Questions
1. A system is a collection of interacting components that achieve some purpose.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
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AACSB: Use of IT
2. Information systems are components that interact with information to produce a viable
computer system.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
5
3. There are five fundamental components in every information system.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
5
,4. Software is one component of an information system.
Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Page
Reference:
5
5. Data is not considered to be a component of an information system.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
5
6. A computer mouse is an example of software.
Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Page
Reference:
5
7. As a potential business professional it is likely that you would be involved in specifying
the information requirements for a new system.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
8. To correctly be called an information system, a computer of some sort must be
involved.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
6
, 9. The term information system is used synonymously with “computer-based information
system.”
Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Page
Reference:
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10. A restaurant’s menu would not be considered an information system.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
6
AACSB: Analytical Skills
11. Abstract reasoning is an example of routine cognitive skills.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
9
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
12. MIS will help businesses achieve goals and objectives.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
9
AACSB: Analytical Skills
, 13. Collaboration is an example of non-routine cognitive skills.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
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AACSB: Analytical Skills
14. MIS is the development of information systems to help businesses with their strategies.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
9
15. Some information systems do not require a computer.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
9
16. Information systems differ in the amount of work that is moved from the human side to
the
computer side.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
10
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
MIS and You
True-False Questions
1. A system is a collection of interacting components that achieve some purpose.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
5
AACSB: Use of IT
2. Information systems are components that interact with information to produce a viable
computer system.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
5
3. There are five fundamental components in every information system.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
5
,4. Software is one component of an information system.
Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Page
Reference:
5
5. Data is not considered to be a component of an information system.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
5
6. A computer mouse is an example of software.
Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Page
Reference:
5
7. As a potential business professional it is likely that you would be involved in specifying
the information requirements for a new system.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
6
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
8. To correctly be called an information system, a computer of some sort must be
involved.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
6
, 9. The term information system is used synonymously with “computer-based information
system.”
Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Page
Reference:
6
10. A restaurant’s menu would not be considered an information system.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
6
AACSB: Analytical Skills
11. Abstract reasoning is an example of routine cognitive skills.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
9
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
12. MIS will help businesses achieve goals and objectives.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
9
AACSB: Analytical Skills
, 13. Collaboration is an example of non-routine cognitive skills.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
9
AACSB: Analytical Skills
14. MIS is the development of information systems to help businesses with their strategies.
Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
9
15. Some information systems do not require a computer.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
9
16. Information systems differ in the amount of work that is moved from the human side to
the
computer side.
Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page
Reference:
10
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
