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Which of the following is emerging as the standard for modeling business processes? (Hint: It is the
one we teach at UGA)
a. BPMN
b. UML
c. None of these
d. BPEL
e. BPML - ANSWER-BPMN
This represents a business process element that happens instantly:
a. Flow
b. None of these
c. Gateway
d. Event
e. Task - ANSWER-Event
This was the context of our in-class example of a latent need.
a. Light bulbs
b. Dirty socks
c. Laundry detergent
d. None of these
e. Bug spray - ANSWER-Bug spray
True or False: According to McAfee and Brynjolfsson, the iPhone would have been even more
successful if Apple had prevented third-party developers from writing apps for the device. -
ANSWER-False
,Krug's "First Law of Usability" states, "Don't make me _____!"
a. Try
b. Think
c. Laugh
d. Blink
e. None of these - ANSWER-Think
True or False: A business process is a set of one or more goal-directed activities that may be
accomplished in sequence or in parallel. - ANSWER-True
This "paradox" described in Ch. 1 is defined by the observation that humans know a lot of things that
they cannot easily communicate with one another.
a. Polanyi's Paradox
b. Occam's Razor
c. None of these
d. Crocodile Dilemma
e. Zeno's Paradox - ANSWER-Polanyi's Paradox
Platform companies such as Alibaba, Uber, Airbnb, and Facebook are known for being:
a. Asset heavy
b. Asset light - ANSWER-Asset light
General Electric used crowd-based resources in the production of this type of appliance:
a. Dishwasher
b. None of these
c. Automobile
d. Icemaker
e. Refrigerator - ANSWER-Icemaker
McAfee and Brynjolfsson reference a joke that the factory of the future will have two employees: A
human and _____.
, a. None of these
b. a crowd
c. a cat
d. a dog
e. a machine - ANSWER-a dog
This acronym refers to the opinion of a highly-paid decision maker in an organization
a. HIPPO
b. PLATYPUS
c. MOOSE
d. RHINO
e. None of these - ANSWER-HIPPO
McAfee and Brynjolfsson say that _____ is one of the earliest examples of fully-automated decision
making.
a. None of these
b. airline management
c. credit scores
d. television advertising
e. auto manufacturing - ANSWER-credit scores
True or False: Rules-based approaches to AI are broadly considered to be a failure. - ANSWER-true
The "_____ effect" describes goods that become more valuable to a user as the total number of
people who use that good grows larger.
a. bloom
b. real
c. network
d. crowd
e. None of these - ANSWER-network