IS 3003 Cumulative Exam (Modules 1- 3) Questions and Answers 100% Pass

IS 3003 Cumulative Exam (Modules 1- 3) Questions and Answers 100% Pass The __________ strategy, such as McDonald's, includes creation of a product in the home country, but then relies on foreign personnel to assist with remote marketing and sales. - franchiser Which of the following is NOT one of the ways information systems help companies compete? - Creating a wide array of products to match what's available in the industry This scenario is an example of __________. - how information systems help businesses use network- based strategies to achieve competitive advantage Which of the following is NOT one of the ways information systems help companies compete? - Focusing on appealing to a wide range of consumers Which of the following best defines business process management (BPM)? - BPM combines and streamlines the steps in a business process to eliminate repetitive and redundant work and to achieve dramatic improvements in quality, service, and speed. The domestic exporter strategy __________. - tends to focus core business activities such as production, sales, and human resources in the home country of an organization If a company decides to use a CAD system, it is using which of the following strategies to promote quality? - Improving quality and precision in design and production Organizations using information systems to deal with competitive forces __________. - achieve the lowest operational costs 2 | P a g e Created by Katelyn Whitman © 2025, All Rights Reserved. 100% PASS GUARANTEE In which strategy are nearly all the value-adding activities managed from a global perspective without reference to national borders, optimizing sources of supply and demand wherever they appear and taking advantage of any local competitive advantage? - A transnational strategy __________ highlight(s) activities that add a margin of value to a firm's products or services where information systems can best be applied to achieve a competitive advantage. - The value chain model Which strategy concentrates financial management and control out of a central home base while decentralizing production, sales, and marketing operations to units in other countries? - A multinational strategy How do new entrants in an industry affect established organizations? - Organizations' profits are affected as they lower prices to compete against new entrants. Which strategy has the product created, designed, financed, and initially produced in the home country but relies heavily on foreign personnel for further production, marketing, and human resources (while nonetheless, local production of some items, local marketing, and local recruitment of personnel are required)? - Franchisers Inbound logistics (receiving and storing materials for distribution to production), operations (transforming inputs into finished products), outbound logistics (storing and distributing finished products), sales and marketing, and service, are all __________. - primary activities During which step of the BPM process do managers need to determine what business processes are the most important and how improving these processes will help business performance? - Identify processes for change. This scenario is an example of __________. - how information systems help businesses use core competencies to achieve competitive advantage __________ are activities at which a firm excels as a world-class leader. - Core competencies 3 | P a g e Created by Katelyn Whitman © 2025, All Rights Reserved. 100% PASS GUARANTEE A bookstore redesigning the purchasing process so online orders are allowed is an example of a radical process change called ________. - business process reengineering During which step of the BPM process are existing business processes modeled and documented, noting inputs, outputs, resources, and the sequence of activities, and then redundant steps, paper-intensive tasks, bottlenecks, and other inefficiencies identified? - Analyze existing processes. __________ consists of information systems that enhance competitiveness at the industry level by promoting the use of standards and industry-wide consortia, and by enabling businesses to work more efficiently with their value partners. - The value web model Once the new process has been thoroughly modeled and analyzed, it must be translated into a new set of procedures and work rules. This is done during which step of the BPM process? - Implement the new process. If Koa's Puppy Food Corporation maintains a strategy to take advantage of local competitive advantages and avoids the notion of national boarders, the firm uses a ___________ global strategy. - transnational The acronym related to organizational improvements, TQM, stands