Exam 10: Business Technology: Management Information Systems

Although electronic monitoring offers some advantages to a company, it may also result in disadvantages. Which of the following is the MOST significant disadvantage of electronic monitoring of employees?

Why would a company want to invest in a database management system (DBMS)?

Arwa is a marketing specialist who was hired by a United States company with a branch in her native country of Turkey. Which of the following is the LEAST likely reason her company hired Arwa?

Chief information officers do not get involved in creating business opportunities for their companies.

Which of the following BEST describes how businesses convert raw data into information?

Technology BEST supports whistleblowers by ________.

A company can outsource and offshore the same job.

Patrick is a quality control inspector at a pharmaceutical plant. He and his team are bound by strict quality standards to ensure that each unit is produced in a way that guarantees safety and effectiveness for the consumer. Recently, Patrick has been criticized for rejecting too many samples of the pharmaceuticals being produced. His manager has warned him that his inspection failure rate is negatively affecting the plant's productivity and that he should "reexamine" his inspection methods. Patrick does not want to be responsible for allowing an ineffective or dangerous medication to be sold to a patient, but he also does not want to lose his job. How can technology help Patrick ensure the quality of the products he is inspecting while at the same time protecting his job?

What technology will not benefit offshoring?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the impact of technology on employee privacy?

What BEST explains why business workstations often have more random access memory (RAM)than home computers?

Manoj is the purchasing manager at a company interested in improving its internal management abilities. A manager asks Manoj to consider purchasing an HRM system. What is the BEST description for how this system would be used?

Hilde's company wants to develop an understanding of the demographics of people purchasing its new product. The company wants to target its marketing at this demographic of people. The marketing department has used a database management system to identify the characteristics of buyers. Which of the following will be MOST useful for identifying the appropriate demographic group at which to target marketing?

Which of the following is an advantage of using spreadsheet programs over database programs?

The unit in a company that is most often responsible for the hardware components, software programs, and networking strategies of a business organization is ________.

Business intelligence software can help managers ________.

Erin has just had a cable modem installed that gives her access to the Internet and email capability. Which protocol does her email service provider use to transmit the emails she sends to others across the Internet?

What are the pros and cons of conducting business online?

Database management systems are MOST useful because ________.

To keep up with global trends, U.S. manufacturers use offshore production activities but increasingly keep the product design functions in the United States.