Exam 11: Information Systems Management

A consultant must have an entrepreneurial attitude and people skills.

In all companies, the CIO reports directly to the CFO.

A ________ works with users to determine system requirements, designs and develops job descriptions and procedures, and helps determine test plans.

Users should report all IS problems, no matter how trivial, to the IS department.

IS users have the right to participate in requirements meetings for new applications that they will use and for major changes to applications that they currently use, but this right cannot be delegated to others.

Which of the following is true about outsourcing?

________ is a form of outsourcing.

Small computing devices will be more expensive in the future.

A steering committee is a group of senior managers from the major business functions that works with the CIO to set the IS priorities and decide among major IS projects and alternatives.

Outsourcing does not cap financial risk.

A technical writer develops test plans, and designs and writes automated test scripts.

The purpose of the ________ group is to protect data and information assets by establishing data standards and data management practices and policies.

If an organization does not develop programs in-house, then the development group of the IS department will be staffed primarily by ________.

Outsourcing gathers all of the possible risks into the risk of choosing the right ________.

Which of the following is a right of users of information systems?

The steering committee serves an important communication function between department managers and users of IS systems.

Explain the major IS planning functions.

Which of the following is true about users of information systems?

In the IS department, the ________ group manages the process of creating new information systems as well as maintaining existing information systems.

Developing, operating, and maintaining an organization's computing infrastructure is a major function of the ________ department.