Question 1

Which type of information system uses data visualization technology to analyze and display data for planning and decision making in the form of digitized maps?

Accepted Answer

A)  GIS 
B)  DSS 
C)  MIS 
D)  TPS 
A)  GIS 
B)  DSS 
C)  MIS 
D)  TPS

Question 2

The following productions reports would be found in what business functional area? Campaign effectiveness; loyalty and attrition; market basket analysis.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sales 
B)  Marketing 
C)  Supply Chain 
D)  Human Resources 
A)  Sales 
B)  Marketing 
C)  Supply Chain 
D)  Human Resources

Question 3

GDSS

Accepted Answer

A)  are designed to allow meeting attendees to share their thoughts in real-time with their peers. 
B)  support decisions that require knowledge about the geographic distribution of resources. 
C)  are typically used with geographically dispersed attendees. 
D)  implement structured methods for organizing and evaluating ideas. 
A)  are designed to allow meeting attendees to share their thoughts in real-time with their peers. 
B)  support decisions that require knowledge about the geographic distribution of resources. 
C)  are typically used with geographically dispersed attendees. 
D)  implement structured methods for organizing and evaluating ideas.

Question 4

In your position of office manager at a legal firm,you are in charge of hiring temporary legal assistants and clerical workers.Describe how Simon's decision-making process applies to this decision.Could that decision be aided by an information system in any way,and if so,how?

Accepted Answer

The decision-making process is:
1∙Intell

Question 5

The decisions involved in creating and producing a corporate intranet can be classified as ________ decisions.

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural 
B)  unstructured 
C)  structured 
D)  semistructured 
A)  procedural 
B)  unstructured 
C)  structured 
D)  semistructured

Question 6

The role of liaison falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications?

Accepted Answer

A)  decisional 
B)  informational 
C)  interpersonal 
D)  symbolic 
A)  decisional 
B)  informational 
C)  interpersonal 
D)  symbolic

Question 7

Which of the following is a disadvantage of high-velocity,automated decision-making systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  inability to handle high volumes of decisions 
B)  inability to handle structured decisions 
C)  inability to handled semi-structured decisions 
D)  inability to control themselves and respond to new environments 
A)  inability to handle high volumes of decisions 
B)  inability to handle structured decisions 
C)  inability to handled semi-structured decisions 
D)  inability to control themselves and respond to new environments

Question 8

According to Mintzberg,managers in their informational role act as

Accepted Answer

A)  figureheads for the organization. 
B)  leaders. 
C)  nerve centers of the organization. 
D)  negotiators. 
A)  figureheads for the organization. 
B)  leaders. 
C)  nerve centers of the organization. 
D)  negotiators.

Question 9

In their decisional role managers act as the nerve centres of their organizations,receiving the most concrete,up-to-date information and redistributing it to those who need to be aware of it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

____________________ describe the following "The underlying foundation of business intelligence is a powerful database system that captures all the relevant data to operate the business.The data may be stored in transactional databases or combined and integrated into an enterprise-data warehouse or series of interrelated data marts."

Accepted Answer

A)  Data from the business environment 
B)  Business intelligence infrastructure 
C)  Business analytics toolset 
D)  Managerial users and methods 
A)  Data from the business environment 
B)  Business intelligence infrastructure 
C)  Business analytics toolset 
D)  Managerial users and methods

Question 11

Explain why even well-designed information systems do not always help improve a firm's decision making.

Accepted Answer

Student answers will vary but should inc

Question 12

The implementation phase of Simon's decision-making model includes choosing among solution alternatives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Predictive analytics are being incorporated into numerous business intelligence applications for sales,marketing,finance,fraud detection,and health care

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

MIS typically produce

Accepted Answer

A)  new ways of looking at data that emphasize change, flexibility, and rapid response. 
B)  fixed, regularly scheduled reports based on data extracted from the organization's TPS. 
C)  solutions to semistructured problems appropriate for middle management decision making. 
D)  assumptions, responses to ad-hoc queries, and graphic representations of existing data. 
A)  new ways of looking at data that emphasize change, flexibility, and rapid response. 
B)  fixed, regularly scheduled reports based on data extracted from the organization's TPS. 
C)  solutions to semistructured problems appropriate for middle management decision making. 
D)  assumptions, responses to ad-hoc queries, and graphic representations of existing data.

Question 15

In contrast to the classical model of management,behavioral models see the actual behavior of managers as being more

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic. 
B)  informal. 
C)  reflective. 
D)  well organized. 
A)  systematic. 
B)  informal. 
C)  reflective. 
D)  well organized.

Question 16

The following productions reports would be found in what business functional area? Forecast sales; sales team performance; cross selling; sales cycle times.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sales 
B)  Marketing 
C)  Supply Chain 
D)  Human Resources 
A)  Sales 
B)  Marketing 
C)  Supply Chain 
D)  Human Resources

Question 17

The underlying foundation of business intelligence is a powerful database system that captures all the relevant data to operate the business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is a GIS? Describe at least three ways in which a GIS could be used by modern business.

Accepted Answer

Geographic information systems are a spe

Question 19

Which of the following describes how the Simon framework of decision-making works in high-velocity decision environments?

Accepted Answer

A)  All four steps of the process are handled by software algorithms; humans are eliminated from the decisions because they are too slow. 
B)  The first three steps of the process are handled by software algorithms and the final step is handled by experienced managers. 
C)  The first two steps of Simon's framework are eliminated and the final two steps are handled by software algorithms. 
D)  All fours steps are performed by humans with the support of high-speed, high-volume DSS and ESS. 
A)  All four steps of the process are handled by software algorithms; humans are eliminated from the decisions because they are too slow. 
B)  The first three steps of the process are handled by software algorithms and the final step is handled by experienced managers. 
C)  The first two steps of Simon's framework are eliminated and the final two steps are handled by software algorithms. 
D)  All fours steps are performed by humans with the support of high-speed, high-volume DSS and ESS.

Question 20

Which type of decision is calculating gross pay for hourly workers?

Accepted Answer

A)  structured 
B)  unstructured 
C)  semistructured 
D)  none of the above 
A)  structured 
B)  unstructured 
C)  semistructured 
D)  none of the above

Which type of information system uses data visualization technology to analyze and display data for planning and decision making in the form of digitized maps?

The following productions reports would be found in what business functional area? Campaign effectiveness; loyalty and attrition; market basket analysis.

GDSS

In your position of office manager at a legal firm,you are in charge of hiring temporary legal assistants and clerical workers.Describe how Simon's decision-making process applies to this decision.Could that decision be aided by an information system in any way,and if so,how?

The decisions involved in creating and producing a corporate intranet can be classified as ________ decisions.

The role of liaison falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of high-velocity,automated decision-making systems?

According to Mintzberg,managers in their informational role act as

In their decisional role managers act as the nerve centres of their organizations,receiving the most concrete,up-to-date information and redistributing it to those who need to be aware of it.

Explain why even well-designed information systems do not always help improve a firm's decision making.

The implementation phase of Simon's decision-making model includes choosing among solution alternatives.

Predictive analytics are being incorporated into numerous business intelligence applications for sales,marketing,finance,fraud detection,and health care

MIS typically produce

In contrast to the classical model of management,behavioral models see the actual behavior of managers as being more

The following productions reports would be found in what business functional area? Forecast sales; sales team performance; cross selling; sales cycle times.

The underlying foundation of business intelligence is a powerful database system that captures all the relevant data to operate the business.

What is a GIS? Describe at least three ways in which a GIS could be used by modern business.

Which of the following describes how the Simon framework of decision-making works in high-velocity decision environments?

Which type of decision is calculating gross pay for hourly workers?

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Exam 12: Enhancing Decision Making

Which type of information system uses data visualization technology to analyze and display data for planning and decision making in the form of digitized maps?

The following productions reports would be found in what business functional area? Campaign effectiveness; loyalty and attrition; market basket analysis.

GDSS

In your position of office manager at a legal firm,you are in charge of hiring temporary legal assistants and clerical workers.Describe how Simon's decision-making process applies to this decision.Could that decision be aided by an information system in any way,and if so,how?

The decisions involved in creating and producing a corporate intranet can be classified as ________ decisions.

The role of liaison falls into which of Mintzberg's managerial classifications?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of high-velocity,automated decision-making systems?

According to Mintzberg,managers in their informational role act as

In their decisional role managers act as the nerve centres of their organizations,receiving the most concrete,up-to-date information and redistributing it to those who need to be aware of it.

Explain why even well-designed information systems do not always help improve a firm's decision making.

The implementation phase of Simon's decision-making model includes choosing among solution alternatives.

Predictive analytics are being incorporated into numerous business intelligence applications for sales,marketing,finance,fraud detection,and health care

MIS typically produce

In contrast to the classical model of management,behavioral models see the actual behavior of managers as being more

The following productions reports would be found in what business functional area? Forecast sales; sales team performance; cross selling; sales cycle times.

The underlying foundation of business intelligence is a powerful database system that captures all the relevant data to operate the business.

What is a GIS? Describe at least three ways in which a GIS could be used by modern business.

Which of the following describes how the Simon framework of decision-making works in high-velocity decision environments?

Which type of decision is calculating gross pay for hourly workers?

Information Systems in Business Today

How Businesses Use Information Systems

Information Systems organizations and Strategy

Social ethical and Legal Issues in the Digital Firm

It Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies

Databases and Information Management

Telecommunications the Internet and Wireless Technology

Securing Information Systems

Enterprise Applications to Manage Supply Chains and Respond to Customers

E-Commerce: Digital Markets and Digital Goods

Managing Knowledge

Developing Information Systems

Project Management business Value and Managing Change

Managing Global Systems

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