Question 1

Which of the following would not be considered part of the timely characteristic of high-quality information?

Accepted Answer

A) Is the zip code missing in the address? 
B) Is the information current with respect to business needs? 
C) Is the customer address current? 
D) Is the information updated weekly or hourly? 
A) Is the zip code missing in the address? 
B) Is the information current with respect to business needs? 
C) Is the customer address current? 
D) Is the information updated weekly or hourly?

Question 2

Record is a collection of related data elements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Data dictionary compiles all of the metadata about the data elements in the data model.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following represents the different information granularities?

Accepted Answer

A) Detail, summary, aggregate 
B) Document, presentation, spreadsheet, database 
C) Individual, department, enterprise 
D) Executives, managers, operational employees 
A) Detail, summary, aggregate 
B) Document, presentation, spreadsheet, database 
C) Individual, department, enterprise 
D) Executives, managers, operational employees

Question 5

Information constraints are measures of the quality of information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is a backward integration?

Accepted Answer

A) The integration of data from multiple sources, which provides a unified view of all data. 
B) Taking information entered into a given system and sending it automatically to all downstream systems and processes. 
C) Taking information entered into a given system and sending it automatically to all upstream systems and processes. 
D) The integration of a company's existing management information systems. 
A) The integration of data from multiple sources, which provides a unified view of all data. 
B) Taking information entered into a given system and sending it automatically to all downstream systems and processes. 
C) Taking information entered into a given system and sending it automatically to all upstream systems and processes. 
D) The integration of a company's existing management information systems.

Question 7

A backward integration takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all upstream systems and processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Most people request real-time information without understanding that continual __________ is one of its biggest pitfalls.

Accepted Answer

A) Improvements 
B) Change 
C) Clustering 
D) Cleansing 
A) Improvements 
B) Change 
C) Clustering 
D) Cleansing

Question 9

Which of the following lists include all of the five characteristics common to high-quality information?

Accepted Answer

A) Accuracy, completeness, strength, support, and positive feedback. 
B) Accuracy, association, referral, sales, and marketing. 
C) Accuracy, competition, support, customer service, and visibility. 
D) Accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and uniqueness. 
A) Accuracy, completeness, strength, support, and positive feedback. 
B) Accuracy, association, referral, sales, and marketing. 
C) Accuracy, competition, support, customer service, and visibility. 
D) Accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and uniqueness.

Question 10

Which of the following systems allow users to create, read, update, and delete data in a relational database?

Accepted Answer

A) Business intelligence system 
B) Informational database system 
C) Relational database management system 
D) Data mining system 
A) Business intelligence system 
B) Informational database system 
C) Relational database management system 
D) Data mining system

Question 11

The logical view of information focuses on how individual users logically access information to meet their own particular business needs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Data governance refers to the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of company data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Relational database model stores information in the form of logically related two-dimensional tables.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is data stewardship?

Accepted Answer

A) The time it takes for data to be stored or retrieved. 
B) The management and oversight of an organization's data assets. 
C) The person responsible for ensuring policies and procedures are implemented across the organization. 
D) When a company examines its data to determine if it can meet business expectations, while identifying possible data gaps. 
A) The time it takes for data to be stored or retrieved. 
B) The management and oversight of an organization's data assets. 
C) The person responsible for ensuring policies and procedures are implemented across the organization. 
D) When a company examines its data to determine if it can meet business expectations, while identifying possible data gaps.

Question 15

What is the primary problem with redundant information?

Accepted Answer

A) It is difficult to determine which values are the most current. 
B) It is often inconsistent. 
C) It is difficult to determine which values are the most accurate. 
D) All of these. 
A) It is difficult to determine which values are the most current. 
B) It is often inconsistent. 
C) It is difficult to determine which values are the most accurate. 
D) All of these.

Question 16

Which of the following encompasses all organizational information with the primary purpose of supporting the performance of managerial analysis tasks?

Accepted Answer

A) Analytical information 
B) Transactional information 
C) Statistical information 
D) Targeted information 
A) Analytical information 
B) Transactional information 
C) Statistical information 
D) Targeted information

Question 17

Information quality refers to the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Ben works at a top accounting firm in Salt Lake City and his responsibilities include writing letters, memos, and emails along with generating reports for financial analysis and marketing materials for products.Ben's duties provide value-added to his company and would be categorized as occurring at the different information _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) Information lists 
B) Information formats 
C) Information granularities 
D) Information focus 
A) Information lists 
B) Information formats 
C) Information granularities 
D) Information focus

Question 19

Which of the following would not be considered part of the unique characteristic of high-quality information?

Accepted Answer

A) Are there any duplicate orders? 
B) Are there any duplicate customers? 
C) Is aggregate information in agreement with detailed information? 
D) Is each transaction and event represented only once in the information? 
A) Are there any duplicate orders? 
B) Are there any duplicate customers? 
C) Is aggregate information in agreement with detailed information? 
D) Is each transaction and event represented only once in the information?

Question 20

Information integrity comprises rules that help ensure the quality of information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Valuing and Storing Organizational Information Databases

Which of the following would not be considered part of the timely characteristic of high-quality information?

Record is a collection of related data elements.

Data dictionary compiles all of the metadata about the data elements in the data model.

Which of the following represents the different information granularities?

Information constraints are measures of the quality of information.

What is a backward integration?

A backward integration takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all upstream systems and processes.

Most people request real-time information without understanding that continual __________ is one of its biggest pitfalls.

Which of the following lists include all of the five characteristics common to high-quality information?

Which of the following systems allow users to create, read, update, and delete data in a relational database?

The logical view of information focuses on how individual users logically access information to meet their own particular business needs.

Data governance refers to the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of company data.

Relational database model stores information in the form of logically related two-dimensional tables.

What is data stewardship?

What is the primary problem with redundant information?

Which of the following encompasses all organizational information with the primary purpose of supporting the performance of managerial analysis tasks?

Information quality refers to the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract).

Which of the following would not be considered part of the unique characteristic of high-quality information?

Information integrity comprises rules that help ensure the quality of information.

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Accessing Organizational Information Data Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Enabling the Organization Decision Making

Extending the Organization Supply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organization Customer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to End Enterprise Resource Planning

Creating Innovative Organizations

E-business

Creating Collaborative Partnerships

Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

Developing Software to Streamline Operations

Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

Managing Organizational Projects

B: Extension: A Business Basics

B: Extension: A Business Process

B: Extension: A Hardware and Software Basics

B: Extension: A Mis Infrastructures

B: Extension: A Networks and Telecommunications

B: Extension: A Information Security

B: Extension: A Ethics

B: Extension: A Operations Management

B: Extension: A Sustainable Mis Infrastructures

B: Extension: A Business Intelligence

B: Extension: A Global Information Systems

B: Extension: A Global Trends

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