Question 1

Rogers Cable was the sole supplier of iPhones in Canada for two years,but now Telus and Bell can market iPhones in Canada;this illustrates the competitive force of ________.

Accepted Answer

A) customers 
B) new market entrants 
C) substitute products and services 
D) suppliers

Question 2

Network economics

Accepted Answer

A) applies the law of diminishing returns to communities of users. 
B) applies traditional economics to networked users. 
C) sees the cost of adding new members as inconsequential. 
D) balances the high cost of adding new members to a community against the lower cost of using network infrastructure.

Question 3

Postindustrial theories based more on history and sociology than economics also support the notion that IT should flatten hierarchies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

When the Eastman Chemical Company split off from Kodak,it demonstrated that firm size can stay constant or contract even as the company increases its revenues.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

________ all have a structure or shape.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________ all have a structure or shape....

Question 6

A manufacturer of deep-sea oil rigs may be least concerned about this marketplace force.

Accepted Answer

A) product differentiation 
B) traditional competitors 
C) low number of suppliers 
D) new market entrants

Question 7

Sociotechnical changes affecting a firm adopting new information systems requiring organizational change can be considered ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Sociotechnical changes affecting a firm adopting new...

Question 8

Marie has developed a unique patented process to manufacture metal picture frames.This unique process allows Marie to use less raw materials and less labour than her competitors.Marie is utilizing which source of competitive advantage?

Accepted Answer

A) low-cost leadership 
B) product differentiation 
C) focus on market niche 
D) strengthening customer and supplier intimacy

Question 9

Nike is an example of a manufacturer using information systems to create products and services that are customized and ________ to fit the precise specifications of individual customers.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Nike is an example of a manufacturer...

Question 10

According to Leavitt's model of organizational resistance,the four components that must be changed in an organization in order to successfully implement a new information system are

Accepted Answer

A) environment,organization,structure,tasks. 
B) technology,people,culture,and structure. 
C) organization,culture,management. 
D) tasks,technology,people,and structure.

Question 11

Dell tries to emphasize low cost as well as the ability to ________ its personal computers.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Dell tries to emphasize low cost as...

Question 12

To align IT with the business and use information systems ________ for competitive advantage,managers need to perform a strategic systems analysis.

Accepted Answer

The answer of To align IT with the business and...

Question 13

The four major types of competitive strategy are

Accepted Answer

A) low-cost leadership;substitute products and services;customers;and suppliers. 
B) low-cost leadership;product differentiation;focus on market niche;and customer and supplier intimacy. 
C) new market entrants;substitute products and services;customers;and suppliers. 
D) low-cost leadership;new market entrants;product differentiation;and focus on market niche.

Question 14

A large bureaucracy existing in a slowly changing environment that produces standard products and is dominated by centralized management making is classified by Mintzberg as a ________ bureaucracy.

Accepted Answer

A) machine 
B) professional 
C) divisionalized 
D) multidivisional

Question 15

Information systems can ________ the number of levels in an organization by providing managers with information to supervise larger numbers of workers and by giving lower-level employees more decision-making authority.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Information systems can ________ the number of...

Question 16

All organizations,including business firms,become very efficient over time because individuals in the firm develop ________ for producing goods and services.

Accepted Answer

The answer of All organizations,including business firms,become very efficient over...

Question 17

People in organizations occupy different positions with similar specialties,concerns,and perspectives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Information systems inevitably become bound up in organizational ________ because they influence access to a key resource-namely,information.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Information systems inevitably become bound up in...

Question 19

How can information systems be used to achieve strategic advantage at the industry level?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How can information systems be used to...

Question 20

In a free economy with mobile labour and financial resources,new companies are always entering the marketplace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Information Systems, organizations, and Strategy

Rogers Cable was the sole supplier of iPhones in Canada for two years,but now Telus and Bell can market iPhones in Canada;this illustrates the competitive force of ________.

Network economics

Postindustrial theories based more on history and sociology than economics also support the notion that IT should flatten hierarchies.

When the Eastman Chemical Company split off from Kodak,it demonstrated that firm size can stay constant or contract even as the company increases its revenues.

________ all have a structure or shape.

A manufacturer of deep-sea oil rigs may be least concerned about this marketplace force.

Sociotechnical changes affecting a firm adopting new information systems requiring organizational change can be considered ________.

Marie has developed a unique patented process to manufacture metal picture frames.This unique process allows Marie to use less raw materials and less labour than her competitors.Marie is utilizing which source of competitive advantage?

Nike is an example of a manufacturer using information systems to create products and services that are customized and ________ to fit the precise specifications of individual customers.

According to Leavitt's model of organizational resistance,the four components that must be changed in an organization in order to successfully implement a new information system are

Dell tries to emphasize low cost as well as the ability to ________ its personal computers.

To align IT with the business and use information systems ________ for competitive advantage,managers need to perform a strategic systems analysis.

The four major types of competitive strategy are

A large bureaucracy existing in a slowly changing environment that produces standard products and is dominated by centralized management making is classified by Mintzberg as a ________ bureaucracy.

Information systems can ________ the number of levels in an organization by providing managers with information to supervise larger numbers of workers and by giving lower-level employees more decision-making authority.

All organizations,including business firms,become very efficient over time because individuals in the firm develop ________ for producing goods and services.

People in organizations occupy different positions with similar specialties,concerns,and perspectives.

Information systems inevitably become bound up in organizational ________ because they influence access to a key resource-namely,information.

How can information systems be used to achieve strategic advantage at the industry level?

In a free economy with mobile labour and financial resources,new companies are always entering the marketplace.