MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: MANAGING THE DIGITAL FIRM, 15TH EDITION (LAUDON) TEST BANK
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Management Information Systems, 15e (Laudon)
Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today
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MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS:
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS:
MANAGING THE DIGITAL
FIRM, 15TH EDITION
(LAUDON) TEST BANK 2023-
2024
,For help mail. nicholasmwololo30@gmail.com
Management Information Systems, 15e (Laudon)
Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today
Which of the following is not one of the six strategic business objectives of information
systems?
A) New products and services
B) Improved decision making
C) Competitive advantage D)
Improved employee morale E)
Survival
Answer: D
Difficulty: 3: Challenging
AACSB: Information technology
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
Verizon’s use of a web-based digital dashboard to provide managers with precise real-time
information enabled it to improve which of the following?
A) Compliance with regulations
B) Managerial decision making
C) Efficiency in creation of new products
D) Employee morale
E) Intimacy with its suppliers
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3: Challenging
AACSB: Information technology
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
Which of the following may lead to competitive advantage?
New products, services, and business models;
Charging less for superior products;
Responding to customers in real time?
1 only
1 and 2
2 and 3
1 and 3
1, 2, and 3
Answer: E
Difficulty: 3: Challenging
AACSB: Analytical thinking
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
A firm that invests in an information system because it is a necessity of doing business does so
because it is seeking to achieve which of the following business objectives?
A) Operational excellence
Improved decision making
Competitive advantage
Customer intimacy
Survival
Answer: E
Difficulty: 2: Moderate
AACSB: Information technology
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
Improved decision making
Competitive advantage
Customer intimacy
Survival
Answer: E
Difficulty: 2: Moderate
AACSB: Information technology
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
The Mandarin Oriental’s use of computer systems to keep track of guests' preferences is an
example of which of the following?
A) Improved flexibility
B) Improved decision making
C) Improved efficiency
D) Customer intimacy
E) Operational excellence
Answer: D Difficulty: 2:
Moderate
AACSB: Information technology
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
Competitors were seeking which of the following business objectives when they rushed to
provide ATMs after Citibank introduced the first ATMs in New York?
A) Improved efficiency
B) Customer and supplier intimacy
C) Survival
D) Competitive advantage E)
Improved decision making
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2: Moderate
AACSB: Information technology
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
Which of the following is the key business metric behind the technologies implemented by
Kroger, as discussed in the chapter-opening case?
A) Higher customer satisfaction levels
B) Survival
C) Improved employee morale
D) Improved decision making
E) Reduced cost of supplies
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2: Moderate
AACSB: Analytical thinking
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
Which of the following is an example of a business using information systems to create a new
product?
A) Walmart's RetailLink system
B) The Mandarin Oriental’s use of computers to keep track of guest preferences
C) Verizon's use of a web-based digital dashboard to provide real-time company information for
managers
D) Apple’s creation of the iPod
Which of the following is an example of a business using information systems to create a new
product?
A) Walmart's RetailLink system
B) The Mandarin Oriental’s use of computers to keep track of guest preferences
C) Verizon's use of a web-based digital dashboard to provide real-time company information for
managers
D) Apple’s creation of the iPod
E) Kroger’s use of sensors to monitor cold food storage temperatures
Answer: D
Difficulty: 3: Challenging
AACSB: Information technology
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
Walmart exemplifies the power of information systems coupled with state-of-the-art business
practices and supportive management to achieve which of the following?
A) New products and services
B) Operational efficiency C)
Survival
D) Customer intimacy
E) Competitive advantage
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3: Challenging
AACSB: Information technology
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
How much did American businesses spend on information systems hardware, software, and
telecommunications equipment in 2015?
A) About $100 million
B) About $1 billion
C) About $100
billion D) About $1
trillion E) About $10
trillion Answer: D
Difficulty: 2: Moderate
AACSB: Information technology
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
) To make sure they stock clothes that their customers will purchase, a department store
implements a new application that analyzes spending levels at their stores and cross-references
this data to popular clothing styles. Which of the following business objectives is this
information intended to support?
A) Customer intimacy
Survival
Operational excellence
Improved decision making
New products and services
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2: Moderate
AACSB: Analytical thinking
LO: 1-1: How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
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