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Management Information Systems, Managing
the Digital Firm, 17e (Global Edition) Kenneth
Laudon, Jane Laudon (Test Bank All
Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)
In this file chapters are reversed from ch 15 to 1

Management Information Systems, 17e, Global Edition (Laudon/Laudon)
Chapter 15 Managing Global Systems

1) Much of the final assembly of Apple's iPhone occurs in which of the following locations?
A) United States
B) Japan
C) South Korea
D) China
E) Germany
Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

2) Considering how to accomplish a division of labor across a global environment is an aspect of
which of the following dimensions of developing an international systems architecture?
A) Global environment
B) Corporate global strategy
C) Technology platform
D) Organization structure
E) Management and business processes
Answer: D
Difficulty: Challenging
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

3) Which of the following is not a general cultural factor driving global business?
A) Global communication and transportation technologies
B) Political stability
C) Global knowledge base
D) Rise of digital nationalism
E) Global social norms
Answer: D
Difficulty: Challenging
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?


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,4) New levels of global coordination of all of the major business functions permit the location of
business activity according to:
A) comparative advantage.
B) social norms and values.
C) competitive threat.
D) knowledge base.
E) labor costs.
Answer: A
Difficulty: Challenging
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

5) Which of the following is the best definition of international information systems?
A) Systems that talk to one another using the global Internet
B) Systems used by international businesses
C) Business processes that span the globe
D) Basic information systems required by organizations to coordinate worldwide trade and other
activities
E) Systems that are developed by global firms
Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

6) What is the first thing you should consider when thinking about building an international
information system?
A) Corporate strategies for competing the domestic environment
B) New technologies that will help you achieve your goals
C) The global environment where your business will operate and the business drivers for your
firm and industry
D) Organizational structure
E) The different computing and communication standards in the world
Answer: C
Difficulty: Moderate
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

7) Which of the following industries is most affected by globalization?
A) Telecommunications
B) Manufacturing
C) Law
D) Entertainment
E) Transportation
Answer: B
Difficulty: Moderate
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

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,8) Which of the following is the best definition of the term transborder data flow?
A) The flow of information in international systems
B) The ways in which a country's laws change the flow of data from one country to another
C) The business of moving information from one country to another
D) The movement of information across international boundaries in any form
E) The business process of coordinating information from many different countries
Answer: D
Difficulty: Challenging
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

9) Which of the following is not a specific business factor in the global environment?
A) Global communication and transportation technologies
B) Global markets
C) Global workforce
D) Global economies of scale
E) Global production and operations
Answer: A
Difficulty: Challenging
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

10) Making judgments and taking action on the basis of narrow or personal characteristics at a
cultural level is referred to as:
A) localization.
B) cooptation.
C) particularism.
D) prejudice.
E) globalization.
Answer: C
Difficulty: Moderate
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

11) All of the following present challenges to developing global business systems except:
A) foreign accounting practices.
B) the growth of a global knowledge base.
C) language differences.
D) currency fluctuations.
E) shortages of skilled consultants.
Answer: B
Difficulty: Challenging
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?



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, 12) Which of the following is not a specific challenge to global business systems?
A) Shortages of skilled consultants
B) Different social expectations
C) Different telecommunication standards
D) Different data transfer speeds
E) Unreliable phone networks
Answer: B
Difficulty: Challenging
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

13) Which of the following statements about laws concerning transborder data flow is not true?
A) The European Data Directive of 1998 standardized privacy protection among EU nations.
B) The European Data Directive of 1998 allowed for the transfer of personal data to systems
located in the United States and other nations where these systems met European privacy
standards.
C) The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides additional privacy protection for
European citizens and applies to all data produced by EU citizens.
D) The GDPR applies to all companies collecting data on EU citizens even if they are not
located in the EU.
E) The GDPR applies only to citizens of the EU and does not apply to non-citizen residents.
Answer: E
Difficulty: Challenging
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?

14) Which of the following statements about accounting practices in different countries is not
true?
A) German companies generally do not recognize a profit from a venture until the project is
completely finished and they have been paid.
B) British firms recognize profits before a project is finished, once they are reasonably certain
they will get the money.
C) Dutch firms separate tax calculations from reports to shareholders.
D) Continental European accounting practices focus on demonstrating compliance with strict
rules.
E) German firms focus on showing shareholders how fast profits are growing.
Answer: E
Difficulty: Challenging
AACSB: Application of knowledge
LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?




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