MIS 111 Exam 1 (ICQs/PARs) || very Flawless.
Phishing Attacks often contain all the following except what? correct answers Ask you to go to
the official site for an institution with the correct link that exactly matches the URL it really goes
to when you hover over it
How do you check or report a suspicious phishing email at the UofA? correct answers Go to
https://security.arizona.edu/
What is the official Smartphone app that helps facilitate logging in with NetID+? correct answers
Duo Mobile
If you miss a class what course technology will allow you to watch a podcast of it? correct
answers Panapto
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of alignment? correct answers Organizations
view their IT department employees as supremely important
_________ is an example of a primary activity for most firms. correct answers Operations
Car and technology companies are currently competing over who can offer the first self-driving
car. This is an example of a(n) _________ strategy. correct answers innovation
WalMart has a(n) ___________ strategy. correct answers Cost leadership
The web ____________ buyer power. correct answers has a mixed impact on
support the monitoring, collection, storage, and processing of data from the organization's basic
business transactions, each of which generates data. correct answers Transaction processing
systems (TPS)
What are the 4 topics about IT? correct answers reduce the number of middle managers
IT changes the manager's job
Can IT eliminate jobs? (no but creates them)
impacts employees at work
Does IT provide opportunities for people with disabilities? correct answers Yes
What is MIS? correct answers Finance, Accounting, Security, convince, privacy, personal safety
(Apple iTunes: online sales, royalty payments to artists, downloads etc.) ( getting into your own
dorm room)
What do Informational systems actually do? correct answers Information systems create
solutions and focused on a customer's business needs
looking at this problem from an MIS perspective... correct answers People
, - human factors (understandability, capability, cost of knowledge acquisition, and acceptance)
Process
- design factors (algorithm, parameters, complexity, accuracy)
Technology
- systems factors (operational accuracy and reliability, implementation and operating costs,
technical feasibility, complexing/interdependence)
In 2000, operating a basic internet application costs businesses approximately ________ per
month. In mid-2016, operating the same application in Amazon's cloud cost approximately
________ per month. correct answers $150,000; $1,000
Which of the following is TRUE? (IT) correct answers IT impacts entire industries.
IT has changed the manager's job in many ways. Which of the following is NOT the result of this
change? correct answers Easier to make a decision
In the case study "IT's About Business 1.3," (at the beginning of section 1.4 of the textbook),
________ is the Internet on a portable hard drive. correct answers El Paquete Semanal
IT __________ be used to create a competitive advantage ___________. correct answers can;
when it is used effectively
Information systems professionals understand business needs and analyze processes, methods
and data to create customer-oriented solutions. The value proposition for MIS was described
more briefly by Dr. Jay Nunamaker, Regents Professor and founding chair of the MIS
Department, as a discipline focused on doing what for business? correct answers Solving real
problems for real people
Anthropology: Lead by Drs. Sudha Ram (MIS) and Dr. Barbara Mills (School of Anthropology),
what "Big Data" knowledge discovery project is a collaboration between the College of Social
and Behavioral Sciences and the Eller College of Management that focuses specifically on pre-
Hispanic archaeological data from the American Southwest — Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and
Colorado — from A.D. 800 to the 1500s, shortly after the arrival of the Spanish in the region?
correct answers cyberSW Project
Humanities: Using the latest technology such as avatars, 3D glasses and green screens, what
Humanities professor has created a virtual environment that allows students to take a step back in
time and truly immerse themselves in the nuances of the Harlem Renaissance? correct answers
Dr. Bryan Carter
UA Libraries: What is the name of the collaborative working environment and makerspace at the
University of Arizona Science and Engineering Library that is a collaboration among Innovate
UA, the College of Humanities, and the UA Libraries. that is equipped with monitors,
computers, basic office essentials, sleek communal tables, massive wall boards, 3D printing and
scanning, motion capture instruments, open source microcontroller kits, a soldering station, and
usability and play testing lab? correct answers iSpace
