MIS 301 MID TERM questions and
correct answers graded A+
The largest initial public stock offering of all time was - correct answer ✔✔Alibaba
One decade after the dot-com bubble, _________ became the most profitable media company on the
planet. - correct answer ✔✔Google
A report in Forbes suggests that what percent of firms are failing at digital transformation? - correct
answer ✔✔72%
Which statement(s) regarding Linux creator Linus Torvalds and his firm are true?
1. He is from Finland and did not develop the product in the United States.
2. Linux is used in cell phones.
3. Linux is used for supercomputers.
4.Linux is considered an "open source" product. - correct answer ✔✔All statements are correct
Tech firms are among the best performing firms in the world. According to the chapter, which firm was
recognized as being both the most valuable firm in the US as well as the most profitable? - correct
answer ✔✔Apple
iPhone sales in ______ have been recorded as greater than those in the United States. - correct answer
✔✔China
___________'s user base is larger than any nation in the world. - correct answer ✔✔Facebook
Moore's Law is behind ____ and _____ computing. - correct answer ✔✔fast and cheap
, _______ has risen to become the most profitable media company on the planet. - correct answer
✔✔Google
A company uses radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to keep track of its inventory. This is an
example of the impact of technology in the area of _____. - correct answer ✔✔Operations
________________ stock trading is larger than stock trading between human brokers. - correct answer
✔✔Computer-automated
Crowdsourcing tools and question-and-answer sites, such as _____, allow firms to reach out for
expertise beyond their organizations. - correct answer ✔✔Quora
Which nation has the world's largest number of Internet users? - correct answer ✔✔China
Many firms are offering six-figure starting salaries to graduating seniors from top universities because -
correct answer ✔✔there is a high demand for scarce technical talent.
The _____ is a piece of U.S. legislation that raises executive and board responsibility and ties criminal
penalties to certain accounting and financial violations. - correct answer ✔✔Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Tech impact is reaching even beyond the confines of Earth itself. According to an example in your
chapter, how was a tool on the International Space Station recently acquired? - correct answer ✔✔It was
printed on-demand using 3D printing technology
Which is true of the tech and consulting practice associated with the accounting giant Deloitte?
1. Consulting revenues are larger than accounting revenues
2. All accounts hired must also have a degree in some technology field.
3. It is owned by Google.
4. It is owned by Amazon and delivers cloud computing through AWS. - correct answer ✔✔1. Consulting
revenues are larger than accounting revenues - TRUE
2. All accounts hired must also have a degree in some technology field. - FALSE
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