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BCIS 3610 exam 1 ch 1&2 questions withcomplete solutions
Information systems applications help sales and marketing professionals with all of the following EXCEPT
__________. - correct answer ✔✔computer-assisted manufacturing
Over time, decision support systems, executive information systems, online analytical processing,
business intelligence, and business analytics have gained in capabilities and expanded in scope to add
new functionality, but all have had the same goal: deriving the most _____ from the data available -
correct answer ✔✔Value
Specialized information systems include a wide range of artificial intelligence systems that can simulate
____ intelligence processes. - correct answer ✔✔human
Another name for the World Wide Web is the Internet of Things. - correct answer ✔✔False
Using a computer to forecast future sales and order more inventory before a shortage can occur is an
example of information system feedback. - correct answer ✔✔False
Ongoing research conducted by the Standish Group shows that ____% of very large, multimillion dollar
software projects fail or are challenged. - correct answer ✔✔94
Electronic business (e-business) goes beyond e-commerce and e-procurement by using information
systems and the Internet to perform business-related tasks and functions. - correct answer ✔✔True
Federal Express (FedEx) was one of the first large companies to empower customers to serve themselves
at their convenience through the use of _____. - correct answer ✔✔a corporate extranet
An example of the concept of feedback is a factory information system that is programmed to alert the
manager if there is any decrease in productivity so the manager can take corrective steps to improve
productivity. - correct answer ✔✔True
, An information system that improves the productivity of individual users in performing stand-alone tasks
is called a(n) _____. - correct answer ✔✔Personal IS
The gulf between those who do and do not have access to modern information and communications
technology is described as the _____. - correct answer ✔✔digital divide
Data represents real-world things including raw facts such as image and audio data. - correct answer
✔✔True
Application software, such as Microsoft Word, manages basic computer operations such as start-up. -
correct answer ✔✔False
All of the following are functions of a knowledge management system EXCEPT: - correct answer
✔✔designing information systems.
A system that provides monthly production figures for a manager at manufacturing facility is considered
a(n) __________. - correct answer ✔✔management information system (MIS)
When an organization uses cloud computing, they do not have to buy and maintain expensive hardware.
- correct answer ✔✔True
With ______, a service provider organization owns and manages the hardware, software, networking,
and storage devices, with cloud user organizations (called tenants) accessing slices of shared resources
via the Internet. - correct answer ✔✔Cloud Computing
The process used to obtain the information system resources needed to provide the services necessary
to meet a specific set of _______, no matter how broad or narrow, is known as system acquisition. -
correct answer ✔✔needs
A computer-based information system (CBIS) is a single set of hardware, databases, networks, people,
and procedures configured to collect, manipulate, store, and process data into information, but the CBIS
does not include software. - correct answer ✔✔True
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