Business - Management Information Systems

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________ is a decision support tool, often based on an Excel model, in which the user sets a target value for a particular variable, such as profit/ loss, and tells the program which variable to change to try to reach the objective

2

List three of the five advantages of a logical data flow diagram

3

You are working for International Delicacies, which has become successful selling unusual food and gift items at its six retail stores located in Columbus, Ohio. Your manager, Jagdish Singh, wants to add an online store that will complement the

4

Which statement about the payment revolution is true?

5

Which tools have a primary benefit to create high-level design documents of a program by reading and analyzing its source code?

6

Identify three reasons why communities are the building blocks of a knowledge-based company

7

The longer you wait to write up your interview, the more suspect the quality of the data becomes

8

A _________ is a one way relationship between a sender and a receiver that affords security services to the traffic carried on it

9

In many organizations, an IS steering committee or advisory board is responsible for approving and prioritizing IT investments

10

A two-way linked list has links in both directions

11

For all applications, a basic rule is ________

12

What information is required to design the physical files and databases related to the project?

13

Which of the following companies did Shell NOT outsource any of its operations to?

14

One of the challenges of project scheduling is how to prevent the ________ of resources as a result of task slack times

15

A _________ is a logical subgroup within a LAN that is created by software rather

16

By 2017 the outsourcing market is projected to be worth:

17

The most common attack against a wireless network is a ________

18

Which of the following is a set of rules for transferring data?

19

Creative design and development is a part of the marketing Web-based system costs

20

Which of the following is a feature of a private cloud?

21

A touch screen is the most accurate device for a text selection task

22

Using e-mail to send unwanted ads is called spamming

23

To how many accounts and groups can different permissions be applied in Windows?

24

An exclusive lock locks the item from access of any type

25

________ refers to the process of capturing or creating knowledge, storing it, updating it constantly, disseminating it, and using it whenever necessary

26

Never changing the parameters in the original project goals can lead to scope creep

27

What do trading partners use to establish computer-to-computer links to allow for electronic data exchange?

28

How do you convert weak entities to relations?

29

When two organizations pool markets and expertise that result in lower costs and generate profits, it is referred to as creating

30

Which of the following statements is true of the dimensions to measure process quality?

31

What is a disruptive innovation? How is it different from sustaining technologies?

32

Any intellectual work product that isn't based on public knowledge can be classed as a trade secret

33

A kilobyte is exactly 1,024 bits

34

Which of the following is the best data type for attribute called "ProductPrice"?

35

Which of the following was a disadvantage of VoIP communication at its initial stages?

36

The principal liaison between the information systems groups and the rest of the organization is a(n):

37

The relationship between EC investment and organizational performance is

38

Wikis are a virtual meeting in which attendees view one of the attendees' computer screensfor a more formal and organized presentation

39

The two basic circuit configurations are point-to-point and multipoint

40

No matter how a company measures the benefits provided by an online business implementation, it usually tries to measure those benefits in monetary units. In a paragraph or two, explain why this is a good practice

41

In Microsoft Access, the statement used to display employee and client names together with all

42

PGP makes use of four types of keys: public keys, private keys, one-time session keys, and ___________ symmetric keys

43

A stack buffer overflow is also referred to as ___________

44

With regard to people, the design stage in SDLC involves developing job descriptions

45

Asynchronous communication occurs when team members ________

46

EC sellers need to protect against fraud and each of the following except

47

The ________ compresses the time horizon for software development and focuses on the time available until the next release while the development team determines how many of the requirements it can deliver in that time frame

48

Deciding to purchase an FDIC-insured Certificate of Deposit at a U.S. bank can be viewed as decision making under ________

49

________ refers to any software that covertly gathers information about a user through an Internet connection without the user's knowledge

50

Allowing departments to make their own software and hardware purchases increases efficiency and minimizes the need for centralized support

51

A character set that is the American national standard is

52

Business Intelligence (BI) reporting systems are intended to create meaningful information from disparate data sources and to deliver that information to the proper users on a timely basis

53

The intent of a proxy server is to provide ________ by functioning as an intermediary between a client and a server

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A component is NOT the same thing as a reusable software unit that provides services independent of particular applications

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