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Chapter 1 quiz: 1 The binary code for SOS is information and the word "HELP!!!" is knowledge. A: True ________ refers to individual facts or pieces of information. A: Data Due to jargon barriers, dissociations between IT staff and others in the organization often occur. A: True ________ is a critical component of an information system. A: Processes The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is responsible for the IT department of most organizations. A: True Information systems support data-driven decision making, leveraging large amounts of data to reveal important trends and patterns. A: True The processes where electronic data might be used as legal evidence, are requested, secured, and searched is called________. A: E-discovery ________ is nothing but using billions of chunks of aggregated information to reveal important trends and patterns in decision making. A: Data-driven decision making What lays emphasis on designing, optimizing, and streamlining business processes across the organization, while also considering the human element? A: Business process management When team members use online tools to communicate, the psychology of team dynamics always changes positively. A: False ________ led to stringent laws on retention of electronic documents. A: Increasing corporate scandals Many servers in the Google Windowless Data Center are an example of ________. A: Information technology Identifying, assessing, and addressing threats to an organization from unforeseen circumstances are obligation of ________. A: The crisis management team ________ can result when using information systems to achieve operational excellence. MAYBE- Improved organizational justice ________ is responsible for ensuring that a company's confidential information is well-protected.

A: The Chief Information Security Officer In an IS department, which of the below aspects is the enterprise system subunit responsible for? A: Developing, installing, maintaining, and overseeing the organization’s mission-critical software applications

If each data transaction performed by an employee is recorded in an IS, which of the following components of the IS are supervised? A: Process The information that managers draw from both the internal and external information systems to make decisions is called ________ A: Business intelligence Privacy breaches in modern information systems involve fewer risks and affect fewer people than older information systems. A: False Which of the following will a quantitative analyst who works for a bank be allowed to do? A: Access some information on the bank’s servers QUIZ 2: When ________, the competition in an industry is fierce. A:companies mainly compete on price Which of the below options is a reference point used as a baseline measurement? A: A benchmark Companies operate in a complex ecosystem where events in one arena influence the entire community. A: True The value chain can be extended by integrating feedback from customers. A: True Network effects means the ability of a product to adapt to a new system. A: False Creative destruction means the failure of innovation which leads to huge losses within the industry. A: False Which of the below refers to network effect? A: increased value of a product or service because there are more people using it It is when ________, that creative destruction occurs. A: disruptive innovations threaten established players The product differentiation strategy indicates ________. A: adding special features to a product for which customers are willing to pay more The embedded ecosystem of the company is a(n) ________.

A: economic community that includes related industries Lauren Inc. is a Canadian fashion apparel retailer. They want to measure how their investment helps create value compared to their competitors. In this case, which of the following indicators does Lauren use as a benchmark? A: the average number of sales made per day Sustaining technologies are sweeping disruptions that can overtake high-end products of the market as well as replace lower-end products. A: False Which of the following describes a low-cost leadership strategy? A: CGlass sells inexpensive, fashionable eyewear in comparison with its competitors. Procurement and technology support are primary activities of a value chain. A: False One area of e-government involves efforts to provide non-confidential information to citizens via the Internet. A: True When alternative products are available, the threat of substitutes is great. A: True ________ is a tool used to reduce health care costs by digitizing patient history. A:electronic medical record

A low-cost leadership strategy refers to offering a highly differentiated product at belowmarket prices. False A product or service that differentiates a particular market segment is called ________. Focused niche strategy Which of the following is an effective observation of price competition based on existing competitors? It is damaging for the competitors and the industry in which they operate.

________ is a tool used to reduce health care costs by digitizing patient history. electronic medical record

Although a benchmark is sometimes simply an industry average, it is still an optimal baseline measurement. True ________ refers to the expense that customers spent when they change suppliers. Switching Costs Which of the below is usually used by organizations to influence the operation of Porter's five forces? Lobbying for governmental action The product differentiation strategy refers to differentiating a product or service for a particular market niche. False

________ is a utilitarian benchmark for information systems. The amount of IT spending per employee in an organization

Which of the following statements is true about the use of IT in nonprofit organizations? Nonprofit organizations need IT support and strategy to achieve their objectives.

When the alternative ________, it poses a greater threat. provides the same focal product or service through different means

The competition in the energy industry in Argentina is not serious. More than 80% of the market is dominated by three players. Which of the following would increase the competition between the three players? a significant slowdown in market growth

Which of the below is a limitation of the extended value chain? It is difficult to allocate responsibility in the event of a mishap.

Support activities refer to processes including administration and management, human resources, procurement, and technology assistance.

Activities directly related to the creation, marketing, sales and delivery processes of products and services are called ________. Primary activities...