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Practice questions for management informational systems. Include multiple-choice and true or false with answers for each question....

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1. Noel creates a table listing the number of students in his biology class, their names, age, and phone numbers. His table is an example of the ________ component of an information system. A) program *B) data C) information D) hardware E) Process 2. Which of the following is a critical characteristic of good Information? A) abundance of details *B) accuracy C) inexpensive D) ease of creation E) quantity 3. Which of the following devices is an example of a storage hardware device? A) barcode scanner B) central processing unit *C) optical disk D) random access memory E) the system bus 4. Adobe's Acrobat, Photoshop, and PageMaker are examples of ________. A) vertical-market application software B) opeing systems C) hardware *D) horizontal-market application software E) Drivers 5. What is the impact of mobile systems growth on the procedures under the five components model? A) Compact interfaces *B) Always on, always at work C) Personal mobile devices at work D) An increase in independent contractors E) Jobs for mobile device sales The correct answers are denoted with a star. 1. The rows in a database are also called ________.

*A) records B) tables C) files D) fields E) Laterals

2. Metadata is/are ________. A) codes used for server-side processing B) error logs of databases *C) data that describes data D) data that are encrypted E) more important data

3. In an E-R diagram, a line between two entities represents a(n) ________. A) attribute B) identifier C) cardinality *D) relationship E) Branch

4. The forked lines on the lines representing the relationship between two related entities are referred to as ________. A) identifiers B) foreign keys *C) crow's feet D) entities E) switch

5. _______ is the application of statistical techniques to find patterns and relationships among data for classification and prediction. A) Data optimization B) Database normalization *C) Data mining D) Data warehousing E) Data clustering 1. In cloud computing, resources are said to be "pooled" because organizations ________. A) use the public Internet to create the appearance of a private connection B) use open-source standards that enable users to modify a program's source code C) offer their services to each other free of charge, in a give-and-take arrangement *D) share the same physical hardware through virtualization E) share the same physical address range

2. Which of the following is an example of IaaS? A) Apple iCloud B) Microsoft Azure C) Office 365 *D) Amazon S3 E) Salesforce.com

3. A ________ is a set of rules and data structures for organizing communication. A) codec B) cloud C) packet *D) protocol E) Syntax

4. A ________ is a worldwide-unique term that is affiliated with a public IP address. A) URL *B) domain name C) packet D) hyperlink E) TCP

5. Where does the Cloud reside? *A) in the Internet B) inside the browser C) on a PC D) at the local carrier's servers E) wireless over the sky 1. ________ is the activity of altering existing and designing new business processes to take advantage of new information systems. A) Business process modeling *B) Business process reengineering C) Business process outsourcing D) Enterprise resource planning E) Process innovation planning

2. The major benefit of enterprise application integration is that it ________. A) minimizes the requirement for formalized procedures B) acts as a cost-effective alternative to ERP, with greater capabilities C) utilizes a centralized database *D) enables organizations to use existing applications E) decentralizes unnecessary information

3. To reduce the substantial work that needs to be done to customize an ERP application to a particular customer, ERP vendors provide ________. A) service descriptions *B) industry-specific solutions C) inherent processes D) DIY modules E) process statistics

4. Why would an organization want to move their enterprise system to the cloud? A) Because they do not want to deal with data issues. B) Because they want their data in another country. C) Organizations cannot move their enterprise system to the cloud. D) Because the cloud is popular. *E) Because of cost savings.

5. Which of the following are not the safeguards related to the IS five-component? A) Technical Safeguards B) Human Safeguards C) Data Safeguards D) Legal Safeguards *E) Physical Safeguards...