Question 1

Which of the following is considered information rather than mere data?

Accepted Answer

A)   a list of property prices in a neighborhood
B)   the return on investment of an advertising campaign
C)   the total number of students in a school
D)   the price of a company's shares on a given dayE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Obtaining or developing new programs is more difficult than ordering additional hardware.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Data needs to be sufficient for the purpose for which it is generated, but just barely so.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true of data characteristics in the context of information systems?

Accepted Answer

A)   Data generated should be in excess of what is required.
B)   An appropriate relationship should exist between the cost of data and its value.
C)   Data should be relevant to the context, not necessarily to the subject.
D)   Freely available data is always accurate and timely.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

What are the five characteristics of good data?

Accepted Answer

Data should be:
(1) Accurate-Good inform...

Question 6

Information systems become a waste of time and money when users work with inaccurate data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following best describes data?

Accepted Answer

A)   information presented in a meaningful context
B)   processed information
C)   recorded facts or figures
D)   knowledge derived from facts or figuresE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 8

Carlos is a business student doing an internship at Bruno and Venus, a firm specializing in exports of sophisticated equipment to other countries. He finds that he is unable to create a representative chart depicting the relation between processes such as procurement, shipping, and billing. This indicates that he lacks ________ skills.

Accepted Answer

A)   abstract reasoning
B)   collaborative
C)   experimental
D)   systems thinkingE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

According to the five-component model of information systems, the data and software components of information systems are capable of performing actions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A manager will essentially require ________ skills to clearly understand how the resources that his or her company uses are converted to desired outputs.

Accepted Answer

A)   collaboration
B)   experimentation
C)   interpersonal
D)   systems thinkingE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

The most important skill for effective collaboration is to be able to give and receive critical feedback.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Good information is conceived from accurate, correct, and complete data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Meredith constantly analyzes her work in terms of her individual contribution that she makes to the overall output of the organization. This shows her ________ skills.

Accepted Answer

A)   collaboration
B)   experimentation
C)   systems thinking
D)   problem-solvingE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Information systems differ in the amount of work that is moved from the human side to the computer side.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Identify how information technology differs from information systems.

Accepted Answer

A)   One can buy information technology, but not information systems.
B)   People are an important component of information technology, but not of information systems.
C)   Information systems are a subset of information technology.
D)   Unlike information systems, information technology is used for producing information.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

A customer relationship management (CRM)  system contains the names and phone numbers of customers. Such details stored in a CRM system are part of the ________ component.

Accepted Answer

A)   hardware
B)   data
C)   procedure
D)   peopleE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

In the five-component model of an information system, hardware and software are part of the human side.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The storage disk in a computer is an example of the ________ component of information systems.

Accepted Answer

A)   hardware
B)   software
C)   database
D)   virtualE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Your company uses a software tool to manage its supply chain. This software tool is an ________ of your company's information system.

Accepted Answer

A)   instruction on the computer side
B)   actor on the human side
C)   instruction on the human side
D)   actor on the computer sideE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Information is considered inefficient if ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   it is highly accurate
B)   it is made available ahead of time
C)   it is just barely sufficient
D)   it is irrelevant to the subjectE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Information systems differ in the amount of work that is moved from the human side to the computer side.

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Data needs to be sufficient for the purpose for which it is generated, but just barely so.

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A customer relationship management (CRM) system contains the names and phone numbers of customers. Such details stored in a CRM system are part of the ________ component.

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Information systems become a waste of time and money when users work with inaccurate data.

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Meredith constantly analyzes her work in terms of her individual contribution that she makes to the overall output of the organization. This shows her ________ skills.

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Obtaining or developing new programs is more difficult than ordering additional hardware.

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According to the five-component model of information systems, the data and software components of information systems are capable of performing actions.

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A manager will essentially require ________ skills to clearly understand how the resources that his or her company uses are converted to desired outputs.

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Identify how information technology differs from information systems.

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The most important skill for effective collaboration is to be able to give and receive critical feedback.

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Which of the following statements is true of data characteristics in the context of information systems?

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Which of the following is considered information rather than mere data?

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What are the five characteristics of good data?

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