Information Systems Management Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Information Systems Management explores the strategic use of information technology to support, manage, and enhance organizational operations and decision-making. This course examines the role of information systems in business processes, competitive advantage, and organizational efficiency. Key topics include systems planning and implementation, data management, cybersecurity, emerging technologies, and the ethical and societal impacts of information systems. Through case studies and practical applications, students learn to assess information needs, select appropriate technologies, and manage IT resources to align with business goals.
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Using MIS 10th Edition by David M. Kroenke
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Chapter 1: The Importance of Mis
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Q1) According to Moore's Law, the ________.
A) price of an integrated chip reduces once in 18 months
B) performance of each transistor on a square inch of an integrated chip doubles every year
C) number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months
D) density of a transistor decreases every year
E) rate of innovation increases exponentially
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following terms is described as processed data or data presented in a meaningful context?
A) questionnaires
B) scenarios
C) illustrations
D) reports
E) forms
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Collaboration Information Systems
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Q1) Which of the following alternatives for sharing content provides version control?
A) Microsoft Office
B) WebApps
C) Google Docs
D) Microsoft SharePoint
E) Network attached storage
Answer: D
Q2) ________ is a process that occurs when the collaboration tool limits, and sometimes even directs, user activity.
A) Document monitoring
B) Version control
C) Document tracking
D) Version management
E) Document replication
Answer: B
Q3) Need for collaboration increases as the decisions become more structured.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Strategy and Information Systems
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes the role of operations in a value chain?
A) transforming inputs into the final products
B) collecting, storing, and distributing products to buyers
C) inducing buyers to purchase products and providing a means for them to do so
D) receiving, storing, and disseminating inputs to products
E) assisting customers' use of products
Answer: A
Q2) According to Porter's four competitive strategy model, what are the four competitive strategies from which firms can choose?
Answer: An organization responds to the structure of its industry by choosing a competitive strategy. According to Porter's competitive strategy model, firms engage in one of these four strategies. An organization can focus on being the cost leader, or it can focus on differentiating its products or services from those of the competition. Further, the organization can employ the cost or differentiation strategy across an industry or it can focus its strategy on a particular industry segment.
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Chapter 4: Hardware, Software, and Mobile Systems
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Q1) Mobile devices cannot be connected through the cloud.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Linux is an example of a(n) ________.
A) open source operating system
B) mobile operating system
C) user community
D) workstation client
E) third-party encryption software
Q3) The CPU stores the results of computations in ________.
A) floppy disks
B) main memory
C) secondary memory
D) network cards
E) SSD storage
Q4) Define the terms personal computers, servers, and server farms.
Q5) The main memory of a computer is also called random access memory (RAM).
A)True
B)False
Q6) Why are mobile systems important?
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Chapter 5: Database Processing
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Q1) A ________ is a collection of forms, reports, queries, and programs that serves as an intermediary between users and database data.
A) database application
B) database design
C) data field
D) data model
E) data bridge
Q2) A data model is a ________.
A) logical representation of database data
B) repository of unprocessed data
C) collection of isolated databases
D) set of programs used to retrieve data
E) array of data variables
Q3) Managing the impact of database structural changes on applications and users is an operational task for a database administrator.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How does normalization resolve the data integrity problem?
Q5) Explain how a database management system processes a database.
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Chapter 6: The Cloud
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Q1) To ensure security, the VPN client software decrypts the original message so that its contents are protected from snooping.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ________ are programs that run on a server-tier computer and manage traffic by sending and receiving Web pages to and from clients.
A) Web servers
B) Web browsers
C) Server farms
D) Server racks
E) VPNs
Q3) The organization responsible for assigning public IP addresses is called ________.
A) CERN
B) IEEE
C) ICANN
D) ISO
E) USIPA
Q4) List the functions of an Internet service provider (ISP).
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Chapter 7: Processes, Organizations, and Information Systems
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Q1) When an organization has inconsistent duplicated data, it is said to have a(n)
A) information silo
B) data integrity problem
C) error of omission
D) data segregation problem
E) data disunity problem
Q2) Since the features and functions of complex products like CRM or ERP are not easy to identify, ________ is a major task when implementing enterprise systems.
A) virtualization
B) encapsulation
C) gap identification
D) data duplication
E) data tunneling
Q3) Describe inter-enterprise information systems.
Q4) Both structured processes and dynamic processes are formally defined processes.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) List the problems associated with information silos.
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Chapter 8: Social Media Information Systems
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Q1) What are the major sources of user-generated content (UGC) problems?
Q2) The storage of ________ differentiates social media information systems (SMIS) from Web site applications.
A) secondary data
B) content data
C) connection data
D) continuous data
E) intermittent data
Q3) Enterprise 2.0 workers want applications to enable them to rate tagged content and to use the tags to predict content that will be of interest to them, a process McAfee refers to as ________.
A) links
B) authoring
C) signals
D) extensions
E) search
Q4) Describe a common success metric and explain why it's important.
Q5) Unlike humans, organizations do not have social capital.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Business Intelligence Systems
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Q1) ________ delivers business intelligence to users without any request from the users.
A) Push publishing
B) Pull publishing
C) Desktop publishing
D) Accessible publishing
E) Pulse publishing
Q2) The three primary activities in the business intelligence (BI) process are to acquire data, perform analysis, and publish results.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cluster analysis is used to identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A data mart is larger than a data warehouse.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe expert systems and their primary disadvantages.
Q6) What is the objective of performing a market-basket analysis?
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Chapter 10: Information Systems Security
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Q1) Email spoofing is a synonym for ________.
A) hacking
B) phishing
C) usurping
D) sniffing
E) baiting
Q2) Secure Sockets Layer is also known as ________.
A) Advanced Persistent Threat Layer
B) Transport Layer Security
C) Presentation Interface Layer
D) Network Interface Layer Security
E) Media Access Security
Q3) In asymmetric encryption, each site has a ________ for encoding messages.
A) botnet
B) private key
C) public key
D) cookie
E) cipher
Q4) Discuss some human safeguards for employees that can ensure the security of information systems.
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Chapter 11: Information Systems Management
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Q1) Which of the following is a right of users of information systems?
A) right to install programs and applications of their choice
B) right to make hardware modifications when desired
C) right to receive effective training
D) right to obtain the configuration of their choice
E) right to use the operating system of your choice
Q2) Installation of unauthorized hardware and programs may interfere with automated maintenance programs used for upgrading a user's computer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a function of the technology office in an organization's information systems (IS) department?
A) managing computing infrastructure
B) creating new information systems
C) investigating new information systems
D) maintaining existing information systems
E) securing existing information systems
Q4) Describe the typical responsibilities of a chief technology officer (CTO).
Q5) Explain the risks associated with ending an outsourcing agreement.
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Chapter 12: Information Systems Development
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Q1) ?49) What are the types of arrows used in the swim-lane layout of Business Process Modeling Notation (BPM
Q2) The ________ phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) involves determining hardware and program specifications, designing the database and procedures, and creating job definitions.
A) requirements analysis
B) system implementation
C) component design
D) system definition
E) requirements analysis.
Q3) The business process management cycle begins by creating a model of the existing business processes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Brooks' Law states that adding more people to a late project reduces the need for coordination.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the principles of agile development?
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