Information Technology and Organizations
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores the dynamic relationship between information technology (IT) and organizations, examining how technological advancements shape organizational strategy, structure, processes, and culture. Students will analyze the role of IT in enabling business innovation, improving operational efficiency, and transforming organizational workflows. Through case studies and real-world examples, the course covers topics such as digital transformation, IT governance, enterprise systems, data management, and the ethical and social implications of technology adoption in organizational settings. By the end of the course, students will gain critical insights into leveraging IT for competitive advantage and effective organizational management.
Recommended Textbook Information Systems in Organizations People Technology and Processes 1st Edition by Wallace
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Chapter 1: Information Systems and People
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Q1) A high-end women's clothing store has an inefficient checkout system. This will have
A) a negative impact on customer relationship
B) a positive impact on accounting
C) a negative impact on talent management
D) a positive impact on turnover rates
Answer: A
Q2) What is a set of activities designed to achieve a task?
A) a business process
B) a business component
C) a business commitment
D) a business approach
Answer: A
Q3) ________ refers to the processes by which electronic data that might be used as legal evidence are requested, secured, and searched.
A) Risk management
B) Digital forensics analysis
C) Cyberspace management
D) E-discovery
Answer: D
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Chapter 11: Systems Development and Procurement
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Q1) A performance requirement comprises of response time, reliability, scalability, and availability.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) ________ is a driver of information systems development which touches on security, privacy, safety, and regulatory compliance.
A) Core competency
B) Return on investment
C) Competitive advantage
D) Risk management
Answer: D
Q3) A phased implementation is an expensive process and launches the new system while the old one is still running.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 12: Project Management and Strategic Planning
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Q1) The stage at which early phase managers identify the major players in the project, including the sponsor, the project manager, the team members, and other stakeholders, is known as a(n) ________.
A) executing process
B) initiating process
C) monitoring process
D) controlling process
Q2) ________ refers to all the procedures, documentation, and resources an organization puts into place to prepare for a crisis situation and recover technical infrastructure.
A) Due diligence
B) Disaster recovery
C) Business automation
D) Process mining
Q3) The closing phase of a project should also include a process that documents the lessons learned from the project.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the closing processes involved in project management.
Q5) What are the essential characteristics that a project manager should possess?
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Chapter 2: Information Systems and Strategy
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Q1) Which of the following companies will have the highest buying power?
A) a company that sells agricultural products procured from numerous farmers
B) a firm that is an exclusive dealer for an automotive company
C) a bank that borrows from the Federal Reserve
D) a company that procures IT services from a large software company
Q2) How did online markets affect the balance of power between buyers and suppliers?
A) The power imbalance between the buyers and the suppliers decreased.
B) Buyers' focus shifted from being powerful to being cooperative.
C) Sellers became more powerful than the buyers.
D) Buyers became more powerful than the sellers.
Q3) Facebook, the world's most visited Web site as of June 2011, has millions of users. The large membership base of Facebook would mean that a user is likely to find most of his friends when he logs in to Facebook. Lack of this competence prevents new players from penetrating Facebook's market. This is an example of ________.
A) monopolistic competition
B) internal marketing
C) network effects
D) guerilla marketing
Q4) Explain various competitive strategies in business, with examples.
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Chapter 3: Information and Communications
Technologies: The Enterprise Architecture
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Q1) A legacy system is a system that is an assemblage of inter-related, tightly bound elements that cannot be differentiated or upgraded.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following classes of computers is widely distributed in developing countries and typically used as a cost-effective means of wirelessly connecting to the Internet?
A) microcomputers
B) mainframe computers
C) netbooks
D) minicomputers
Q3) Which of the following transmission media is used in ordinary telephones?
A) coaxial cables
B) twisted pair wires
C) optical fiber cables
D) ribbon cables
Q4) What type of software did HIVConnect use to build a social networking site to support people living with HIV, and to encourage and accept online donations?
Q5) What is Bluetooth?
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Chapter 4: Managing Information Resources with Databases
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Q1) Aban Constructions Limited, a construction company, maintains its records in rows within tables, and the tables are interconnected by linking the matching fields. Which type of database architecture does Aban Constructions Limited use?
A) hierarchical database
B) network database
C) relational database
D) object-oriented database
Q2) Shadow systems are managed by individuals or departments.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The employee database of a company needs to store the birth date of each employee. In the context of database architecture, this is an example of a ________ relationship.
A) one-to-many
B) many-to-one
C) many-to-many
D) one-to-one
Q4) Define relational database. Why has it been predicted that the relational database will be the mainstay for organizations in the years ahead?
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Chapter 5: Information Systems for the Enterprise
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Q1) An integrated application suite to support the whole enterprise that includes modules to manage financials, human resources, supply chain, customer relationships, and other business processes, creating a "suite of suites" is called ________.
A) enterprise resource planning
B) total quality management
C) business advancement planning
D) business process management
Q2) Organizations that use the best of breed approach face the challenge of ________.
A) modifying the ERP systems to meet changing business needs
B) working with the lack of rich features that users want
C) maintaining consistency in different systems
D) maintaining security in the ERP systems
Q3) An employee's e-mail address is stored in one place and can be accessed by any module that needs it. This is an example of ________.
A) the synchronized suite
B) the best of breed module
C) the engineered suite
D) the vendor-branded suite
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Chapter 6: The Web and E-Commerce
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Q1) Which of the following web browsers is not widely used on PCs, but installed on many mobile phones due to its "lightweight" footprint?
A) Mosaic
B) Netscape Navigator
C) Opera
D) Apple Safari
Q2) Click-mapping is used by ad networks to track customer behavior across all their client websites.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following elements of website usability describes how quickly a user performs tasks after learning the site's basic design measures?
A) ease of learning
B) efficiency
C) memorability
D) error rates
Q4) Not all devices connected to the Internet have a unique IP address.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Ethics, Privacy, and Security
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Q1) The downside of using surveillance techniques at work is that it pits management against staff, and undermines the bond of loyalty that might otherwise develop.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Under which of the following circumstances is information privacy most difficult to achieve?
A) when information is stored on highly interconnected systems
B) when information is mainly on paper
C) when information maintained is maintained on isolated systems
D) when information is converted to code form using mathematical equations
Q3) Biometric identifiers refer to something the user knows, such as a user ID, password, PIN, or answer to a security question.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Write a brief note on encryption of digital information.
Q5) Discuss some of the possible drawbacks of implementing surveillance technologies at workplaces.
Q6) What is utilitarianism and how is it different from natural laws and rights?
Q7) What is the purpose of a risk matrix in an organization?
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Chapter 7: Business Intelligence and Decision Support
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Q1) Intelligent agents that extract business intelligence from publicly accessible Web sites are also known as ________.
A) mashups
B) bots
C) servers
D) androids
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of portals?
A) They are gateways that provide access to a variety of relevant information from many different sources on one screen.
B) They are quantifiable metrics that measure an individual's contribution to his organization's success.
C) They mimic the reasoning of a human expert, drawing from a base of knowledge about a particular subject area to come to a decision or recommendation.
D) They are graphical user interfaces that organize and summarize information vital to a user's role and the decisions that the user makes.
Q3) What is an online analytical processing system and how does it work?
Q4) What is text mining and how does it work?
Q5) What are the different functions performed by bots or intelligent agents?
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Chapter 8: Collaborating with Technology
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Q1) Donald Garner, a manufacturing company in California, recently recruited a large number of employees for its new branch office in the city. The company wants to create knowledge storehouses that employees can edit as needed, adding contributions from their own personal experience or updating existing information. Which of the following can the company use to help it organize how-to guides and create a substantial base of knowledge for its new employees?
A) a wiki
B) a tweet
C) a hashtag
D) a tumblr
Q2) Instant messaging is an open system in which anyone can send messages to anyone else regardless of which IM software they use, unlike the e-mail software which tends toward proprietary islands.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Microblogging is a form of photo software with which large photos can be reduced in size without blurring their resolution.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Knowledge Management and E-Learning
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Q1) Which of the following instructional technologies enables synchronous interaction in e-learning?
A) collaborative groupware
B) video on demand
C) webcasting
D) video mail
Q2) The person in an e-learning program who knows just what should be included in the course and possesses the content expertise is known as a(n) ________.
A) semantic reasoner
B) subject matter expert
C) lexical analyzer
D) knowledge engineer
Q3) Knowledge management refers to ________.
A) investigations that researchers make about roles that intangible assets play
B) practices that customers use to understand products prior to purchasing
C) strategies that organizations use to understand the responsibility they have toward society
D) processes that experts use to categorize public assets
Q4) What are the three different kinds of e-learning approaches?
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