Title: Managing and Using Information Systems 8th Edition – Comprehensive Textbook Summary and Key Concepts Overview

Managing and Using Information Systems 8th Edition


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, Chapter0 (Introduction) x x




Multiple Choice x




1. What requires a unit of analysis, has been processed, and requires human mediation?
x x x x x x x x x x x x




a) Data
b) Information
c) Knowledge
d) Legacy
e) None of the above x x x




Ans: b (Medium)
x x




xResponse: See page 11
x x x




2. Roles that managers fill, according to Mintzberg, include all of the
x x x x x x x x x x




xfollowing except: x




a) Figurehead
b) Disseminator
c) Disciplinarian
d) Entrepreneur

, e) Resource Allocator x




Ans: c (Hard)
x x




xResponse: See page 9
x x x




3. Which of the following is not a Decisional role?
x x x x x x x x




a) Entrepreneur
b) Disturbance handler x

, c) Negotiator
d) Resource allocator x




e) Spokesperson


Ans: e (Medium)
x x




xResponse: See page 9 x x x




4. What skills would be required to be a visionary manager?
x x x x x x x x x




a) Communication and Information gathering x x x




b) Flexibility and creativity x x




c) Analytical and organizational x x




d) All of the above x x x




e) None of the above x x x




xAns: b (Easy)
x x




Response: See page 7 x x x




5. Define Wisdom: x




a) knowledge infused with intuition and judgment that facilitates the ability to make
x x x x x x x x x x x




x decisions
b) a process x




c) all forms of technology used to create data
x x x x x x x




d) anything that makes a person clever x x x x x




e) only d and b x x x




Ans: a (Easy)
x x




xResponse: See page 12 x x x




6. Data is: x




a) information endowed with relevance and purpose x x x x x




b) set of specific objective facts or observations
x x x x x x




c) some information x




d) all of the above x x x




e) only a and c x x x