MIS 6713 MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST GUIDE 2026
GRADED A+ .
, 1. manages entire organization or business unit ✔✔ correct answer General Manager
2. knowledge worker in charge of a functional area or team ✔✔ correct answer Functional Manager
3. Individuals who have direct use of software and content to complete tasks ✔✔ correct answer End User
4. Knowledge worker able to exploit the availability of data to their advantage. Do not choose data architect ✔✔
correct answer Data Scientist
5. Programmer, Network Administrator, Webmaster ✔✔ correct answer Information Systems Professional
6. Manger of many resources and many people, need to understand the tools that are being given to people. Need to
interact with IT staff. ✔✔ correct answer WhyisthereanInformation Systems Course in the MBA Curriculum?
7. CEO historically has background in operations. CIOs recognize that informa- tion is the primary driver of value for
organizations and CIOs are best equipped to run an organization. ✔✔ correct answer CEOs, CFOs, CIOs. Why are more CIOs
becoming CEOs?
8. Computer processing power doubles roughly every 18 months (transistors on a chip). Trend has persisted since the
1960s. ✔✔ correct answer Moore's Law
9. Formal sociotechnical organizational system designed to college, process, store information (Formal implies that
it has rules that are outlined and speci- fied. Sociotechnical implies technical and human interaction. An
organizational sponsor builds) ✔✔ correct answer Information System
10. Tools that knowledge workers to find and create information ✔✔ correct answer Information Technol- ogy
11. series of steps needed to complete a business activity ✔✔ correct answer Business Process
12. interdependence and feedback between components ✔✔ correct answer Systemic Ettects
13. (People, technology, structure, processes) ✔✔ correct answer 4 IS Components
14. People don't use it. Project or system is abandoned. ✔✔ correct answer How do you know if an Information System Implementation has
failed?
15. Use, efficiency, effectiveness ✔✔ correct answer What measures can you use to assess Information System Outcomes
16. only technical components change ✔✔ correct answer First Order of Change
17. people change ✔✔ correct answer Second Order
18. most disruptive, most dramatic - entire system changes STRUCTURE ✔✔ correct answer ThirdOrder
19. managerial approach calling for a process view of organization activities, focusing on internal business
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST GUIDE 2026
GRADED A+ .
, 1. manages entire organization or business unit ✔✔ correct answer General Manager
2. knowledge worker in charge of a functional area or team ✔✔ correct answer Functional Manager
3. Individuals who have direct use of software and content to complete tasks ✔✔ correct answer End User
4. Knowledge worker able to exploit the availability of data to their advantage. Do not choose data architect ✔✔
correct answer Data Scientist
5. Programmer, Network Administrator, Webmaster ✔✔ correct answer Information Systems Professional
6. Manger of many resources and many people, need to understand the tools that are being given to people. Need to
interact with IT staff. ✔✔ correct answer WhyisthereanInformation Systems Course in the MBA Curriculum?
7. CEO historically has background in operations. CIOs recognize that informa- tion is the primary driver of value for
organizations and CIOs are best equipped to run an organization. ✔✔ correct answer CEOs, CFOs, CIOs. Why are more CIOs
becoming CEOs?
8. Computer processing power doubles roughly every 18 months (transistors on a chip). Trend has persisted since the
1960s. ✔✔ correct answer Moore's Law
9. Formal sociotechnical organizational system designed to college, process, store information (Formal implies that
it has rules that are outlined and speci- fied. Sociotechnical implies technical and human interaction. An
organizational sponsor builds) ✔✔ correct answer Information System
10. Tools that knowledge workers to find and create information ✔✔ correct answer Information Technol- ogy
11. series of steps needed to complete a business activity ✔✔ correct answer Business Process
12. interdependence and feedback between components ✔✔ correct answer Systemic Ettects
13. (People, technology, structure, processes) ✔✔ correct answer 4 IS Components
14. People don't use it. Project or system is abandoned. ✔✔ correct answer How do you know if an Information System Implementation has
failed?
15. Use, efficiency, effectiveness ✔✔ correct answer What measures can you use to assess Information System Outcomes
16. only technical components change ✔✔ correct answer First Order of Change
17. people change ✔✔ correct answer Second Order
18. most disruptive, most dramatic - entire system changes STRUCTURE ✔✔ correct answer ThirdOrder
19. managerial approach calling for a process view of organization activities, focusing on internal business
