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Which of the following is not one of the four functional areas common among
most companies?
Marketing and Sales
Accounting and Finance
Supply Chain Management
✅
Human Resources
Logistics and Distribution Management - correct answer Logistics and
Distribution management
A business process can be thought of as:
All of the above, i.e. all of the other answers.
a function that supports one single business entity.
a collection of activities that turns inputs into outputs to create value.
a software package or module inherent in a business.
answer ✅
the flow of work from one functional area of a business to another. - correct
a collection of activities that turns inputs into outputs to create value.
Business processes typically span across multiple business functions:
✅
True
False - correct answer True
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Which of the following entities are included in the information systems used to
store, organize, analyze and deliver information to today's businesses?
procedures
computers
software
✅
people
All of the above, i.e. all of the other answers. - correct answer All the above
Information systems that are designed to share information across the functional
areas of a business are called:
complete information systems.
linked information systems.
third-party information systems.
✅
integrated information systems.
middleware information systems. - correct answer Integrated information
systems
Business processes only affect external customers and never an internal customer
of a business such as another department in an organization:
✅
Correct!
False - correct answer False
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A successful business manager will view all of their company's business functions,
processes, and operations from the perspective of:
a satisfied customer.
a positive cash flow.
an accurate sales forecast.
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a maximized revenue.
a profitable sale. - correct answer A satisfied customer
A core software program (or collection of programs) that is used by companies to
coordinate and integrate information across all areas of the business is called:
a server farm.
a mainframe computer.
Apache server software.
✅
the cloud.
an ERP system. - correct answer An ERP system
One of the benefits of an integrated information system is that the data stored by
one functional area of a business is kept separate from the other functional areas
for security purposes:
True