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Exam 2025/2026: A+ Guaranteed Prep with
Actual Answers
All of the following are identified causes of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill
EXCEPT for:
a) Repeated failure to follow safety procedures
b) The alignment of the Information Systems Strategy Triangle
c) The failure of automated systems
d) The leadership and organizational culture at BP
e) Inadequate quality standards - answers b
A general manager should:
a) Rely on IS personnel to make IS decisions
b) Ignore how IS are used and managed
c) Have a deep technical knowledge of IS
d) Understand the use and consequences of technologies relevant to the business
e) Not be expected to ask or understand technology related questions - answers d
When a company's business strategy and technology strategy are intertwined, this
situation is known as _______.
a. convergence
b. alignment
c. dynamic
d. differentiation
e. technologically adjusted - answers a
,Organizational, cultural, and control variables are considered the ________ used by
decision makers to effect change in their organization.
a. collaboration tools
b. managerial levers
c. events
d. IS
e. organization objectives - answers b
The ________________________ is a plan articulating where a business seeks to go
and how it expects to get there.
a. vision statement
b. mission statement
c. stakeholder statement
d. stockholder statement
e. business strategy - answers e
Organizations seek to gain a competitive advantage by differentiation, cost, or
_________.
a. service
b. focus
c. profit
d. value
e. speed - answers b
Google has disrupted a number of industries, particularly the advertising and software
industries. Google's ability to quickly and aggressively provide new products and
,services is best described by:
a. Porter's Generic Strategies
b. The Hypercompetition Model
c. The Information Systems Strategy Triangle
d. The Social Business Strategy
e. Customer Relationship Management - answers b
Through the use of various technologies, a ski resort tracks the slopes each customer
skis and the times he or she skis them. Skiers then have the ability to view this
information online, and can choose to seamlessly share their accomplishments on
Facebook. In addition, photographers positioned at the resort post pictures on
Facebook for the skier. This ski resort has worked hard to develop a strong:
a. IS Strategy
b. Social business strategy
c. Business strategy
d. Organizational strategy
e. Customer strategy - answers b
The organizational strategy should ideally _____ the IS strategy.
a. drive
b. complement
c. dictate
d. ignore
e. sustain - answers b
The general manager for a retail clothing outlet was recently cited as saying, "IT is the
cornerstone of our company. All of our decisions are based on the sophisticated
systems that we have deployed throughout our organization. IT drives our decisions."
What position should the manager hold regarding IT and its influence on decision
making?
, a. IT should drive business decisions.
b. Organizational goals should drive IT decisions.
c. Organizational strategy should drive IS decision making.
d. Business strategy should drive IS decision making
e. All strategy should be driven by IT strategy. - answers d
To remain competitive, an organization's business strategy must adapt and respond to
all of the following variables. Which variable in particular does IS help to determine?
a. Market forces
b. Customer demands
c. The capabilities of the organization
d. The organization's mission
e. Organizational design - answers c
The physical means by which information is exchanged among hardware components is
called _______.
a) hardware
b) software
c) networking
d) personnel
e) data - answers c
Significant changes in IS should trigger a reassessment of the _____________.
a. business strategy
b. social strategy
c. process strategy
d. data strategy
Exam 2025/2026: A+ Guaranteed Prep with
Actual Answers
All of the following are identified causes of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill
EXCEPT for:
a) Repeated failure to follow safety procedures
b) The alignment of the Information Systems Strategy Triangle
c) The failure of automated systems
d) The leadership and organizational culture at BP
e) Inadequate quality standards - answers b
A general manager should:
a) Rely on IS personnel to make IS decisions
b) Ignore how IS are used and managed
c) Have a deep technical knowledge of IS
d) Understand the use and consequences of technologies relevant to the business
e) Not be expected to ask or understand technology related questions - answers d
When a company's business strategy and technology strategy are intertwined, this
situation is known as _______.
a. convergence
b. alignment
c. dynamic
d. differentiation
e. technologically adjusted - answers a
,Organizational, cultural, and control variables are considered the ________ used by
decision makers to effect change in their organization.
a. collaboration tools
b. managerial levers
c. events
d. IS
e. organization objectives - answers b
The ________________________ is a plan articulating where a business seeks to go
and how it expects to get there.
a. vision statement
b. mission statement
c. stakeholder statement
d. stockholder statement
e. business strategy - answers e
Organizations seek to gain a competitive advantage by differentiation, cost, or
_________.
a. service
b. focus
c. profit
d. value
e. speed - answers b
Google has disrupted a number of industries, particularly the advertising and software
industries. Google's ability to quickly and aggressively provide new products and
,services is best described by:
a. Porter's Generic Strategies
b. The Hypercompetition Model
c. The Information Systems Strategy Triangle
d. The Social Business Strategy
e. Customer Relationship Management - answers b
Through the use of various technologies, a ski resort tracks the slopes each customer
skis and the times he or she skis them. Skiers then have the ability to view this
information online, and can choose to seamlessly share their accomplishments on
Facebook. In addition, photographers positioned at the resort post pictures on
Facebook for the skier. This ski resort has worked hard to develop a strong:
a. IS Strategy
b. Social business strategy
c. Business strategy
d. Organizational strategy
e. Customer strategy - answers b
The organizational strategy should ideally _____ the IS strategy.
a. drive
b. complement
c. dictate
d. ignore
e. sustain - answers b
The general manager for a retail clothing outlet was recently cited as saying, "IT is the
cornerstone of our company. All of our decisions are based on the sophisticated
systems that we have deployed throughout our organization. IT drives our decisions."
What position should the manager hold regarding IT and its influence on decision
making?
, a. IT should drive business decisions.
b. Organizational goals should drive IT decisions.
c. Organizational strategy should drive IS decision making.
d. Business strategy should drive IS decision making
e. All strategy should be driven by IT strategy. - answers d
To remain competitive, an organization's business strategy must adapt and respond to
all of the following variables. Which variable in particular does IS help to determine?
a. Market forces
b. Customer demands
c. The capabilities of the organization
d. The organization's mission
e. Organizational design - answers c
The physical means by which information is exchanged among hardware components is
called _______.
a) hardware
b) software
c) networking
d) personnel
e) data - answers c
Significant changes in IS should trigger a reassessment of the _____________.
a. business strategy
b. social strategy
c. process strategy
d. data strategy
