CSCI Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions And Correct Answers
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Terms in this set (170)
What benefits do information systems and computer Job and wage benefits beyond just IS professionals.
technology provide?
What does a differentiation strategy do? Adds cost to an activity as long as the activity has a positive margin.
What does Moore's Law state? The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18
months.
Will the importance of nonroutine cognitive skills increase.
increase or decrease in the future?
Can a cost or differentiation strategy be tailored to yes
specific industry segments?
What determines the structure, features, and functions of Competitive strategy.
every information system?
What is a support activity in the value chain that includes Technology.
developing new techniques?
Do supporting functions of the value chain incur costs? Yes, they add value indirectly.
What does experimentation reduce? The fear of failure.
What does a business process involve? Finding potential customers, contacting them, and assigning a salesperson.
What is key to improving organizational effectiveness and Focusing on business processes.
efficiency?
, What is abstract reasoning? A nonroutine cognitive skill that provides job security.
What are the four fundamental competitive strategies? 1. Lowest cost across an industry. 2. Lowest cost within an industry segment. 3.
Differentiation across an industry. 4. Differentiation within an industry segment.
What is a key for companies when choosing a The competitive strategy must be distinctive and maintainable.
competitive strategy?
What is cost defined as? What it takes to produce a product or service.
What is the sequence of how organizational strategy 1. Determine industry structure. 2. Formulate competitive strategy. 3. Determine
determines MIS? value chain structure. 4. Formulate business processes.
What does Porter's five forces determine? The characteristics of the industry, profitability, and sustainability.
What is systems thinking? The ability to model components of a system and connect inputs and outputs.
What is a value chain? A network of value-creating activities.
What do business processes determine? The scope and requirements of each organization's information systems.
What supports collaboration if done properly? Critical feedback.
What do future business professionals need to access Emerging information technology.
and evaluate?
How did Porter define value? The amount of money a customer is willing to pay for a resource, product, or
service.
What does sales and marketing involve? Promoting and selling, not physically moving products.
What corresponds to outbound logistics? Collection, storage, and physical distribution of products.
What are linkages in Porter's model of business activities? Interactions across value activities.
What is a dynamic process? A process that cannot be reduced to fixed activities done the same way every
time.
What is the most important component of information People.
systems?
What includes the computer, keyboard, and monitor in an Hardware.
information system?
What is a business process? A sequence of activities for accomplishing a function.
What must change when the process changes? Procedure.
What is a role in a business process? A subset of activities performed by a particular actor.
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Terms in this set (170)
What benefits do information systems and computer Job and wage benefits beyond just IS professionals.
technology provide?
What does a differentiation strategy do? Adds cost to an activity as long as the activity has a positive margin.
What does Moore's Law state? The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18
months.
Will the importance of nonroutine cognitive skills increase.
increase or decrease in the future?
Can a cost or differentiation strategy be tailored to yes
specific industry segments?
What determines the structure, features, and functions of Competitive strategy.
every information system?
What is a support activity in the value chain that includes Technology.
developing new techniques?
Do supporting functions of the value chain incur costs? Yes, they add value indirectly.
What does experimentation reduce? The fear of failure.
What does a business process involve? Finding potential customers, contacting them, and assigning a salesperson.
What is key to improving organizational effectiveness and Focusing on business processes.
efficiency?
, What is abstract reasoning? A nonroutine cognitive skill that provides job security.
What are the four fundamental competitive strategies? 1. Lowest cost across an industry. 2. Lowest cost within an industry segment. 3.
Differentiation across an industry. 4. Differentiation within an industry segment.
What is a key for companies when choosing a The competitive strategy must be distinctive and maintainable.
competitive strategy?
What is cost defined as? What it takes to produce a product or service.
What is the sequence of how organizational strategy 1. Determine industry structure. 2. Formulate competitive strategy. 3. Determine
determines MIS? value chain structure. 4. Formulate business processes.
What does Porter's five forces determine? The characteristics of the industry, profitability, and sustainability.
What is systems thinking? The ability to model components of a system and connect inputs and outputs.
What is a value chain? A network of value-creating activities.
What do business processes determine? The scope and requirements of each organization's information systems.
What supports collaboration if done properly? Critical feedback.
What do future business professionals need to access Emerging information technology.
and evaluate?
How did Porter define value? The amount of money a customer is willing to pay for a resource, product, or
service.
What does sales and marketing involve? Promoting and selling, not physically moving products.
What corresponds to outbound logistics? Collection, storage, and physical distribution of products.
What are linkages in Porter's model of business activities? Interactions across value activities.
What is a dynamic process? A process that cannot be reduced to fixed activities done the same way every
time.
What is the most important component of information People.
systems?
What includes the computer, keyboard, and monitor in an Hardware.
information system?
What is a business process? A sequence of activities for accomplishing a function.
What must change when the process changes? Procedure.
What is a role in a business process? A subset of activities performed by a particular actor.
