MIS 346 MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
(Quiz 1) There has been accelerated competition among market leaders concurrent with
the increases in the quality and quantity of IT investments. T/F - Answers - True
(Quiz 1) 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. business strategy
(Quiz 1) A data facilitator is:
A. a firm funds a project or creates a new service by cost savings.
B. a company that sells big data that they have harvested.
C. a company that supplies data users and suppliers with dig data infrastructure
solutions.
D. a company that leverages big data for internal purposes to improve their operations
E. a web-based tool provided to merchants, enablings information to flow without any
manual intervention. - Answers - C. a company that supplies data users and suppliers
with dig data infrastructure solutions.
(Quiz 1) General managers should take an active role in decisions about information
systems. This is vital because:
A. The IS department cannot be trusted to make good decisions.
B. The IS department has not been trained to make general business decisions.
C. The IS department does not have the company's best interests as its focus.
D. Information systems are designed to support business objectives.
E. Information systems are normally incongruent with business strategies. - Answers -
D. Information systems are designed to support business objectives.
(Quiz 1) A social business strategy is designed to use social IT tools for all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. Collaborating with stakeholders
B. Building deeper connections with stakeholders
C. Innovating with stakeholders
D. Excluding stakeholders
, E. Networking with employees, customer and/or suppliers - Answers - D. Excluding
stakeholders
(Quiz 1) 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.
Understand the use and consequences of technologies relevant to the business
(Quiz 1) To avoid unwanted consequences, altering the IT Strategy requires
adjustments to the organizational strategy. T/F - Answers - True
(Quiz 1) This framework is called the ____________________ because it relates
business strategy with IS strategy and organizational strategy.
A. Porter's Generic Framework
B. Hypercompetition Model
C. Information Technology Matrix
D. IS Strategy Model
E. Information Systems Strategy Triangle - Answers - E. Information Systems Strategy
Triangle
(Quiz 1) A bank provides its customers mobile applications that significantly simplify
traditional banking activities. For example, a customer can use a smartphone to take a
picture of a check and electronically deposit into an account. This unique service
demonstrates the bank's desire to practice which one of Porter's strategies?
A. Differentiation
B. Focus
C. Cost leadership
D. Broad focus
E. Cost differentiation - Answers - A. Differentiation
(Quiz 1) By using IS to achieve economies of scale and generate operating efficiencies,
Walmart epitomizes which one of Porter's generic strategies?
A. Differentiation
B. Focus
C. Cost leadership
D. Broad focus
E. Cost differentiation - Answers - C. Cost leadership
ANSWERS 2026
(Quiz 1) There has been accelerated competition among market leaders concurrent with
the increases in the quality and quantity of IT investments. T/F - Answers - True
(Quiz 1) 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. business strategy
(Quiz 1) A data facilitator is:
A. a firm funds a project or creates a new service by cost savings.
B. a company that sells big data that they have harvested.
C. a company that supplies data users and suppliers with dig data infrastructure
solutions.
D. a company that leverages big data for internal purposes to improve their operations
E. a web-based tool provided to merchants, enablings information to flow without any
manual intervention. - Answers - C. a company that supplies data users and suppliers
with dig data infrastructure solutions.
(Quiz 1) General managers should take an active role in decisions about information
systems. This is vital because:
A. The IS department cannot be trusted to make good decisions.
B. The IS department has not been trained to make general business decisions.
C. The IS department does not have the company's best interests as its focus.
D. Information systems are designed to support business objectives.
E. Information systems are normally incongruent with business strategies. - Answers -
D. Information systems are designed to support business objectives.
(Quiz 1) A social business strategy is designed to use social IT tools for all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. Collaborating with stakeholders
B. Building deeper connections with stakeholders
C. Innovating with stakeholders
D. Excluding stakeholders
, E. Networking with employees, customer and/or suppliers - Answers - D. Excluding
stakeholders
(Quiz 1) 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.
Understand the use and consequences of technologies relevant to the business
(Quiz 1) To avoid unwanted consequences, altering the IT Strategy requires
adjustments to the organizational strategy. T/F - Answers - True
(Quiz 1) This framework is called the ____________________ because it relates
business strategy with IS strategy and organizational strategy.
A. Porter's Generic Framework
B. Hypercompetition Model
C. Information Technology Matrix
D. IS Strategy Model
E. Information Systems Strategy Triangle - Answers - E. Information Systems Strategy
Triangle
(Quiz 1) A bank provides its customers mobile applications that significantly simplify
traditional banking activities. For example, a customer can use a smartphone to take a
picture of a check and electronically deposit into an account. This unique service
demonstrates the bank's desire to practice which one of Porter's strategies?
A. Differentiation
B. Focus
C. Cost leadership
D. Broad focus
E. Cost differentiation - Answers - A. Differentiation
(Quiz 1) By using IS to achieve economies of scale and generate operating efficiencies,
Walmart epitomizes which one of Porter's generic strategies?
A. Differentiation
B. Focus
C. Cost leadership
D. Broad focus
E. Cost differentiation - Answers - C. Cost leadership
