MIS 346 MIDTERM EXAM (CH. 1-6) QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
Businesses today link their customers and suppliers through a single network that
optimizes cost and opportunities for all. This is possible because of all of the following
reasons EXCEPT: - Answers - The inability to coordinate workflow across
organizational boundaries
Associate the quality/perception of change to the appropriate change management
strategy.
Greater internal resistance - Answers - Radical Change
Associate the quality/perception of change to the appropriate change management
strategy.
Challenging old assumptions - Answers - Radical change
Associate the quality/perception of change to the appropriate change management
strategy.
Empowerment of the individuals - Answers - Incremental change
Associate the quality/perception of change to the appropriate change management
strategy.
Continuous process improvement - Answers - Incremental change
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Receive requirements for goods - Answers - 1rst
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Create and send a purchase order to a vendor for the needed goods - Answers - 2nd
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Receive the goods - Answers - 3rd
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Verify the vendor invoice - Answers - 4th
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Pay the vendor - Answers - 5th
, Enterprise systems are useful for organizations seeking to do all of the following except
- Answers - Encourage duplication of data
Identify the specific components of the payroll business process
Pay distributed to employees - Answers - Output
Identify the specific components of the payroll business process
Determination of employee benefit costs - Answers - Task
Identify the specific components of the payroll business process
Accuracy & completeness of employee payment - Answers - Metric
Identify the specific components of the payroll business process
Hours worked by employees for the pay period - Answers - Input
Early computer systems were designed to support the silo perspective rather than a
cross-functional business process approach. - Answers - True
Which one of the following enterprise systems is social IT increasingly intergrating with -
Answers - CRM
Sloane Valve's successful effort to redesign its new product development (NPD)
process can be classified as radical design. - Answers - True
Enterprise systems are large information systems that provide the core functionality
needed to run a business and share data across all divisions of the business. - Answers
- True
The functional perspective keeps the "big picture" in view - Answers - False
Which one of the following is NOT a quality associated with agile and dynamic business
processes? - Answers - Change requires significant redesign effor
All of the following are good metrics a firm can use to measure the success of a
business process EXCEPT for: - Answers - The change in demographics of a region.
Match the business process with the enterprise system that supports the process
ERP - Answers - Financial Management
Match the business process with the enterprise system that supports the process
PLM - Answers - Innovation Management
Match the business process with the enterprise system that supports the process
CRM - Answers - Loyalty Program Management
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
Businesses today link their customers and suppliers through a single network that
optimizes cost and opportunities for all. This is possible because of all of the following
reasons EXCEPT: - Answers - The inability to coordinate workflow across
organizational boundaries
Associate the quality/perception of change to the appropriate change management
strategy.
Greater internal resistance - Answers - Radical Change
Associate the quality/perception of change to the appropriate change management
strategy.
Challenging old assumptions - Answers - Radical change
Associate the quality/perception of change to the appropriate change management
strategy.
Empowerment of the individuals - Answers - Incremental change
Associate the quality/perception of change to the appropriate change management
strategy.
Continuous process improvement - Answers - Incremental change
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Receive requirements for goods - Answers - 1rst
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Create and send a purchase order to a vendor for the needed goods - Answers - 2nd
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Receive the goods - Answers - 3rd
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Verify the vendor invoice - Answers - 4th
Order the tasks below as they would appear in a simple, linear workflow diagram for the
procurement process.
Pay the vendor - Answers - 5th
, Enterprise systems are useful for organizations seeking to do all of the following except
- Answers - Encourage duplication of data
Identify the specific components of the payroll business process
Pay distributed to employees - Answers - Output
Identify the specific components of the payroll business process
Determination of employee benefit costs - Answers - Task
Identify the specific components of the payroll business process
Accuracy & completeness of employee payment - Answers - Metric
Identify the specific components of the payroll business process
Hours worked by employees for the pay period - Answers - Input
Early computer systems were designed to support the silo perspective rather than a
cross-functional business process approach. - Answers - True
Which one of the following enterprise systems is social IT increasingly intergrating with -
Answers - CRM
Sloane Valve's successful effort to redesign its new product development (NPD)
process can be classified as radical design. - Answers - True
Enterprise systems are large information systems that provide the core functionality
needed to run a business and share data across all divisions of the business. - Answers
- True
The functional perspective keeps the "big picture" in view - Answers - False
Which one of the following is NOT a quality associated with agile and dynamic business
processes? - Answers - Change requires significant redesign effor
All of the following are good metrics a firm can use to measure the success of a
business process EXCEPT for: - Answers - The change in demographics of a region.
Match the business process with the enterprise system that supports the process
ERP - Answers - Financial Management
Match the business process with the enterprise system that supports the process
PLM - Answers - Innovation Management
Match the business process with the enterprise system that supports the process
CRM - Answers - Loyalty Program Management
