ISM 3011 CH 1-6 QUIZZES QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
You just had a meeting with your manager, and she said that the department had to
create and test some exciting new opportunities and then decide which of those were
practical to work on given the resources that your department has at its disposal. Your
manager is asking the people in her department to use their ________ skills. - Answers
- experimentation
Why is an MIS course the best place to learn the four components of nonroutine
cognitive thinking related to job security? - Answers - You will learn to construct models,
connect inputs to outputs into a sensible whole, work with others to achieve common
goals, and analyze opportunities effectively.
Bill came from IS and was helping Suzy get some procedural issues arranged on her
computer. At one point Bill needed to be logged into Suzy's computer, so he asked her
politely to "do-si-do" chairs with him so that he could log in. Suzy became irate and told
Bill to just tell her his password so she could type it in for him. Bill refused and quietly
left Suzy's office. What did Suzy do wrong? - Answers - Suzy should have done the "do-
si-do" with Bill so that he could log in securely and then complete what he needed to do
in his account and then log out of his account securely.
A principle known as Moore's Law states that the number of transistors per square inch
of integrated circuit will double about every 18 months. What is the MOST important
effect of this law in modern times? - Answers - Makes the cost of data communications
essentially zero
What are the components of an information system (in their correct order)? - Answers -
Hardware, software, data, procedures, and people
As a modern business manager, you no longer need to be concerned with how fast the
computers your company buys are because ________? - Answers - Moore's Law has
proven to be true over the last several decades and the cost of computing speed has
fallen dramatically
Your coworker tells you that the boss just told him that unless he gets a lot better at
modeling events involved in the life cycle of one of the company products he will lose
his job. You realize that he needs to work on his ________ skills. - Answers - abstract
reasoning
In our modern world, there is little "job security." Which of the following supports this
claim? - Answers - Free data communications make it possible to outsource routine
skills to the lowest bidder practically anywhere in the world.
,An MIS course is vitally important because you will learn the four key skills needed; you
will learn to assess, evaluate, and apply emerging information technologies to business;
and you ________. - Answers - will learn the marketable skills of abstraction,
collaboration, systems thinking, and experimentation
According to the author __________ making a reasoned analysis of an opportunity,
envisioning potential solutions, evaluating those possibilities, and developing the most
promising ones. - Answers - experimentation is
Your department manager has given you the responsibility of holding a meeting
regarding password integrity. In the meeting a number of good employees complain that
the rules for creating a good password are too strict. What should you do? - Answers -
Calmly explain the reasoning behind why password security is vitally important to the
company and the future of its workers. Once they understand that, they may still not like
the rules, but they will probably follow them.
You are the finance manager for a medium-sized company, and you have been
instructed to assist in the analysis of a competitor's business practices. You know that
from the design of an information system that you should be able to detail an
organization's competitive strategy because ________. - Answers - industry structure
dictates competitive advantage and competitive advantage dictates the design of an
information system because its purpose is to help achieve their strategies
In an airline reservation system, what component of the information system would
manage the reservations of the passengers? - Answers - Software
Your MIS course is the best place to learn the four components of nonroutine cognitive
thinking related to job security because you will learn to ________. - Answers -
construct models, connect inputs to outputs into a sensible whole, work with others to
achieve common goals, and analyze opportunities effectively
You receive a call from one of your managers, who informs you that all of the computers
in the data entry pool are malfunctioning. Employees can gain access to the Internet,
but they cannot open the database to do their work. You immediately recognize this as
a ________ problem, and you call the ________. - Answers - software, IT department
A message was sent out to all of the workers in your department. The message was
from the boss, and it said that people who want to specialize in systems thinking should
come to his office to apply for the new opportunity. You know that only people who are
skilled at ________ should apply. - Answers - modeling the components of a system
and then connecting the inputs to the outputs and finally create an image of the whole
that reflects the structure and dynamics of the phenomenon observed
MIS uses information systems to help businesses achieve their strategies. Which three
key elements are included in this definition of MIS? - Answers - Management and use,
information systems, and strategies
, You know that Joe was born in 1995 and that his dog is named Bogart. Joe's girlfriend's
name is Suzy, and she drives a Cadillac Escalade. Joe works for Bob's Burgers on
weekends and plays the guitar in a garage band. Joe has not followed the rules for a
proper password. Which is MOST likely to be Joe's password? - Answers -
J&SCaddy/bob'sburgs
You are in your cubicle working on a special report for your boss to take to the big
meeting this afternoon. Suddenly, your document disappears from the screen. You
know that you saved a copy on the server, but now you find that your computer doesn't
seem to be able to access the server. Which component of the five-component model
do you suspect is at fault? - Answers - Hardware
Given that the five-component model of information systems includes hardware,
software, data, procedures, and people, which of the five would relate to the actions that
someone might take while entering new information into the database? - Answers -
Procedure
At a college or university, what part of the information system would be responsible for
the proper entry and management of students' grades? - Answers - Procedures
What is the difference between IT and IS? - Answers - Information technology (IT)
refers to the products, methods, inventions, and standards that are used for the purpose
of producing information. IT pertains to the hardware, software, and data components.
An information system (IS) is an assembly of hardware, software, data, procedures, and
people that produces information.
You just came back to your office from a meeting about IS security. You decide to check
your employee passwords to see if they meet the standard. The first one you look at is
Jimmy09201998. What is wrong with this password? - Answers - There are several
things wrong with this password. It contains a proper name---
"Jimmy"---and
what looks like a complete date, probably Jimmy's birthday. It is long enough, but it
doesn't contain any special characters.
Experts in the job market have identified which four skill components that modern-day
workers need to focus on in order to maximize their job security? - Answers - Abstract
reasoning, collaboration, systems thinking, and experimentation
Using BPMN, business processes are typically organized into what is called ________.
- Answers - swimlane format
For the purpose of documenting a business process, the particular medium in which the
data is stored is ___________. - Answers - unimportant.
You just had a meeting with your manager, and she said that the department had to
create and test some exciting new opportunities and then decide which of those were
practical to work on given the resources that your department has at its disposal. Your
manager is asking the people in her department to use their ________ skills. - Answers
- experimentation
Why is an MIS course the best place to learn the four components of nonroutine
cognitive thinking related to job security? - Answers - You will learn to construct models,
connect inputs to outputs into a sensible whole, work with others to achieve common
goals, and analyze opportunities effectively.
Bill came from IS and was helping Suzy get some procedural issues arranged on her
computer. At one point Bill needed to be logged into Suzy's computer, so he asked her
politely to "do-si-do" chairs with him so that he could log in. Suzy became irate and told
Bill to just tell her his password so she could type it in for him. Bill refused and quietly
left Suzy's office. What did Suzy do wrong? - Answers - Suzy should have done the "do-
si-do" with Bill so that he could log in securely and then complete what he needed to do
in his account and then log out of his account securely.
A principle known as Moore's Law states that the number of transistors per square inch
of integrated circuit will double about every 18 months. What is the MOST important
effect of this law in modern times? - Answers - Makes the cost of data communications
essentially zero
What are the components of an information system (in their correct order)? - Answers -
Hardware, software, data, procedures, and people
As a modern business manager, you no longer need to be concerned with how fast the
computers your company buys are because ________? - Answers - Moore's Law has
proven to be true over the last several decades and the cost of computing speed has
fallen dramatically
Your coworker tells you that the boss just told him that unless he gets a lot better at
modeling events involved in the life cycle of one of the company products he will lose
his job. You realize that he needs to work on his ________ skills. - Answers - abstract
reasoning
In our modern world, there is little "job security." Which of the following supports this
claim? - Answers - Free data communications make it possible to outsource routine
skills to the lowest bidder practically anywhere in the world.
,An MIS course is vitally important because you will learn the four key skills needed; you
will learn to assess, evaluate, and apply emerging information technologies to business;
and you ________. - Answers - will learn the marketable skills of abstraction,
collaboration, systems thinking, and experimentation
According to the author __________ making a reasoned analysis of an opportunity,
envisioning potential solutions, evaluating those possibilities, and developing the most
promising ones. - Answers - experimentation is
Your department manager has given you the responsibility of holding a meeting
regarding password integrity. In the meeting a number of good employees complain that
the rules for creating a good password are too strict. What should you do? - Answers -
Calmly explain the reasoning behind why password security is vitally important to the
company and the future of its workers. Once they understand that, they may still not like
the rules, but they will probably follow them.
You are the finance manager for a medium-sized company, and you have been
instructed to assist in the analysis of a competitor's business practices. You know that
from the design of an information system that you should be able to detail an
organization's competitive strategy because ________. - Answers - industry structure
dictates competitive advantage and competitive advantage dictates the design of an
information system because its purpose is to help achieve their strategies
In an airline reservation system, what component of the information system would
manage the reservations of the passengers? - Answers - Software
Your MIS course is the best place to learn the four components of nonroutine cognitive
thinking related to job security because you will learn to ________. - Answers -
construct models, connect inputs to outputs into a sensible whole, work with others to
achieve common goals, and analyze opportunities effectively
You receive a call from one of your managers, who informs you that all of the computers
in the data entry pool are malfunctioning. Employees can gain access to the Internet,
but they cannot open the database to do their work. You immediately recognize this as
a ________ problem, and you call the ________. - Answers - software, IT department
A message was sent out to all of the workers in your department. The message was
from the boss, and it said that people who want to specialize in systems thinking should
come to his office to apply for the new opportunity. You know that only people who are
skilled at ________ should apply. - Answers - modeling the components of a system
and then connecting the inputs to the outputs and finally create an image of the whole
that reflects the structure and dynamics of the phenomenon observed
MIS uses information systems to help businesses achieve their strategies. Which three
key elements are included in this definition of MIS? - Answers - Management and use,
information systems, and strategies
, You know that Joe was born in 1995 and that his dog is named Bogart. Joe's girlfriend's
name is Suzy, and she drives a Cadillac Escalade. Joe works for Bob's Burgers on
weekends and plays the guitar in a garage band. Joe has not followed the rules for a
proper password. Which is MOST likely to be Joe's password? - Answers -
J&SCaddy/bob'sburgs
You are in your cubicle working on a special report for your boss to take to the big
meeting this afternoon. Suddenly, your document disappears from the screen. You
know that you saved a copy on the server, but now you find that your computer doesn't
seem to be able to access the server. Which component of the five-component model
do you suspect is at fault? - Answers - Hardware
Given that the five-component model of information systems includes hardware,
software, data, procedures, and people, which of the five would relate to the actions that
someone might take while entering new information into the database? - Answers -
Procedure
At a college or university, what part of the information system would be responsible for
the proper entry and management of students' grades? - Answers - Procedures
What is the difference between IT and IS? - Answers - Information technology (IT)
refers to the products, methods, inventions, and standards that are used for the purpose
of producing information. IT pertains to the hardware, software, and data components.
An information system (IS) is an assembly of hardware, software, data, procedures, and
people that produces information.
You just came back to your office from a meeting about IS security. You decide to check
your employee passwords to see if they meet the standard. The first one you look at is
Jimmy09201998. What is wrong with this password? - Answers - There are several
things wrong with this password. It contains a proper name---
"Jimmy"---and
what looks like a complete date, probably Jimmy's birthday. It is long enough, but it
doesn't contain any special characters.
Experts in the job market have identified which four skill components that modern-day
workers need to focus on in order to maximize their job security? - Answers - Abstract
reasoning, collaboration, systems thinking, and experimentation
Using BPMN, business processes are typically organized into what is called ________.
- Answers - swimlane format
For the purpose of documenting a business process, the particular medium in which the
data is stored is ___________. - Answers - unimportant.
