1. Information is simply a collection of raw facts such as an employee number or the total hours
worked in a week.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
2. Providing information to customers can help companies increase revenues and profits.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
3. Information and data are essentially the same thing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
,DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
4. Using a computer to forecast future sales and order more inventory before a shortage can occur
is an example of information system feedback.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
5. The technology infrastructure is a set of shared IS resources that form the foundation of each
computer-based information system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
,6. Application software, such as Microsoft Windows, manages basic computer operations such as
start-up.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
7. Both system software and application software are needed for all types of computers, from
small handheld computers to large supercomputers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
8. Information about the documents on the Web and access to these documents are controlled and
provided by tens of thousands of special computers called Web servers.
a. True
b. False
, ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
9. The World Wide Web (WWW) is a network of links on the Internet to documents containing
text, graphics, video, and sound.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
10. An intranet is a network based on Web technologies that allows selected outsiders, such as
business partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a company's extranet.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
worked in a week.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
2. Providing information to customers can help companies increase revenues and profits.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
3. Information and data are essentially the same thing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
,DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
4. Using a computer to forecast future sales and order more inventory before a shortage can occur
is an example of information system feedback.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
5. The technology infrastructure is a set of shared IS resources that form the foundation of each
computer-based information system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
,6. Application software, such as Microsoft Windows, manages basic computer operations such as
start-up.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
7. Both system software and application software are needed for all types of computers, from
small handheld computers to large supercomputers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
8. Information about the documents on the Web and access to these documents are controlled and
provided by tens of thousands of special computers called Web servers.
a. True
b. False
, ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
9. The World Wide Web (WWW) is a network of links on the Internet to documents containing
text, graphics, video, and sound.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
10. An intranet is a network based on Web technologies that allows selected outsiders, such as
business partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a company's extranet.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 01.01
