MGT 300 NECK FINAL TEST EXAM RECENT
UPDATE QUESTION AND ANSWER. CHRISTMAS
WAVE. MUST PASS!!!
QUESTION: Liana has established a staff meeting for every Wednesday at 11:00 U.S., EST so she can keep
track of any issues that might arise. Sometimes she will videoconference; other times, phone
conference. The meetings were hard to schedule at a time where everyone could attend because her
staff is located in many different regions of the world. Everyone in the department is linked by a central
database. This company is a ______ organization. - ANSWER-virtual
The four factors of quality, timeliness, completeness, and relevance help determine the ______ to a
manager. - ANSWER-usefulness of information
QUESTION: The university's planned expansion was put on hold for another month due to some possible
environmental concerns that had been discovered. The administration's decisions were based on ______
information that was coming to them on a week-to week basis. - ANSWER-real-time
timely
,QUESTION: Information technology systems that are specific to managers' needs in order to provide the
information they need to acquire, share, organize, and manipulate is referred to as ______. - ANSWER-
management information systems (MIS)
QUESTION: Facts that are raw, summarized, or unanalyzed are defined as ______; when organized in a
meaningful way, these facts become useful ______. - ANSWER-data; information
QUESTION: The factors that determine the usefulness of information to a manager are: - ANSWER-
quality
timeliness
relevance
completeness
QUESTION: The set of methods for accessing, acquiring, organizing, transmitting, exchanging, and
storing information is ______. - ANSWER-information technology
QUESTION: The quality of information is determined by: - ANSWER-reliability
accuracy
QUESTION: Reliability and ______ determine the quality of ______. - ANSWER-accuracy; information
QUESTION: A managers' ability to make effective decisions rests on their ability to: - ANSWER-process
information
,acquire information
QUESTION: Real-time information reflects ______ conditions. - ANSWER-current
QUESTION: Management information technology is information technology that has been ______. -
ANSWER-generated using specific information that managers select in order to perform their jobs
effectively
QUESTION: When sales numbers have been gathered, but have not yet been analyzed, the numbers are,
for the time being, ______. - ANSWER-raw data
QUESTION: Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are the four principal ______ tasks. - ANSWER-
managerial
QUESTION: To achieve organizational goals, another basic task of management is coordinating: -
ANSWER-divisional activities
departmental activities
QUESTION: To make effective decisions, managers need information from: - ANSWER-insides the
organization
external stakeholders
, QUESTION: Advances in IT have enabled managers to - ANSWER-use information in more effective ways
make significant leaps in the way they can collect more timely, complete, relevant, and high-quality
information.
QUESTION: The university's planned expansion was put on hold for another month due to some possible
environmental concerns that had been discovered. The administration's decisions were based on ______
information that was coming to them on a week-to week basis - ANSWER-real-time
timely
QUESTION: The four principal tasks of management are planning, organizing, and - ANSWER-controlling
leading
QUESTION: In order to achieve a high level of coordination between departmental and divisional
activities, managers use IT systems to gather and process quality ______. - ANSWER-information
QUESTION: IT affects the ______ of a product's life cycle. - ANSWER-length
QUESTION: Advancing IT allows companies to ______. - ANSWER-improve responsiveness to customers
QUESTION: The demand for a product changes in a predictable pattern over a period of time; this is
referred to as a product's ______ cycle.li - ANSWER-life
UPDATE QUESTION AND ANSWER. CHRISTMAS
WAVE. MUST PASS!!!
QUESTION: Liana has established a staff meeting for every Wednesday at 11:00 U.S., EST so she can keep
track of any issues that might arise. Sometimes she will videoconference; other times, phone
conference. The meetings were hard to schedule at a time where everyone could attend because her
staff is located in many different regions of the world. Everyone in the department is linked by a central
database. This company is a ______ organization. - ANSWER-virtual
The four factors of quality, timeliness, completeness, and relevance help determine the ______ to a
manager. - ANSWER-usefulness of information
QUESTION: The university's planned expansion was put on hold for another month due to some possible
environmental concerns that had been discovered. The administration's decisions were based on ______
information that was coming to them on a week-to week basis. - ANSWER-real-time
timely
,QUESTION: Information technology systems that are specific to managers' needs in order to provide the
information they need to acquire, share, organize, and manipulate is referred to as ______. - ANSWER-
management information systems (MIS)
QUESTION: Facts that are raw, summarized, or unanalyzed are defined as ______; when organized in a
meaningful way, these facts become useful ______. - ANSWER-data; information
QUESTION: The factors that determine the usefulness of information to a manager are: - ANSWER-
quality
timeliness
relevance
completeness
QUESTION: The set of methods for accessing, acquiring, organizing, transmitting, exchanging, and
storing information is ______. - ANSWER-information technology
QUESTION: The quality of information is determined by: - ANSWER-reliability
accuracy
QUESTION: Reliability and ______ determine the quality of ______. - ANSWER-accuracy; information
QUESTION: A managers' ability to make effective decisions rests on their ability to: - ANSWER-process
information
,acquire information
QUESTION: Real-time information reflects ______ conditions. - ANSWER-current
QUESTION: Management information technology is information technology that has been ______. -
ANSWER-generated using specific information that managers select in order to perform their jobs
effectively
QUESTION: When sales numbers have been gathered, but have not yet been analyzed, the numbers are,
for the time being, ______. - ANSWER-raw data
QUESTION: Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are the four principal ______ tasks. - ANSWER-
managerial
QUESTION: To achieve organizational goals, another basic task of management is coordinating: -
ANSWER-divisional activities
departmental activities
QUESTION: To make effective decisions, managers need information from: - ANSWER-insides the
organization
external stakeholders
, QUESTION: Advances in IT have enabled managers to - ANSWER-use information in more effective ways
make significant leaps in the way they can collect more timely, complete, relevant, and high-quality
information.
QUESTION: The university's planned expansion was put on hold for another month due to some possible
environmental concerns that had been discovered. The administration's decisions were based on ______
information that was coming to them on a week-to week basis - ANSWER-real-time
timely
QUESTION: The four principal tasks of management are planning, organizing, and - ANSWER-controlling
leading
QUESTION: In order to achieve a high level of coordination between departmental and divisional
activities, managers use IT systems to gather and process quality ______. - ANSWER-information
QUESTION: IT affects the ______ of a product's life cycle. - ANSWER-length
QUESTION: Advancing IT allows companies to ______. - ANSWER-improve responsiveness to customers
QUESTION: The demand for a product changes in a predictable pattern over a period of time; this is
referred to as a product's ______ cycle.li - ANSWER-life
