Test Bank For Managing Engineering and Technology 14th Edition All Chapters - 9780137982004.pdf

Chapter 2 Data Governance and IT Architecture Support Long-
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Multiple Choice
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1. businessnmodelsnstriventoncreatenthenbestnsolutionnornexperiencenfornthenc
ustomer.

a. Product-centric
b. Customer-centric
c. Profit-centric
d. Revenue-centric


Answer:nB
Difficulty:nEasy
SectionnReference:nChapternSnapshotnandnOpeningnCase
LearningnObjective:nProvidenanreal-
worldnexamplenofndatangovernancenandnITnarchitecturensupportnlong-termnperformance.


2. isnthencontrolnofnenterprisendatanthroughnformalnpoliciesnandnproceduresntonhelpne
nsurenthatndatancannbentrustednandnarenaccessible.

a. Datangovernance
b. Masterndatanmanagement
c. Businessnstrategy
d. Datanstandardization

Answer:nA
Difficulty:nMedium
SectionnReference:nChapternSnapshotnandnOpeningnCase
LearningnObjective:nProvidenanreal-
worldnexamplenofndatangovernancenandnITnarchitecturensupportnlong-termnperformance.


3. isnthenusenofnITntoolsnandnmethodsntoncollect,nprocess,nconsolidate,nstore,nandns
ecurendatanfromnsourcesnthatnarenoftennfragmentednandninconsistent.

a. Informationnmanagement
b. Datangovernance
c. ITnstrategy
d. ITndevelopment

Answer:nA
Difficulty:nEasy
SectionnReference:nInformationnManagement
LearningnObjective:nExplainnthenbusinessnbenefitsnofninformationnmanagementnandnhowndatanqu
alityndeterminesnsystemnsuccessnornfailure.

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,4. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnnotnonenofnthenreasonsnforninformationndeficiencies?

a. Datansilos
b. Lostnornbypassedndata
c. Distributednsystems
d. Nonstandardizedndatanformats

Answer:nC
Difficulty:nHard
SectionnReference:nInformationnManagement
LearningnObjective:nExplainnthenbusinessnbenefitsnofninformationnmanagementnandnhowndatanqu
alityndeterminesnsystemnsuccessnornfailure.



5. Whichnofnthenfollowingndescriptionsnaboutnenterprisenarchitecturen(EA)nisnfalse?

a. EAnisnthenblueprintnthatnguidesnandngovernsnsoftwarenadd-
ons,nupgrades,nhardware,nsystems,nnetworks,ncloudnservicesnandnothernIT
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b. EAnisnanwell-thoughtnoutnITngrowthnplan.
c. EAnisnneedednfornsimple,nsingle-
user,nnondistributednsystemsnasnwellnasncomplexndistributednsystems.
d. EAnstartsnwithnthenorganization’sntarget—visionnofnthenfuture.

Answer:nC
Difficulty:nHard
SectionnReference:nInformationnManagement
LearningnObjective:nExplainnthenbusinessnbenefitsnofninformationnmanagementnandnhowndata
nqualityndeterminesnsystemnsuccessnornfailure.

6. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnnotnonenofnthenbenefitsnofnenterprisenarchitecturen(EA)?

a. Increasesnproductivitynbyngivingndecisionnmakersnaccessntoninformationnandni
deasnasntheynneednthem.
b. Providesnanlong-
termnviewnofnancompany’snsystemsnsonthatnITninvestmentsndonnotnsimplynfulfilln
immediatenneeds.
c. Reducesnthenrisknofnbuyingnornbuildingnsystemsnandnappsnthatnarenincompatiblen
ornunnecessarilynexpensiventonmaintain
d. Alignsnthenbusinessnstrategynwithnthenindustrynstructurentonpreventnbottlenecks.

Answer:nD
Difficulty:nMedium
SectionnReference:nInformationnManagement
LearningnObjective:nExplainnthenbusinessnbenefitsnofninformationnmanagementnandnhowndatanqu
alityndeterminesnsystemnsuccessnornfailure.




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,7. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnnotnonenofnthenessentialnskillsnofnanneffectivenenterprisena
rchitect?




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, a. Interpersonalnskills
b. Datananalytics
c. Abilityntoninfluencenandnmotivatenusers.
d. Businessnandnindustrynexpertise.

Answer:nB
Difficulty:nMedium
SectionnReference:nInformationnManagement
LearningnObjective:nExplainnthenbusinessnbenefitsnofninformationnmanagementnandnhowndatanqu
alityndeterminesnsystemnsuccessnornfailure.



8. Thensuccessnofnanyndata-drivenninitiative,nsuchnasnmarketingncampaigns,ndependsnon
.

a. Enterprisendatangovernance
b. Customernloyalty
c. Costncontrol
d. Projectnmanagement

Answer:nA
Difficulty:nMedium
SectionnReference:nInformationnManagement
LearningnObjective:nExplainnthenbusinessnbenefitsnofninformationnmanagementnandnhowndatanqu
alityndeterminesnsystemnsuccessnornfailure.



9. Thenoverallngoalnofninformationnmanagementnisn .

a. Tonreducencostsnandnmaintainnhighnstandardsnofninformationnsecuritynbynsettingns
trictnguidelinesnfornaccess.
b. Tondesignnandnimplementnanwell–
plannednoutnITnarchitecture,npolicies,nandnproceduresnneededntonsupportnthen
informationnandndecisionnneedsnofnannorganization.
c. Toninsurencompliancenwithngovernmentnregulationsnregardingnprivacy,nsecurityn
andnconfidentiality.
d. Reducenthensizenofnannorganization’snworkforcenandnreliancenonnskilledn
employees.

Answer:nB
Difficulty:nMedium
SectionnReference:nInformationnManagement
LearningnObjective:nExplainnthenbusinessnbenefitsnofninformationnmanagementnandnhowndatanqu
alityndeterminesnsystemnsuccessnornfailure.



10. describenkeynentitiesnsuchnasncustomers,nproductsnandnservices,nvendors,nl
ocations,nandnemployeesnaroundnwhichnbusinessnisnconducted.
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