MIS 111 STUDY TEST QUESTIONS
WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
What term is used to describe problems that are fuzzy and complex without any cut-
and-dried solutions? - Answer-Unstructured
What term is used to describe intuitive interactive displays of information, including
dials, gauges, and traffic lights that indicate the status of an item or the state of a
performance metric compared with a goal or target value? - Answer-Executive
Dashboard
Which of the following is NOT a focus area for a team responsible for the data
governance of a company's information assets? - Answer-Data Accuracy
In the case study of the University of Arizona's Degree Search application, "assessing a
new major" was described as using what type of scenario to make a decision? -
Answer-What-if
Business metrics that assess the execution of critical business activities are known as: -
Answer-Key performance indicators
In the "Data-Driven Decisions at Nestlé" video case study, Nestlé's Digital Acceleration
Team training program focuses on developing skills in all of the following business
issues, except: - Answer-Validating
Often presented visually on an executive dashboard, what type of report focuses
attention on business processes whose performance falls outside of the tolerance
ranges defined a KPI (Key Performance Indicator) metric? - Answer-Exception
In the Ruby Tuesday case study, which of the following terms was proposed as a
possible action that could be taken to fairly compare the total number of items sold
across regions? - Answer-Normalizing the data for the number of outlets
Which of the following is NOT a reason some US companies are moving their call
center operations back to the US? - Answer-High cost of international
telecommunications
Which of the following terms refer to the use of digital technologies that enable
organizations or individuals who are geographically dispersed to collaboratively plan,
WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
What term is used to describe problems that are fuzzy and complex without any cut-
and-dried solutions? - Answer-Unstructured
What term is used to describe intuitive interactive displays of information, including
dials, gauges, and traffic lights that indicate the status of an item or the state of a
performance metric compared with a goal or target value? - Answer-Executive
Dashboard
Which of the following is NOT a focus area for a team responsible for the data
governance of a company's information assets? - Answer-Data Accuracy
In the case study of the University of Arizona's Degree Search application, "assessing a
new major" was described as using what type of scenario to make a decision? -
Answer-What-if
Business metrics that assess the execution of critical business activities are known as: -
Answer-Key performance indicators
In the "Data-Driven Decisions at Nestlé" video case study, Nestlé's Digital Acceleration
Team training program focuses on developing skills in all of the following business
issues, except: - Answer-Validating
Often presented visually on an executive dashboard, what type of report focuses
attention on business processes whose performance falls outside of the tolerance
ranges defined a KPI (Key Performance Indicator) metric? - Answer-Exception
In the Ruby Tuesday case study, which of the following terms was proposed as a
possible action that could be taken to fairly compare the total number of items sold
across regions? - Answer-Normalizing the data for the number of outlets
Which of the following is NOT a reason some US companies are moving their call
center operations back to the US? - Answer-High cost of international
telecommunications
Which of the following terms refer to the use of digital technologies that enable
organizations or individuals who are geographically dispersed to collaboratively plan,
