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1. Which of the following has been a negative aspect of reengineering?
A. Low costs associated with purchase of integrated technology structure
B. Lengthy adoption by all employees
C. Significant company downsizing and layoffs
D. Easy communication across all functions of a business
E. Improved organizational responsiveness
C. Significant company downsizing and layoffs
2. Which of the following is correct regarding the characteristics of decision
making at the executive level of an organization?
A. It is concerned with high-level, long-term decisions
B. It is highly unstructured and often ad hoc
C. The objective is to predict future developments by evaluating trends
D. It is often supported by Executive Information Systems (EIS)
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
3. We have defined "a system designed for the long-range planning and decision-
making needs of senior managers as"
,A. A TPS
B. A functional system
C. An EIS
D. A DSS
E. None of the above
C. An EIS
4. We have defined "a system mainly concerned with automating recurring
activities and structuring day-to-day activities to ensure that they are performed
with speed and accuracy":
A. A TPS
B. A functional system
C. An EIS
D. A DSS
E. None of the above
A. A TPS
5. The book identifies different perspectives used to categorize organizational
information systems and technologies, which include all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. Hierarchical perspective
B. Transactional perspective
C. Functional perspective
, D. Process perspective
E. None of the above
B. Transactional perspective
6. Which of the following are not one of the levels of an organization according to
the hierarchical perspective?
A. Strategic
B. Transactional
C. Managerial
D. Operational
E. None of the above
B. Transactional
7. The notion of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) to refers to:
A. A large, integrated software application designed to integrate
old legacy systems
B. A business process enacted to create a data warehouse
C. The equivalent of paving the cow-paths
D. The fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of a firm's
existing business processes
E. The way a firm does business
D. The fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of a firm's
existing business processes
correct answers already passed
1. Which of the following has been a negative aspect of reengineering?
A. Low costs associated with purchase of integrated technology structure
B. Lengthy adoption by all employees
C. Significant company downsizing and layoffs
D. Easy communication across all functions of a business
E. Improved organizational responsiveness
C. Significant company downsizing and layoffs
2. Which of the following is correct regarding the characteristics of decision
making at the executive level of an organization?
A. It is concerned with high-level, long-term decisions
B. It is highly unstructured and often ad hoc
C. The objective is to predict future developments by evaluating trends
D. It is often supported by Executive Information Systems (EIS)
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
3. We have defined "a system designed for the long-range planning and decision-
making needs of senior managers as"
,A. A TPS
B. A functional system
C. An EIS
D. A DSS
E. None of the above
C. An EIS
4. We have defined "a system mainly concerned with automating recurring
activities and structuring day-to-day activities to ensure that they are performed
with speed and accuracy":
A. A TPS
B. A functional system
C. An EIS
D. A DSS
E. None of the above
A. A TPS
5. The book identifies different perspectives used to categorize organizational
information systems and technologies, which include all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. Hierarchical perspective
B. Transactional perspective
C. Functional perspective
, D. Process perspective
E. None of the above
B. Transactional perspective
6. Which of the following are not one of the levels of an organization according to
the hierarchical perspective?
A. Strategic
B. Transactional
C. Managerial
D. Operational
E. None of the above
B. Transactional
7. The notion of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) to refers to:
A. A large, integrated software application designed to integrate
old legacy systems
B. A business process enacted to create a data warehouse
C. The equivalent of paving the cow-paths
D. The fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of a firm's
existing business processes
E. The way a firm does business
D. The fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of a firm's
existing business processes
