1) A(n) refers to the flow of materials, information, money, and services from raw material suppliers, through factories and warehouses to the end customers. A. business process B. manufacturing process C. supply chain D. enterprise resource process 2) is (are) data that have been organized to have meaning and value to a recipient. A. Insights B. Information C. Knowledge D. Experience because barriers to 3) The threat of competitors' entering the automobile manufacturing industry is entry are so A. low, low B. high, high C. high, low D. low, high 4) Which of the following is not an advantage of the buy option for acquiring IS applications? A. Few types of off-the-shelf software are available, thus limiting confusion. B. The software can be tried out. C. The buy option saves time. D. The company will know what it is getting. 5) Place the stages of the systems development life cycle in order: A. Investigation - analysis - design - programming/testing - implementation - operation/maintenance B. Investigation - design - analysis - programming/testing - implementation - operation/maintenance C. Analysis - design - investigation - operation/maintenance - programming/testing - implementation D. Investigation - analysis - design - programming/testing - operation/maintenance - implementation E. Investigation - implementation - analysis - programming/testing - design - operation/maintenance 6) feasibility determines if the project is an acceptable financial risk and if the organization can afford the expense and time needed to complete the project. A. Technical B. Economic C. Organizational D. Behavioural conversion is the riskiest type of conversion process. A. Parallel B. Direct C. Pilot D. Phased