1. Bluetooth is considered a personal area network technology, because it typically supports a network used by only one person. a. true b. false Q2. If telecommuters need data from the office, they can connect to their office intranet using ____ and retrieve the required information. a. IRC software b. Usenet software c. NNTP software d. VPN software Q3. It is likely that many rural areas will be offered BPL in the near future. a. true b. false Q4. Only businesses that must rely on high speeds are willing to accept the high cost of subscribing to the ____ service. a. ADSL b. DSL c. T1 Q5. Bluetooth is considered a small area network technology, because it typically supports a network used by a small group of people. a. true b. false Q6. A hub routes data packets to the next node on their way to the final destination. a. true b. false Q7. The bandwidth of the medium is measured as ____. a. bits per second (bps) b. amps per second (bps) c. characters per second (cps) d. words per second (bps) Q8. Eventually, we will be able to use the same switch as a landline phone, a VoIP phone, and a cell phone, depending on availability of service and the cost and quality we are willing to accept. a. true b. false Q9. While the concept of ____ has well served scientists who share scientific text files and application developers who exchange code, the greater use has been in downloading artistic files, such as music and video files. a. VPNs b. LANs c. point-to-point file protocol d. peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing Q10. The database must be carefully planned to allow useful data manipulation and report generation. a. true b. false Q11. It would be a waste of resources for an organization to have both a data warehouse and a transactional database. a. true b. false Q12. To use an online database, a(n) ____ must be designed to work with the Web. a. interface b. menu c. option d. table Q13. With the traditional file approach, to create ____, the programmer must know which position ranges maintain which type of data and insert the appropriate headings. a. files b. programs c. questions d. reports Q14. The fields related to the same entity make up a file. a. true b. false Q15. Usually, the same software that is used to construct and populate the database, that is, the DBMS, is also used to present ____. a. choices b. entities c. options d. queries Q16. It is not unusual for a data warehouse to have large tables with fifty or more fields (attributes). a. true b. false Q17. The lines between commerce and e-commerce are still very well demarcated. a. true b. false Q18. Web surfers might not like ____, but advertisers love them, because they are an effective marketing tool. a. kookies b. flaming c. phishing d. pop-up windows Q19. An Internet ____ is a computer that is connected to the Internet backbone. a. connection b. IP c. server d. client Q20. User's should never delete cookies from their computers. a. true b. false Q21. Users should suspect every email message that asks you to update your personal information online. a. true b. false Q22. In addition to impressions, rating companies measure other metrics. One is ____. a. relative visitor pages b. relative visitors per day c. unique visitor clients d. unique visitors per month Q23. Shared hosting is a relatively inexpensive option. a. true b. false Q24. Choices you make when selecting menu items, clicking buttons, and moving from one page to another are recorded. Such activities are often called cookie investigation. a. true b. false Q25. International ISs, especially those using the Web, often incorporate graphics to convey technical or business information, and those applications, as well as interactive software, require increasingly fast (____) communication lines. a. broadband b. digital c. infrared d. short wave Q26. Web site designers must keep ____ in mind. a. glocalization b. localization c. globalization d. socialization Q27. Multinational corporations might have unified ____ throughout their organizations, but they still have to abide by the laws of the countries in which each unit operates. a. campaigns b. manuals c. policies d. salaries Q28. The exporting of strong encryption methods is restricted by the U.S. federal government. a. true b. false Q29. In architecture, a tabletop representation of a building or a city block is a ____ of the full-sized structure. a. card b. data sheet c. model d. synopsis Q30. Managers encounter semi____ problems almost daily in many different industries and in many different business functions. a. structured b. scaled c. solid Q31. Unstructuredness is closely related to precision. a. true b. false Q32. Finding the roots of a quadratic equation is a structured problem: there is a formula (a(n) ____) you can use to solve the problem. a. algorithm b. analysis c. plan d. synthesis Q33. While DSSs are used widely in industries such as Retailing and Tax Planning, DSS applications are not suitable for industries such as Agriculture. a. true b. false Q34. A(n) ____ can help delivery managers looking for the shortest distance a truck can travel to deliver ordered goods at the lowest cost. a. accounting system b. CRM system c. inventory control system d. GIS Q35. Knowing how to use BI tools will help you to independently produce highly useful information from ____ and other large data sources. a. hard drives b. data warehouses c. non-relational databases d. warehouses Q36. Expertise in narrow domains can be programmed in ____. a. CRM modules b. database management software c. OLAP software d. expert systems Q37. One data-mining application is ____, which is used to understand what products or services are commonly purchased together, and on what days of the week. a. market timing b. direct marketing c. interactive marketing d. market basket analysis Q38. The knowledge that is maintained in information systems is typically of the type that is accumulated through experience. a. true b. false Q39. Managers in some companies now track information about their products from the purchasing of raw materials to the receipt of payment not only for operations but so they can learn more about their clients and their own business. a. true b. false Q40. OLAP applications are typically slower but more sophisticated than data-mining tools. a. true b. false