1. Ken, from Generation Alpha, is considering asking you a question on your expertise of MIS. How are modern telephone and computer networks different from what firms used in the past? How would you reply to Ken? 2. What are wireless sensor networks? How do they work and what are they used for? 3. What has made the Google search engine so successful? 4. Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites were designed for individuals to communicate with each other. What uses do businesses have for these tools? Give specific examples. 5. What is VoIP and what business advantages does it provide? 6. Explain why even well-designed information systems do not always help improve a firm's decision making. 7. A key business decision in your sporting goods manufacturing company is determining what suppliers to use for your raw materials. How can you determine if a manager in charge of selecting suppliers is making the best choice? 8. Briefly outline the information system and management and organizational activities in a knowledge management value chain as it might apply to the online catalog system of a public library. 9. Your team is consulting for Ben's, a chain of gas stations. What types of e- commerce opportunities, if any, are relevant to Ben's? Could Ben's make use of any Internet business models for this opportunity? 10. What is cyberwarfare? Provide examples and discuss the risks that it poses.