35)

Facebooks rapid growth and its ranking as number one is an interesting and informative business case because:

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it shows the power of IT to disrupt the status quo and transform industries.

it is a public company with an immensely-profitable business model.

it has positioned itself solely as a social network.

all of the above

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36)

Management information systems is a specific category of information systems for middle management. It has the same name, but a very different meaning, in other words, management information systems involves looking at all the systems used in business.

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True

False

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37)

Another business intelligence tool driven by databases, data mining. Data mining provides insights into data that cannot be discovered through Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), by inferring rules from patterns in data.

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False

True

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38)

NORA (Nonobvious Relationship Awareness) technology can take information about people from disparate sources and find obscure, nonobvious relationships. It might discover, for example, that an applicant for a job at a casino shares a telephone number with a known criminal and issue an alert to the hiring manager.

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True

False

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39)

New federal security and accounting laws that require companies to store e-mail for 5 years have spurred the growth of digital information, which is increasing at a rate of 5 exabytes annually.

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False

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40)

The use of Internet technology has transformed and continues to transform businesses and business activity. E-business refers to the use of the Internet and networking to enable all parts of the business, whereas e-commerce refers to just that part of business that involves selling goods and services over the Internet.

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True

False

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41)

Innovation leads to profitable growth if that innovation:

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generates new profit pools.

increases demand for products and services.

attracts new competitors.

Both a and b

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42)

Which of the following is a characteristic of competitive advantage?

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It provides a big strategic payoff.

It is short-lived if competitors quickly duplicate it.

It is a long lasting edge over competitors if based on IT.

It requires the use of social media and networks.

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43)

Environments shape what organizations can do, but organizations can influence their environments and decide to change environments altogether. Information technology plays a critical role in helping organizations perceive environmental change and in helping organizations act on their environment.

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True

False

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44)

An unnormalized relation contains repeating groups. For example, there can be many parts and suppliers for each order. There is only a one-to-one correspondence between Order_Number and Order_Date. In other words, an order can include more than one part, and it may be that several parts are supplied by the same supplier.

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True

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45)

A successful information system is like a completed house, computers and software represent only the tools and materials used to build the house. Tools and materials dont just suddenly become a completed house, outside (human) input is required. Systems need to be designed to fit the firms and the humans who work with the systems.

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False

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46)

CRM systems examine customers from a multifaceted perspective. These systems use a set of integrated applications to address all aspects of the customer relationship, including customer service, sales, marketing and profits.

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False

True

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Implementing new infrastructure requires significant changes in business processes and procedures, training and education, and software integration. This is a task that firms struggle to achieve on their own, which drives the need for these services.

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True

False

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48)

Concern about environmental damage and reducing a companys carbon and energy footprints on the planet has triggered efforts for ________.

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RFID

green IT

EPA

data centers

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49)

Decision support systems are ________ that support unstructured and semi-structured decision making.

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interactive applications

reporting applications

operations support systems

process control systems

50)

Environmental projections involves searching for and determining external changes that may require an organizational response. The current economic climate represents an example of external change that requires sweeping organizational responses to ensure survival.

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True

False