Information Systems And Engineering Economics Set 2
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This set of Information systems and engineering economics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Information Systems And Engineering Economics Set 2
Q1 | At what organisational level is it necessary to balance strategic actionswith environmental and resource conditions?
- departmental
- middle management
- corporate
- all of the above
Q2 | When setting key objectives, managers ?rst seek to articulate
- results that will achieve the earnings per share target of the external market analysts
- results that can be achieved with modest commitment of incremental resources
- mission consistent measurable results to be achieved within a speci?ed future timeframe
- sales forecasts that will generate su?cient revenue to increase global market share
Q3 | Managing strategy involves the craft of
- deciding on bold courses of action that pulls the enterprise in newdirections
- balancing stability and consistency over time with changeswhen needed
- defending established products to make it di?cult for rivals toimitate
- stimulating the creativity of managers and engineers to improve
Q4 | An organisation's plans are usually most speci?c at what level?
- the top
- the middle
- the bottom
- they should be essentially equal in speci?city at all levels ofthe organisation
Q5 | When control systems are used to their fullest, they
- catch individuals who areine?cient
- lead to continuousimprovement
- produce conformityto standards
- provide merit rewardsfor high performers
Q6 | operational decisions are
- decision made by managers that have a medium term scope
- based on aggregate data and impact the activities for the medium term that could range from the next few days/weeks/months
- both a and b
- none of the above
Q7 | Types of Communication are
- synchronous and asynchronouscommunication
- simplex communication
- full duplex and half duplexcommunication
- all of the above
Q8 | FOIS stands for
- freight operationinformation system
- fixed operationinformation system
- first operationinformation system
- none of the above
Q9 | CMS stands for
- client managementsystem
- crew managementsystem
- customermanagement system
- none of the above
Q10 | ICMS stands for
- international coachingmanagement system
- internal coachingmanagement system
- integrated coachingmanagement system
- none of the above
Q11 | Management information systems (MIS)
- create and share documents that support day-today o?ce activities
- process business transactions (e.g., time cards, payments,orders, etc.)
- capture and reproduce the knowledge of an expert problem solver
- use the transaction data to produce information needed by managers torun the business
Q12 | The term used to describe those people whose jobs involve sponsoring and funding the project to develop, operate, and maintain theinformation system is
- information worker
- internal system user
- systems owner
- external system user
Q13 | If a university sets up a web-based information system that facultycould access to record student grades and to advise students, that would be an example of a/an
- crm
- intranet
- erp
- extranet
Q14 | Which of the following is not a technology driver for an informationsystem?
- enterprise applications
- object technologies
- knowledge assetmanagement
- collaborativetechnologies
Q15 | Which of the following is a deliverable of the system implementation phase in a formal system development process?
- technical hardware andsoftware solution for the business problem
- business problem statement
- statement of thesystem users’ business requirements
- none of the above
Q16 | When a bank offers web self-service for customers to answer theirquestions, the primary outcome is:
- adds value
- manages risks
- reduces costs
- none of the above
Q17 | The general transformation cycle for information is:
- information to data toknowledge
- data to information toknowledge
- knowledge to data toinformation
- none of the above
Q18 | The most important attribute of information quality that a managerrequires is:
- relevance
- media
- presentation
- none of the above
Q19 | To improve the performance of a business process, which of thefollowing is most relevant?
- input
- processing
- control and feedback
- all of the above
Q20 | The majority of publically available Internet information sources are:
- created in xml
- structuredinformation
- normal information
- unstructuredinformation
Q21 | Records management:
- is a discipline limited to digitised paper documents
- is a discipline limited to library books
- 3. is a disciplinelimited to paper documents
- none of the above
Q22 | Which of the following statements describes a taxonomy?
- a browsable hierarchy
- a list of equivalent terms
- a complex controlled vocabulary showingrelationships
Q23 | Information systems that support the business functions that reachout to suppliers are known as:
- back o?ce informationsystems
- expert informationsystems
- front o?ceinformation systems
- none of the above
Q24 | Which is not a typical business function?
- manufacturing
- bene?ts andcompensation
- sales
- services
Q25 | Project Management ensures that
- project’s risk is assessed
- project’s feasibility isassessed
- system is developed atminimum cost
- both a and b