Information Systems And Engineering Economics Set 20
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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 20
Q1 | At what organisational level is it necessary to balance strategic actions with 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 time frame
- 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 new directions
- balancing stability and consistency over time with changes when needed
- defending established products to make it di?cult for rivals to imitate
- 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 of the organisation
Q5 | When control systems are used to their fullest, they
- catch individuals who are ine?cient
- lead to continuous improvement
- produce conformity to standards
- provide merit rewards for 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 | FOIS stands for
- freight operation information system
- fixed operation information system
- first operation information system
- none of the above
Q8 | CMS stands for
- client management system
- crew management system
- customer management system
- none of the above
Q9 | 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 to run the business
Q10 | The term used to describe those people whose jobs involve sponsoring and funding the project to develop, operate, and maintain the information system is
- information worker
- internal system user
- systems owner
- external system user
Q11 | If a university sets up a web-based information system that faculty could access to record student grades and to advise students, that would be an example of a/an
- crm
- intranet
- erp
- extranet
Q12 | Which of the following is not a technology driver for an information system?
- enterprise applications
- object technologies
- knowledge asset management
- collaborative technologies
Q13 | Records management:
- is a discipline limited to digitised paper documents
- is a discipline limited to library books
- 3. is a discipline limited to paper documents
- none of the above
Q14 | Information systems that support the business functions that reach out to suppliers are known as:
- back o?ce information systems
- expert information systems
- front o?ce information systems
- none of the above
Q15 | Which is not a typical business function?
- manufacturing
- bene?ts and compensation
- sales
- services
Q16 | IT has impacts as
- ?rst order
- second order
- third order
- all of the above
Q17 | A centralised system keeps decision making ?rmly at the top of the hierarchy
- TRUE
- FALSE
- not applicable
- don’t know
Q18 | Centralised IT management system has
- inadequate control over the organization
- considerable control over the organization
- all of the above
- none of the above
Q19 | Decentralised IT management system has
- inadequate control over the organization
- considerable control over the organization
- all of the above
- none of the above
Q20 | Centralised IT management system has
- vertical communication ?ow
- open tree communication ?ow
- normal communication ?ow
- none of the above
Q21 | Decentralised IT management system has
- vertical communication ?ow
- open tree communication ?ow
- normal communication ?ow
- none of the above
Q22 | In Centralised IT management system, power of decision making:
- lies with top management
- multiple person have the power
- employee has the power
- none of the above
Q23 | In Deentralised IT management system, power of decision making:
- lies with top management
- multiple person have the power
- employee has the power
- none of the above
Q24 | Virus:
- modi?es the code
- destructive in a nature
- both a and b
- replicate itself
Q25 | DThe IT infrastructure consists of broad categories of components:
- hardware
- software
- networks
- all of the above