Information Systems And Engineering Economics Set 2 MCQs

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