Diagnostic Quiz – MGT2210: Information Within The Enterpris

06 May Diagnostic Quiz – MGT2210: Information Within The Enterpris

MGT2210: Information within the Enterprise

 

· Question 1

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

The thermostat in your house or   apartment services the following purpose:

 

 

Answers:

a.

it measures the efficiency of your heating     system

 

b.

it controls your heating system

 

c.

it collects data about the temperature in     your house/apartment

 

d.

it saves you money

· Question 2

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

The MISM 2301 Start Here folder   in Blackboard is important to me as a student in this course because…

 

 

Answers:

a.

it provides the answers to some homework     assignments

 

b.

it provides learning tools to help me     master the use of the MIS Integrative Framework

 

c.

it provides shortcuts to doing MIS 2701     assignments

 

d.

it has a lot of useful adminstrative     information, like the Syllabus and Master Schedule

· Question 3

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

In applying the MIS Integrative Framework to Amazon.com, you   would categorize Amazon’s business focus as…

 

 

Answers:

a.

customer intimate

 

b.

operational excellence

 

c.

all of the responses to this question

 

d.

product leadership

· Question 4

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

Business process goals are   captured within information systems to enable…

 

 

Answers:

a.

sales

 

b.

transacting

 

c.

leadership

 

d.

control

· Question 5

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

Information management is   essential in the creation of…

 

 

Answers:

a.

global enterprises and other complex     business entities

 

b.

winning product designs

 

c.

high-tech companies

 

d.

organizational processes, capabilities,     and value in companies of all types and sizes

· Question 6

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

Alignment between Amazon’s   information needs and its business focus is vitally important because…

 

 

Answers:

a.

if there     is no alignment between its business focus and its information needs,  Amazon will be unable to operate at its current levels     of productivity

 

b.

if there     is no alignment between its business focus and its information needs,  Amazon will find it difficult if not impossible to     transact, manage, and innovate

 

c.

if there is no alignment between its     business focus and its information needs, stock prices will fall

 

d.

if there     is no alignment between its business focus and its information needs,  more mistakes will occur in filling customer orders

· Question 7

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

Using information system   feedback is…

 

 

Answers:

a.

is often referred to as     “control”

 

b.

costly to establish

 

c.

a necessary evil of doing business today

 

d.

a smart move when done properly

· Question 8

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

The organizational information   processing infrastructure includes…

 

 

Answers:

a.

technology

 

b.

knowledge management

 

c.

management and control

 

d.

planning

· Question 9

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

Amazon took a long time to show   a profit as a business concern because

 

 

Answers:

a.

it was obliged to build business     processes, practices, and information systems that had not existed     previously

 

b.

its planning and financial forecasting     were not informed by real-time data

 

c.

it spent too much time and money on     traditional methods of marketing

 

d.

it couldn’t attract customers to its Web     site

· Question 10

0.2 out of 0.2 points

 

An example of control at Amazon   is

 

 

Answers:

a.

limiting employee lunch breaks to 45     minutes

 

b.

capturing the weight of all books in grams     so that as completed book orders come to fulfillment for shipping, they can     confirm the correctness of each order by its total weight in grams

 

c.

making amazon.com a smoke-free work zone

 

d.

setting spending limits on what marketing     and sales personnel may claim when traveling for the company