Used Advanced Information Technology To Increase Performance

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Used Advanced Information Technology to Increase Performance

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Question 1

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Information that reflects current conditions in the organization is called real-time information.

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Question 2

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Information technology is the set of methods or techniques for acquiring, organizing, and storing information.

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Question 3

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Management information systems came into existence during the computer age.

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Computers express words, numbers, images, and sound in zeros and ones.

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The demand for a product is highest during the growth stage.

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Once demand for a product starts to fall, the decline stage begins; this typically occurs when advancing IT leads to the development of a more advanced product, making the old one obsolete.

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Microsoft Excel, a computer program which uses spreadsheets, charts, and databases, is an example of application software.

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Managers use an operations information system for nonroutine decision-making tasks.

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A decision-support system provides computer-built models that help managers make better nonprogrammed decisions.

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Whereas a decision-support system organizes important information for managers, an operations information system gives managers model-building capability and the chance to manipulate information in a variety of ways.

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A marketing manager who is trying to decide whether or not to lower the price of one of the products in a product line.She can use decision-support system to assist her in making this decision.

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Top managers make frequent use of decision-support systems in their decision-making.

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A B2B network structure is a formal series of global strategic alliances that one or several organizations create with suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors to produce and market a product.

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A knowledge management system systematizes the knowledge of its employees and facilitates the sharing and integrating of their expertise.

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Question 15

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_____ is(are) raw, unsummarized, and unanalyzed facts.

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Sociofacts

Data

Information

Feedback

Statistics

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Question 16

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______ is data that are organized in a meaningful way.

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Wisdom

Knowledge

Artificial intelligence

Information

A fact

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Question 17

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A graph of the profitability of each of an organization's products in a product line over the past three years is an example of

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raw data.

a software program.

artificial intelligence.

a raw fact.

information.

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Question 18

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Which of the following is an example of real-time information?

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the price of a particular brand of chocolate

number of cars sold by a manufacturer in the last two years

census data over the last ten years

daily weather forecast details

literature review on a particular research study

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Question 19

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Which of the following is not a factor in determining the usefulness of information?

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quality

timeliness

size

completeness

relevance

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Question 20

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__________ determine the quality of information.

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Accuracy and reliability

Timeliness and relevance

Relevance and accuracy

Completeness and timeliness

Availability and reliability

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