Mcs 2020 4
Business Intelligence Quiz
Test your knowledge on business intelligence, information systems, and technology trends with our comprehensive 25-question quiz! Whether you're a student, professional, or simply interested in the field, this quiz will challenge your understanding and enhance your learning.
- Topics cover CRM systems, database management, and disruptive technologies.
- Perfect for anyone looking to sharpen their skills in business concepts.
The purpose of a business intelligence is to provide information that
Follows privacy legislation
Has only one level of complexity
Improves decision making
Is less granular
Can be summarized
Interorganizational systems that enable companies to efficiently handle the flow of goods from suppliers to customers are known as
Disintermediating systems
Competitive advantages
Supply chain management systems
Application software
CRM systems
The greatest advantage of a CRM system is that
It can use sales management applications
All the data is stored in a single database
Organizations can prioritize sales time and effort
Sales people can potentially increases sales
Customer-touching processes can be linked to one another
Functional systems in Porter's value chain are usually comprised of
Operations, advertising, HR, sales
Accounting, payroll , HR, sales
Primary activities and support activities
HR, accounting, operations, sales
Accounting, advertising, payroll, marketing
Systems that span functional _____ are known as cross-functional systems
Processes
Departments
Systems
Functions
Boundaries
_____ consists of forms, formatted reports, queries, and application programs
A visual basic application
A DBMS program
A windows application
A database
a database application
A relational database refers to
A set of files that have similar names
A set of tables that contain similar content
Databases that carry data in the form of tables and that represent relationships using foreign keys
Databases that have related objects related by similar attributes
Databases that carry data in the form of tables with individual primary keys
Optical fibre cables carry signals with
Radio waves
Magnetic waves
Electronic signals
Light rays
X-rays
Modern content management systems
Seek out documents located across an organization and actively manage access to the content
Manage all aspects of corporate data
Archive documents
Organize content for corporate web sites
Manage only media files
In a relational database, a collection of related records is a(n)
Field
Table
Column
Row
Attribute
When using Google Docs in a collaborative group project, workplace control ensures
The network is up and functioning
All members have access to the applciation
One member's work does not interfere with another member's work
All members know how to use the application
The project work get completed
A _____ is a virus that replicates itself over the internet and other networks
Trojan horse
Patch
Macro
Worm
Time bomb
A grocery scanning check out system is an example of
Firmware
System software
Horizontal-market software
Vertical-market software
Users employ _____ computers for work processing, spreadsheets, and database access
Server
Custom
Client
Operating
Dumb terminal
Vertical market software refers to
Value chain management system
Industry specific software
Supply chain management software
Enterprise resource planning software
Productivity software
Information systems can change industry structure by
Using sustaining technologies
Using disruptive technologies
Using competitive strategies
Using the internet
Using technologies that have become commodities
Which of the following best describes the introduction of a disruptive technology in Canada?
The introduction of digital projection in theatres
The introduction of movies on DVDs
The introduction of movies on DVDs
The introduction of automatic teller machines
The introduction of satellite radio
Sustained competitive advantage requires
Companies to use more than one competitive strategies
Companies to seek patent protection for their products
The creation of barriers to entry
Companies to find a distinctive way to compete
The elimination of the dominant firm
Which of the following is a managerial decision?
Which invoices should be paid today?
Should our firms acquire a competing firm?
Determining how many daily transactions have occurred in a specific period
Determining next year's IT budget
Should we extend credit to a customer
Relevant information refers to information that is
Useful to both the context and subject at hand
Produced in time for its intended use
Worth the value paid to generate it
Good for the purpose for which it is generated
Correct and complete
A transaction processing system supports
Operational decisions
Strategic decisions
Executive decisions
Transactional decisions
Managerial decisions
"Worth its cost" refers to information
That has an appropriate relationship between its cost and its value
That is useful to both the context and subject at hand
That is collected in a low-cost manner
That is good for the purpose for which it is generated
That is produced in time for its intended use
The difficulty in measuring productivity is largely due to
IT creating intangible benefits
An increasingly service-based economy
The intangible benefits of IT in an increasingly service-based economy
The difficulty of measuring intangible benefits
The lack of measuring tools
Receiving and storing raw materials for production would be a(n) ______ in Porter's value chain model
Linkage
Integrated activity
Complex activity
Support activity
Primary activity
_______ would be one of the factors that lead to designing fully automated systems
High skill employee positions
Tasks that require significant employee data inputs
Low turnover employee positions
High turnover employee positions
Tasks that require significant human judgement
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