CIS 207T Week 1 WileyPLUS Weekly Exam

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Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of central management of information systems in the University System of Georgia?

independence

standardization

convenience for students

consolidation of purchasing

Question 2

The University System of Georgia’s CIO believes the best way to collaborate with 31 independent-minded university CIO’s is to look for scenarios where three to five universities are planning to purchase the same product and therefore can consolidate their buying or centralize their service. One specific example of how the CIO utilized this strategy to resolve a problem was to develop a centralized system for _________.

student registration

paying tuition

class management

managing faculty benefits

Question 3

All _______ are ____________.

TPS; ERP

TPS; dashboards

ERP; TPS

dashboards; TPS

Question 4

____________ is developed through learning and is the experience and expertise that managers can apply to business problems.

Data

Knowledge

Information

All of the above

Question 5

In the following table, column A is _____, column B is _____, and column C is ______.

information; knowledge; data

knowledge; information; data

information; data; knowledge

knowledge; data; information

Question 6

As you are walking to the cafeteria to pick up your lunch, you see a poster with the word “apple” on it with a picture of an apple below it. This is ____.

information

knowledge

data

business intelligence

Question 7

The IT infrastructure is ___________.

the IT components

the IT personnel

the IT services

all of the above put together

Question 8

___________ are the “capstone” information systems in an organization.

TPSs

Dashboards

FAISs

ERP systems

Question 9

___________ handle tactical decisions.

Knowledge workers

Clerical

Lower-level managers

Middle managers

Question 10

__________ analysis involves identifying the best advertising channels.

Price

Promotion

Site

Product

Question 11

Warby Parker can offer cheaper glasses than their competition because they _______.

allow shoppers to upload pictures of themselves in glasses

use the same materials and factories as Luxottica without the licensing fees

use better retailers that pay more for the glasses

write-off their donated glasses on their taxes

Question 12

Warby Parker is competitor of __________.

Google

Amazon

Warner Brothers

LensCrafters

Question 13

Watch the following video and answer the question below.

IT decreases the number of employees who can report to a single manager.

True

False

Question 14

Chevron employed ________ to provided detailed work instructions to its employees.

Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma

SAP

Nimbus

Question 15

Chevron initially utilized ___________ to improve their supply chain, followed by employee-driven ________ initiatives, and then adopted a unified _____ approach to standardize business processes.

BPI, BPM, BPR

BPM, BPI, BPR

BPS, BPR, BPM

BPR, BPI, BPM

Question 16

Chevron has used _________, a methodology that combines statistical process analysis with techniques to eliminate waste and improve process flow, since 2006.