Using MIS, 9e (Kroenke)
Chapter 2 Collaboration Information Systems
1) Collaboration is defined as a group of people ________. A) coming together to perform tasks that are different
B) working together to achieve a common goal
C) performing independent tasks that are important
D) working witho...
,Using MIS, 9e (Kroenke)
Chapter 1 The Importance of MIS
1) ________ states that the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles
every 18 months.
A) Nielsen's Law
B) Faraday's Law
C) Moore's Law
D) Newton's Law
Answer: C
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 1: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
2) According to Moore's Law, the ________.
A) price of an integrated chip reduces once in 18 months
B) performance of each transistor on a square inch of an integrated chip doubles every year
C) number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months
D) density of a transistor decreases every year
Answer: C
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 2: Moderate
Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
3) Which of the following is a major implication of Moore's Law?
A) Data processing activities have become complex and time-consuming.
B) Costs of computing and processing have increased.
C) The size of integrated chips has increased.
D) Costs of communications and storage have become very low.
Answer: D
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 2: Moderate
Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
,4) Which of the following ratios has fallen as a result of Moore's Law?
A) price/performance
B) demand/supply
C) profit/loss
D) debt/equity
Answer: A
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 1: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
5) In 1972, computer scientist ________ recognized that digital devices would change the world
as they evolved and became widely used.
A) Gordon Bell
B) Robert Metcalfe
C) Gordon Moore
D) Jakob Nielsen
Answer: A
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 1: Easy
Course LO: Describe the components of an information system (IS)
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
6) ________ states that the value of a network is equal to the square of the number of users
connected to it.
A) Moore's Law
B) Metcalfe's Law
C) Bell's Law
D) Nielsen's Law
Answer: B
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 1: Easy
Course LO: Describe the components of an information system (IS)
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
, 7) Google's Project Loon is a major effort to ________.
A) decrease the size of storage devices, while increasing their capacity
B) facilitate the use of Internet on submarines, while they are submerged
C) promote the use of virtual machines, that operate on voice command
D) bring Internet access to everyone using a network of inflated balloons
Answer: D
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 2: Moderate
Course LO: Describe the components of an information system (IS)
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
8) Despite the rapid growth of technology, digital devices fail to impact the industry.
Answer: FALSE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 1: Easy
Course LO: Describe the components of an information system (IS)
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
9) Gordon Moore was the inventor of Ethernet.
Answer: FALSE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 1: Easy
Course LO: Describe the components of an information system (IS)
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
10) According to Moore's Law, the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip
doubles every 18 months.
Answer: TRUE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 1: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
11) Because of Moore's Law, the cost of data processing, communications, and storage is
essentially zero.
Answer: TRUE
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: 1: Easy
Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure
LO: 1.1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
Classification: Concept
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