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Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using Excel and web pages, as done in VC1? -
✔ANS If you want to drop the lowest value in a range, and get the average of the remaining
values, use =AVERAGE(<range),-1)
Which of the following is THE major theme of OMIS 351 this semester? - ✔ANS Information
technology should be used to serve the goals of the business
In the VC! assignment, in what format were the Excel grades page and Excel formulas
page recommended to be posted to your web page? - ✔ANS Picture
Which of the following is NOT a good example of a way technology could improve a
business process? - ✔ANS Use the most up to date smart phone technology
Business Process Automation (BPA) and Business Process Reengineering (BPR) are: -
✔ANS Significantly different means of brining change to business processes
If Jewel uses its Point of Sale terminals, along with a preferred card, at the cash register to
store information about individual's purchasing habits and then make strategic decisions with
this information, this is an example of: - ✔ANS Information age business practices
Some of the radical changes brought about by new technologies include - ✔ANS the
creation of an unprecedented set of security and espionage threats
,Once you created the formula in Excel to calculate an OMIS 351 grade (say, in cell G2), what is
the fastest/easiest and correct way to apply that same formula to all of the students in the
sheet? - ✔ANS Use the mouse to get the black cross in the lower right of G2, lets you auto-
fill by dragging
Technology experts in the area of user-interface design: - ✔ANS work to make sure
systems are inituitive and easy to use.
According to Dr. Downing in class, what is the information age? - ✔ANS
When companies/people finally realized that information is an asset
The guy who "invented" sliced bread helps show us... - ✔ANS that we can match
technology to business problems
Which of the following is FAlSE when thinking about matching business process problems
and technology solutions, as described in Unit 1? - ✔ANS If your technology solution
involves programming or building a system, you need to enroll in a training course to obtain
that skill.
Crowdsourcing tools and question-and-answer sites like ______ allow firms to reach out for
expertise beyond their organizations - ✔ANS Quora
When Dr. Downing holds up his left hand and his right hand, and then joins them together,
what point is he trying to make? - ✔ANS If you understand your business, and also
understand possible technology solutions, you can make a "match"
One skill potential business managers should practice in order to better understand business
process improvement, is.... - ✔ANS drawing, diagramming, or visual business processes
One contributor to the easy way with which young entrepreneurs can have success is low-cost
distribution to massive markets worldwide. This is enabled by: - ✔ANS App stores
, If a business person gets a great idea for a possible information technology solution to a
business process problems, the first thing they should do is: - ✔ANS Begin progressing
through the stages of the SDLC, starting with "planning"
Strategic Positioning - ✔ANS performing different tasks than rivals or the same tasks in
a different way
The term operations is used to represent : - ✔ANS the organizational activities that
are required to produce goods or services
According to Dr. Downing during class, when using the Value Chain Analysis "lens" to consider
competitive/strategic advantage, the main aspects companies should be examining are.... -
✔ANS How they manage to get stuff from their suppliers (inbound logistics), run their
operations, and get stuff to their customers (outbound logistics)
Staying power refers to the: - ✔ANS long term viability of a product or service
Apple's dominance of smartphone and tablet markets has allowed the firm to lock up 60
percent of the world's supply of advanced touch screen displays, and to do so with better
pricing than would be available to smaller rivals. This is an example of: - ✔ANS A growing
firm gaining bargaining power with its suppliers or buyers
A value chain is a set of - ✔ANS activities through which a product or service is created
and delivered to customers
Zara's IT expenditure is low by fashion industry standards and is also highly effective. Which
of the following makes this possible? - ✔ANS Targeting technology investment at points in
the value chain where it has the most significant impact
Which of the following is NOT one of the Seven Lenses to Evaluate Strategic Business options? -
✔ANS SDLC
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