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MIS 111 EXAM 2 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
________ are a set of core data that span the enterprise information systems.
a) data governance
b) master data
c) master data management
d) transaction data - ANSWER✔✔-b) master data
Which of the following is the correct order of the data hierarchy, from smallest to largest?
a) bit, byte, field, record, file, database
b) byte, bit, field, file, record, database
c) byte, bit, field, record, file, database
d) bit, byte, field, file, record, database - ANSWER✔✔-a) bit, byte, field, record, file, database
According to IT's About Business 5.2, TrueCar adopted ____________ because it had to handle
___________.
a) a traditional DBMS; structured and unstructured data
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b) Hadoop; only structured car data
c) a traditional DBMS; only structured car data
d) Hadoop; structured and unstructured - ANSWER✔✔-d) Hadoop; structured and unstructured data
Which of the following is TRUE in regard to Big Data?
a) Big Data systems work because people have taught those systems to think like humans; they just work
faster than humans
b) Big Data systems need human intervention to improve over time
c) Big Data refers to large amounts of traditional data
d) Big Data is about predictions - ANSWER✔✔-d) Big Data is about predictions
Data ________ means all applications are able to access the same data, which is _________ by
databases.
a) isolation; minimized
b) independence; minimized
c) isolation; maximized
d) independence; maximized - ANSWER✔✔-d) independence; maximized
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Intellectual capital is also called ____________.
a) wisdom
b) data
c) information
d) knowledge - ANSWER✔✔-d) knowledge
Which of the following is the correct order for the KMS cycle?
a) create, capture, store, refine, manage, disseminate
b) create, capture, refine, manage, store, disseminate
c) create, capture, refine, store, manage, disseminate
d) create, capture, store, manage, refine, disseminate - ANSWER✔✔-c) create, capture, refine, store,
manage, disseminate
Suppose you work for XYZ Corporation. You know you can contribute 6% of your salary to a 401K and the
company will match that 100% after 6 years of service because it is documented in the employee
handbook. Your ability to understand this company policy is an example of _____________.
a) tacit knowledge
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b) tacit information
c) explicit information
d) explicit knowledge - ANSWER✔✔-d) explicit knowledge
__________________ are/is the most effective and efficient way of doing things, readily available to a
wide range of employees.
a) best practices
b) knowledge management systems
c) knowledge management
d) intellectual capital - ANSWER✔✔-a) best practices
_________________ is knowledge that is generally imprecise, costly to transfer, and difficult to formalize
or codify.
a) explicit knowledge
b) data
c) tacit knowledge
d) information - ANSWER✔✔-c) tacit knowledge
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