MIS 111 EXAM 2 Questions & 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 - ANSWERSb) 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 - ANSWERSa) 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
b) Hadoop; only structured car data
c) a traditional DBMS; only structured car data
d) Hadoop; structured and unstructured - ANSWERSd) 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 - ANSWERSd) 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 - ANSWERSd) independence; maximized
Intellectual capital is also called ____________.
a) wisdom
b) data
c) information
d) knowledge - ANSWERSd) 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 - ANSWERSc) 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
b) tacit information
c) explicit information
d) explicit knowledge - ANSWERSd) 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 - ANSWERSa) 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 - ANSWERSc) tacit knowledge
Current Al systems that mostly complement human endeavors are considered
__________ Al.
a) strong
b) weak
c) big
d) small - ANSWERSb) weak
____________ is NOT a problem associated with expert systems.
a) liability
b) transferring knowledge from the human to the system
c) making recommendations
d) automating a complex reasoning process - ANSWERSc) making recommendations
A(n) ______________ agent is a software program that assists you, or acts on your
behalf, in performing repetitive computer-related tasks.
a) deep learning
,b) intelligent
c) smart
d) robotic - ANSWERSb) intelligent
A(n) _______________ agent constantly observes and reports on some item of interest,
such as updated information on airline tickets.
a) personal
b) predictive
c) information
d) user - ANSWERSb) predictive
The _______________ test proposes a scenario in which a man and a computer both
pretend to be women or men, and a human interviewer has to identify which is the real
human.
a) turing
b) terminator
c) google
d) skynet - ANSWERSa) turing
A data ______________ is a repository of historical data that are organized by subject
to support decision makers in the organization.
a) warehouse
b) store
c) table
d) shop - ANSWERSa) warehouse
Managers and executives are commonly information _______________, because they
use information created by IT developers and analysts.
a) users
b) creators
c) producers
d) consumers - ANSWERSd) consumers
________________ support local control, whereas _____________ support central
control.
a) data marts; data warehouses
b) data warehouses; data dictionaries
c) data warehouses; data marts
d) data marts; data dictionaries - ANSWERSa) data marts; data warehouses
Nonvolatile in the context of a data warehouse means _________________.
a) the data can't be changed while reports are running
b) the data cannot be changed or updated by users of the data warehouse
c) the data can only be changed if it is also modified in the system where it was
originally calculated
, d) the data mart must be used when modifying information - ANSWERSb) the data
cannot be changed or updated by users of the data warehouse
Operational, transactional and _______________ systems are examples of a source
system for a data warehouse.
a) DSS
b) web browser
c) OLAP
d) ERP - ANSWERSd) ERP
______________ are/is the largest-volume application running over the Internet.
a) chat
b) voice communication
c) e-mail
d) FTP - ANSWERSc) e-mail
_______________ simplifies and integrates all forms of communication on a common
hardware and software platform.
a) FFTH
b) VoIP
c) DSL
d) UC - ANSWERSd) UC
_____________ involves _____________ a task to an undefined, generally large group
of people in the form of an open call.
a) telecommuting; insourcing
b) telecommuting; outsourcing
c) crowdsourcing; outsourcing
d) crowdsourcing; insourcing - ANSWERSc) crowdsourcing; outsourcing
When you use Google Drive to work on a document with a classmate, this is considered
____________________.
a) virtual collaboration
b) teleconferencing
c) crowdsourcing
d) workflow - ANSWERSa) virtual collaboration
Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of web-based call centers located
overseas?
a) communication
b) control
c) security
d) cost - ANSWERSd) cost
_____________ is NOT a stage in the IDC.
a) information
