Information technology has made many innovations possible. Which of these
statements is WRONG about some of those innovations?
Uber, the world's largest taxi service, owns no vehicles for hire
Facebook, does not create media content.
Airbnb, the world's largest accommodation provider, owns several major hotel
corporations
The world's most valuable retailer, China's Alibaba, also owns no product inventory of
its own - Airbnb, the world's largest accommodation provider, owns several major hotel
corporations
Management information systems (MIS) as a field of study is best defined as ________.
the study of the theoretical foundations of algorithms and computation in computer
systems
the design and development of software applications and computer hardware
the development and use of information systems that help businesses achieve their
goals and objectives
, the use of computers in the field of management - the development and use of
information systems that help businesses achieve their goals and objectives
Which of the following is a major implication of Moore's Law?
The size of integrated chips has increased.
Data processing activities have become complex and time-consuming.
Costs of communications and storage have become very low.
Costs of computing and processing have increased. - Costs of communications and
storage have become very low.
Which of the following is a component of an information system, but not of information
technology?
software
data
hardware
people - people
Which of these statements about information technology is NOT correct?
The United States holds the number one ranking in Internet access speeds.
Sales in Apple's app store are so large, that they would be ranked as a Fortune 500
firm if the figure were broken out as a firm separate from Apple.
The rise of open source software has lowered computing costs for startup and blue
chip companies worldwide.
Data analytics and business intelligence are driving discovery and innovation. - The
United States holds the number one ranking in Internet access speeds.
One of the downsides brought about by new technologies is:
the proliferation of telecommunications into the hands of a few
unprecedented set of security and espionage threats
, the stagnation of advertising
An overall increase in the costs of computing - unprecedented set of security and
espionage threats
Tech firms are among the best performing firms in the world. According to the text,
which firm is the most valuable firm in the United States, and has also posted some of
the most profitable quarters of any business in any industry?
Google
IBM
Apple
Amazon - Apple
Which of the following statements is NOT true about information?
One person's information can be another person's data
Information is rarely contextual.
Information is always subjective
The context in which information is understood varies from user to user. - Information is
rarely contextual.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page were both twenty-something doctoral students at Stanford
University when they founded:
Yahoo!
Google
Facebook
Amazon - Google
Which of these impacts of technology on different industries is CORRECT?
SEO and SEM are key tech industry acronyms that have become vital parts of the
accounting professional's operating toolkit.
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