UNT BCIS 3610 Exam 1 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Usability and user-interface design are key factors in delivering apps that business users will adopt a -
correct answer ✔✔True*
Increasingly, companies are no longer incorporating computer-based information systems into their
products and services. - correct answer ✔✔False*
_____ are people who work directly with information systems to get results. - correct answer ✔✔End
users*
Application software, such as Microsoft Word, manages basic computer operations such as start-up. -
correct answer ✔✔False*
The term data is used to label raw facts such as height and weight of a patient. - correct answer
✔✔True*
A set of random or unrelated tasks performed to achieve a definite outcome is called a process. - correct
answer ✔✔False*
Natural language processing involves the computer interacting in natural languages - like spoken English.
- correct answer ✔✔True*
Either system software or application software, but not both, are needed for all types of computers. -
correct answer ✔✔False*
Systems development projects should always be outsourced in order to allow an organization to focus on
what it does best. - correct answer ✔✔False*
,Federal Express (FedEx) was one of the first large companies to empower customers to serve themselves
at their convenience through the use of _____. - correct answer ✔✔A corporate extranet*
Which of the following is NOT an organizational complement? - correct answer ✔✔Familiar Process*
The process of defining relationships among data to create useful information requires ______. - correct
answer ✔✔Knowledge*
When an organization wants to develop a new information system to meet its needs, it can _________. -
correct answer ✔✔All of these answers*
Finn designs and sells screen-printed t-shirts. He is reviewing sales data from previous years to decide
which colors are the most popular, and would therefore be the best investments for his next batch of t-
shirts. This is an example of _________. - correct answer ✔✔Business analytics*
Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is the use of mobile, wireless devices to place orders and conduct
business. - correct answer ✔✔True*
Sara Beth and Taylor have developed a new software that they plan to distribute for free, allowing other
software professionals to study, change, and improve it. Their software is an example of _________. -
correct answer ✔✔Open source software*
Which of the following does not is NOT an application software? - correct answer ✔✔Android*
An intranet is a network based on Web technologies that allows selected outsiders, such as business
partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a company's extranet. - correct answer
✔✔False*
A management information system (MIS) is exactly the same as a transaction processing system (TPS);
the two terms can be used interchangeably. - correct answer ✔✔False*
To keep information beyond reach of unauthorized users, is to keep the information _____. - correct
answer ✔✔Secure*
, An example of the concept of feedback is a factory information system that is programmed to alert the
manager if there is any decrease in productivity so the manager can take corrective steps to improve
productivity. - correct answer ✔✔True*
The value of information is directly linked to how it helps decision makers achieve their organization's
_____. - correct answer ✔✔Goals*
Organizations invest heavily in information systems to improve customer service. - correct answer
✔✔True*
A database is essential to the operation of a computer-based information system. - correct answer
✔✔True*
Over the next few years, it is expected that many organizations will focus on projects that _________. -
correct answer ✔✔All of these answers.
When an organization uses cloud computing, they do not have to buy and maintain expensive hardware.
- correct answer ✔✔True*
A(n) _____ can replace many applications with one unified set of programs, making the system easier to
use and more effective. - correct answer ✔✔enterprise resource planning system*
Using a computer to forecast future sales and order more inventory before a shortage can occur is an
example of information system feedback. - correct answer ✔✔False*
Components of a computer-based information system include people such as the CIO (chief information
officer) and end-users - correct answer ✔✔True*
Information is simply a collection of raw facts such as an employee number or the total hours worked in
a week. - correct answer ✔✔False*
The Internet of Things connects wireless identifiable objects ________. - correct answer ✔✔All of these*
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