BCIS 3610 EXAM 1 questions correctly
answered to pass
A computer-based information system (CBIS) is a single set of hardware, databases, networks, people,
and procedures configured to collect, manipulate, store, and process data into information, but the CBIS
does not include software. - correct answer ✔✔False
Which of the following is NOT an organizational complement?
A. familiar processes
B. new decision rights
C. well-trained workers
D. system support - correct answer ✔✔A. familiar processes
Usability and user-interface design are key factors in delivering apps that business users will adopt and
use. - 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 improved it. Their software is an example of _________. -
correct answer ✔✔open source software
When a customer buys products using the company's website, it results in transactions that are recorded
for later use by management information systems. - correct answer ✔✔True
A set of random or unrelated tasks performed to achieve a definite outcome is called a process. - correct
answer ✔✔False
____________ 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 intranet. - correct answer
✔✔Extranet
Systems development projects should always be outsourced in order to allow an organization to focus on
what it does best. - correct answer ✔✔False
Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is the use of mobile, wireless devices to place orders and conduct
business. - correct answer ✔✔True
QuickBooks is an accounting application used by many large, multinational organizations. - correct
answer ✔✔False
Increasingly, companies are no longer incorporating computer-based information systems into their
products and services. - correct answer ✔✔False
, The value of information is directly linked to how it helps decision makers achieve their organization's
_____. - correct answer ✔✔goals
_____ is/are considered to be the most important element in computer-based information systems. -
correct answer ✔✔People
The term data is used to label raw facts such as height and weight of a patient. - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following does not is NOT an application software?
A. SAP
B. Quicken
C. QuickBooks
D. Android - correct answer ✔✔D. Android
_____ is a strategy by which an organization determinedly and systematically gathers, organizes, stores,
analyzes, and shares its collective knowledge and experience. - correct answer ✔✔Knowledge
management
The gulf between those who do and do not have access to modern information and communications
technology is described as the _____. - correct answer ✔✔digital divide
When an organization wants to develop a new information system to meet its needs, it can _________.
A. all of these answers
B. choose a software service provider
C. build a custom application
D. buy software off the shelf - correct answer ✔✔A. all of these answers
Last week Jake and Gina used their computer programming skills to illegally gain access to a local
veterinary clinic's customer database. They stole the customers' names, addresses, and credit card
numbers, and they're now using this information to purchase things from the Internet. Jake and Gina are
_________. - correct answer ✔✔cybercriminals
The World Wide Web (WWW) is a network of links on the Internet to documents containing text,
graphics, video, and sound, but does not offer cloud computing capabilities. - correct answer ✔✔False
For each type of IS (personal, group, enterprise), there are _____ that must be in place to ensure
successful implementation and use of the system. - correct answer ✔✔organizational complements
Over the next few years, it is expected that many organizations will focus on projects that _________.
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