Exam Questions Flashcards
(35 cards)
During The Industrial Revolution, some who felt threatened by new technology, what were they called?
Luddites
The ability to learn new technology as they occur and emerge and assess their impact is called?
Computer Fluency
According to Friedman which of the following is true about Globalization?
Individuals and small groups are drivers
What are Information Systems?
Set of interrelated components that retrieves information to help decision making
What refers to a program or set of programs that tell the computer to perform certain tasks?
Software
Which of the following IS is responsible for planning and IS use throughout the firm?
Chief Information Officer
Identify the purpose of a transaction processing system used in an organization
Handle day to day business and data at the operational level
Toyota’s automative ES and Fed Ex’s website; the choices that were made to develop where what in their attempt?
Strategic
Does great payroll or order entry give an organization a competitive advantage?
No, everyone has it
According to Nicholas Carr, cloud computing may contribute to outsourcing - which supports this
- Many disagree, IT is no longer a source of advantage
- It may
- C
What do managers at the tactical/managerial level focus on?
Deploying organizational resources to and achieving objectives of organizations
Multidomestic longer term problems are at what level?
Executive Level
According to what transistor chips doubled?
Moore’s Law
Innovators Dilemma refers to how disruptive innovations____?
Cause established firms or industries to loss market dominance
New technologies that surpass dominant technologies
Disruptive Technologies
Which occurs reverse pricing system?
Customers specify what and how much they are willing to spend
Electronic Commerce used business with business partmers
Business to Business
Which is true about e-commerce?
Business to business is largest form
Which provides customers personalized information in corporate databases; querying
Integration
Which is true about pursuing click only strategy?
Do not have a physical structure
Project teams comprised of specialized members from different areas
Virtual Teams
Which basic concept associated with Web 2.0
Shift of consumers form passive to creator of content
Consequence of the use of social software
People share more personal informatoin
Major benefit as social software harness “wisdom of crowds”
Collective Intelligence
