Question

#1. Which of the following is NOT one of the driving forces behind the dramatic increase in the use of smartphones?

a) growing use of social media

b) lower prices of smartphones

c) more apps and games

d) longer battery life

#2. Hardware consists of computer equipment that is used to perform all of the following activities EXCEPT:

a) storage

b) input

c) analysis

d) processing

#3. Diego and Mary Ann are seeking _________, available for free, so they can change and improve it.

a.) a simulation system

b.) an app

c.) open source software

d.) an operating system

#4. Jonathan works at a nationally known grocery store chain that would like to start producing its own store brand of select items. He is analyzing sales data from the past five years to determine which nationally branded products are the best sellers. Jonathan is most likely a(n) ________.

a.) data scientist

b.) knowledge worker

c.) top executive

d.) end user

#5. Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers should be required to treat all Internet traffic running over their wired and wireless broadband networks the same, without favoring content from some sources and/or blocking or slowing content from others.

a.) true

b.) false

#6. Sun 'N Surf Swimwear has created a system for storing every piece of data about every one of its swimsuits in the production timeline. The design team can input and access information about each swimsuit's style, the manufacturing team can specify which procedures are in use, salespeople can input and access information about each swimsuit's sales history and availability, and even some external partners are allowed to access some data. What kind of a system is this?

a.) a management information system

b.) a corporate database

c.) a decision support system

d.) a knowledge management system

#7. The process of converting data to information involves creating _________ among the data elements.

a.) relationships

b.) coherence

c.) similarity

d.) uniformity

#8. Robotics, vision systems, natural language processing, and voice recognition systems are all examples of specialized information systems.

a.) True

b.) False

#9. Electronic business (e-business) includes e-commerce and e-procurement. Businesses use the Internet to perform business-related tasks and functions in e-business.

a.) true

b.) false

#10. When you sell textbooks to another student through an online auction site such as eBay.com, you are involved in e-commerce.

a.) true

b.) false

Answer 1

Ans 1: a) growing use of social media

Ans 2: c) analysis

Ans 3: c) open source software

Ans 4: a.) data scientist

Ans 5: a.) true

Ans 6: d.) a knowledge management system

Ans 7: a.) relationships

Ans 8: a.) True

Ans 9: a.) true

Ans 10: a.) true