1. Which of the following has been reduced by the growing capabilities of users?
a. Network operations
b. Systems architecture
c. System maintenance
d. Business requirements identification
2. Which of the following is true of today's CIOs?
a. They are expected to safeguard the privacy of customer data.
b. They need to look for IT innovations.
c. They are expected to do more with less money.
d. They are not expected to keep up with government regulation changes
3. The traditional set of IS responsibilities includes all of the following except:
a. Managing corporate data
b. Planning systems
c. Identifying opportunities for network expansion
d. Performing system analysis and design
4. Trends in data are headed towards:
a. emphasis on application data files.
b. emphasis on knowledge management.
c. emphasis on data reduction.
d. emphasis on transactions.
5. If an organization has e-enabled its business it is:
a. expanding its brick-and-mortar operations.
b. integrating the Internet into how it works.
c. offering goods and services internationally.
d. maintaining its records electronically.
6. Trends in computer software are NOT headed towards:
a. increasing use of purchased software.
b. increasing network-centricity.
c. increased end-user computing.
d. increased development.
7. In the IS Lite model the development of Web site standards and operations is an example of the:
a. outsource model.
b. federal model.
c. decentralization model.
d. distributed model.
8. Procedure-based activities are characterized by:
a. low volume of transactions.
b. focus on effectiveness.
c. well-structured procedures.
d. high value per transaction.
9.The role of the IS executive in the ____________ was that of being an operational manager of IS.
a. Mainframe era
b. Distributed era
c. Web era
d. Open source era
10. Business ecosystems:
a. are stable business environments
b. work best in a hierarchical, centralized command structure
c. involve relationships with one or a few companies
d. involves a web of hundreds of organizations