M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore – 54 Department of Information Science and Engineering Multiple Choice Questions
Information Systems (IS 703)
SET A Each question carries equal mark. Answer all
The nature of business competition is changing drastically as a result of all of the following except: A. new online companies B. new business models C. the diversity of EC-related products and services D. the increase in the number of digitizable products E. companies are having difficulty integrating their physical and electronic channels Ans: E Direct payment of Social Security benefits is an example of which type of e-commerce? A. government-to-citizen government-to-citizen B. consumer-to-consumer consumer-to-consumer C. consumer-to-business consumer-to-business D. business-to-consumer business-to-consumer E. business-to-business business-to-business Ans: A The most common wireless technology for TV and DVD remote control devices is: A. Bluetooth B. Ultra wideband C. Near field communications D. Wi-Max E. Infrared Ans: E Microwave transmission systems are used for _____ volume, _____ distance, _____ communications. A. Low, long, broadcast B. Low, short, line-of-sight C. High, long, broadcast D. High, short, broadcast E. High, long, line-of-sight Ans: E Which of the following is not an inhibitor of faster Wi-Fi expansion? A. Users cannot roam from hotspot to hotspot if the hotspots use different Wi-Fi network services. B. There is a lack of security. C. The growth of Wi-Max. D. Unless the service is free, users have to log on to separate accounts for each hotspot. E. Wi-Fi servivces may not survive in the face of free hotspot access. Ans: C Mobile computing has two major characteristics characteristics that differentiate it from other forms forms of computing. What are these two characteristics? characteristics? A. Mobility, broad reach B. Mobility, lack of expense C. Security, broad reach
D. Security, mobility E. Broad reach, localization Ans: A Parking meters that you can pay via your mobile telephone is an example of: A. mobile banking B. wireless electronic payment C. wireless wallet D. brokerage service E. money transfer Ans: B Organizational transactions are typically _____ volume, _____, and therefore _____ to computerize. A. low, repetitive, difficult B. high, repetitive, easy C. high, different, difficult D. low, different, easy E. high, different, easy Ans: B _____ integrate the planning, management, and use of all of an organization’s resources, and are designed to tightly integrate the functional areas of the organization. A. Transaction processing systems B. Supply chain management systems C. Functional area information systems D. Enterprise resource planning systems E. Corporate extranets Ans: D _____ are the most successful solutions or problem-solving methods for achieving a business objective. A. Business functions B. Best practices C. Optimal strategies D. Business processes E. Enterprise solutions Ans: B Supply chain complexity and scale: A. Affect both very small companies and large, global organizations B. Were difficult to address before the Internet C. Result when firms product complex products and services D. Result when firms implement full-scale, supply chain management systems E. Result when companies implement extranets and EDI Ans: B
Which of the following is not a goal of supply chain management? A. reduce uncertainty along the supply chain B. decrease inventory levels C. increase cycle time D. improve customer service E. improve business processes Ans: C
.A company’s organization and processes for distributing and delivering products to its final customers is the A. suppliers’ chain B. external supply chain C. upstream portion of the supply chain D. downstream portion of the supply chain E. the entire supply chain Ans: D _____ is the strategy of purchasing upstream suppliers, in order to ensure availability of supplies. A. Horizontal integration B. Vertical integration C. Just-in-time inventory management D. Supply chain integration E. Customer order integration Ans: B
The benefits of EDI include which of the following? A. data entry errors are minimized B. length of messages is shorter C. messages are secured D. fosters collaborative relationships E. all of the above Ans: E Being an entrepreneur, disturbance handler, and negotiator is part of the _____ managerial role. A. interpersonal B. entrepreneurial C. informational D. decisional E. confrontational Ans: D Success in the _____ phase of the decision making process results in resolving the original problem, and failure leads to a return to previous phases. A. implementation B. choice C. design D. intelligence E. consideration Ans: A These types of decisions are more common at lower organizational levels. A. Structured B. Unstructured C. Undocumented D. Semistructured E. Procedural
Ans. A Computer support is greatest for which of the following problems? A. Semistructured and strategic planning
B. Unstructured and operational control C. Structured and operational control D. Semistructured and management control E. Structured and management control Ans: C Virtual reality systems A. provide engineers, designers, and factory managers with precise control over industrial design and manufacturing B. provide an important source of expertise for organizations C. allow groups to work together on documents D. provide drug designers, architects, engineers, and medical workers with precise, photorealistic simulations of objects and environments E. help organizations process vast amounts of transactional data Ans: D