3. (2) Which of the below represents business processes you would find in the human resources department?
Hiring employees
Enrolling employees in benefit plans
Tracking vacation and sick time
All of the above
(2) Charles Mott works for a company called VeriSign that acts a trusted third party to verify information. One of Charles' largest clients is CheckMd, which holds and authenticates customer reviews of doctors and dentists online and having a third party validating the reviews is critical to CheckMd's success. What type of authentication technique is VeriSign providing for CheckMD?
Firewall
Certificate authority
Online certificate
Digital content certificate
What enables computers to run multiple operating systems and multiple software applications at the same time and creates multiple ‘virtual' machines all on a single computing device?
Virtualization
Innovation
Availability
Viral computing
) What is a system that uses computerized advisory programs to imitate the reasoning processes of experts in solving difficult problems?
Expert system
Virtual reality
Neural network
Genetic algorithm
) What must you do with antivirus software to make it protect effectively?
Must never upgrade or change vendors
Must download a portable button for it to activate
Must frequently update it to protect against viruses
All of the above
2) Which of the below is an advantage for a small business that is considering implementing cloud computing?
With cloud computing you only pay for what you use so a small business will save money
With cloud computing increased customer demands can easily be met by internal enterprise architects
With cloud computing there is not a need for a big investment of capital to access powerful large scale server systems
With cloud computing it is easier to store, process and analyze information from any location
) Which of the following demonstrates a company that has implemented a low cost, broad market strategy?
Neiman Marcus.
Payless Shoes.
The Sharper Image.
Walmart.
2) What is a facility used to house management information systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems?
Call center
Data center
Delivery base
Central center
Which of the following departments is primarily responsible for promoting discounts, attracting customers, and communicating marketing campaigns?
Accounting and Finance
Marketing and Sales
Operations Management
Human Resources
Which of the following is the main drawback of biometrics?
It is considered illegal
It is viewed as an invasion of privacy
It can be costly and intrusive
It requires constant monitoring and upgrading
An MIS infrastructure is __________ and ___________.
Dynamic and static
Dynamic and continually changing
A client and a server
Hardware and software
hich of the following is a benefit of a solid MIS infrastructure?
Reduces costs
Improves productivity
Optimizes business operations
All of the above
2) What is the system that focuses on evaluating and improving the processes that include both person-to-person workflow and system-to-system communications?
Business process management (BPM) systems
Semistructured systems
Virtual reality
All of the above
Which of the following authentication methods is 100 percent accurate?
Smart card
Fingerprint authentication
User ID
None of the above
applying Porter's three generic strategies, Tiffany & Co. has a competitive scope and cost strategy that is _________.
Broad market-high cost strategy
Narrow market-low cost strategy
Narrow market-high cost strategy
Broad market-low cost strategy
Which of the following is a reason for the growth of the World Wide Web?
The microcomputer revolution
Advancements in networking hardware
Web pages being easy to create and flexible
All of the above
Which of the following is not considered a form of biometrics?
Iris scan
Password
Fingerprint
Handwriting
hy are Fortune 500 companies engaging in blogging?
To order supplies
To review favorite Internet providers
To gather feedback and share ideas
To pay employees
Which of the following is an example of a sustaining technology?
Porsche's faster car
Intel's low-end microprocessor
Sony's transistor-based consumer electronics (transistor radio)
All of the aboveWhich of the following is considered a type of biometrics?
Voice
Face
Iris
All of the above)
Which cloud computing model offers applications on a pay-per-use basis?
Infrastructure as a Service
Platform as a Service
Software as a Service
All of the above
Where do organizations typically place firewalls?
Between a personal computer and the server
Between a personal computer and a printer
Between the server and the content filtering software
Between the server and the Internet
hat are the three business functions an MIS infrastructure supports?
Supports operations, change, and the environment or sustainability
Supports operations, customers, and ewaste
Supports operations, clients, and servers
Supports information, change, and business continuity planning
ho is a person who is grounded in technology, fluent in business, and able to provide the important bridge between MIS and the business?
MIS Infrastructure manager
MIS specialist
Enterprise architect
Enterprise manager
2) DreamWorks Animation Company used which sustainable infrastructure component to complete many of its films including Shrek, Madagascar and Antz?
Agile computing
Grid computing
Cloud computing
Server computing