1. A list of potential donors who live in Seattle and enjoy sports would be considered ________
data overload
data
information overload
SQL
information
2. Which of the following competency area sets an IS professional apart from others and may help protect a person’s job from the threat f utsourcing
business competency
networking
problem solving
systems integration
development methodologies
3. The fact that the value of a company such as eBay increases as more people join and use eBay is characterized as the ______
Network effect
Strategic effect
Social effect
Scarcity effect
Competitive advantage effect
4. Which U.S. Federal Trade Commission document is intended to encourage businesses to make their privacy policies readily available to consumers?
Final Privacy Statements
Fair Information Practice Principles
Forecasts of Privacy Principles
Free Information Policies
Posted Protective Practices
5. Information technology (IT) includes:
Telecommunications networks and software
Hardware, software, and data
Hardware, data, and telecommunications networks
Hardware, software, and telecommunications networks
Hardware, software, data, and telecommunications networks
6. The category of information system that is used to process transactions and generate data is ____
Executive information systems
Management information systems
Business intelligence systems
Decision support systems
Transaction processing systems
7. “My Starbucks Idea,” which provides customers a location to post suggestions, is a type of _______ innovation
Open
Simulation
Closed
Socializing
Focused
8. Data privacy statements on an organization’s Web site satisfy the ____ fair information practice principle
Notice/awareness
Access/participation
Integrity/security
Enforcement/redress
Choice/consent
9. According to your textbook, a degree in information systems serves as precursor to becoming a _____, which is a position experience the highest demand in business today.
Data scientist
DOS programmer
Video rental manager
Historian
COBEL administrator
10. Which of the following is NOT a recommended guideline by the Computer Ethics Institute for the ethical use of computers?
Do not snoop in other people’s files
Do not copy or use proprietary software without paying for it
Do not use other people’s computer resources without authorization or compensation
Do not think about the social consequence of programs you write or systems you design
Do not use a computer to harm others
11. Using sensors to improve supply chains to increase operational efficiency is part of the
Supply Chain Internet of Things (SCIoT)
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Sensor Internet of Things (SIot)
Efficiency Internet of Things (EIoT)
Operational Internet of Things (OIoT)
12. When a company allows a customer to opt-in and/or opt-out with respect to the data it collects, it is implementing the _____ fair information practice principle
Notice/awareness
Access/participation
Enforcement/redress
Integrity/security
Choice/consent
13. Which of the following IT megatrends is concerned with the network connection of a wide array of devices using the internet?
Mobile computing
Cloud computing
Social media
Big data
The internet of things
14. The job for a _____ is “responsible for analyzing business requirements and selecting information systems that meet those needs.”
Systems analyst
Webmaster
Software developer
IS auditor
Systems programmer
15. The type of information system that includes methods and systems for analyzing data warehouse to better various aspects of a business is a(n) _______
Intelligent system
Business intelligence system
Customer relationship management system
Office automation system
Knowledge management system
16. Issues associated with ethics include all of the following except:
Information property rights
Information privacy
Information redundancy
Information accuracy
Information accessibility
17. Today, computing has from an activity primarily focused on ______ to one that encompasses many social and casual activities
Estimating market growth
Playing games
Automating work
Posting status updates
Simulating products
18. Which of the following IT megatrends is concerned with the generation, collection, and analysis of vast quantities of unstructured data?
Cloud computing
Access database
Big data
Mobile computing
Social media
19. The job description for the _____ is “responsible for strategic planning and IS use throughout the firm.”
Chief Information officer (CIO)
Database administrator
IS security manager
IS manager
Chief digital officer (CDO)
20. Information systems such as those created by Federal Express are created with the intent of gaining a(n) ____.
Foothold
Innovative edge
Competitive advantage
Disruptive wedge
Temporary edge
21. Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between data and information?
Information is raw facts with no meaning and of themselves, whereas data is information that has been transformed to be useful
Data and information are completely unrelated concepts
Data and information are exactly the same thing
None of these statements correctly describes the relationship between data and information
Data are raw facts with no meaning in and of themselves, whereas information is data that has been transformed to be useful
22. _____ is a body of governing procedures, such as guidelines or rules, which are used to organize or manipulate data to make it suitable for a given task.
Experience
Critical thinking
Information
Perspective
Knowledge
23. Using a Fitbit to log activities is potentially the beginning of _______, which is the notion of logging all aspects of life
The life-o-meter
A mashup
e-business
the quantified self
total mobility
24. Having to deal with taxes, tariffs, and import and export regulations is a(n) _____ challenge associated with operating in the digital world
Cultural
Infrastructure
Time zone difference
Regulatory
Demographic
25. The computer ethics issue of _______ is concerned about who owns the information that is stored about people
Information property rights
Information privacy
Information redundancy
Information accessibility
Information accuracy