Assignment: Strategic Information Technology

1. Organizations use the IS function and technology as the lever for simultaneously shrinking the organization by reducing personnel head count and making the organization more productive (i.e., doing more with less). Identify the term which defines this activity carried out within an organization.
Offshoring
Downsizing
Outsourcing
Liquidating

2. Which of the following core competencies is part of an IS personnel's systems knowledge and skills?
Hardware platforms
Virtualization
Information gathering and analysis
Cabling and network interface cards

3. Which of the following statements is true about the infrastructure as a service model?
The customer has to manage the licenses for the operating systems being used.
The customer has no knowledge or control over the underlying infrastructure and has only limited ability to control or configure application-specific settings.
The customer can run his or her own applications that are typically designed using tools provided by the service provider.
The customer does not have to manage operating system licenses.

4. _______ take(s) the concept of real-time communication a step further by allowing people to communicate using avatars.
Blogging
Microblogging
Instant messaging
Virtual worlds

5. Backward looking" budgets are typically based on:
forecasts.
marketing research.
future trends.
historical data.

6. Which of the following goods are typically produced under a make-to-order approach?
Expensive high-volume goods
Cheap high-volume goods
Very expensive low-volume goods
Mass-produced goods

7. Customers can purchase __________ software off the shelf to help them with their personal documents and communications.
personalized
tailored
packaged
custom

8. Using analytical tools to optimally utilize labor, materials, and equipment is a part of the __________ step of supply chain planning.
demand forecasting
production scheduling
distribution planning
inventory planning

9. During the first phase of the systems development life cycle, organizations:
transform the system design into a working information system.
identify, plan, and select a development project from all possible projects that could be performed.
gain a thorough understanding of an organization's current way of doing things in the area for which the new information system will be constructed.
elaborate on the details of the chosen approach and design the system.

10. Which of the following is the most complete definition of a computer crime?
The act of using a computer to commit an illegal act
The act of using someone's computer to browse the Internet
The act of using someone's computer to check e-mail
The act of stealing a computer and related hardware