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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Business Administration (MBA) .
Chapters
| 1. |
These systems address non-routine decisions requiring judgment, evaluation, and insight because there is no agreed-on procedure for arriving at a solution. |
| A. | Enterprise system. |
| B. | Supply chain management (SCM) system. |
| C. | Executive support systems. |
| D. | Knowledge management system (KMS). |
| Answer» C. Executive support systems. | |
| 2. |
Systems that span all functional areas and focus on executing business processes Across the firm are called. |
| A. | Business functional systems. |
| B. | Enterprise applications |
| C. | Transaction processing systems. |
| D. | Data management systems. |
| Answer» B. Enterprise applications | |
| 3. |
Which system stores all organizational data in a single central data repository? |
| A. | Management information system. |
| B. | Customer relationship system. |
| C. | Enterprise system. |
| D. | Transaction processing system. |
| Answer» C. Enterprise system. | |
| 4. |
Which of the following would not describe how a firm can benefit from Supply Chain Management systems? |
| A. | Rapidly communicate changes in product design |
| B. | Check inventory availability and monitor inventory levels. |
| C. | Control the actions of machines and equipment. |
| D. | Plan production based on actual customer demand. |
| Answer» C. Control the actions of machines and equipment. | |
| 5. |
Which type of enterprise application is specifically used to help a business to Increase sales? |
| A. | Enterprise system |
| B. | Supply chain management (SCM) system. |
| C. | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. |
| D. | Knowledge management system (KMS). |
| Answer» C. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. | |
| 6. |
Which type of enterprise application stores directories of employees with special areas of expertise? |
| A. | Enterprise system |
| B. | Supply chain management system |
| C. | Customer relationship management system. |
| D. | Knowledge Management System. |
| Answer» D. Knowledge Management System. | |
| 7. |
This term refers to the use of digital technology and the Internet to execute the major business processes in an enterprise |
| A. | Electronic Business. |
| B. | Electronic markets. |
| C. | Electronic data interchange |
| D. | Electronic management. |
| Answer» A. Electronic Business. | |
| 8. |
Which person is responsible for the overall use of information technology in a large conglomerate?. |
| A. | System Analyst |
| B. | Chief Executive Officer (CEO). |
| C. | Chief Information Officer (CIO). |
| D. | Chief Management Officer (CMO). |
| Answer» C. Chief Information Officer (CIO). | |
| 9. |
Data about the performance of a system is |
| A. | Marketing Data |
| B. | Control |
| C. | Meta Data |
| D. | Feed Back |
| Answer» D. Feed Back | |
| 10. |
Structured decisions are ___________ in nature |
| A. | Non-Repetitive |
| B. | Repetitive |
| C. | Routine |
| D. | Both (b) & (c) |
| Answer» D. Both (b) & (c) | |
| 11. |
This individual is credited with the development of the five forces competitive model: |
| A. | Henry Fayol. |
| B. | Max Weber. |
| C. | Michael Porter. |
| D. | Michael Dell. |
| Answer» C. Michael Porter. | |
| 12. |
Google are using information technology to pursue this generic strategy |
| A. | Low-cost leadership. |
| B. | Product differentiation. |
| C. | Focus on market niche. |
| D. | Strengthening customer and supplier intimacy. |
| Answer» B. Product differentiation. | |
| 13. |
A network of organizations used for procuring raw materials, transforming these materials into products, and distributing the products to customers is called a(n). |
| A. | Value chain. |
| B. | Supply chain. |
| C. | Enterprise system. |
| D. | Process chain. |
| Answer» B. Supply chain. | |
| 14. |
A supply strategy in which components arrive exactly at the moment they are needed is called. |
| A. | Bullwhip effect. |
| B. | Demand planning. |
| C. | Just-in-time. |
| D. | Pull-based model. |
| Answer» C. Just-in-time. | |
| 15. |
A comprehensive customer relationship management package includes a module for. |
| A. | Supply chain execution system. |
| B. | Supply chain planning system. |
| C. | Partner relationship management (PRM) system |
| D. | Business forecast planning system. |
| Answer» C. Partner relationship management (PRM) system | |
| 16. |
All of the following are vendors of customer relationship management software except. |
| A. | Siebel. |
| B. | Clarify. |
| C. | Sales force. |
| D. | Microsoft |
| Answer» D. Microsoft | |
| 17. |
In a CRM system, this module provides information and tools to increase the Efficiency of call centers, help desks, and customer support staff. |
| A. | Customer service |
| B. | Sales force automation. |
| C. | Demand planning. |
| D. | Employee relationship. |
| Answer» A. Customer service | |
| 18. |
Willingness of the Management, Customers, Suppliers, Employees, the acceptance of End-Users...in related to SDLC belongs to |
| A. | Operational Feasibility |
| B. | Technical Feasibility |
| C. | Economic Feasibility |
| D. | Organisational Feasibility |
| Answer» A. Operational Feasibility | |
| 19. |
Which of the following best explains the meaning of managerial participation in Effectivecomputer utilization is MIS:. |
| A. | Managers operate the computer. |
| B. | Need for understanding and support from top management'. |
| C. | Managers need to be educated about computers. |
| D. | Managers need to go through the computers reports. |
| Answer» B. Need for understanding and support from top management'. | |
| 20. |
The most advanced graphics software in any system used by management is Normallyfound in:. |
| A. | TPS. |
| B. | ESS. |
| C. | Intranets. |
| D. | Enterprise systems. |
| Answer» B. ESS. | |
| 21. |
The process of removing the deficiencies and loopholes in the data is called as |
| A. | Aggregation of data |
| B. | Extracting of data |
| C. | Cleaning up of data. |
| D. | Loading of data |
| Answer» C. Cleaning up of data. | |
| 22. |
Which one manages historic transactions? |
| A. | OLTP |
| B. | OLAP |
| C. | SPREAD SHEET |
| D. | XML |
| Answer» B. OLAP | |
| 23. |
Which of the following features usually applies to data in a data warehouse? |
| A. | Data are often deleted |
| B. | Most applications consist of transactions |
| C. | Data are rarely deleted |
| D. | Relatively few records are processed by applications |
| Answer» C. Data are rarely deleted | |
| 24. |
Which of the following statement is true? |
| A. | The data warehouse consists of data marts and operational data |
| B. | The data warehouse is used as a source for the operational data |
| C. | The operational data are used as a source for the data warehouse |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. The operational data are used as a source for the data warehouse | |
| 25. |
The following is true of three-tier data warehouses: |
| A. | Once created, the data marts will keep on being updated from the data warehouseat periodic times |
| B. | Once created, the data marts will directly receive their new data from the operational databases |
| C. | The data marts are different groups of tables in the data warehouse |
| D. | A data mart becomes a data warehouse when it reaches a critical size |
| Answer» A. Once created, the data marts will keep on being updated from the data warehouseat periodic times | |
| 26. |
The following technology is not well-suited for data mining: |
| A. | Expert system technology |
| B. | Data visualization |
| C. | Technology limited to specific data types such as numeric data types |
| D. | Parallel architecture |
| Answer» C. Technology limited to specific data types such as numeric data types | |
| 27. |
What is true of the multidimensional model? |
| A. | It typically requires less disk storage |
| B. | It typically requires more disk storage |
| C. | Typical business queries requiring aggregate functions take more time |
| D. | Increasing the size of a dimension is difficult |
| Answer» B. It typically requires more disk storage | |
| 28. |
The most common source of change data in refreshing a data warehouse is: |
| A. | Queryable change data |
| B. | Cooperative change data |
| C. | Logged change data |
| D. | Snapshot change data |
| Answer» D. Snapshot change data | |
| 29. |
Which of the following statements is not true about refreshing a data warehouse: |
| A. | It is a process of managing timing differences between the updating of data sources and the related data warehouse objects. |
| B. | Updates to dimension tables may occur at different times than the fact table |
| C. | The data warehouse administrator has more control over the load time lag than the valid time lag |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 30. |
The generic two-level data warehouse architecture includes which of the following? |
| A. | At least one data mart |
| B. | Data that can extracted from numerous internal and external sources |
| C. | Near real-time updates |
| D. | All of the above. |
| Answer» B. Data that can extracted from numerous internal and external sources | |
| 31. |
A goal of data mining includes which of the following? |
| A. | To explain some observed event or condition |
| B. | To confirm that data exists |
| C. | To analyze data for expected relationships |
| D. | To create a new data warehouse |
| Answer» C. To analyze data for expected relationships | |
| 32. |
Data mining is used to aid in |
| A. | Operational management |
| B. | Analyzing past decision made by managers |
| C. | Detecting patterns in operational data |
| D. | Retrieving archival data |
| Answer» C. Detecting patterns in operational data | |
| 33. |
Data mining requires |
| A. | large quantities of operational data stored over a period of time |
| B. | lots of tactical data |
| C. | several tape drives to store archival data |
| D. | large mainframe computers |
| Answer» A. large quantities of operational data stored over a period of time | |
| 34. |
What is Data Mining? |
| A. | The capability to drill down into an organization's data once a question has been raised. |
| B. | The setting up of queries to alert management when certain criteria are met. |
| C. | The process of performing trend analysis on the financial data of an organization. |
| D. | The automated process of discovering patterns and relationships in an organization's data. |
| Answer» D. The automated process of discovering patterns and relationships in an organization's data. | |
| 35. |
If knowledge discovery is one aspect of data mining, ____________ is the other. |
| A. | Prediction |
| B. | association |
| C. | relation |
| D. | linking |
| Answer» A. Prediction | |
| 36. |
Data mining tools enable you to |
| A. | Discover any existing natural classifications |
| B. | Compare data mining with OLAP |
| C. | Give a practical boost to the data mining process. |
| D. | Uncover hidden information. |
| Answer» D. Uncover hidden information. | |
| 37. |
___________ & _____________ are 2 outcomes of data mining operations: |
| A. | Data & information |
| B. | Relationships & patterns |
| C. | Associations & linkages |
| D. | Unstructured & structured data |
| Answer» B. Relationships & patterns | |
| 38. |
Data mining predicts the: |
| A. | Data |
| B. | Future |
| C. | Information |
| D. | Stock market information |
| Answer» B. Future | |
| 39. |
In data mining, the analyst prepares the data and “sits back” while the ______ drive the process. |
| A. | Users |
| B. | Analyst |
| C. | DBA |
| D. | Tools |
| Answer» D. Tools | |
| 40. |
Which of the following is(are) true of the EDP auditors? |
| A. | they should have computer expertise |
| B. | they will be replaced by traditional auditors in the near future |
| C. | two of the above |
| D. | currently, there is a very high demand for them, particularly from firms that use personal computers |
| Answer» A. they should have computer expertise | |
| 41. |
Inventory is also referred to as: |
| A. | stock |
| B. | warehouse capacity |
| C. | materials |
| D. | materials in hand |
| Answer» A. stock | |
| 42. |
Average inventory level is reduced by |
| A. | decreasing the vendor lead time |
| B. | increasing the usage rate |
| C. | decreasing the order quantity |
| D. | lowering the reorder point |
| Answer» C. decreasing the order quantity | |
| 43. |
An organization containing manufacturing, marketing, and finance areas is called a matrix organization |
| A. | flow network organization |
| B. | modular organization |
| C. | functional organization |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 44. |
The files required to maintain general ledger records include inventory file |
| A. | detail postings file |
| B. | chart of accounts file |
| C. | all of the above |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. chart of accounts file | |
| 45. |
The funds management subsystem attempts to |
| A. | increase cash input |
| B. | decrease cash output |
| C. | balance cash inflow with outflow |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. balance cash inflow with outflow | |
| 46. |
A _____ is a program that serves as an interface between application program and a Set of coordinated and integrated files called a database. |
| A. | DDS |
| B. | DBMS |
| C. | MIS |
| D. | Control |
| Answer» B. DBMS | |
| 47. |
Which of the following is not tree about expert systems? |
| A. | Expert systems are collections of human knowledge |
| B. | Export systems are expensive to design. |
| C. | export systems are usually designed to run on small general-purpose computers |
| D. | Maintenance support may be difficult to obtain for an expert system. |
| Answer» D. Maintenance support may be difficult to obtain for an expert system. | |
| 48. |
The executive vice-president usually has responsibility for the |
| A. | physical system of the firm |
| B. | conceptual information system of the firm |
| C. | vice-president of finance |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. physical system of the firm | |
| 49. |
General ledger is also referred to as: main ledger |
| A. | extra ledger |
| B. | nominal ledger |
| C. | All of the above |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. All of the above | |
| 50. |
In ……………… system the interaction between various subsystems cannot be defined with certainty |
| A. | Open System |
| B. | Closed System |
| C. | Deterministic System |
| D. | Probabilistic System |
| Answer» A. Open System | |
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