Test 1 on Part 1 BCIS II Test 1 questions. 80 multiple choice questions Using MIS & Project 2010 dulcelee published on October 08, 201212 responses 0 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/20 Focused cost-leadership is observed when a product has the lower cost ____. within an industry segment of selling and delivering within an industry amongst the products of the company 2/20 A byte is a ___. character of data collection of numerals collection of records character of fields 3/20 According to the five-component model for IS, the ___ function(s) as the instructions for the people involved is an IS. data hardware software procedures 4/20 Moore's Law states that the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every ___ months. fourteen six twelve eighteen 5/20 Management information systems (MIS) is best defined as ___. the development and use of information systems to study the theoretical foundations of the various aspects of management as a discipline the development and use of information systems that help businesses achieve their goals and objectives the design and development of software applications and computer hardware the study and the science of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems 6/20 ___ is generally regarded as one of the more difficult operating systems to learn to use. Mac OS Windows Vista Windows XP Unix 7/20 A strong password should contain ___. less than seven characters your user name or real name upper case letters, lower case letters, and special characters a complete dictionary word in a foreign language 8/20 Being ___ is one of the most important characteristics of an effective collaborator. enthusiastic about the subject of collaboration well organized and popular gregarious, dynamic, and a persuasive presenter experienced in collaborating 9/20 The primary protocol of the Internet layer of the TCP/IP protocol architecture is called ___. SMTP IP HTTP TCP 10/20 Which of the following is likely to be used by organizations with limited budgets? Linus with Ubuntu Unix Microsoft Windows clients Mac OS 11/20 ___ firewalls are the simplest type of firewall. Circuit-level ACL Perimeter Packet-filtering 12/20 Which of the following types of DBMS is designed for smaller and simpler database applications? personal DBMS structural DBMS strategic DBMS object-oriented DBMS 13/20 Word 2007 and Adobe photoshop, which provide a set of instructions for the computer, are examples of the ___ component of an information system. software procedure database hardware 14/20 A ___ is a network of business functions that receives inputs and produces outputs. repository business process linkage competitive strategy 15/20 Which of the following situations represents strong bargaining power of suppliers? fashion outlet during recessionary times oil-exporting countries during a low price season for gas coffee farmers during an extended frost season bank liquidating during fire sale 16/20 Which of the following activities is not associated with a server? processing emails processing Web sites processing Word documents processing large, shared databases 17/20 The cost of the business process is the sum of the cost of the inputs and the ___. cost of activities value of the product/service cost of the outputs value of the outputs 18/20 One can use Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer to tailor the look and feel of SharePoint sites. However, some software developers use Microsoft Visual Studio to customize the sites. What is the reason behind this? Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer is more expensive than Visual Studio. Visual Studio provides greater customization and control. Collaboration sites cannot be built using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer. Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer does not allow file sharing and Web publishing. 19/20 Porter defined value as the ___. quality of after-sale service provided to customers perceived satisfaction of the customers and sellers after a transaction amount of money that a customer is willing to pay for a resource actual money exchanged in return of a product/service 20/20 ___ is the activity of two or more people working together to achieve a common goal, result, or work product. Experimentation Collaboration Systems thinking Abstract reasoning
