Package Title: Homework Questions
Course Title: IS 5e
Chapter Number: 1

Question Type: Multiple Choice

Question Type: True/False

1) One of the big advantages of being an informed user and consumer of IT is that it enables you to anticipate future innovations and their potential applications.

Answer: True

Title: Homework Question 1.01
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.1 Identify the reasons why being an informed user of information systems is important in today’s world.
Section Reference 1: 1.1 Why Should I Study Information Systems?
Difficulty: Easy

Question Type: Multiple Choice

2) Global outsourcing helps an organization to:

a) Find the best person for the job.
b) Find more economical resources.
c) Implement spatial and temporal flexibility. 
d) All of these.

Answer: d

Title: Homework Question 1.02
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.1 Identify the reasons why being an informed user of information systems is important in today’s world.
Section Reference 1: 1.1 Why Should I Study Information Systems?
Difficulty: Easy 

Question Type: Multiple Choice

3) Managing information systems in a modern organization is challenging because:

a) The systems are very expensive to acquire, operate, and maintain.
b) The systems are critical to the organization’s operations.
c) The systems are easily replaced.
d) Both of the following are correct: the systems are very expensive to acquire, operate, and maintain; and the systems are critical to the organization’s operations.
e) Both of the following are correct: the systems are very expensive to acquire, operate, and maintain; and the systems are easily replaced.

Answer: d

Title: Homework Question 1.03
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.1 Identify the reasons why being an informed user of information systems is important in today’s world.
Section Reference 1: 1.1 Why Should I Study Information Systems?
Difficulty: Easy

Question Type: True/False

4) Process and procedures are important but not critical to the effective use of computer based information systems.

Answer: False

Title: Homework Question 1.04
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.2  Describe the various types of computer-based information systems in an organization.
Section Reference 1: 1.2 Overview of Computer-Based Information Systems
Difficulty: Easy

Question Type: Multiple Selection

5) The core capabilities of computer-based information systems include (check all that apply):

a) High-speed calculations.
b) Staging and processing of large amounts of data.
c) Generating new knowledge.
d) Managing people.
e) Quick access to information.

Answer: a, b, and e

Title: Homework Question 1.05
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.2  Describe the various types of computer-based information systems in an organization.
Section Reference 1: 1.2 Overview of Computer-Based Information Systems
Difficulty: Easy 

Question Type: Multiple Choice

6) HR information systems, POM information systems, CRM information systems, and marketing information systems are usually classified as:

a) ERP systems
b) Strategic information systems
c) Transaction processing systems
d) Functional area information systems
e) None of these

Answer: d

Title: Homework Question 1.06
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.2  Describe the various types of computer-based information systems in an organization.
Section Reference 1: 1.2 Overview of Computer-Based Information Systems
Difficulty: Easy 

Question Type: True/False

7) One impact of IT will be to decrease the numbers of managers employed in organizations.

Answer: True

Title: Homework Question 1.07
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.3 Discuss ways in which information technology can affect managers and nonmanagerial workers.
Section Reference 1: 1.3 How Does IT Impact Organizations?
Difficulty: Easy 

Question Type: Multiple Choice

8) While information systems, such as transaction processing systems, generate more information for managers to process, other information systems, such as ___, help them analyze this information to make better-informed decisions.

a) Business intelligence applications
b) Desktop publication applications
c) Office automation systems
d) Electronic commerce systems 

Answer: a

Title: Homework Question 1.08
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.3 Discuss ways in which information technology can affect managers and nonmanagerial workers.
Section Reference 1: 1.3 How Does IT Impact Organizations?
Difficulty: Medium 

Question Type: Multiple Choice 

9) Telepresence systems can help make ___________ a more popular choice for small and medium enterprises. 

a) The automation of manual tasks
b) Accounting software
c) Global outsourcing 
d) All of these

Answer: c

Title: Homework Question 1.09
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.4 Identify positive and negative societal effects of the increased use of information technology.
Section Reference 1: 1.4 Importance of Information Systems to Society
Difficulty: Easy 

Question Type: Multiple Choice

10) Which of the following is a useful, cost-effective, hands-on, and safe teaching tool in the medical field? 

a) Simulation environments
b) Medical robots
c) Videoconferencing
d) All of these

Answer: a

Title: Homework Question 1.10
Difficulty: Easy 
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.4 Identify positive and negative societal effects of the increased use of information technology.
Section Reference 1: 1.4 Importance of Information Systems to Society