COMM 226 Flashcards
What is reasoning?
a) The ability to make and manipulate models.
b) A physical object that can be manipulated.
c) A set of numbers arranged in a sequence.
d) A method of encrypting data.
Correct Answer: a
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- What term describes the factors that make it difficult for a new business to begin operating in an industry?
A) Market Saturation
B) Barriers to Entry
C) Competitive Advantage
D) Strategic Alliance
Answer: B) Barriers to Entry
- Which ethical principle, developed by Immanuel Kant, states that one should behave only in a way that one would want the behavior to become a universal law?
A) Utilitarianism
B) Social Contract Theory
C) Categorical Imperative
D) Ethical Relativism
Categorical imperative.
- What is the name of the model proposed by Michael Porter that assesses industry characteristics and profitability using five competitive forces?
A) SWOT Analysis
B) PESTEL Framework
C) Value Chain Model
D) Five Forces Model
Five forces model.
- In business processes, what term describes interactions across value chains that are important sources of efficiencies and are supported by information systems?
A) Linkages
B) Core Processes
C) Supply Chains
D) Data Flows
Linkages.
- What type of information system helps businesses achieve their goals and objectives?
A) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
B) Transaction Processing System (TPS)
C) Management Information Systems (MIS)
D) Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Management information systems (MIS).
- In Porter’s value chain model, which activities create direct value for a company?
A) Support Activities
B) Primary Activities
C) Competitive Activities
D) Secondary Activities
Primary activities.
In the Five Forces Model, what term describes a competing product that performs the same or similar function as an industry’s product by another means?
A) Alternative Good
B) Disruptive Innovation
C) Complementary Product
D) Substitute
Substitute.
- In Porter’s value chain model, what term describes the activities that contribute indirectly to value creation, such as procurement, technology, human resources, and infrastructure?
A) Support Activities
B) Value Drivers
C) Ancillary Services
D) Operational Components
Support activities.
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What term describes the mental process of making one or more models of the components of a system and connecting inputs and outputs into a sensible whole?
A) Logical Processing
B) Computational Thinking
C) Systems Thinking
D) Abstract Reasoning
Systems thinking.
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What is the standard set of terms and graphical notations for documenting business processes?
a) Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)
b) Unified Modeling Language (UML)
c) Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD)
Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) standard.
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What type of process has a fluid and dynamic structure, contrasting with structured processes?
a) Dynamic processes
b) Structured processes
c) Sequential processes
d) Static processes
Dynamic processes.
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Which of the following describes the five fundamental components of an information system—computer hardware, software, data, procedures, and people?
a) Five-component framework
b) Information Technology Infrastructure
c) Information System Architecture
d) System Development Life Cycle
Five-component framework.
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What is a group of components that interact to produce information?
a) Information system (IS)
b) Data repository
c) Network
d) Database
Information system (IS).
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What term refers to clearly defining what users of an information system can do and under what conditions?
a) Prescriptive procedures
b) User roles
c) Access controls
d) Security policies
Prescriptive procedures.
What is a collection of records, usually implemented as a database?
a) Repository
b) Archive
c) Data store
d) Data warehouse
Repository.
In a BPMN diagram, what long column contains all the activities for a particular role?
a) Swimlane
b) Process flow
c) Activity path
d) Workstream
Swimlane.
Which ethics theory determines the morality of an act based on its outcome, specifically maximizing happiness and reducing suffering?
a) Utilitarianism
b) Deontology
c) Virtue ethics
d) Ethical relativism
Utilitarianism.
What principle states that the average cost of production decreases as the size of the operation increases?
a) Economies of scale
b) Marginal cost
c) Market saturation
d) Law of diminishing returns
Economies of scale.
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Which cloud service model involves hosting a bare server computer or disk drive?
a) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
b) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
c) Software as a Service (SaaS)
d) Function as a Service (FaaS)
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS).
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What enables cloud-hosting vendors to provide processing capabilities in flexible yet standardized ways?
a) Internet protocols and standards
b) Cloud computing architecture
c) Data exchange protocols
d) Distributed processing
Internet protocols and standards.
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What term refers to a private internet used exclusively within an organization?
a) Intranet
b) Extranet
c) Virtual private network (VPN)
d) Public network
Intranet.
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What are agreements that specify how data will move among Tier 1 network providers?
a) Peering
b) Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
c) Data protocols
d) Interconnection agreements
Peering.
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Which category of cloud hosting involves vendors providing hosted computers, an operating system, and possibly a DBMS?
a) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
b) Software as a Service (SaaS)
c) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
d) Function as a Service (FaaS)
Platform as a service (PaaS).