IS LEC PRELIMS (T or F M1-7) Flashcards
Is client/server computing a primary example of centralized processing?
FALSE since Distributed procressing
In N-tier computing, are significant parts of website content, logic, and processing performed by different servers?
TRUE
Is application server software responsible for locating and managing stored webpages?
FALSE since it should be web server
Does IT infrastructure consist of only those physical computing devices required to operate the enterprise?
FALSE
Can an application server reside on the same computer as a web server or on its own dedicated computer?
TRUE
Does enterprise infrastructure require software that can link disparate applications and enable data to flow freely among different parts of the business?
TRUE
Is it much easier to eliminate a cloud service than to remove functionality from a company’s core internal systems?
TRUE
In financial services firms, do investments in IT infrastructure represent more than half of all capital invested?
TRUE
Is Microsoft the market leader in client/server networking?
TRUE
Is cloud computing the fastest growing form of computing?
TRUE
Is exponential growth in the number of transistors and the power of processors expected to increase for the foreseeable future?
FALSE
In green computing, is reducing computer power consumption a top priority?
TRUE
Is quantum computing implemented primarily with enterprise or ISP servers?
FALSE
Is quantum computing not yet available to the general public?
FALSE
Is Java software designed to run on any computing device, regardless of the specific microprocessor or operating system it uses?
TRUE
Can web services exchange information between two different systems only if the operating systems and programming languages upon which the systems are based are identical?
FALSE
Whereas HTML is limited to describing how data should be presented in the form of Web pages, can XML perform presentation, communication, and data storage tasks?
TRUE
Does hypertext markup language specify how text, graphics, video, and sound are placed on a webpage?
TRUE
Is a service-oriented architecture a set of self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application?
TRUE
Do many business firms continue to operate legacy systems because they meet a business need and would be costly to replace?
TRUE
Is the decision to purchase your own IT assets or rent them from external providers also referred to as the rent-versus-buy decision?
TRUE
Does scalability refer to the ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a large number of users without breaking down?
TRUE
Does TCO refer to the original cost of purchased technology: both hardware and software?
FALSE
Has HTML become the preferred method of communicating with back-end databases because it is a cross-platform language?
FALSE
Are legacy systems used to populate and update data warehouses?
TRUE
Are multiple data marts combined and streamlined to create a data warehouse?
FALSE
Can you use OLAP to perform multidimensional data analysis?
TRUE
Is OLAP unable to manage and handle queries with very large sets of data?
FALSE
Does in-memory computing rely primarily on a computer (RAM) for data storage?
TRUE
Is middleware an application that transfers information from an organization’s internal database to a web server for delivery to a user as part of a web page?
True
Does implementing a web interface for an organization’s internal database usually require substantial changes to be made to the database?
FALSE
Can you manipulate data on a web server by using a CGI script?
TRUE
Can you use text mining tools to analyze unstructured data, such as memos and legal cases?
TRUE
In a client/server environment, is a DBMS located on a dedicated computer called a web server?
FALSE
must be database server
Are associations occurrences linked to multiple events?
FALSE
Do high-speed analytic platforms use both relational and non-relational tools to analyze large datasets?
TRUE
Are telephone networks fundamentally different from computer networks?
TRUE
Must a NOS reside on a dedicated server computer?
FALSE
it does not have to be installed on a dedicated server
In a client/server network, does a network server set the rule of communication for a network and provide every connected client with an address so it can be found by others on the network?
TRUE
Does circuit switching make much more efficient use of the communications capacity of a network than does packet switching?
FALSE
packet switching is generally more efficient than circuit switching
Can two computers using TCP/IP communicate even if they are based on different hardware and software platforms?
TRUE
In a ring topology, does one station transmit signals, which travel in both directions along a single transmission segment?
FALSE
Can twisted wire be used to connect to the Internet at speeds up to 1 Mbps?
FALSE
Is fiber-optic cable more difficult to work with and harder to install than wire media?
TRUE
Is the number of cycles per second that can be sent through any telecommunications medium measured in kilobytes?
FALSE
hertz
Is frame relay less expensive than packet switching?
TRUE
Is every computer on the Internet assigned a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address?
TRUE
Is the success of the Internet, in part, due to its design as an infinitely scalable network capable of handling millions of users?
FALSE
Is a new version of the IP addressing schema being developed called Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and does it contain 128-bit addresses?
TRUE
Is Internet2 a research network with new protocols and transmission speeds that provides an infrastructure for supporting high-bandwidth Internet applications?
TRUE
Does VoIP technology use the Internet Protocol to deliver voice information in digital form using packet switching?
TRUE
Does digital cellular service use several different competing standards that do not interoperate?
TRUE
Does most Wi-Fi communication use infrastructure mode?
TRUE
Can the 802.11 standard be used to provide wireless access to the Internet using a broadband connection?
TRUE
Has RFID been exceptionally popular because of its low implementation costs?
FALSE
Do sensor networks typically have a tiered architecture?
TRUE
Firms that cooperate with prosecutors may receive reduced charges against the entire firm for obstructing investigations.
TRUE
Political institutions require time to develop new laws and often require the demonstration of real harm before they act.
TRUE
Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult.
FALSE
The Utilitarian Principle states that if an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone to take.
FALSE
Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative:
Privacy is the right to be left alone when you want to be, without surveillance or interference from other individuals or organizations.
TRUE
Standards for ensuring the accuracy and reliability of any corporate information systems are enforced through the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
FALSE
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
The FIP principles direct websites to disclose their information practices before collecting data.
TRUE
Cookies are designed to directly obtain the names and addresses of website visitors.
FALSE
Spyware is software that comes hidden in free downloadable software and can track your online movements.
TRUE
P3P encrypts or scrambles email or data so that it cannot be read illicitly.
FALSE
Protection for trade secrets is enforced at the federal level.
FALSE
The drawback to copyright protection is that the underlying ideas behind the work are not protected, only their manifestation in a product.
TRUE
According to the courts, in the creation of unique software, similar concepts, general functional features, and even colors are protectable by copyright law.
FALSE
opyright law primarily protects the expression of an idea, not the underlying idea, concept, functionality, or even colors, in software creation.
The key concepts in patent law are originality, novelty, and invention.
TRUE
Computers and information technologies potentially can destroy valuable elements of our culture in society even while they bring us benefits.
TRUE
Despite the passage of several laws defining and addressing computer crime, accessing a computer system without authorization is not yet a federal crime.
FALSE
Spam is unsolicited email.
TRUE
The European Parliament has passed a ban on unsolicited commercial messaging.
TRUE
Radiation from computer display screens has been proved to be a factor in CVS.
FALSE
All organizations have bedrock, unquestioned assumptions that define their goals and products.
TRUE
A professional bureaucracy is a knowledge-based organization where goods and services depend on the expertise and knowledge of professionals.
TRUE
Routines are also called standard operating procedures.
TRUE
Smart products are an example of the Internet of Things.
TRUE
A company’s competitive advantages ultimately translate into higher stock market valuations than its competitors.
TRUE
The competitive forces model cannot be used to analyze modern digital firms which face new competitive forces that are not true of traditional firms.
FALSE
Customers are one of the competitive forces that affect an organization’s ability to compete.
TRUE
High product differentiation is a sign of a transparent marketplace.
FALSE
The effect of the Internet has been to decrease the bargaining power of customers.
FALSE
An efficient customer response system directly links consumer behavior to distribution and production and supply chains.
TRUE
Information systems are used to enable new products and services via product differentiation.
TRUE
Mass customization offers individually tailored products or services using the same resources as mass production.
TRUE
Switching costs decrease when customers are strongly linked to products and platforms.
FALSE
The value chain model classifies all company activities as either primary or support activities.
TRUE
In the value chain model, support activities are most directly related to the production and distribution of the firm’s products and services, which create value for the customer.
FALSE
When the output of some units in a firm can be used as inputs to other units, synergies develop, which can lower costs and generate profits.
TRUE
According to the network economics perspective, the more people offering products on eBay’s site, the greater the value of the site to all who use it.
TRUE
The term business ecosystem describes the loosely coupled but interdependent networks of suppliers, distributors, outsourcing firms, transportation service firms, and technology manufacturers.
TRUE
A firm can be said to have competitive advantage when it has access to resources that others do not.
TRUE
The law of diminishing returns only applies to digital products.
FALSE
The inventors of a disruptive technology typically benefit the most from the technology; it is rare that fast followers catch up quickly.
FALSE
Smart products generally raise switching costs.
TRUE
Mintzberg’s classification identifies five forces in an industry’s environment that affect the strategic position of a firm.
FALSE
porters
Research has shown that a majority of firms are able to align their information technology with their business goals.
FALSE
The use of Internet technologies allows companies to more easily sustain competitive advantage.
FALSE
Identifying customers is a business process handled by the human resources function.
FALSE
Sales and Marketing functions
One example of a business process is shipping a product to a customer.
TRUE
Transaction-level information is essential for operational management to be able to direct the day-to-day operations of the business.
TRUE
A DSS is most commonly used by the operations management level of an organization.
FALSE
middle and upper management levels for strategic and analytical decision-making.
You would use an MIS to help determine if your business should introduce a new product line.
FALSE
MIS is not for high-level strategic decisions like introducing a new product line.
For nonroutine decision-making, senior managers rely on management information systems.
FALSE
routine decision-making, not nonroutine or strategic decision
Most transaction processing systems use sophisticated mathematical models or statistical techniques.
FALSE
Managers can use DSS to make decisions about problems that are unusual and not easily specified in advance.
TRUE
Business processes are logically related tasks for accomplishing tasks that have been formally encoded by an organization.
FALSE
A network requires at least two computers and a shared resource, such as a printer.
FALSE
An IT infrastructure provides the platform on which the firm can build its information systems.
TRUE
UPS’s use of Web-based tools that allow customers to embed UPS functions such as tracking and cost calculations into their own Web sites was an information systems solution used to achieve customer intimacy.
TRUE
A fully digital firm produces only digital goods or services.
FALSE
There are four major business functions: Sales and marketing; manufacturing and production; finance and accounting; and information technology.
FALSE
In the behavioral approach to information systems, technology is ignored in favor of understanding the psychological, social, and economic impacts of systems.
FALSE
Government and private sector standards are examples of complementary social assets required to optimize returns from IT investments.
TRUE
Knowledge workers assist with paperwork at all levels of the firm.
FALSE
A firm that invests in efficient business processes is making an investment in organizational complementary assets.
TRUE
A substantial part of management responsibility is creative work driven by new knowledge and information.
TRUE
Intranets allow firms to work easily with third-party suppliers and vendors.
FALSE
EXtranet
Internet advertising is growing at a rate of more than 30 percent a year.
TRUE
A business model describes how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service to create wealth.
TRUE
Information technology (IT) consists of all the hardware that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives, whereas information systems consist of all the software and business processes needed.
FALSE
Computers are only part of an information system.
TRUE
Information systems literacy describes the behavioral approach to information systems, whereas computer literacy describes the technical approach.
FALSE
The dimensions of information systems are management, organizations, and information technology.
TRUE
In order to understand how a specific business firm uses information systems, you need to know something about the hierarchy and culture of the company.
TRUE
Developing a new product, fulfilling an order, or hiring a new employee are examples of business processes.
TRUE
