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7) The manipulation of information to create business to as OLTP or online
intelligence in support of strategic decision making is referred transaction processing.
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13) Mutation is a mathematical method of handling
imprecise or subjective information.
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D) transactional
A) executive information system processing system
B) decisions support system
C) analysis processing system
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D) All of the
A) making business decisions answer choices are correct.
B) solving business problems
C) competing to win in today’s market
30) Imagine an important customer shows up at a hotel which level would this
that is fully booked, and the reservation is missing. The decision be made?
manager must decide how to respond to the customer. At
C) strategic level
A) operational level D) analysis level
B) structured level
D) solution test
A) data collection
B) employee decisions
C) solution generation
C) detail
A) employee engagement
B) data collection
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collection
D) data-driven decision management
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34) Which of the following represents the structure of a
typical organization?
C) circle
A) flat line D) cube
B) pyramid
D) strategic—
A) managerial—strategic—operational operational—managerial
B) strategic—managerial—operational
C) operational—managerial—strategic
D) All of the
A) monthly plans answer choices are correct.
B) monthly budgets
C) monthly staffing
D) the four-step
A) the six-step problem identification process decision making process
B) the six-step decision making process
C) the four-step problem solving process
38) Review the following key terms. Which one defines established processes offer
an operational decision that involves situations where potential solutions?
A) optimization
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analysis decision D) unstructured
B) artificial intelligence decision decision
C) structured decision
D) creating the
A) reordering inventory employee weekly
B) deciding to enter a new market production schedule
C) creating the employee weekly staffing schedule
D) monitoring
A) determining how many employees are out sick performance of a project
B) determining the impact of last month’s marketing team over the last six
campaign months
C) allocating resources to a department for a new
system
B) unstructured
A) structured decisions decisions
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C) semistructured decisions
D) All of the answer choices are correct.
D) semistructured
A) key performance indicators decisions
B) structured decisions
C) unstructured decisions
D) semistructured
A) key performance indicators decisions
B) structured decisions
C) critical success factors
45) Chuck Biggs has been hired to oversee all of the plans as it is completed. How
that the city of Denver has created to expand its train would you categorize the
transportation system by adding six more lines in the majority of the decisions
metropolitan area. Chuck will be responsible for planning the Chuck will have to make
project, managing the processes, and finalizing each new line to complete his job?
D) key
A) unstructured decisions performance indicators
B) semistructured decisions
C) structured decisions
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vision and creating the companywide goals and strategies. He what level of the
also monitors the overall strategic performance of the organizational pyramid
company and its direction for future business strategies. At would you categorize Bill?
D) managerial
A) strategic level level
B) owner level
C) operational level
47) Andy Benton works at the local Starbucks coffee organizational pyramid
shop, and his responsibilities include taking orders, fulfilling would you categorize
orders, and ringing in sales. At what level of the Andy?
D) managerial
A) strategic level level
B) owner level
C) operational level
48) Jenny Welch works at a retail store selling sports organizational pyramid
equipment. Her daily tasks include opening the store, creating would you categorize
the work schedules, processing payroll, overseeing sales and Jenny?
inventory, and training employees. At what level of the
C) strategic level
A) managerial level D) owner level
B) operational level
D)
A) operational level communications level
B) strategic level
C) managerial level
50) What type of decision is the following: How will new data laws impact the
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business?
D) analytics
A) operational decision decision
B) managerial decision
C) strategic decision
D) analytics
A) operational decision decision
B) managerial decision
C) strategic decision
D) analytics
A) operational decision decision
B) managerial decision
C) strategic decision
D) analytics
A) operational decision decision
B) managerial decision
C) strategic decision
C) key
A) return on investment
B) critical success factors
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performance indicators
D) None of the answer choices are correct.
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55) What is consolidation?
of information
A) involves the aggregation of information and D) finds the
features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated inputs necessary to achieve
information a goal such as a desired
B) provides the ability to look at information from level of output
different perspectives
C) enables users to get details, and details of details,
D) All of the
A) calculate risks answer choices are correct.
B) understand uncertainty
C) manipulate time
from organization to
A) TPS, DSS, EIS organization.
B) DSS, TPS, EIS
C) EIS, DSS, TPS
D) None of the answer choices are correct: It varies
of information
A) involves the aggregation of information and D) finds the
features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated inputs necessary to achieve
information a goal such as a desired
B) rotates data to display alternative presentations of level of output
the data
C) enables users to get details, and details of details,
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59) What is drill-down capability?
of information
A) involves the aggregation of information and D) finds the
features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated inputs necessary to achieve
information a goal such as a desired
B) the ability to look at information from different level of output
perspectives
C) enables users to get details, and details of details,
of information
A) involves the aggregation of information and D) finds the
features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated inputs necessary to achieve
information a goal such as a desired
B) the ability to look at information from different level of output
perspectives
C) enables users to get details, and details of details,
C) report
A) source document D) forecast
B) calculate
D) source
A) CRUD document
B) calculate
C) report
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63) Which of the following is considered the input in the
systems thinking example of a decision support system?
C) optimization
A) transaction processing system D) forecasts
B) what-if analysis
C) forecasts
A) transaction processing system. D) reports
B) optimization
C) goal seeking
A) transaction processing system D) forecasts
B) optimization
D) using stored
A) using language as an input that a computer data to make predictions
system can decipher and act upon its meaning, such as Siri and decisions in real-time,
and Alexa such as in goal-seeking
B) determining a user's intentions based on what the analysis
user typed or said
C) storing large amounts of data with fast access
C) knowledge
A) expert processing
B) natural language understanding
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representation
D) knowledge planning
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68) What uses language as an input that a computer
system can decipher and act upon its meaning, such as Siri
and Alexa?
D) knowledge
A) natural language processing planning
B) natural language understanding
C) knowledge representation
D) knowledge
A) natural language processing planning
B) natural language understanding
C) knowledge representation
D) knowledge
A) natural language processing planning
B) natural language understanding
C) knowledge representation
D) a
A) a problem with using incorrect training data to mathematical property of
train the machine an algorithm; this is the
B) a result of training data that is influenced by only bias not associated
cultural or other stereotypes with the input or training
C) occurs when there is a problem with the data data
collected that skews the data in one direction
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D) variance bias
A) sample bias
B) prejudice bias
C) measurement bias
D) a
A) a problem with using incorrect training data to mathematical property of
train the machine an algorithm; this is the
B) a result of training data that is influenced by only bias not associated
cultural or other stereotypes with the input or training
C) occurs when there is a problem with the data data
collected that skews the data in one direction
D) a
A) a problem with using incorrect training data to mathematical property of
train the machine an algorithm; this is the
B) a result of training data that is influenced by only bias not associated
cultural or other stereotypes with the input or training
C) occurs when there is a problem with the data data
collected that skews the data in one direction
D) a
A) a problem with using incorrect training data to mathematical property of
train the machine an algorithm; this is the
B) a result of training data that is influenced by only bias not associated
cultural or other stereotypes with the input or training
C) occurs when there is a problem with the data data
collected that skews the data in one direction
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D) overfitting
A) supervised machine learning machine learning
B) unsupervised machine learning
C) transfer machine learning
D) virtual reality
A) augmented reality
B) Google Glass
C) haptic interface
D) a work
A) the viewing of the physical world with computer- environment that is not
generated layers of information added to it located in any one physical
B) a wearable computer with an optical head- space
mounted display
C) uses technology allowing humans to interact with
a computer through bodily sensations and movements
79) What uses technology allowing humans to interact for example, a cell phone
with a computer through bodily sensations and movements— vibrating in your pocket?
D) virtual reality
A) augmented reality
B) Google Glass
C) haptic interface
mounted display
A) the viewing of the physical world with computer- C) uses
generated layers of information added to it technology allowing
B) a wearable computer with an optical head- humans to interact with a
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computer through bodily sensations and movements physical space
D) a work environment that is not located in any one
D) a work
A) the viewing of the physical world with computer- environment that is not
generated layers of information added to it located in any one physical
B) a wearable computer with an optical head- space
mounted display
C) uses technology allowing humans to interact with
a computer through bodily sensations and movements
D) a work
A) the viewing of the physical world with computer- environment that is not
generated layers of information added to it located in any one physical
B) a wearable computer with an optical head- space
mounted display
C) uses technology allowing humans to interact with
a computer through bodily sensations and movements
D) All of the
A) cargo transport system answer choices are correct.
B) book distribution center
C) flu epidemic
C) structured
A) semistructured decisions
B) multistructured decisions
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decisions
D) unstructured decisions
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85) Which of the following business ideas is not using AI?
D) information
A) virtual reality reality
B) augmented reality
C) virtual workforce
D) information
A) virtual reality reality
B) augmented reality
C) virtual workforce
D) BPMN
A) BPMN event gateway
B) BPMN activity
C) BPMN flow
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D) BPMN
A) BPMN event gateway
B) BPMN activity
C) BPMN flow
D) BPMN
A) BPMN event gateway
B) BPMN activity
C) BPMN flow
D) BPMN
A) BPMN event gateway
B) BPMN activity
C) BPMN flow
D) to determine
A) to determine employee specific errors what the problem is and
B) to determine measurement metrics then how to solve it.
C) to determine the worst way to solve a problem
C) reengineering
A) automation D) improvement
B) streamlining
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process improvement?
C) reengineering
A) automation D) improvement
B) streamlining
C) reengineering
A) automation D) improvement
B) streamlining
scratch.
A) the current process is irrelevant. D) All of the
B) the current process is broken. answer choices are correct.
C) the current process must be overhauled from
D) drill-down
A) clustering factors basket analysis
B) mashup technology
C) market basket analysis
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based on time-series information relationships among
D) a statistical process for estimating the variables
C) predictions
A) a statement about what will happen or might based on time-series
happen in the future, for example, predicting future sales or information
employee turnover D) a statistical
B) a statistical process that finds the way to make a process for estimating the
design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for relationships among
example, finding the values of controllable variables that variables
determine maximal productivity or minimal waste
C) predictions
A) a statement about what will happen or might based on time-series
happen in the future, for example, predicting future sales or information
employee turnover D) a statistical
B) a statistical process that finds the way to make a process for estimating the
design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for relationships among
example, finding the values of controllable variables that variables
determine maximal productivity or minimal waste
C) predictions
A) a statement about what will happen or might based on time-series
happen in the future, for example, predicting future sales or information
employee turnover D) a statistical
B) a statistical process that finds the way to make a process for estimating the
design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for relationships among
example, finding the values of controllable variables that variables
determine maximal productivity or minimal waste
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ESSAY. Write your answer in the space provided or on a along with the associated
separate sheet of paper. decision characteristics.
102) Explain the importance of decision making for
managers at each of the three primary organization levels
103) Define critical success factors (CSFs) and key them to measure the
performance indicators (KPIs) and explain how managers use success of MIS projects.
104) Classify the different operational support systems, decisions and gain
managerial support systems, and strategic support systems, competitive advantages.
and explain how managers can use these systems to make
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107) Differentiate among business process improvements,
streamlining, and reengineering.
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Answer Key
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27) FALSE
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30) A
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33) B
34) B
35) B
36) D
37) B
38) C
39) B
40) B
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42) D
43) C
44) D
45) B
46) A
47) C
48) A
49) B
50) C
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53) A
54) C
55) A
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62) C
63) A
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65) D
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83) D
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90) A
91) D
92) D
93) A
94) B
95) C
96) D
97) C
98) A
99) B
100) C
101) D
102) Decision-making skills are essential for level, who make
all business professionals, at every company decisions that run
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the business. At the operational level, organization and its
employees develop, control, and maintain core overall direction in
business activities required to run the day-to- the political,
day operations. Operational decisions are economic, and
considered structured decisions, which arise in competitive
situations in which established processes offer business
potential solutions. Structured decisions are environment.
made frequently and are almost repetitive in Strategic decisions
nature; they affect short-term business are highly
strategies. At the managerial level, employees unstructured
are continuously evaluating company decisions, occurring
operations to hone the firm’s abilities to in situations in
identify, adapt to, and leverage change. which no
Managerial decisions cover short- and procedures or rules
medium-range plans, schedules, and budgets exist to guide
along with policies, procedures, and business decision makers
objectives for the firm. These types of toward the correct
decisions are considered semistructured choice. They are
decisions; they occur in situations in which a infrequent,
few established processes help to evaluate extremely
potential solutions, but not enough to lead to a important, and
definite recommended decision. At the typically related to
strategic level, managers develop overall long-term business
business strategies, goals, and objectives as strategy.
part of the company’s strategic plan. They
also monitor the strategic performance of the
103) Metrics are measurements that evaluate indicators. CSFs are
results to determine whether a project is the crucial steps
meeting its goals. Two core metrics are companies perform
critical success factors and key performance to achieve their
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goals and objectives and implement their measure the
strategies and include creating high-quality progress of CSFs
products, retaining competitive advantages, with quantifiable
and reducing product costs. KPIs are the measurements, and
quantifiable metrics a company uses to one CSF can have
evaluate progress toward critical success several KPIs. Of
factors. KPIs are far more specific than CSFs; course, both
examples include turnover rates of employees, categories will vary
percentage of help-desk calls answered in the by company and
first minute, and number of products returned. industry. Imagine
It is important to understand the relationship improved
between critical success factors and key graduation rates as a
performance indicators. CSFs are elements CSF for a college.
crucial for a business strategy’s success. KPIs
104) Being able to sort, calculate, analyze, and managers and
slice-and-dice information is critical to an business
organization’s success. Without knowing what professionals during
is occurring throughout the organization, there the decision making
is no way that managers and executives can process; and (3)
make solid decisions to support the business. strategic: An
The different operational, managerial, and executive
strategic support systems include: (1) information system
operational: A transaction processing system (EIS) is a
(TPS) is the basic business system that serves specialized DSS
the operational level (analysts) in an that supports senior
organization. The most common example of a level executives
TPS is an operational accounting system such within the
as a payroll system or an order-entry system; organization.
(2) managerial: A decision support system
(DSS) models information to support
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105) A business process is a standardized set customer. Business-
of activities that accomplish a specific task, facing processes are
such as processing a customer’s order. invisible to the
Business processes transform a set of inputs external customer
into a set of outputs (goods or services) for but essential to the
another person or process by using people and effective
tools. Without processes, organizations would management of the
not be able to complete activities. Customer- business.
facing processes result in a product or service
that is received by an organization’s external
106) Business process modeling (or mapping) problem will be
is the activity of creating a detailed flowchart solved. To-Be
or process map of a work process showing its process models
inputs, tasks, and activities in a structured show the results of
sequence. A business process model is a applying change
graphic description of a process, showing the improvement
sequence of process tasks, which is developed opportunities to the
for a specific purpose and from a selected current (As-Is)
viewpoint. Business process modeling usually process model. This
begins with a functional process approach ensures
representation of what the process problem is, that the process is
or an As-Is process model. As-Is process fully and clearly
models represent the current state of the understood before
operation that has been mapped, without any the details of a
specific improvements or changes to existing process solution are
processes. The next step is to build a To-Be decided upon.
process model that displays how the process
107) Business process improvement attempts and make
to understand and measure the current process performance
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improvements accordingly. Streamlining workflow within
improves business process efficiencies by and between
simplifying or eliminating unnecessary steps. enterprises and
Bottlenecks occur when resources reach full occurs at the
capacity and cannot handle any additional systems level or
demands; they limit throughput and impede companywide level
operations. Streamlining removes bottlenecks, and the end-to-end
an important step if the efficiency and view of a process.
capacity of a business process are being
increased. Business process reengineering
(BPR) is the analysis and redesign of
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