Question 1

What models information and provides assistance in evaluating and choosing among different courses of action?
A)OLTP
B)OLAP
C)TPS
D)DSS

Accepted Answer

A DSS models information and provides assistance in evaluating and choosing among different courses of action.

Question 2

What produces graphical displays of patterns and complex relationships in large amounts of data?
A)Granularity
B)Visualization
C)Digital Dashboard
D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

Visualization produces graphical displays of patterns and complex relationships in large amounts of data.

Question 3

What is the basic business system that serves the operational level and assists in making structured decisions?
A)OLTP
B)OLAP
C)TPS
D)DSS

Accepted Answer

A TPS is the basic business system that serves the operational level and assists in making structured decisions.

Question 4

What compiles information from multiple sources and tailors it to meet user needs?
A)Drill-down
B)Sensitivity analysis
C)What-if analysis
D)Digital dashboard

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of digital dashboards.

Question 5

What is slice-and-dice capability?
A)Involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information
B)The ability to look at information from different perspectives
C)Enables users to get details,and details of details,of information
D)Finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of slice-and-dice.

Question 6

What encompasses all the information contained within a single business process or unit of work and its primary purpose is to support the performance of daily operational or structured decisions.
A)OLTP
B)OLAP
C)Analytical information
D)Transactional information

Accepted Answer

Transactional information encompasses all the information contained within a single business process or unit of work and its primary purpose is to support the performance of daily operational or structured decisions.

Question 7

Which of the below is considered the output in the systems thinking example of a TPS?
A)CRUD
B)Calculate
C)Report
D)Source Document

Accepted Answer

A report is the output in the systems thinking examples of a TPS.

Question 8

What is the manipulation of information to create business intelligence in support of strategic decision making?
A)OLTP
B)OLAP
C)TPS
D)DSS

Accepted Answer

OLAP is the manipulation of information to create business intelligence in support of strategic decision making.

Question 9

What is drill-down capability?
A)Involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information
B)The ability to look at information from different perspectives
C)Enables users to get details,and details of details,of information
D)Finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of drill-down.

Question 10

What refers to the level of detail in the model or the decision-making process?
A)Granularity
B)Visualization
C)Digital Dashboard
D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

Granularity refers to the level of detail in the model or the decision-making process.

Question 11

Which of the below is considered part of the process in the systems thinking example of a TPS?
A)Source Document
B)Calculate
C)Report
D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

Calculate is the process in the systems thinking examples of a TPS.

Question 12

What are the quantifiable metrics a company uses to evaluate progress toward critical success factors?
A)ROI
B)CSF
C)KPI
D)None of the above

Accepted Answer

Key performance indicators are the quantifiable metrics a company uses to evaluate progress toward critical success factors.

Question 13

Which of the below is considered an input in the systems thinking example of a TPS?
A)CRUD
B)Calculate
C)Report
D)Source Document

Accepted Answer

A source document is the input in the systems thinking examples of a TPS.

Question 14

What can a model accomplish?
A)Calculate risks
B)Understand uncertainty
C)Manipulate time
D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

A model can do all of the above.

Question 15

Which of the following represents the top-down (executives to analysts)organizational levels of information technology systems?
A)TPS,DSS,EIS
B)DSS,TPS,EIS
C)EIS,DSS,TPS
D)None of the above,it varies from organization to organization

Accepted Answer

Executive information systems,decision support systems,and transaction processing systems is the top-down organizational levels of information technology systems.

Question 16

Which of the following is an incorrect enterprise view of information technology?
A)Processes are analytical for executives and transactional for analysts
B)Granularity is coarse for executives and fine for analysts
C)Processing is OLTP for executives and OLAP for analysts
D)None of the above

Accepted Answer

Processing is OLAP for executives and OLTP for analysts.

Question 17

What encompasses all organizational information and its primary purpose is to support the performance of managerial analysis or semistructured decisions?
A)OLTP
B)OLAP
C)Analytical information
D)Transactional information

Accepted Answer

Analytical information encompasses all organizational information and its primary purpose is to support the performance of managerial analysis or semistructured decisions?

Question 18

update existing information to reflect the new information?
A)OLTP
B)OLAP
C)TPS
D)DSS

Accepted Answer

OLTP captures transaction and event information using technology to (1)process the information according to defined business rules,(2)store the information,and (3)update existing information to reflect the new information.

Question 19

What tracks KPIs and CSFs by compiling information from multiple sources and tailoring it to meet user needs?
A)Granularity
B)Visualization
C)Digital Dashboard
D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

Digital Dashboards track KPIs and CSFs by compiling information from multiple sources and tailoring it to meet user needs.

Question 20

What is consolidation?
A)Involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information
B)The ability to look at information from different perspectives
C)Enables users to get details,and details of details,of information
D)Finds the inputs necessary to achieve a goal such as a desired level of output

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of consolidation.

Quiz 2: Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

What models information and provides assistance in evaluating and choosing among different courses of action?

What produces graphical displays of patterns and complex relationships in large amounts of data?

What is the basic business system that serves the operational level and assists in making structured decisions?

What compiles information from multiple sources and tailors it to meet user needs?

What is slice-and-dice capability?

What encompasses all the information contained within a single business process or unit of work and its primary purpose is to support the performance of daily operational or structured decisions.

Which of the below is considered the output in the systems thinking example of a TPS?

What is the manipulation of information to create business intelligence in support of strategic decision making?

What is drill-down capability?

What refers to the level of detail in the model or the decision-making process?

Which of the below is considered part of the process in the systems thinking example of a TPS?

What are the quantifiable metrics a company uses to evaluate progress toward critical success factors?

Which of the below is considered an input in the systems thinking example of a TPS?

What can a model accomplish?

Which of the following represents the top-down (executives to analysts) organizational levels of information technology systems?

Which of the following is an incorrect enterprise view of information technology?

What encompasses all organizational information and its primary purpose is to support the performance of managerial analysis or semistructured decisions?

update existing information to reflect the new information?

What tracks KPIs and CSFs by compiling information from multiple sources and tailoring it to meet user needs?

What is consolidation?