Deck 1: Information Systems and You

Question 1

Most managers will get involved in purchasing computer hardware and building systems.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Moore's Law can be expressed as "the speed of a computer chip doubles every 20 months."

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Google uses a function called "content extraction" for Gmail accounts to understand the content of users' e-mails.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Information technology (IT)refers to methods,inventions,standards,and products.

Question 5

The decreasing price and increasing power of computer chips is one of the main drivers for improvements in information systems.

Question 6

According to Industry Canada,Canada's ICT industry has grown faster than the country's overall GDP since 2002.

Question 7

Information systems must include the use of a computer.

Question 8

To gain a competitive advantage it is important that one be an IT developer.

Question 9

An important skill in business is to be able to identify opportunities for innovation through the use of information systems.

Question 10

Information systems are created to solve business needs.

Question 11

Information system is a group of components that interact to produce information.

Question 12

You must be a technology wizard to achieve the company's goals and objectives using IT.

Question 13

In the next decade unlimited storage will be almost free.

Question 14

MIS is the development and use of information systems to help organizations accomplish their goals and objectives.

Question 15

MIS is synonymous with IT.

Question 16

Most innovative uses of IT have already been invented.

Question 17

MIS stands for "Management Information Sciences."

Question 18

Information systems are not created for the sheer joy of exploring technology.

Question 19

MIS only matters to MIS majors and not to students in other business disciplines.

Question 20

E-mail is an example of an information system.

Question 21

Understanding the implications of technological change allows for greater effectiveness of business professionals.

Question 22

A combination of business and technology skills can open a number of doors in the new Canadian economy.

Question 23

According to "Outlook on Human Resources in the ICT Labour Market: 2008 - 2015" satisfactory communications and other business skills are important core skills for individuals looking for a career in this industry sector.

Question 24

Information systems exists to help businesses to

A) save money.
B) better organize our lives.
C) be more profitable.
D) be more competitive.
E) archieve goals and objectives.

Question 25

Moore's Law states that the price of microprocessors will be cut in half every 12 months.

Question 26

Social Networking sites generate revenue through

A) government subsidy.
B) subscription fees.
C) social networking sites do not generate revenue.
D) advertising.
E) corporate sponsorship.

Question 27

Which of the following is not considered a function of a social networking site?

A) A repository for personal profiles.
B) Video sharing.
C) Searching for new / unused books.
D) Indirect selling of products.
E) Searching for friends.

Question 28

What is an Information System?

A) An information system is a group of components that interact to produce information.
B) Computer hardware and software.
C) Software development process.
D) A framework describing human computer interaction.
E) An information gathering application.

Question 29

According to Industry Canada,what were the revenues of the Canada's ICT sector in 2010?

A) 162 billion
B) 1 billion
C) 140 billion
D) 150 billion
E) 125 billion

Question 30

Which of the following best describes the five-component framework of IS?

A) Hardware, software, data, procedures, and people
B) Networks, software, servers, programmers, and managers
C) Applications, people, standards, budgets, and software
D) Storage, processing, input, output, and control
E) Applications, processes, processing, data, and standards

Question 31

You can maximize the value of this course by personalizing the material

Question 32

Which of the following is an example of a social networking site?

A) Youtube
B) Yahoo.ca
C) Facebook.com
D) Wikipedia
E) Google.ca

Question 33

How does IT differ from IS?

A) IT costs money while IS doesn't.
B) IT is a newer word for IS.
C) IT refers to methods, invention, standards and products while IS is a system of hardware, software, data, procedures and people that produces information.
D) IT and IS are the same.
E) IT doesn't matter but IS does.

Question 34

The basic premise of Moore's law is

A) IT makes people more efficient.
B) the density of transistors on a computer chip doubles roughly every 20 months.
C) people tend to want more information than they need.
D) IT makes people more productive.
E) computer memory is getting bigger.

Question 35

What was the total number of Canadian workers employed by the ICT sector in 2010 according to Industry Canada?

A) 563 000
B) 442 000
C) 592 000
D) 420 000
E) 223 000

Question 36

According to Industry Canada,the Canadian ICT sector in 2011 included over

A) 30 000 companies.
B) 32 000 companies.
C) 40 000 companies.
D) 10 000 companies.
E) 28 000 companies.

Question 37

According to Industry Canada,the average annual growth rate in the Canadian ICT sector since 2002 has been around

A) 4%.
B) the GDP growth rate.
C) 5%.
D) 6%.
E) 8%.

Question 38

This class is solely about learning how to use Excel and Access.

Question 39

As a business professional,one needs to look at information systems only through the lens of

A) business need.
B) technology.
C) cost savings.
D) software.
E) business processes.

Question 40

Which of the following is the federal government agency responsible for categorizing industry sectors and collecting information about them?

A) Industry Canada
B) Bank of Canada
C) Ministry of Finance
D) Canada Revenue Agency
E) Ministry of Defense

Question 41

Moore's Law states that

A) the price of a computer drops by 50% every 20 months.
B) the number of transistors on a microprocessor doubles every 12 months.
C) the price of a computer drops by 50% every 12 months.
D) the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 20 months.
E) the price of a microprocessor decreases by 50% every 20 months.

Question 42

What does ICT stand for?

A) Information Communications Terminology
B) Information Computing Technology
C) Information Communications Technology
D) Industrial Communications Technology
E) Industrial Computing Technology

Question 43

MIS can be defined as

A) the development and use of information systems that achieve business goals and objectives.
B) the use of information systems to develop business strategies.
C) the use of information systems that achieve business goals and objectives.
D) the development of information systems that helps a business to save money.
E) the development and use of information systems to cut cost.

Question 44

Which ratio has fallen dramatically over the years due to Moore's Law?

A) Speed/reliability
B) Price/performance
C) Transistor/performance
D) Price/Megahertz
E) Cost/benefit

Question 45

The Running Room web site

A) handles online purchases.
B) provides unique services that are not available in stores.
C) provides discussion groups.
D) provides information efficiently to customers.
E) all of the above.

Question 46

According to Industry Canada,what is the percentage of workers who have a degree in the software and computer services industry?

A) 29%
B) 23%
C) 53%
D) 43%
E) 47%

Question 47

How much did the average Canadian ICT worker earned in 2010 according to Industry Canada?

A) $90 000
B) $49 000
C) $75 000
D) $67 000
E) $59 000

Question 48

Which of the following is an example of a company that offers a large amount of free IT resources?

A) Wal-Mart
B) Amazon
C) Google
D) Gartner
E) Pearson Publishing

Question 49

Hal Varian suggests that mobility devices will change "what it means to go to work." What does he mean by this?

A) There will be less work.
B) Networks are a thing of the past.
C) You will have to go to the work.
D) You will deal with work at home.
E) The work will come to you.

Question 50

Gordon Moore is one of the founders of

A) Intel Corporation.
B) Adobe Systems.
C) Cisco Systems.
D) Microsoft Corporation.
E) National Semiconductors.

Question 51

________ is (are)often the most important part of an information system.

A) People
B) Processes
C) Hardware
D) Data
E) Software

Question 52

The critical difference between information systems and information technology is?

A) The computers.
B) The way computers are used.
C) The people.
D) The information and data.
E) The computer programs.

Question 53

According to Industry Canada,the total number of jobs in the Canadian ICT user industries sector was about

A) 678,000
B) 71,000
C) 17,000
D) 563,000
E) 580,000

Question 54

Google's use of "content extraction" with Gmail is a concern for?

A) Academics
B) Google
C) Privacy advocates
D) Governments
E) Competitors

Question 55

Google uses Gmail's "content extraction" to

A) to track all the online activities of gmail users.
B) target advertising to Gmail users.
C) sell advertising.
D) find out the interests of gmail users.
E) track IP addresses.

Question 56

Which of the following sectors in Canada's ICT industry had the greatest amount of employment in Canada in 2007,according to Industry Canada?

A) Law enforcement
B) Manufacturing
C) Pharmaceutical Research
D) Education
E) Software and computer services industries

Question 57

Which of the following segments of the ICT sector in Canada is responsible for the majority of this sectors revenue,according to Industry Canada?

A) Software
B) Manufacturing
C) Services
D) Export
E) Hardware

Question 58

Which of the following are not the responsibilities of the user of an Information System?

A) Backing up data.
B) Programming the system.
C) Learn how to employ the system to accomplish your goals.
D) Help recover the system.
E) Protecting the security of the system and its data.

Question 59

Which of the following will essentially be free within the next decade?

A) Web sites
B) Data storage
C) Routers
D) PCs
E) Networks

Question 60

According to Industry Canada,the percentage of all Canadian ICT workers working in ICT software and computer services in 2010 was

A) 27%
B) 73%.
C) 75%.
D) 67%.
E) 69%.

Question 61

Social media applications include

A) email.
B) spreadsheets.
C) videos.
D) databases.
E) social networking sites.

Question 62

According to Moore's Law,an integrated chip's speed and power should ________ every 20 months.

A) grow 50%
B) increase exponentially
C) increase 1%
D) grow 100%
E) gradually increase

Question 63

According to Industry Canada,in 2010 the percentage of Canadian ICT workers who have a university degree is

A) 44%.
B) 40%.
C) 41%.
D) 43%.
E) 42%.

Question 64

A blog would be an example of

A) IT procedures.
B) an information technology.
C) an information system.
D) an email system.
E) an infrastructure system.

Question 65

Hal Varian notes that for business people

A) the ability to handle data will be important for decades to come.
B) learning about technology is not important.
C) information technology does not change business.
D) basic computer skills will be important for decades to come.
E) information systems do not affect the way we work.

Question 66

How is IT different from an information system? Why is this important?

Question 67

The cost as measured per 10 000 transistors on computer chips has been ________ steadily over time.

A) gradually increasing
B) dropping
C) keeping pace
D) unchanged
E) increasing drastically

Question 68

Explain the difference between Information Technology (IT)and Information Systems (IS).

Question 69

The "Outlook on Human Resources in the ICT Labour Market: 2008-2015" reports that there is a dramatic need for individuals with core skills that include

A) communications skills.
B) non-technical skills.
C) basic computer skills.
D) accounting skills.
E) marketing skills.

Question 70

It is expected that the price and power of computer chips will ________ over the next decade.

A) stay about the same
B) obey Moore's Law
C) shrink
D) continue to grow slowly
E) grow more dramatically

Question 71

Information technology focuses on the hardware,software,and ________ components of an information system.

A) data
B) security
C) procedures
D) software
E) people

Question 72

According to Industry Canada,the average earnings of a software and computer services worker in Canada in 2006 is

A) about $62 000.
B) about $85 000.
C) about $72 000.
D) about $55 000.
E) about $67 000.

Question 73

Why is it important for business professionals to know about MIS?

Question 74

Information technology only becomes useful when it is combined with the people and ________ components of an information system.

A) process
B) software
C) hardware
D) data
E) procedure

Question 75

One example of a simple information system that business people use would be

A) instant messaging.
B) a hard drive.
C) a cell phone.
D) a keyboard.
E) a wireless mouse.

Question 76

What does Moore's law have to do with the amount of data being generated today? Do you see this trend continuing?

Question 77

David Ticoll suggests that

A) we will continue to see a divide between the real and the virtual world.
B) we have already seen the pinnacle of network development.
C) the technology trends of today will make performance-enhancing innovations available in almost every industry.
D) we will continue to have problems in finding the hidden meaning from data.
E) the cost of storage will almost be free in the next decade.

Question 78

A secondary focus of this class is

A) learning to use Access.
B) learning to use tools like Excel and Access.
C) learning how to use tools like Excel and Access to accomplish a business purpose.
D) learning to use Excel.
E) to better understand business.

Question 79

An information system helps businesses achieve

A) its goals and objectives.
B) parity.
C) waking up employees.
D) security.
E) fairness.

Question 80

All of the following are components of an information system except

A) procedures.
B) culture.
C) people.
D) software.
E) hardware.