When decision makers receive information from a BIS and make decisions, they choices they make _____.

Question 1 options:

A)	enables them to ensure business growth and survival

B)	All of the above

C)	determines the degree to which business outputs are valued by customers

D)	becomes new data in BIS databases that can be used to provide information for future decisions

A business is most likely to use IT and information systems to provide customers with highly personalized products and services when it chooses a(n) ______ competitive strategy.

Question 2 options:

A)

niche

B)	industry-wide

C)	cost leader

D)

differentiation

3. Porter's competitive forces (buyer power, supplier power, substitutes, rivalry) are aspects of a business's ______ environment.

Question 3 options:

A)

economic

B)

operating

C)

industry

D)

remote

4. _____ software is likely to be adopted by businesses which want to adhere to best practices data processing within their industry.

Question 4 options:

Commercial off the shelf (COTS)

Vertical market

Horizontal market

Open source

5. Organizations want more tightly integrated business processes are likely to invest in ______.

Question 5 options:

Big Data processing platforms

cloud computing services

enterprise information systems (EIS)

functional area applications that are best-of-breed

6. Return on investment (ROI) for IT investments is difficult to measure because ______.

Question 6 options:

A)	IT investments often have both tangible and intangible benefits and costs

B)	for some IT investments, it may take several years before benefits begin to outweigh costs

C)	it may be impossible to put a dollar figure on IT investments that improve business processes or make the organization more competitive in its industry

D)

All of the above

7. _____ has made it easier for businesses to justify capturing and storing a greater variety and volume of data.

Question 7 options:

The maturation of Big Data processing platforms

Declining data storage costs

8. The availability of cloud-based data centers

All of the above

Moore's Law applies most directly to which of the following hardware components in BIS infrastructures?

Question 8 options:

A)

storage

B)

input

C)	processing

D)

output

9.The manner in which information is presented to decision makers (e.g. tabular vs. visual) is most likely to affect the degree to which it is perceived as being ______.

Question 9 options:

A)	reliable and available

B)	relevant and timely

C)	comprehensible and useful

D)

accurate and consistent

10. _____is an example of a business that has leveraged IT and information systems to alter the nature of competition within its industry.

Question 10 options:

	Uber
	Airbnb
	Amazon
	All of the above