1 Much of the final assembly of Apples iPhone occurs in which of the following locations?

1 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Ltd.Management Information Systems, 17e, Global Edition (Laudon/Laudon) Chapter 15 Managing Global Systems 1) Much of the final assembly of Apple's iPhone occurs in which of the following locations?

• United States
• Japan
• South Korea
• China

E)Germany

Answer: D

Difficulty: Easy

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?2) Considering how to accomplish a division of labor across a global environment is an aspect of which of the following dimensions of developing an international systems architecture?

• Global environment
• Corporate global strategy
• Technology platform
• Organization structure
• Management and business processes

Answer: D

Difficulty: Challenging

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?3) Which of the following is not a general cultural factor driving global business?

• Global communication and transportation technologies
• Political stability
• Global knowledge base
• Rise of digital nationalism
• Global social norms

Answer: D

Difficulty: Challenging

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?Management Information Systems, Managing the Digital Firm, 17e (Global Edition) Kenneth Laudon, Jane Laudon (Test Bank All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade) In this file chapters are reversed from ch 15 to 1 1 / 4

2 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Ltd.4) New levels of global coordination of all of the major business functions permit the location of

business activity according to:

• comparative advantage.
• social norms and values.
• competitive threat.
• knowledge base.
• labor costs.

Answer: A

Difficulty: Challenging

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?5) Which of the following is the best definition of international information systems?

• Systems that talk to one another using the global Internet
• Systems used by international businesses
• Business processes that span the globe
• Basic information systems required by organizations to coordinate worldwide trade and other

activities

• Systems that are developed by global firms

Answer: D

Difficulty: Easy

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?6) What is the first thing you should consider when thinking about building an international information system?

• Corporate strategies for competing the domestic environment
• New technologies that will help you achieve your goals
• The global environment where your business will operate and the business drivers for your

firm and industry

• Organizational structure
• The different computing and communication standards in the world

Answer: C

Difficulty: Moderate

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?7) Which of the following industries is most affected by globalization?

• Telecommunications
• Manufacturing
• Law
• Entertainment
• Transportation

Answer: B

Difficulty: Moderate

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3 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Ltd.8) Which of the following is the best definition of the term transborder data flow?

• The flow of information in international systems
• The ways in which a country's laws change the flow of data from one country to another
• The business of moving information from one country to another
• The movement of information across international boundaries in any form
• The business process of coordinating information from many different countries

Answer: D

Difficulty: Challenging

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?9) Which of the following is not a specific business factor in the global environment?

• Global communication and transportation technologies
• Global markets
• Global workforce
• Global economies of scale
• Global production and operations

Answer: A

Difficulty: Challenging

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?10) Making judgments and taking action on the basis of narrow or personal characteristics at a

cultural level is referred to as:

• localization.
• cooptation.
• particularism.
• prejudice.
• globalization.

Answer: C

Difficulty: Moderate

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?11) All of the following present challenges to developing global business systems except:

• foreign accounting practices.
• the growth of a global knowledge base.
• language differences.
• currency fluctuations.
• shortages of skilled consultants.

Answer: B

Difficulty: Challenging

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4 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Ltd.12) Which of the following is not a specific challenge to global business systems?

• Shortages of skilled consultants
• Different social expectations
• Different telecommunication standards
• Different data transfer speeds
• Unreliable phone networks

Answer: B

Difficulty: Challenging

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?13) Which of the following statements about laws concerning transborder data flow is not true?

• The European Data Directive of 1998 standardized privacy protection among EU nations.
• The European Data Directive of 1998 allowed for the transfer of personal data to systems

located in the United States and other nations where these systems met European privacy standards.

• The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides additional privacy protection for

European citizens and applies to all data produced by EU citizens.

• The GDPR applies to all companies collecting data on EU citizens even if they are not

located in the EU.

• The GDPR applies only to citizens of the EU and does not apply to non-citizen residents.

Answer: E

Difficulty: Challenging

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LO: 15-1: What major factors are driving the internationalization of business?14) Which of the following statements about accounting practices in different countries is not true?

• German companies generally do not recognize a profit from a venture until the project is

completely finished and they have been paid.

• British firms recognize profits before a project is finished, once they are reasonably certain

they will get the money.

• Dutch firms separate tax calculations from reports to shareholders.
• Continental European accounting practices focus on demonstrating compliance with strict

rules.

• German firms focus on showing shareholders how fast profits are growing.

Answer: E

Difficulty: Challenging

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