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1 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Inc.Using MIS, 12e (Kroenke/Boyle) Chapter 1 The Importance of MIS 1) ________ states that the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months.

• Nielsen's Law
• Faraday's Law
• Moore's Law
• Newton's Law

E)Metcalfe's Law

Answer: C

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

2) According to Moore's Law, the ________.

• price of an integrated chip reduces once in 18 months
• performance of each transistor on a square inch of an integrated chip doubles every year
• number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months
• density of a transistor decreases every year
• rate of innovation increases exponentially

Answer: C

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

3) ________ states that network connection speeds for high-end users will increase by 50 percent per year.

• Nielsen's Law
• Kryder's Law
• Moore's Law
• Bell's Law
• Metcalfe's Law

Answer: A

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 8

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

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2 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Inc.4) Which of the following ratios has fallen as a result of Moore's Law?

• price/performance
• demand/supply
• profit/loss
• debt/equity
• price/earnings

Answer: A

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

5) In 1972, computer scientist ________ recognized that digital devices would change the world as they evolved and became widely used.

• Gordon Bell
• Robert Metcalfe
• Gordon Moore
• Jakob Nielsen
• Sam Flynn

Answer: A

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Describe the components of an information system (IS)

Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

6) ________ states that the value of a network is equal to the square of the number of users connected to it.

• Moore's Law
• Metcalfe's Law
• Bell's Law
• Nielsen's Law
• Flynn's Law

Answer: B

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Describe the components of an information system (IS)

Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

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3 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Inc.7) Google's Project Loon is a major effort to ________.

• decrease the size of storage devices, while increasing their capacity
• facilitate the use of Internet on submarines, while they are submerged
• promote the use of virtual machines, that operate on voice command
• bring Internet access to everyone using a network of inflated balloons
• reduce the rate of decay in magnetic disks

Answer: D

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Describe the components of an information system (IS)

Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

8) According to Bell's Law, ________ will evolve so quickly they will enable new platforms every 10 years.

• systems thinking
• human interactions
• digital devices
• television
• technology companies

Answer: C

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

9) Because of Moore's Law, the ________ of data processing is approaching zero.

• cost
• power
• speed
• use
• applications

Answer: A

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

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4 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Inc.10) A primary metric for social media companies is ________.

• revenue
• the number of monthly active users
• the number of ads shown to users
• the total number of users
• how much it costs the company to maintain social media connections

Answer: B

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

11) ________ states the storage density on magnetic disks is increasing at an exponential rate.

• Nielsen's Law
• Faraday's Law
• Moore's Law
• Kryder's Law
• Metcalfe's Law

Answer: D

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

12) Despite the rapid growth of technology, digital devices fail to impact the industry.

Answer: FALSE

Diff: 1 Page Ref: various

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Describe the components of an information system (IS)

Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

13) Gordon Moore was the inventor of Ethernet.

Answer: TRUE

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5

AACSB: Information Technology

Course LO: Discuss the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure Learning Objective: Q1-1: Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Classification: Concept

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