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In formation Systems Today, 9e (V alacich)

Chap ter 1 Managing in the Digital World

1) Advances in cloud computing (think Gmail, Evernote, or DropBox) allow for accessing e - mails, fil es, notes, and the like from different devices, enhancing porta bility and mobility in c omputing.Answ

er: TRUE

AA

CSB: Information technology

Diff

iculty: Easy

Le arning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal iss ues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.C

lassification: Concept

2) The use of nearly any information technology or system to support every part of the business is kno wn as e -busi ness.Answ

er: TRUE

AA

CSB: Information technology

Diff

iculty: Easy

Le arning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal iss ues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.C

lassification: Concept

3) The trend of using one's own device for communicating in the workplace is an example of c onsumerization of IT.Answ

er: TRUE

AA

CSB: Information technology

Diff

iculty: Easy

Le arning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal iss ues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.C

lassification: Concept

4) The development of low -c ost computing platforms and communication technologies is an e conomic change brought about by globalization enabled by information technology.Answ

er: FALSE

AA

CSB: Information technology

Diff

iculty: Easy

Le arning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal iss ues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.C

lassification: Concept

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2 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Inc.5) Increase in frequency of international travel, tourism, and immigration is a cultural change brought about by globalization enabled by information technology.

Answer: TRUE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal issues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.

Classification: Concept

6) Globalization is the integration of economies throughout the world, enabled by innovation and technological progress.

Answer: TRUE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal issues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.

Classification: Concept

7) One of the main reasons for a company to outsource its business is to focus on non-core business activities.

Answer: FALSE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal issues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.

Classification: Concept

8) Countries such as India remain popular for offshore outsourcing because of rising salaries.

Answer: FALSE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal issues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.

Classification: Concept

9) The network effect refers to the notion that the value of a network is based on the number of networks being used.

Answer: FALSE

AACSB: Reflective thinking

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal issues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.

Classification: Concept

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3 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Inc.10) Vendors are required by law to respect the privacy of people who make Web purchases.

Answer: FALSE

AACSB: Information technology; Ethical understanding and reasoning

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the characteristics of the digital world, contemporary societal issues of the digital world, and IT megatrends shaping the digital future.

Classification: Concept

11) Knowledge is the ability to understand information, form opinions, and make decisions or predictions based on the information.

Answer: TRUE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain what an information system is, contrasting its data, technology, people, and organizational components.

Classification: Concept

12) An information system is a combination of hardware, software, and telecommunications networks that people build and use to collect, create, and distribute data.

Answer: TRUE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain what an information system is, contrasting its data, technology, people, and organizational components.

Classification: Concept

13) The technical area of competency of an IS professional is the easiest to maintain in the digital world because of the huge popularity of individual technologies.

Answer: FALSE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain what an information system is, contrasting its data, technology, people, and organizational components.

Classification: Concept

14) Transaction processing systems (TPS) are used by a narrow range of organizations only to process customer transactions more efficiently.

Answer: FALSE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain what an information system is, contrasting its data, technology, people, and organizational components.

Classification: Concept

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4 Copyright © 2022 Pearson Education, Inc.15) The purpose of a knowledge management system is to create, store, analyze, and manage spatial data.

Answer: FALSE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain what an information system is, contrasting its data, technology, people, and organizational components.

Classification: Concept

16) Office automation systems such as Microsoft Office and the OpenOffice.org Productivity Suite provide word processing, spreadsheet, and other personal productivity tools, enabling knowledge workers to accomplish their tasks.

Answer: TRUE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain what an information system is, contrasting its data, technology, people, and organizational components.

Classification: Concept

17) IS personnel with service mentality believe that the customers own the technology and the information and that the technology and information are there for the customers, not for the systems personnel.

Answer: TRUE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain what an information system is, contrasting its data, technology, people, and organizational components.

Classification: Concept

18) The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) offered far stronger support for e-mail communications than it did for voice mail.

Answer: FALSE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.4: Describe how computer ethics affect the use of information systems and discuss the ethical concerns associated with information privacy and intellectual property.

Classification: Concept

19) Data about one's tastes and preferences is an example of demographic data.

Answer: FALSE

AACSB: Information technology

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 1.5: Describe how computer ethics impact the use of information systems and discuss the ethical concerns associated with information privacy and intellectual property.

Classification: Concept

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