15-06-2012, 05:07 PM
True/False Questions
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1. An information system is an arrangement of people, data, processes, and information technology that interact to collect, process, store, and provide as output the information needed to support the organization.
Answer: True
2. An information system must have computer hardware and software to be valid.
Answer: False Page: 6 LOD: Medium
3. A management information system can use data provided by a transaction processing system.
Answer: True
4. Decision support systems are tailored to the unique information needs of executives.
Answer: False Page: 7 LOD: Easy
5. Communication and collaboration systems enhance communication between people both inside and outside of the organization.
Answer: True
6. Upper management people typically are the direct users of transaction processing systems.
Answer: False Page: 6-7 LOD: Medium
Rationale: Upper management people generally use only DSS and EIS.
7. A stakeholder for an information system is a technical employee working on the systems analysis and design.
Answer: False
8. The stakeholders for information systems can be broadly classified into five groups: system owners, system users, system designers, system builders, and system analysts/project managers.
Answer: True Page: 7-11 LOD: Easy
9. An information worker is a person whose jobs include the creation, collection, processing, distribution and use of information.
Answer: True Page: 7 LOD: Easy
10. System owners are the information system's sponsors and chief advocates, usually responsible for funding the project to develop, operate and maintain the information system.
Answer: True Page: 7-8 LOD: Easy
11. System users are concerned with the functionality the system provides to their jobs and the system's ease of learning and ease of use.
Answer: True