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Raw, unsummarized facts are called information. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling activities require decisions by managers. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The IT "revolution" began with the development of the first computers in the 1950s. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Information distortion increases the quality of information. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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IT decisions can improve an organization's competitive advantage. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The ________ the accuracy and reliability of information, the ________ its quality. |
| | A) | greater; higher |
| | B) | lower; higher |
| | C) | greater; lower |
| | D) | none of these |
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The set of techniques for acquiring, organizing, storing, manipulating, and transmitting information is called: |
| | A) | networking. |
| | B) | information technology. |
| | C) | a transaction processing system. |
| | D) | an expert system. |
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Which of the following can be expressed as "zeros" and "ones" by a computer? |
| | A) | Images |
| | B) | Sound |
| | C) | Numbers |
| | D) | All of these |
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An MIS that is designed to handle large amounts of routine transactions is called a(n): |
| | A) | operations information system. |
| | B) | PDA. |
| | C) | transaction-processing system. |
| | D) | network. |
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When a manufacturing company purchases raw materials from a supplier over the Internet, this is an example of what type of transaction? |
| | A) | B2B |
| | B) | Nonroutine |
| | C) | B2C |
| | D) | PDA |
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