Unit 5 Test Business Essentials

Front

Which of the following is a true statement regarding information management:
It’s necessary for making even small business decisions.
It’s used exclusively by upper-level management.
It’s the same thing as an MIS.
It’s the same thing as data processing.

Back

It’s necessary for making even small business decisions.

Front

Which of the following is a trend in information management:
- Increased use of outsourcing
- Fewer electronic documents
- Decreased competition
- Less incoming information

Back

Increased use of outsourcing

Front

An MIS (management information system) involves people, processes, and

Back

practices.

Front

Information is created from

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data.

Front

A social media post is a type of __________ information.

Back

virtual

Front

Appropriate information management can

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save time and money.

Front

Information management can keep employees from becoming overwhelmed with too much information, a condition known as information

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overload.

Front

A business uses information management to protect its

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trade secrets from being stolen.

Front

Failing to manage information properly is most likely to cause a business to

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be unprepared for a disaster.

Front

What type of software stores information about customers?

Back

Database