MIS_Quiz_1

1. Management is a "set of activities directed at an organization's resources with the aim of achieving organization ______ in an effective and efficient manner".

2. Information are _____ placed in a meaningful and useful context for an end user.

3. System is a a set of interrelated components, with a clearly defined boundary, working together to achieve a common set of objectives by accepting inputs and producing output in an organized transformation _____.

4. Management Information Systems (MIS) is the study of people, technology, organizations, and the _____ among them.

5. T/F: MIS professionals help firms realize minimum benefit from investment in personnel, equipment, and business processes.

• True

• False

6. T/F: MIS is a people-oriented field with an emphasis on service through technology.

• True

• False

7. Many businesses concentrate on the alignment of MIS with business goals to achieve _____ over other businesses.

• competitive advantage

• competitive edge

• competitive service

8. Businesses use _____ at all levels of operation to collect, process, and store data.

• information professionals

• information systems

• information technology

9. MIS professionals create information systems for data _____ (i.e., storing, searching, and analyzing data).

• entry

• management

• visualization

10. T/F: Everyone who works in business, from someone who pays the bills to the person who makes employment decisions, uses information technology.

• True

• False