Bu 415 Management Information Systems Test 2 Test Banks

Chapter 4: The Changing Competitive EnvironmentMULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS1. Positive feedback refers to what?A. An economic condition where the weaker gets stronger and the stronger get weaker.B. An economic condition where the stronger gets stronger and the weaker get weakerC. An economic condition that is completely unpredictableD. An economic condition where nothing changesE. Either C or DCorrect answer: B 2. Which of the following is not an example of a service available on the internet?A. IMB. RSSC. VOIPD. WWWE. DHCPCorrect answer: E 3. Which of the following is a simple definition of the Internet?A. A user interfaceB. A place where network effects happenC. A network of networksD. The cable infrastructure used to connect computersE. A connection between two or more computersCorrect answer: C 4. What is the relationship between data and information?A. Information is more precise than data B. Information is data in contextC. Information is codified raw facts that have to be processed to become dataD. Information only exists in Transaction Processing Systems while data has to be stored in a Decision Support SystemE. Information is what you know, data is what the competition hasCorrect answer: B5. On Feb 24 th 2008 Toshiba announced that it would no longer produce