M0084 – Sistem Informasi dalam Manajemen
True-False – Individual Assignment
Pertemuan – 02
Introduction to Information Systems
1. IBM introduced the Personal Computer in 1982.
2. The term personal computer is used as well as microcomputer to describe the small,
relatively inexpensive, and powerful systems used for both business and personal
applications.
3. The CPU is controlled by an operating system and manages the input and output
devices, data storage devices, and operations on the data.
4. CD-ROMs, floppy drives, and hard disks are like random access memory in that they
are permanent data storage.
5. A computer that uses the public telephone system must have a modem between the
public telephone service and the computer.
6. The physical system of the firm consists of tangible resources such as information.
7. Most of the information produced by the transaction processing system is intended for
use by persons inside the firm.
8. One problem with early management information systems is that the managers had
trouble articulating their needs.
9. Office clerks use technology to support the clerical tasks for managers.
10. The Y2K problem helped spur the growth of ERP software during the late 1990s.
11. The first users of computer output were accounting managers.
12. The management level for middle-level managers has been called the management
control level because it is their responsibility to put plans into action and to ensure
that goals are met.
13. The act of selecting from alternative courses of action is called decision making.
14. According to Mintzberg's informational roles, the manager makes contacts with
persons outside the manager's own unit for the purpose of attending to business
matters.
15. The future of information technology will be driven by the reduced cost and increased
power of both computers and communications.