M0084 – Sistem Informasi dalam Manajemen
Multiple Choice – Individual Assignment
Pertemuan – 01
Why information system ?
1. Globalization and information technology bring ______ to domestic business firms.
a. no threat
b. a major challenge
c. the need to economize
d. the need for more employees
e. insurmountable problems
f. no need for changes
2. CBIS stands for:
a. communications by infrared system.
b. common basis included sharing.
c. capitalized boundaries inside systems.
d. communications based intelligence series.
e. computer bound information system.
f. computer based information system.
3. The successful creation of an information system requires that ________, ________,
and ________ coordinate.
a. employees, management, stockholders
b. management, technology, organization
c. finance, employers, technology
d. educators, employees, technology
e. technology, management, stockholders
f. time, money, human resources
4. The distribution of information to the people who will use it or to the activities for
which it will be used is called:
a. feedback.
b. output.
c. standard operating procedure.
d. extranetting.
e. delivery.
f. intranetting.
5. The capacity to offer individualized products and services on a large scale is called:
a. marketing.
b. efficiency.
c. mass customization.
d. salesmanship.
e. electronic business.
f.
multiplication of resources.
6. The particular design that information technology takes in a specific organization to
achieve selected goals or functions is called its:
a. information architecture.
b. processing demand.
c. business plan.
d. business system.
e. computer architecture.
f. delivery information system.
7. The major business functions of commercial organizations are in:
a. sales and marketing.
b. manufacturing.
c. finance.
d. accounting.
e. human resources.
f. All of the above.
8. The basis of organizational politics is:
a. money.
b. time.
c. conflict.
d. misunderstanding.
e. management.
f. production.
9. The purpose of an information system is to:
a. save money.
b. make it possible to downsize.
c. optimize the flow of information and knowledge.
d. create an electronic presence on the Internet.
e. 2 and 4.
f. 1 and 3.
10. The handheld computer called a DIAD:
a. keeps sales and marketing information updated for sales personnel in the
field.
b. captures signatures, pickup and delivery data, and similar information for
transmission to a central location.
c. allows personnel in the field to make direct, confidential, and encrypted
phone calls.
d. allows personnel in the field to download reports from the mainframe.
e. creates a private network within the organization.
f. automates the flow of information between complementary businesses.
11. The World Wide Web is a system that:
a. has created universally accepted standards for information and data transfer.
b. is also called the Internet.
c. uses the UNIX language.
d. links the Internet backbone to the ISPs.
e. is designed to link buyers and sellers.
f. governs the storage technology for information systems.
12. Communications technology has eliminated _____ as a factor for many types of work
in many situations.
a. confusion
b. Security
c. sales personnel
d. management
e. Finance
f. distance
13. The Internet is:
a. an ISP.
b. the world's largest and most widely used network.
c. the backbone.
d. politically constrained.
e. based on the English language.
f. the carrier of more than 80 percent of the world's business communications.
14. The Internet provides:
a. global connectivity.
b. A flexible platform.
c. A seamless flow of information.
d. the ability to exchange information across great distances.
e. 1, 2 and 3.
f. All of the above.
15. Planning the organization's information architecture and the IT infrastructure is
required if the company hopes to:
a. begin training employees in technology use.
b. understand the information the technology provides.
c. understand the future of electronic commerce.
d. maximize the advantages of information technology.
e. develop an Internet policy for the company.
f. maintain global connectivity.
16. The Internet makes it possible for small companies to:
a. avoid local taxes.
b. sell their wares globally.
c. involve all employees in e-commerce.
d.
e.
f.
develop an understanding of technology.
download competitor's sales figures.
operate off-shore businesses.
17. Coordination with other organizations across great distances is made possible by:
a. networked information systems.
b. good computer training for employees.
c. software downloaded from the Internet.
d. specialized software.
e. facilitated management.
f. economies of scale.
18. Information systems can be described as:
a. technology in service to business.
b. formal, standard operating procedures.
c. managerial roles created by decisions.
d. organizational and management solutions to problems posed by the
environment.
e. computer science.
f. relationships between different levels and specialties.
19. A computer-based information system relies on computer hardware and software for:
a. technology access.
b. management understanding of sales trends.
c. feedback.
d. facts representing events occurring in organizations.
e. processing and disseminating information.
f. defining organizational rules.
20. Sensitivity to both positive and negative consequences of the use of information
systems is:
a. A major management challenge.
b. an example of fiscal ethics.
c. useful to the information structure.
d. true to the culture of any company.
e. conducive to human control of processes.
f. impossible.