IFSM300 Quiz 3 Latest 2020 November

IFSM300 Information systems in Organization

Quiz 3

Question 1 True or false:  When you purchase software and install it on your computer, you own that software.

                True

                False

Question 2          Which of the following best defines a process?

a series of tasks that are completed in order to accomplish a goal

a strategic objective

steps a worker follows to complete a task

a series of events to get something done

Question 3          Which of the following will occur if a company changes its business strategy?

Its IT infrastructure changes, but the organization does not change

Its IT infrastructure never changes, regardless of what happens to the business objective

Its IT infrastructure and organization must change

Its IT infrastructure and organization will change as needed to support the company’s objective

Question 4Who should support or maintain the IT infrastructure?

experts in the various specialties who contract with the company

a government agency tasked with IT infrastructure support, the ITSA

the most efficient mix of people based on the criticality of the infrastructure component

programmers and technicians who work for the company

Question 5Which of the following is the unique identifying address for every device on the internet?

packet

byte

IP address

domain name

Question 6          Enterprise architecture consists of the following three major components:

hardware, software, and telecommunications

process modeling, process documentation, and business process reengineering

application architecture, information architecture, and technical architecture

business strategy, business goals, and objectives

Question 7          Just for practice, put the following steps of “Shopping for Groceries” in the correct order:

____                     go to grocery store

____     check shelves and refrigerator to see what is needed

___                        put food away

____                     make a list of what to buy

____                     return home

____                     select food products

____                     pay for items

Question 8          Which of the following are benefits of open source software?  (select all that apply)

The software is available for free.

The large community of programmers who work on open-source projects leads to quick bugfixing

and feature additions.

The software source-code is available; it can be examined and reviewed before it is installed.

The software is more secure than software developed by in-house programmers.

Question 9True or false:  In business process reengineering, it is best to select the IT system to be used prior to reengineering the processes to ensure the process fits the system.

                True

                False

Question 10        Which of the following is established when an organization sets up internal web pages to provide information about the organization to the employees?

Intranet

Private cloud

Extranet

Client-server

Question 11        Put in order the steps of the process associated with a course assignment.

____                     student reads assignment and rubric

____                     student completes assignment

____                     faculty reviews submitted assignment and compares to grading rubric

____                     assignment is posted in the class

____                     student receives grade and feedback

____                     student submits assignment

____                     faculty member develops assignment and grading rubric

____                     faculty grades assignment

Question 12        Which of the following is the most important part of an IT infrastructure?

services

hardware

none

telecommunications

Question 13        Which of  the following is defined as fully understanding the goals of a process and then dramatically redesigning it from the ground up to achieve dramatic improvements in productivity and quality?

business process improvement

business process reengineering

business process management

business process re-design

Question 14        Which of the following are advantages of cloud computing?  (select all that apply)

Can scale to a large number of users easily.

No software to install or upgrades to maintain.

More secure than locally managed applications

Services can be leased for a limited time on an as-needed basis.

Question 15        Which of the following statements are true regarding software?  (select all that apply)

Software is the set of instructions that tell the hardware what to do.

Software is created through the process of programming.

Software can be broadly divided into two categories: operating systems and application software.

Without software, the hardware would not be functional.