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QUESTION 81

QUESTION 81

Some people see ________ as the

“contextual Web,” where the immense amounts of content available to users will be filtered by contextual factors such as time, location, social activities, and so on.

Web 1.0

Web 5.0

Web 3.0

Web 2.0

Web 4.0

QUESTION 82

Buying a book at Amazon.com illustrates which of the following core business processes?

order-to-cash

account-to-report

hire-to-retire

plan-to-produce

time-to-purchase

QUESTION 83

Which of the following is an economic change brought about by globalization enabled by information technology?

availability of low-cost communication systems

increase in the outsourcing of labor

decentralization of organizations

increase in the frequency of worldwide fads and phenomena

development of low-cost computing platforms

QUESTION 84

An effective ________ process can create customer satisfaction, speed up the collection process, and serve to provide valuable inputs into business intelligence and customer relationship management applications.

procure-to-pay

make-to-stock

make-to-order

order-to-cash

plan-to-produce

QUESTION 85

Cloud-based collaboration tools ________.

require users to frequently upgrade their software

allow for easy transferability of documents from one person to another

reduce the risk of exposing sensitive corporate data

are complex and time-consuming

have well-documented procedures for system complexities

QUESTION 86

Supply chain management systems allow for making trade-offs between efficiency and effectiveness for individual components or raw materials.

 True

 False

QUESTION 87

The applications under the software as a service model are typically the toughest to deploy.

 True

 False

QUESTION 88

With respect to the organizational decision making levels, top-level managers typically focus on problems within a specific business function, such as marketing or finance.

 True

 False

QUESTION 89

Ad hoc queries are always saved because they need to be executed on a regular basis.

 True

 False

QUESTION 90

Secure Sockets Layer is a popular private key decryption method used on the Internet.

 True

 False

QUESTION 91

For unstructured organizational decisions, few or no procedures to follow for a given situation can be specified in advance.

 True

False

QUESTION 92

In a basic relationship, the buyer and the supplier set preferences and prices to benefit each other.

 True

 False

QUESTION 93

Customer relationship management applications concentrate on the activities involved in promoting and selling products to the customers as well as providing customer service and nourishing long-term relationships.

 True

 False

QUESTION 94

At the executive level, information systems are typically used to optimize processes and to better understand the underlying causes of any performance problems.

 True

 False

QUESTION 95

Someone with an automating perspective thinks of technology as a way to help finish a task.

 True

 False

QUESTION 96

Production scheduling leads to the development of a sourcing plan.

 True

 False

QUESTION 97

Using enterprise marketing management (EMM) tools can help integrate various promotional campaigns such that the right messages are sent to the right people through the right channels.

 True

False

QUESTION 98

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) offered far stronger support for e-mail communications than it did for voice mail.

 True

 False

QUESTION 99

The term shoulder surfing refers to looking over one’s shoulder while the person is keying in access information.

 True

False

QUESTION 100

In the platform as a service (PaaS) model, the customer uses only applications provided via a cloud infrastructure.

 True

 False