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Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 16e, Global Edition
(Laudon)
Chapter 2 Global E-business and Collaboration
1) Producing a bill of materials is a business process in which of the following functional areas?
A) Finance and accounting
B) Human resources
C) Manufacturing and production
D) Research and development
E) Sales and marketing
2) Which of the following is an example of a cross-functional business process?
A) Identifying customers
B) Shipping a product
C) Fulfilling a customer order
D) Hiring employees
E) Paying creditors
3) Order fulfillment involves all of the following business processes except:
A) checking the customer's credit.
B) assembling the product.
C) submitting the order.
D) making customers aware of the product.
E) shipping the product.
4) The ________ function is responsible for making sure customers are aware of the company's
products.
A) finance and accounting
B) human resources
C) manufacturing and production
D) sales and marketing
E) distribution and logistics
5) According to the chapter case, Sanofi Pasteur is using Microsoft Yammer for all of the
following reasons except:
A) give employees more opportunities to innovate.
B) increase product innovations from lower down in the organization.
C) simplify business processes
D) strengthen management controls over employees
E) set up activist groups for change
6) Identifying customers is a business process handled by the marketing function.
Answer: TRUE
7) One example of a business process is shipping a product to a customer.
Answer: TRUE
8) What is the connection between organizations, information systems, and business processes?
Management Information Systems, 14e (Laudon)
Chapter 14 Managing Projects
1) On average, private sector IT projects underestimated budget and delivery time of systems by
________ percent.
A) 30
B) 40
C) 50
D) 60
E) 70
Answer: C
Page Ref: 543
Difficulty: Moderate
AACSB: Reflective thinking
CASE: Content
LO: 14.1: What are the objectives of project management and why is it so essential in
developing information systems?
2) As discussed in the chapter, which of the following is not one of the immediate consequences
of inadequate software project management?
A) cost overruns
B) customer loyalty
C) time slippage
D) technical shortfalls
E) failure to obtain anticipated benefits
Answer: B
Page Ref: 544
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Analytical thinking
CASE: Analysis
LO: 14.1: What are the objectives of project management and why is it so essential in
developing information systems?
3) Which of the following is not one of the five main variables affecting project success?
A) risk
B) vendors
C) time
D) quality
E) cost
Answer: B
Page Ref: 546-549
Difficulty: Moderate
AACSB: Reflective thinking
CASE: Content
LO: 14.1: What are the objectives of project management and why is it so essential in
developing information systems?
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