双语试题管理信息系统.docx

1、双语试题管理信息系统Management Information System课程号： 课序号： 开课系： 信息工程学院 题号一二三四五六七八九总分题分3020102020得分评阅人20 Questions 1 Select the best answer for each of the following unrelated items. Answer each of these items in your examination booklet by circling the number of your choice。 If more than one answer is given f

2、or an item， that item will not be marked。 Incorrect answers will be marked as zero. Marks will not be awarded for explanations. Note: 2 marks each a. Which of the following is a method for considering a collection of IS projects in terms of their potential risks and benefits as a means of selecting

3、which projects to undertake? 1）Scoring models2）Strategic IS planning 3) Scenario planning4）Portfolio analysis b。 Which of the following is a key challenge in managing data? 1)Determining appropriate field widths 2)Choosing a DBMS 3）Managing data security 4）Distinguishing between data and information

4、 c. Which of the following is a tangible benefit? 1） More timely information 2) Higher client satisfaction 3) Reduced facility costs4) Increased organizational learning d. Which of the following is a true statement about the benefits of information systems?1) The benefits of information systems are

5、easy to determine.2) Tangible benefits are always greater than intangible benefits。 3) Intangible benefits are always greater than tangible benefits.4） Intangible benefits are often indirect， and thus harder to realize. e。 Which one of the following is not one of the basic competitive strategies pre

6、sented in Module 1？ 1） Cost strategies2） Differentiation strategies 3） Strategic dominance 4） Customer lock-in f。 Which of the following is a true statement concerning entityrelationship and data flow diagrams?1) Entity-relationship diagrams are concerned with data in motion， while data flow diagram

7、s are concerned with data at rest and in motion。2） They are used during the design phase of the systems development lifecycle to communicate with users about the requirements of the system。3） When documenting a system over time， the information in data flow diagrams is more likely to change than tha

8、t in entityrelationship diagrams。4） They use the same symbols to represent data elements。g. Which of the following activities does requirements analysis involve？1） Laying out the components of a system and their relationship to each other as they would appear to the users2） Translating the abstract

9、logical model into the specific technical design for the new system3) Changing from the old system to the new system4） Defining the objectives of the new or modified system and developing a detailed description of the functions that the new system must performh. Which of the following is least descr

10、iptive of prototyping development？1） Small scale2) Interactive3） Clearly defined specifications4） Enduser focusedi。 Which of the following is most likely to result in a system that does not meet quality assurance standards？1) Outsourcing2) Enduser development3) Off-theshelf application software pack

11、age4) Prototypingj. Which of the following best describes the process of bringing together end-users and information systems specialists for a session to discuss the interactive design of the system？1) JAD2） Active development3) Structured analysis4） Structured design k。 Which of the following is a

12、groupware technology used to support distant and asynchronous groups？1） Electronic meeting systems2) Memos3） Video conferencing4） E-maill。 Which of the following is the driving force behind the explosion of ebusiness and the emergence of the digital firm?1） The Internets ability to increase informat

13、ion asymmetry2） Low-cost connectivity and universal standards provided by Internet technology3) The Internets ability to increase a companys profit4） The Internets ability to provide electronic portals to company information from disparate locationsm. Which of the following describes how the Interne

14、t reduces agency costs？1） Providing low-cost networks and inexpensive communication and collaboration tools that can be used on a global scale2） Providing easy access to information resources in key areas such as business， science, law， and government3) Providing companies with access to businesses

15、or individuals who normally would be out of their reach4） Enabling a company to use the Internet， as opposed to building its own wide area networkn。 Which of the following is an accurate statement about systems design？ 1） Systems design focuses on what the system is supposed to do。 2） Systems design

16、 does not include the method of acquisition. 3) The design of internal controls is part of systems design. 4） Systems design does not include program design.o. What type of Internet business model provides an electronic clearinghouse for products where price and availability are constantly changing?

17、1） Virtual storefront2) Marketplace concentrator3） Content provider4） Auction20 Questions 2 The Internet can be viewed as a kind of commons. In England, a commons is a space where all the people in the community have the right to graze their animals. A major threat to the value of the commons is tha

18、t of overgrazing - putting too many cows and sheep on the commons leads to pasture degradation。 But this is a commons that literally belongs to every person in the community； hence， each person has an incentive to consider only personal interests. The result is that animals are added to the commons

19、beyond the point of sustainable grazing.This situation has been labeled ”the problem of the commons。 It is a general problem， typical of public goods (like air， water， and public spaces), namely what to do about those whose actions degrade the value of the overall public good. There are two principa

20、l approaches to addressing the problem of the commons, each with advantages and disadvantages. The first is regulation by a central authority， and the second is the redesign of incentive systems to remove the reasons for overuse。Required Assess the challenges of spam email from the perspective of th

21、e commons。 First， what is ”spam? Does spam reflect the problem of the commons？ How could it be addressed through regulation or incentives， and how would you assess each of these options?20 Question 3 Identify and briefly describe the six steps associated with the systems development process.20 Quest

22、ions 4You have been hired to conduct a requirements analysis for the development of a new student information system for the CGA program. Your internal contact, the Director of Student Services， has asked you to outline a plan for gathering system requirements for this system。 Present your response

23、in good form and ensure that you address the following three questions:What kind of information do you need to gather？ What sources of information and/or forms of information gathering would you use?What are the key challenges in gathering information for this system？20 Question 5 Case studyBasingst

24、ock， England， isnt normally considered a cuttingedge kind of place。 The quintessential British suburb lies 60 miles southwest of London， in the Hampshire countryside。 “boringstoke,” as it is sometimes called， has long been the butt of jokes for the likes of Gilbert and Sullivan and Monty Python。 Lat

25、ely， however， 500 residents of Basingstoke have been participating in Easi-Order， a shopping experiment at the Safeway supermarket on Worting Road。 They use a palm III PDA equipped with a barcode scanner， a modem， and software from IBMs Institute for Advanced Commerce to do their shopping from home.

26、 The PDA is provided free of charge to the test shoppers.Heres how it works. Safeway built a data warehouse of every item bought from its inventory of 22，000 products by 10 million British shoppers over the past four years-some 3 TB of grocerybuying intelligence. Data mining software written for Saf

27、eway by IBM determines what groceries a family needs based on how long it has been since they visited the store and details from their past orders. The software is programmed to suggest additional items as well. For example， it may suggest that the family try Oracle toothpaste-safeways own brand-or

28、promote baby products to new mothers based on birth notices obtained from a government health agency. A suggested order is transmitted to the familys palm III PDA whenever they connect by telephone to safeway. Of course， families sometimes want to buy something they havent ordered before or somethin

29、g they bought so long ago the safeway computer figures theyve lost interest in it。 If the family has an empty box or wrapper for the item， someone swipes the bar code with a scanner built into the PDA, and the item is added to the electronic order if the family doesnt have one of the items on hand o

30、r if it has no bar code， a member just describes the item in a free-format field that turns into email to safeway: “One quart of strawberries。”When the family finishes editing the order, the person attaches the PDA to the telephone and transmits the order to an IBM server。 This midrange computer is a Javabased intranet server that connects to safeways S/390 mainframe computer。 In addition to the order， the server receives a message saying when the family will pick up its groceries。The following morning, a safeway easiOrder specialis