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Chapter 1
Information Systems in Global Business Today
True-False Questions
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Internet advertising is growing at a rate of more than 30 percent a year.
! Answer: True ! Answer: True
Difficulty: Hard
Reference: p. 6
A business model describes how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service to create wealth. Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 11
Information technology (IT) consists of all the hardware that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives, whereas information systems consist of all the software and business processes needed.
! Answer: False ! Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: pp. 13–14
Computers are only part of an information system. Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 16
Information systems literacy describes the behavioral approach to information systems, whereas computer literacy describes the technical approach.
! Answer: False ! Answer: True ! Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: p. 16
The dimensions of information systems are management, organizations, and information technology. Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 16
In order to understand how a specific business firm uses information systems, you need to know something about the hierarchy and culture of the company. Difficulty: Easy Reference: pp. 17–18
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Developing a new product, fulfilling an order, or hiring a new employee are examples of business processes.
! Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: p. 7
Business processes are logically related tasks for accomplishing tasks that have been formally encoded by an organization.
! Answer: False ! Answer: False
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Difficulty: Medium
Reference: p. 18
A network requires at least two computers and a shared resource, such as a printer. Difficulty: Medium Reference: p. 19
An IT infrastructure provides the platform on which the firm can build its information systems.
! Answer: True
(Analysis)
Difficulty: Easy...