Exam 7: Organizations and Information Systems

A) It is used to forecast sales and to create manufacturing plans to meet those forecasts.
B) It manages all the interactions with customers, from lead generation to customer service.
C) It creates information silos by departmentalizing applications.
D) It enables existing applications to communicate and share data.

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A) Inter-enterprise information systems
B) Workgroup information systems
C) Enterprise information systems
D) Personal information systems

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Enterprise information systems are infor...

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A) need for encrypting a company's data before an enterprise system can use the data
B) lack of resources within a company to handle the implementation of the system
C) lack of variety in the enterprise systems currently being sold in the market
D) resistance from a company's employees to changes in existing systems

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A) accounting department
B) operations department
C) human resources department
D) customer service department

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A) They are information systems that are shared by two or more independent organizations.
B) The solutions to problems in these systems usually involve more than one department.
C) They typically support less than 100 users.
D) They are called personal information systems if they support a particular business function.

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A) ERP is a suite of software applications that integrates existing systems by providing layers of software that connect applications together.
B) The two major components of ERP systems are manufacturing applications and inventory applications.
C) ERP is also referred to as enterprise application integration (EAI) due to its highly efficient integration properties.
D) ERP systems are used to forecast sales and to create manufacturing plans and schedules to meet those forecasts.

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ERP is a suite of applications, a databa...

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Information silos are the conditions tha...

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A) They do not document procedures as the procedures are simple and informal.
B) They are shared between two or among more independent organizations.
C) They typically have hundreds to thousands of users.
D) They are limited to a single department in an organization.

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A) manufacturing department
B) human resources department
C) accounting department
D) customer service department

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