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This activity contains 21 questions.

Question 1
1 A subsystem of a WAN could be a:
 
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Question 2
2 A company's environment consists of all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 3
3 What is the model that views a business as a series of activities that adds worth to a product or service?
 
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Question 4
4 Support activities of a business include all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 5
5 What is the software that many large organizations use to create and maintain large databases?
 
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Question 6
6 What is it called when two or more companies share information?
 
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Question 7
7 In regard to information technology, the process of capturing data about some type of event that is important to a company is known as:
 
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Question 8
8 After information has been presented in a usable form, the process of ____________, sending and distributing information to various locations, takes place.
 
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Question 9
9 Selling a product to a customer, entering employee work hours, or processing a payment to a vendor are all known as:
 
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Question 10
10 ATM transactions must be done with:
 
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Question 11
11 A transaction processing system that keeps track of how much a company owes to its vendors (suppliers) is a(n):
 
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Question 12
12 When a business chooses to focus on its core competencies and hand off responsibilities to another company, it is known as:
 
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Question 13
13 A cooperative arrangement between two businesses that offer complementary capabilities is a:
 
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Question 14
14 A manager who deals with long-term issues and plans for the company is at the ____________ level.
 
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Question 15
15 A(n) ____________ could help a manager plan the best product delivery and service routes.
 
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Question 16
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Open Hint for Question 16 in a new window		 Support activities of a business include sales and marketing and service.
   
 
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Question 17
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Open Hint for Question 17 in a new window		 The boundary of a system defines the limits of that system.
   
 
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Question 18
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Open Hint for Question 18 in a new window		 An expert system is a basic accounting and record-keeping system that tracks daily transactions necessary to conduct business.
   
 
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Question 19
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Open Hint for Question 19 in a new window		 Real-time processing is immediate; batch processing happens at a later time.
   
 
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Question 20
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Open Hint for Question 20 in a new window		 An example of an unstructured decision is determining the number of Christmas trees to order for a nursery that has never previously offered holiday products in.
   
 
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Question 21
21 Match each computer term with the correct definition.
Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.
A information from a knowledgeable person
B success variables
C time estimates
D semistructured decisions
E mapping
F collaborative
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