CAD workstations
A) provide engineers, designers, and factory managers with precise control over industrial design and manufacturing.
B) provide an important source of expertise for organizations.
C) allow groups to work together on documents.
D) are high-end PCs used in the financial sector to analyze trading situations instantaneously and facilitate portfolio management.
E) facilitate employee learning.
Q. 2Most companies pursuing a global strategy begin as
A) domestic exporters.
B) multinationals.
C) franchisers.
D) transnationals.
E) conglomerate corporations.
Q. 3A bank has reworked its mortgage application process so that several steps are handled by computer software, and some steps are combined to reduce bottlenecks in processing. The goal is to gradually improve its efficiency over time.
This is an example ofA) automation.
B) rationalization of procedures.
C) paradigm shift.
D) business process redesign.
E) organizational change.
Q. 4Most knowledge workers require specialized knowledge work systems, but they also rely on
A) office systems.
B) schools and universities.
C) imaging systems.
D) data transferring systems.
E) external feeds.
Q. 5The most appropriate wireless networking standard for creating PANs is
A) I-mode.
B) IEEE 802.11b.
C) Wi-Fi.
D) Bluetooth.
E) RFID.
Q. 6Bluetooth can be used to link up to ________ devices within a 10-meter area using low-power, radio-based communication.
A) two
B) five
C) eight
D) fifteen
E) twenty
Q. 7________ often are designed and optimized for the specific tasks to be performed.
A) Graphics programs
B) Knowledge workstations
C) Virtual simulators
D) CAD stations
E) LMS
Q. 8In automation
A) business processes are simplified.
B) business processes are reorganized to cut waste and eliminate repetitive, paper-intensive tasks.
C) standard operating procedures are streamlined to remove bottlenecks.
D) employees are enabled to perform their tasks more efficiently.
E) business processes are eliminated.