Business processes are analyzed, simplified, and redesigned in
A) business process redesign.
B) rationalization of procedures.
C) automation.
D) paradigm shifts.
E) systems analysis and design.
Q. 2In terms of global business strategy and structure, a multinational strategy
A) centralizes production and accounting and decentralizes marketing and human resources.
B) concentrates financial management and control out of a central home base while decentralizing production, sales, and marketing operations to units in other countries.
C) centralizes production, accounting, marketing, and human resources.
D) disperses production and marketing, with centralized accounting, human resources and strategic management.
E) concentrates production and marketing in each country, and decentralizes accounting and human resources.
Q. 3Which of the following is not one of the system configurations used by global firms?
A) centralized
B) duplicated
C) decentralized coordinated
D) networked
E) localized
Q. 4The four kinds of structural organizational change enabled by IT, in order from least to most risky, are
A) rationalization, automation, reengineering, and redesigning.
B) rationalization, automation, reengineering, and paradigm shift.
C) automation, rationalization, redesigning, and paradigm shift.
D) automation, redesigning, restructuring, and paradigm shift.
E) paradigm shift, reengineering, rationalization, and automation.
Q. 5Which of the following statements about 3D printing is not true?
A) It creates solid objects.
B) It is also called additive manufacturing.
C) It is only usable to make prototypes.
D) It creates objects layer by layer.
E) It uses specifications in a digital file.
Q. 64G networks use which standards?
A) GSM and LTD
B) CDMA and PAN
C) LTE and LTD
D) T-Mobile and AT&T
E) LTE and WiMax
Q. 7In a multinational business strategy, the ________ business function is decentralized, dispersed to foreign units.
A) finance/accounting
B) production
C) human resources
D) strategic management
E) sales/marketing