An example of a keystone firm within a business ecosystem is
A) Apple and software application writers in the mobile platform ecosystem.
B) GUESS and the fashion ecosystem.
C) Citibank and the ATM ecosystem.
D) American Airlines and the computerized reservation ecosystem.
E) Nike and the athletic apparel ecosystem.
Q. 2Which supply chain planning function determines how much product is needed to satisfy all customer demands?
A) distribution management
B) replenishment planning
C) demand planning
D) order planning
E) customer planning
Q. 3All of the following are intangible benefits of information systems except
A) improved asset utilization.
B) increased organizational learning.
C) improved operations.
D) reduced workforce.
E) employee morale.
Q. 4Supply chain planning systems perform all of the following functions except
A) establish inventory levels for raw materials and finished goods.
B) identify the transportation mode to use for product delivery.
C) determine where to store finished goods.
D) determine how much product to manufacture in a given time period.
E) track the physical status of goods.
Q. 5As discussed in the chapter text, the three main reasons that investments in information technology do not always produce positive results are
A) management support, technical logistics, and user compliance.
B) organization, environment, culture.
C) information quality, information integrity, and information accuracy.
D) information quality, organizational culture, and management filters.
E) organization, culture, and technology.
Q. 6In TCP/IP, IP is responsible for
A) disassembling and reassembling of packets during transmission.
B) establishing an Internet connection between two computers.
C) moving packets over the network.
D) sequencing the transfer of packets.
E) breaking messages down into packets.
Q. 7The phenomenon of employees using their own devices in the workplace is known as
A) wearable computing.
B) mobile consolidation.
C) cloud computing.
D) BYOD.
E) self computing.
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