The worth of systems from a financial perspective essentially revolves around the issue of :

The worth of systems from a financial perspective essentially revolves around the issue of
 
  A) total cost of ownership.
  B) adherence to information requirements.
  C) asset utilization.
  D) return on invested capital.
  E) the cost of computing equipment.

 Q. 2

Which of the following is a technical control that helps secure information flow in an organization?
 
  A) The information system enforces approved authorizations for access to the system.
  B) The information system enforces the organization's policy about human review.
  C) The information system automatically disables accounts after a time period defined by the organization.
  D) The information system defines the information to be encrypted or stored offline in a secure location.

 Q. 3

How do online discussion forums function?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

 Q. 4

Netflix's public announcement of a reward for a technology solution to its movie recommendation system is an example of
 
  A) prediction markets.
  B) behavioral targeting.
  C) long-tail marketing.
  D) social shopping.
  E) crowdsourcing.

 Q. 5

________ describes the concept that a large group of people is better at making good decisions than a single person.
 
  A) The wisdom of crowds
  B) Outsourcing
  C) Crowdsourcing
  D) Social graphing
  E) Social search

 Q. 6

A virtual company
 
  A) uses networks to link people, assets, and ideas.
  B) uses Internet technology to maintain a virtual storefront.
  C) uses Internet technology to maintain a networked community of users.
  D) provides entirely Internet-driven services, or virtual products.
  E) is limited by traditional organizational boundaries.

 Q. 7

Which of the following is a feature of public key encryption?
 
  A) It uses a single point key to encrypt and decrypt data.
  B) It uses a pair of keys, one to encrypt the data and the other to decrypt data.
  C) It uses multiple numbers of keys accessible to all members of an organization.
  D) It uses a duplication process to replicate keys.

 Q. 8

You are using a capital budgeting method to assess the worth of your company's new information system. Which of the following costs would you include in measuring the cash outflow?
 
  A) increased sales of products
  B) hardware and software expenditures
  C) labor expenditures
  D) reduced costs in production and operation
  E) both B and C