What is the difference between parallel installation and plunge installation?
What will be an ideal response?
Q. 2The ratio of visitors who buy a product from a website divided by the total number of visitors can be referred to as the ________.
A) churn rate
B) conversion rate
C) clickthrough rate
D) attach rate
Q. 3To monitor the status of internal operations and the firm's relations with the external environment, managers need ________ systems.
A) decision-support
B) knowledge
C) transaction processing
D) management information
Q. 4A drawback of the hierarchical database was that ________.
A) it was ineffective at handling many-to-many relationships
B) it did not mimic every detail of an organizational chart
C) it worked only for one-to-one relationships
D) it failed to reduce redundancies introduced by file systems
Q. 5Total value transfer of tangible goods happens at the point of sale. Which of the following statements contradicts this judgment?
A) The drive to reduce costs can lead to ethically questionable decisions.
B) Events in the external parts of the chain can also offer strategic opportunities.
C) The value chain does not end when the buyer pays for the product or service.
D) As the extended value chain lengthens, responsibility for harmful consequences becomes more diffuse.
Q. 6You have been hired by a non-profit agency to implement a system to handle their donations.
The system must be able to handle and record telephone, SMS, and Internet donations, provide up-to-the-minute reports, and create highly customizable mailing lists. In addition, event fundraisers need to be able to quickly access a donor's information and history. Which of the following systems will best meet these needs?A) TPS
B) TPS with DSS capabilities
C) TPS with MIS capabilities
D) TPS with ESS capabilities
E) DSS with MIS capabilities
Q. 7Designers use the unified modeling language (UML) to ________.
A) improve communication and clarity by using standardized graphics symbols and notations
B) establish clarity in audio models of object-oriented and software-intensive systems
C) test and repair implemented software systems and hence establish clarity in communication
D) design information systems using flashy graphics and multi-dimensional animations
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