BUS-115 Introduction to BusinessChapter 17 – Acquiring, Organizing & UsingInformation Pick the ONE best answer for the following 20-questions.Mark your answers on a Scantron answer sheet (erase all stray marks.For True/False questions, A=True and B=False.1. True or False? For a manager or employee, information and data mean the same thing.2. True or False? Experiments and content analyses are examples of qualitative research.3. True or False? A management information system must be tailored to the needs it eh organization it serves.4. True or False? A business report always begins with conclusions and recommendations.5. True or False? A database management program allows users to prepare and edit letters, memos, reports, and other written documents and to storethem in the computer or on a disk.6. A survey is an example of aa. qualitative research.b. quantitative research.c. data collection.d. database.e. groupware program.7. When the sum of all data values is divided by the number of items in the set of data, the answer is thea. range.b. standard deviation.c. mode.d. median.Page 1 of 4e. arithmetic mean.8. The most accurate visual display is thea. table.b. graph.c. standard deviation.d. bar chart.e. median chart.9. Currently, the primary business use of the Internet isa. e-business.b. computer time shares.c. Internet service providers.d. hardware management programs.e. database software applications.10. A manager that wants to prepare a professional business report or newsletter that contains both text and graphics would use a(n) __________ program.a. database managementb. accountingc. spreadsheetd. desktop publishinge. groupware11. True or False? Information rules are often referred to as the great simplifiers.12. True or False? The minutes of meetings would be considered an external source of data.13. True or False? The typical business report begins with an introduction andends with recommendations.14. True or False? Groupware is the latest type of software that facilitates the management of large projects among geographically dispersed employees.Page 2 of 415. True or False? Today most business application software is integrated andcombines many functions into a single package.16. Data presented in a form useful for a specific purpose is referred to asa. numbers.b. a database.c. information.d. a management information system.e. an accounting package.17. Observation, interviews, and focus groups are referred to asa. qualitative research.b. quantitative research.c. data collection.d. a database.e. groupware program.18. Typically, storage options for small businesses includea. computer hard drives, floppy disks, or CD-ROMs.b. mainframe disks.c. magnetic tape.d. CD-ROMs and magnetic tape.e. mainframe disks and floppy disks.19. What is the median for the following numbers: 100, 80, 60, 120, 120?a. 60b. 80c. 100d. 120e. 9620. A video game would contain data from a(n) __________ program.a. Microsoft Outlookb. accountingc. spreadsheetPage 3 of 4d. graphicse. picturePage 4 of
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