Management Information 311F
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- Which word does not go with the phrase "A.D.D.I.E"?
- Database
- Which of the following is not an example of intrinsic motivtion?
- fringe benefits
- Under the classications for Corporate Structure. Where would a store manager for a local Kinkos store fall under?
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Strategic
Tactical
Operational
Staff - Which is NOT a part of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
- Personal
- Which of the following is a kind of decision support system?
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Information-based
Data-based - Which is not a type of knowledge?
- Hidden knowledge
- Which is NOT a leadership style?
- Communicative
- Which corporate structure implements the strategic goals?
- Tactical Management
- One problem with paper storage is transmission delay. Which one of the following BEST exemplifies transmission delay?
- Sending an invoice by mail
- Which one of these is NOT a step on the leadership ladder?
- Conscious Realization
- What type of communication does the communication wheel fall under?
- Centralized Communication
- What are the functions of management?
- Control, Planning, organizing, staffing and directing
- Identify which of the following correctly reflects the data hierarchy
- Database, File, Record, Field, Character, Bit
- ADDIE is an acronym for:
- Analysis design development implementation evaluation
- Which sequence correctly lists the steps to creating a leader in the proper order?
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unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence,
unconscious competence - Organizational causes of stress cited in the material include all of the following except which example?
- Role management
- When comparing the characteristics of management and leadership, which one focuses on the producing and selling of objects?
- management-relationships
- Which of the following is NOT a data mining approach used in the data-based DSS...
- Operations
- All of the following are sources of conflict in a business organization EXCEPT:
- Delaying technology upgrades
- Which of the following is an Interpersonal Cause of Stress?
- Jealousy - threats of self-esteem due to loss of a relationship.
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True or False:
A type I is when you reject the null hypothesis when it is actually true! - True
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True or False
A type II error is when you accept the null hypothesis when it is actually false - True
- Maslows hierarchy of needs goes in what order? (with the top of the pyramid being #1)
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Motivation Slide 8
A.Psycological needs -----5
B.Safety needs -----------4
C.Social needs -----------3
D.Esteem needs -----------2
E.Self actualization needs -1 -
True or False.
In the "Information Memory Chart" Data includes numbers, characters, video and audio - False: data only includes numbers and characters. Video and Audio is under the Information category
- When a subordinate employee asks the manager for the key word used by the voice activation security device to enter the managerial office, because he plans on coming to work early the next day and will need access to documents in the office, his behavior
- social engeneering
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True or False:
A promotion is an example of an extrinsic reward? - True
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True or False:
A self directed work team is responsible for several projects at one time - False
- Which one of these things does not fall under Knowledge Management?
- Knowledge Rule
- In Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs which one of these is not a growth need?
- Safety needs
- Being a leader consists of the following EXCEPT,
- Control
- Synergy is created by the interaction of four categories. Which one doesn't belong?
- Perception of work
- Which level of management would a board of directors be labeled under?
- Strategic Management
- What is a liaison?
- someone who communicates well
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Management Information Systems stresses the importance of learning
leadership skills. Leadership is defined as: -
An influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real
changes that reflect their shared purposes. - What is the first stage of learning to be a leader?
- unconscious incompetence
- What are important things in order to run a business
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feedback
communication
organization - Which of the following is NOT a function of Management?
- Dictating
- Which of the following is the Direction Function of Leadership?
- Creating vision and strategy, Keeping an eye on the horizon
- Which of the following is NOT a source of Conflict?
- Not enough vacation time
- Which of the following represents the smallest (lowest) for of data in the Data- Hierarchy?
- Bit
- What do the reasons for Executive Derailment all have in common?
- They are all negative actions
- It has been said that leadership can be learned. What is considered to be the last stage in this learning process?
- Unconscious Competence
- Order the following components of the Knowledge Triangle from top to bottom: Application, Evaluation, Synthesis, Analysis, Understanding, Knowledge.
- Evaluation, Synthesis, Analysis, Application, Understanding, Knowledge
- In data management, all of the following are advantages of the database approach over the traditional approach except:
- Less expensive to operate.
- Which one of the following is an extrinsic reward?
- Fringe Benefits
- What’s the area under a normal curve?
- 1
- What type of Information System do organizations use to Handle the present?
- Transaction Processing System
- All of the following are examples of a computer being used as a tool to commit crime EXCEPT:
- Shoplifting
- Which of the following is the first step in the Decision Making Process?
- Define the problem
- The payment of expenses that are associated with an organization is part of:
- Expenditure Process
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True or False
Management by Objectives is the process when goals and objectives are set solely by the manager. - FALSE
- _____________ is directed toward obtaining a desired goal without interference from another party.
- Competition
- Which of the following is not an intrinsic reward?
- Feeling of beauty
- Which of the following is not part of the business process?
- Operational
- Which of the following is not a growth need?
- Physiological Needs
- Which statement is not involved in improving communication methods?
- Discouraging feedback
- Which of the following is a leadership power base?
- Expert
- Which of the following is not an interpersonal cause of stress?
- Hunger- threat to physical health due to emptiness of stomach
- Which of the following is NOT an example of an extrinsic reward?
- sense of responsibility
- Ivan Pavlov tested which of the following theories?
- classical conditioning
- One aspect of the old paradigm of leadership is:
- things
- Which function of management is NOT correctly described?
- Directing- simply telling employees on how to perform a task
- Which is NOT a typical reaction to stress?
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abuse of alcohol or drugs
workplace aggression
poor job performance
mass psychological illness and burnout - Competition:
- is one aspect to obtaining a goal
- Decision making processes are:
- cyclical
- Which of the following is NOT one of the five leadership bases of power?
- inspirational
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Match the term with its definition:
1. Strategic management a. daily management that
monitors
activities
2. Tactical management b. top level management,
decision
maker
3. Operational management c. worker bees - b, d, a, c
- Which of the following is NOT an example of structured organizational memory?
- web pages
- Rodger Dodger is a manager within the Milton Bradley game board factory. What kind of decisions does he have to make to be a good manager?
- Tactical Decisions
- Rory is trying to conduct a successful meeting amongst the executives at his company, SaferCeramics. He knows that they have a lot to go over, so he is anticipating a five hour meeting, but knows that he won't be able to keep their attention for the enti
- Fixed Ratio
- Group A is developing their product for business fair. They cannot seem to agree on a product. They rarely have group meetings and do not communicate by email. However, they must choose one product to send in to the patent office. What is the source of t
- poor communication
- How many people are in a self directed work team?
- 6-18
- What shows you are the most developed leader?
- Unconscious competence
- What is NOT considered a leadership style?
- disaster oriented
- Those involved with the tactical management of a business would be most comparable to which body at the university?
- UT at Austin administration
- Which of the following is NOT a way of improving organizational communication?
- give minimal feedback
- What is the purpose of the revenue process?
- Generate revenue for the organization
- Which of the following is a deficiency need?
- Safety Needs
- Which of the following choices is NOT a function of management?
- Over-powering
- Which is not one of the three attributes of goals that are important for improving performance?
- the rejection of the goal by employees
- What is the purpose of the transaction processing system?
- Handles transactions and stores result in organizational memory
- What is the objective of the sequences approach of the data mining approaches?
- Finding that the occurrence of one event leads to a second event
- What are the two responsibilities in the business process?
- Order and Payment
- Which of the following is NOT a step in the decision making process:
- Implement two alternatives
- True or False: The decision making process is linear.
- False. The decision making process is cyclical.
- Which of the following is NOT an example of an intrinsic reward?
- Pay
- Which of these is NOT involved in leadership?
- Absolute Power
- True or False: The definition of leadership is the ability to get other to follow willingly for the purpose of accomplishing a goal.
- True
- Of the following, which set shows the info-based DSS in order from small to large?
- Operational, Tactical, Strategic
- What does RDBMS stand for?
- Relational Database Management Systems
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True or False:
Personal perception can not be affected by external factors. - False
- What are the jobs of clerical personnel?
- Collect, Process, Organize, File
- Which of the following is not a problem with paper storage of information?
- Paper documents are so widely used these days that they are easily lost.
- When looking at IS in organizations, what is the role of organizational memory?
- To Remember the Past
- Which is not a quality of leadership?
- Sympathy
- All of the following are leadership styles EXCEPT:
- Controlling
- Which one of the following is NOT a method of improving organizational communication?
- DISCOURAGE EFFECTIVE LISTENING
- What are three leadership Power Bases?
- REWARD,COERCIVE,EXPERT
- Competition is:
- DIRECTED TOWARD OBTAINING A DESIRED GOAL WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM ANOTHER PARTY.
- Leadership is learned in which order?
- UNCONSCIOUS INCOMPETENCE, CONSCIOUS INCOMPETENCE, CONSCIOUS COMPETENCE,UNCONSCIUOS COMPETENCE
- Which of the following is NOT associated with management?
- Creating shared culture and value
- Which of the following is NOT an example of a data mining approach?
- structuring
- You are a new employee at Dell. On your first day there happens to be a staff meeting. In the meeting, you and the rest of the employees meet with your bossand management and discuss the upcoming month. You all decide you would like to be rewarded for ev
- Management by Objectives
- Which one of these is our school fight song?
- Texas Fight
- According to the Classical model which matches the correct sequence from the top of the pyramid to the bottom?
- strategic, tactical, operational, staff
- Which is NOT a business process?
- Data Process
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Match associations, clustering, classification, and sequences with their correct data minding approach in this order?
1. finding that the occurrence of one event leads to another
2. recognizing patterns that lead to rules about data
3. f - 3, 4, 2, 1
- Which of Debonos Thinking hats deal with creativity?
- Green
- What does the definition MIS begin and end with?
- People
- Which of the following is NOT a TPS characteristic?
- Data storage and reporting
- Which of these is the correct order of Mazlow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Starting from the bottom up?)
- Physiological, Safety, Social, Esteem, Self Actualization
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Match the data mining approach with its corresponding objective:
Associations a) Finding that the occurrence of one event leads to a second event
Sequences b) Recognizing patterns that lead to rules about the data
Classification c) Finding - Associations: c, Sequences: a, Classification: b, Clustering: d
- Receiving good pay, a company car, and good insurance with your job are what kind of benefits?
- Extrinsic
- Creating Vision and Strategy is what person’s role?
- leader
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Match the following types of Management with their Roles
A. Staff 1. Regional Vice President
B. Operational 2. Workers
C. Tactical 3. Board of Directors
D. Strategic 4. Store Manager - A2, B4, C1, D4
- Which of the following is NOT a quality of a good leader?
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Credibility
Empathy
Accountability
Responsibility - Management-by-objectives (MBO) is defined as:
- Process where employees participate with management to set goals and objectives
- Which is higher in Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
- Esteem needs
- What is the main difference between a leader and a manager?
- The leader comes up with the vision while the manager makes it happen.
- What is the FIRST step in the decision making concept cycle?
- define problem
- Tactical management can be likened to:
- middle management
- Which of the following is NOT an element of the Expert System?
- Computer Systems
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True or False
On a skewed curve the mean, median, and mode all fall on the center line. - False
- What is the base of the networked economy?
- PEOPLE
- Which of the following is a subcategory of organizational memory?
- data
- Which of the following is not a type of Structured Data Storage?
- Technology infrastructure management (TIM)
- What are the two types of Organizational Memory?
- structured and semi structured
- True or False: A leader is born not made
- False
- Momentum theory is a synergy created by the interaction of which of the categories?
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perception of self
perception of progress
vision
interactions - Which of the following is not a leadership quality?
- Sympathy
- Which of these is not a reason for executive derailment?
- Motivation
- Leadership is the ability:
- to get others to willingly work toward a common goal
- What is the final stage in becoming a leader?
- unconscious competence
- What is at the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
- physiological needs
- Which is not an element of a networked economy?
- Databases
- What is the objective of clustering?
- finding new ways to organize data into groups.
- What are the first two steps of the data mining process?
- Understand Application, Select Target
- What is the last step of the data mining process?
- Generate Report
- What is the model based analysis?
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Model, Forecasting Model, Statistical Model, Optimization,
Simulation - ADDIE is an achronym for what?
- analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation
- Every design process fits under which of the following
- analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation
- What are the 4 major busines processes?
- Revenue, Expenditure, Conversion, Financial
- As mentioned in lecture what type of management would a TA be responsible for?
- Tactical
- Point Estimate is equal to the:
- Mean
- Which one is not one of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
- Happiness Needs
- What does leadership involve?
- Intention
- Which is not one of the four leadership styles?
- Commanding
- The momentum theory is a synergy created by the interaction of four categories: perception of self, perception of progress, _______, and interactions.
- Vision
- Rewards that are self-administered are:
- intrinsic rewards
- How many employees make-up a self-directed work team?
- 6-18
- The five functions of management are controlling, planning, organizing, staffing, and ______.
- Directing
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In understanding the Business Process, which is not an
example of the expenditure process? - Consuming
- What is the base level of Bloom’s Taxonomy?
- Knowledge
- What is not an example of Operational Management?
- Head of the History Department
- What is not a category of the Momentum Theory?
- Communication
- What best describes Strategic Management?
- Top Level Management
- Which of the following is not a reason for Executive Derailment?
- Lack of Effective
- Which need is not a part of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
- Geographical Needs
- What is the main factor of all the leadership qualities?
- They are all positive
- Which step is often the most neglected of the decision-making concepts?
- Monitor Results
- Momentum theory is most correctly defined by the term⬦
- Synergy
- Which of the following is not a type of knowledge?
- implicit knowledge
- Finding that some percent of all persons becoming certified in scuba take a trip to an ocean resort within the following six months is an example of which data mining approach?
- Sequences
- Bill just bought new speakers for his truck, and used his dad's credit card. When his parents recognize his credit card charges and how they result in usage patterns, this is an example of what data mining approach?
- Classification
- Which one of these is not a leadership style?
- Authoritative
- An extrinsic reward would be best described as⬦
- coming from another individual
- Which is the second largest piece of data in the Data Hierarchy?
- File
- Which one of these processes is not one of the four major business processes?
- Organization
- ADDIE is a process used to get tasks accomplished in a company. It can be remembered with the helpful analogy, A dagger dipped in eager. What does the acronym ADDIE stand for?
- Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation
- Which is correct about tacit and explicit knowledge?
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Tacit is knowledge that is subconscious, internalized, and the individual may or may not be aware of what he or she knows and how he or she accomplishes particular results.
Explicit is knowledge that the individual holds consciously in mental focus, and may communicate to others. - The objective of the __________ approach to data mining is recognizing patterns that lead to rules about the data.
- Classification
- Which one is not a part of organizational memory?
- Finances
- In a company, it is determined that the amount of sales in a given month is correlated with the amount of liquor at company work parties. This is an example of which type of database approach?
- Associations
- Which of the following subcategories does not belong in the decision role when pertaining to Information-Based DSS?
- Leader
- What are three attributes of goals that are important for improving performance?
- 1. specificity of the goal, 2. the difficulty of the goal, 3. the acceptance of the goal by employees
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Match the management function in Column A with the description of that function in Column B.
1. Planning A. Recruit and Obtain Employees
2. Organizing B. Select goals and ways to obtain them
3. Staffing C. Monitor activit - 1:B; 2:E; 3:A ; 4:D; 5:C
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Put the following steps of data-based DSS in order:
1. Reduce number of variables
2. Interpret results
3. Understand application
4. Select target data
5. Generate report
6. Select data mining approach
7. Mine data - 3,4,1,6,7,2,5
- What is the last step in the learning process of leadership?
- Unconscious competence
- Which of the following is not one of the 4 types of knowledge?
- Multimedia
- Which one of the following is not a way of improving organizational communication?
- Punish bad employees
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Match the data mining approach in the first column to the example in the second column.
1. Associations A. Analyzing credit card utilization that results in recognition of patterns of normal usage
2. Sequences B. Finding that a purc - 1:B; 2:D; 3:A ; 4:C
- Motivation that is self administered or that arises from within the person is?
- Intrinsic
- What does DSS stand for?
- Decision Support System
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Which of the following is an example of information used in semistructured
organizational memory? -
Match the Business Process on the left with its role on the right:
1. Revenue Process a) Keep track of all transactions
2. Expenditure Process b) Handle transactions associated with the
production of goods
3. Conversion Process c) - 1c, 2d, 3b, 4a
- A mother who does not allow her child to choose a presweetened cereal at the supermarket is acting as a ___________.
- Gatekeeper
- Which of the following is NOT an example of a Random Sample Design?
- Collect
- What is the purpose of the Transaction Process System?
- To handle transactions and store result in organizational memory.
- Which of the following is NOT a risk involved in Information Systems?
- Supply Risk
- What is the minimum number of computers that are needed to make a successful network?
- Two
- Which processing strategy would include computers placed at remote locations & connected via telecommunication devices?
- Distributed
- Which of the following is not a part of information management?
- Imaging
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What is the data hierarchy?
List from highest to lowest. - database, file, record, field, character, bit
- In the Decision Making Process, the information required for _______ are problems with operations, known threats, and possible opportunities.
- Define problem
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Management Information Systems functions in a model that has how many
sides? - 3
- In structured data storage, a ______ is the smallest piece of data used by computers and first in the hierarchy of data.
- Bit
- In a relational DBMS structured data storage, creating the warehouse consists of:
- Extraction, transformation, cleaning and loading