Choose the right alternative.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 590.

1 Profound involvement of CIS into a business's management can

A develop an aggressive attitude towards competitors;

Bminimize the level of top-management's commitment to the business;

C ensure the position of a follower for the business.

2 An organization with a bullish posture tends to

A evaluate the use of state-of-the-art information services and resources;

B shun the use of batch processing applications;

C liberalize the use of new hardware and software.

3“An aggressive company tends to tailor purchases to application requirements” means that:

A an aggressive company avoids inflicting unnecessary costs buying from one vendor;

B an aggressive company tends to buy from different manufacturers;

C an aggressive company tries to better understand its needs.

4 Vigorous corporate policy towards CIS ultimately leads to

Astand-alone computers being linked to a central mainframe at the corporate headquarters;

B information about real-time transactions, inventory control, revenue and expense data being sent to the central facility;

C the basis for management decision support activities being provided.

5 In a bearish company, planning

Aanticipates quick changes in hardware and software developments;

B follows the principles of methodical approaches;

C is usually short-term and doesn't count on the long-lasting exploitation of its equipment.

6 Decentralization in an organization can be seen through:

A little management commitment to a state-of-the-art support system;

B keeping abreast of state-of-the-art hardware and software developments;

C contentment with the existing computer equipment.