SE 320 Fall 2024 Midterm
Date: 3/18/2024 Part 1 Multiple Choice
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SE 320 Fall 2024 Midterm
Date: 3/18/2024 Part 1 Multiple Choice
1 | P a g e
Name: _____________________________________________________________________________
Save this document AS A PDF with your answers and upload it to Brightspace by 3/18/24 9:15am.
Tip: Do not skip any questions – it is better to guess than leave it blank. Sometimes common-sense
answers are the best answers. I request a PDF because it will lock in your answers and not allow any
changes.
MULTIPLE CHOICE (Questions 1-36) – Each question is worth a half (1/2) point.
1) Which of the following is not one of the six strategic business objectives that businesses are seeking to
achieve when they invest in information systems?
A) Operational excellence
B) New Business Models
C) Customer/Supplier competition
D) Improved decision making
E) Survival
Answer _____C_______
2) Capital investment in information technology, consisting of IT equipment, software, and research and
development (R&D), accounts for about ______ percent of total corporate spending.
A) 30
B) 40
C) 50
D) 60
E) 70
Answer ______C______
3) Which of the following statements about digital firms is not true?
A) In digital firms, time shifting, and space shifting are the norm.
B) Today, most firms are fully digital.
C) Digital firms offer extraordinary opportunities for flexible global organization and management.
D) Digital firms make sense and respond to their environments more rapidly than traditional firms.
E) Digital firms have more flexibility to survive in turbulent times.
Answer _____B_______
4) All of the following describe the effects of globalization except:
A) significant decreases in operating costs.
B) ability to reliably obtain price and quality information worldwide.
C) increased ability to find low-cost suppliers.
D) increases in transaction costs.
E) ability of firms to replicate their business models in multiple countries without having to redesign
expensive fixed-cost information systems infrastructure.
Answer ____D________
5) Which of the following is not a key organizational complementary asset?
A) Supportive business culture that values efficiency and effectiveness.
B) Efficient business processes
C) A strong information systems development team
D) Decentralization of authority
E) Employee incentive systems to reward individual innovation
Answer _____C_______
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