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Business And Technology

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The leading cause of downtime






2. Is responsible for ensuring the throughput - speed - accuracy - availability - and reliability of an organization information.






3. What is on the mind of the CEO






4. Is the analysis and redesign of workflow wthin and between enteprises. ex. NetFlix - Redbox






5. Raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event/information knowledge/business intelligent and competative advantage






6. Is assessed analyzing the ability of buyers to directly impact the price they are willing to pay for an item.






7. A famous management guru - once stated that if you cannot measure it - you cannot manage it






8. What does CEO stands for






9. Involves he management of information flows between and among stages in a a supply chain to maximize total supply chain effectiveness an profitability.






10. Is high when it is easy for new cdompetitors to enter a market and low when there are significant entry barriers to entering market.






11. Measure the impact IT has on business processes and activities includin customer satisfaction - conversion rates - and sell through increases.






12. Secure Sockets Layers: donted by th lock symbol in the lower right corner of a browser window and or he "s" in https; SSL is 128 bits. 128bit=2^128






13. Mostly misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.






14. Is high when competition is fierce in a market and low when competition is more complacent






15. The Benefits and and Magnitude of Change the Process Change Spectrum what would be th small change






16. Involves maaging all aspect of a customer's relationship with an organization to increase customer loalty and retention and organization's profitabilty. CRM allow an organization to gain insights into customers' shopping and buying beaviors ir order






17. Reward customers based on th amount of business they do with a particuar organization.






18. Enables an organizatin to generate efficiencies within steps by automating and improving the information flows Wal-art and Procter&Gamble(P&G) implemented a tremedously successful SCM system. the system linked Wal-Mar's distribution centers directly






19. Website success solely is measure by






20. Measure the performance of the IT system itself includngthroughput - speed - and availability.






21. Is assessed by th supplier's ability to directly impact the price they are charging for supplies(including materials - labor - and services)






22. A general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people - technologies - and procedures.






23. Supply chain strategy - suply chain partners - supply chain operation - supply chain logistics






24. What information technology projects goals has the most value?






25. Is data converted into a meaninfgul and useful context.






26. Is high when there are many alternatives to a product or service and low when there are few alternative from which to choose.






27. Consists of all parties involved - directly or indirectly - in the procurement of a poduct or raw materials






28. Occurs when an organization can significantl impact its marketshare by being first to market with a competitive advantage.






29. Integrates all departments and functins thoughout an organization into asingle IT system (or integrated set of IT systems) so that employees can ake decisions by viewing enterprisewide information on all businss operations.:is a software island of in






30. This approach views an organization as a series of processes - each of which adds value to the product or service for each customer.






31. What does COO stands for






32. Measures that are tied to busines drivers Metrics such as GPA(grade point average)






33. Information-Functional - Information-sharing - Information-inquiring - and Information-discovery






34. Buyer power - supplier power - threat of substitute product or services - threat of new entrants - rivalry among existing competiors






35. Is a standardized set of activities that accoplish a specific task - such as processing a customer order.






36. What would be the Greatest Benefits for Information Technology?






37. Is responsible for ensuing the ethical and legal use of informatio within an organization. these are lawyers






38. Is a field concrned with te use of technology in managing and processing information.It consist of hardware - software and telecommunication






39. Issuses Affected by Technology Advance: intellectual property - Copyright - fair use doctrine - pirated software and counterfeit software of these which is the worst?






40. What does CIO stands for






41. Baseline values the system seesks to attain






42. Is the acauisition and analysis of evenst and trends in the environment external to an organization.






43. Out of the Relationship among People - Information - and Information Technology which one is the most important?






44. Costs that can make customers relcutant to switch to another product or service






45. What Concerns CIOs the most?






46. The most important type of Efficiency IT Metics; the extent to which a system generates the correct results when executing the same transaction numerous times.






47. Effective communication between business personnel and IT personnel






48. Is responsible for ensuring the security of IT system and developing strategies and IT safeguards against attacks fom hacker and viruses. He is call the Network Administrator






49. Is responsible for collecting - maintaining - and distributing the organization's knowledge. data has base adminstrator






50. Is responsible for (1) overseeing all uses of informatin technology (2) ensuring the strategic alignment of IT with business goals and objectives. CIO often reports directly to the CEO