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6) Which does not describe a current hardware trend?
A) cheaper purchase costs
B) faster computer processing
C) tethered desktops
D) mobile hardware devices
Answer: C
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11) Which statement is true about how modern organizations are dependent on IT?
A) Some companies rely on IT for only back-office support (e.g., accounting).
B) Some companies are dependent on 24x7 IT operations.
C) Not all companies are strategically dependent on new technologies.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
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12) Based on Ross et al. (1996), IT managers need to focus on three types of IT assets, which
include all of the following except:
A) procedural assets.
B) technology assets.
C) relationship assets.
D) human assets.
Answer: A
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13) IT leaders who establish mechanisms for joint IT-business decision making are fostering
which IT asset?
A) procedural asset.
B) technology asset.
C) relationship asset.
D) human asset.
Answer: C
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14) Keeping a company's IT resources aligned with business goals is the primary responsibility
of:
A) virtual teams.
B) the project sponsor.
C) the CEO.
D) the CIO.
Answer: D
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15) A new organizational leadership position that helps plan for and monitor compliance with
federal reporting requirements is:
A) CEO.
B) CSO.
C) CTO.
D) none of the above
Answer: B
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16) Information technology is defined as computer hardware and software for processing and
storing information, as well as communications technology (voice and data) for transmitting
information.
Answer: TRUE
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17) The company responsible for much of today's de facto software standards throughout
corporate America is Microsoft Corporation.
Answer: TRUE
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18) A telecommuter is one who works from a location outside the company's regular offices and
communicates via IT in order to do his or her work.
Answer: TRUE
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19) Managing the costs and vulnerabilities of the data centers and networks that provide access
to business data and applications is the only major role of IT leaders.
Answer: FALSE
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