BUS 365 Week 10 Quiz – Strayer
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Quiz 9 Chapter 12
IT Strategic Planning
Multiple Choice
1. Making IT investments on the basis of an
immediate need or threat are sometimes necessary. What can managers expect from
making investments in this way?
a) These are proactive approaches that will
maximize ROI.
b) These just-in-time approaches to
investments minimize long-term costs.
c) These are reactive approaches that can
result in incompatible, redundant, or failed systems.
d) These quick responses provide the best
defenses.
2. The alignment of IT with the business
strategy is dynamic and a(n) __________.
a) ongoing process
b) annual event
c) challenge for operations managers
d) decreasing in importance
3. Cloud computing and software-as-a-service
(SaaS) are forms of __________.
a) in-house development
b) offshoring
c) outsourcing
d) sourcing
4. Why did British-Swedish company
AstraZeneca undergo a major restructure from a traditional model to a
loosely-coupled business model?
a) Management forecasted a significant loss
in its sales revenues.
b) Management wanted to implement the latest
IT and social networks.
c) Competition in the pharmaceutical industry
was decreasing.
d) All of the above
5. Optimally, the __________ guides
investment decisions and decisions on how ISs will be developed, acquired,
and/or implemented.
a) network infrastructure
b) SWOT
c) level of IT expertise
d) IT strategy
6. Typically, ITs that provide competitive
advantages, or that contain proprietary or confidential data are developed and
maintained by __________.
a) consulting companies
b) the in-house IT function
c) a single vendor
d) multiple vendors
7. According to a survey of business leaders
by Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, 87 percent believe that IT
is critical to their companies' strategic success. In addition, the survey
reported that __________.
a) most business leaders work with IT to
achieve success
b) most IT staff are very involved in the process
of developing business strategy
c) only about one-third of business
executives responsible for strategy work closely with the IT department
d) IT projects are rarely abandoned
8. Which is not one of the reasons why an IT
project is discontinued or abandoned?
a) The project was under-budget
b) The business strategy changed
c) Technology changed
d) The project sponsors did not work well
together
9. An organization’s __________ define(s) why
it exists.
a) strategy
b) objectives
c) targets
d) mission statement
10. __________ are the desired levels of
performance.
a) Strategy
b) Objectives
c) Targets
d) Visions
11. An organization’s __________ are
action-oriented statements (e.g., achieve a ROI of at least 10 percent in 2014)
that define the continuous improvement activities that must be done to be
successful.
a) strategies
b) objectives
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