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In the MS Excel expression “A$1+2”, which part is an absolute reference (or address)?
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In Excel, if you copy the expression “=$A1+1” from cell “B3” to cell “E5”, what expression would cell “E5” contain?
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With respect to a business model, the value proposition describes what?
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How the business’ products or services fulfill the needs of a customer **
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| Simple one word descriptions used to create folksonomies are known as: |
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| Which project management document provides a view of all three of the triple constraints for a project manager? |
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| In a Business Flowchart (cross-functional diagram), the diamond symbol is equivalent to what MS Excel statement? |
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| What method of Data Mining Analysis relates to the temporal (time) ordering of events? |
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| What project management activity occurs concurrently (at the same time) with the execution stage of a project? |
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| With respect to data mining, forecasting is defined as the process of: |
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| Analyzing data based on historical trends ** |
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| A “Fishbone” process analysis diagram is also known as: |
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| A cause-and-effect diagram ** |
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| The Pert Chart diagram shown in Figure 2 would help a project manager understand what aspect of this project? |
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| The critical project milestones and the order they are planned to be completed ** |
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| Referring to data, what is drilling down? |
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| Starting with broad information then looking at specific parts ** |
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| Business metrics that describe the performance of critical business activities are known as: |
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| A. Key performance indicator **osal Project Execution |
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| 19. What type of feasibility analysis would evaluate the skills and training of our employees when evaluating a proposed project? |
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| Which of the following “laws” state that the value of a network increases based on the number of users connected to the network? |
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| In the video case “Get Shorty,” COPLINK assisted the law enforcement officers in solving the crime by allowing the officers to: |
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| All (A, B, C, and D) of the above ** |
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| The value returned by an Excel VLOOKUP function could best be described using which database term? |
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| The activities performed by users of GroupSystems’ ThinkTank product are directly related to what type of business process? |
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| Knowledge management cycle ** |
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| Which of the following project management documents would be similar to a work breakdown structure diagram or a manufacturing bill-of-materials? |
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| A hierarchical diagram ** |
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| Tacit, or “sticky” knowledge, is based on information that is: |
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| Subjective and Cognitive ** |
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| An example of the Pareto Principle would be: |
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| 80% of process defects arise from 20% of the process issues ** |
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| A business intelligence tool that uses abstractions, such as color and graphical images like instrument gauges, to allow executives to grasp business situations quickly is known as a: |
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| The aspect of a business model that describes how the company plans to make money by offering a product or service that fulfills the needs of a customer is known as: |
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| When considering the different types of business decisions that are made by an organization, which of the following is correct? |
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| Operational decisions are made much more frequently than strategic decisions ** |
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| What type of data mining recommends an approach to solve a problem by identifying a similar problem that has a known and effective solution? |
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| In a project plan, the set of tasks that define the minimum amount of time required to complete the project is known as the: |
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| 32. The terms “understanding” and “actionable” are commonly related to what term? |
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| A fishbone process analysis diagram would most commonly be used during what phase of the decision support process? |
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| In a cross-functional business process diagram, the order of items in one column shows what relationship among the items? |
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| Websites such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube are what category of Web 2.0 site? |
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| 36. How does telemedicine make physicians more productive? |
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| Telemedicine reduces the need to travel to remote locations ** |
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| Started with Google Maps, a web site that takes content from a number of other web sites and mixes them together to create a new type of content is known as a: |
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| What technique uses a group’s collective intelligence to come up with the best ideas and then distributes operational tasks to the group members who are best suited to perform them? |
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| Airlines are using what tool to integrate customer data currently located in their legacy systems to allow them to use data-mining tools to analyze the data? |
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| Starbucks, Dell, and Amazon use information collected from what source to see what their customers are thinking and adjust their marketing efforts accordingly? |
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| In data communication, we use Hertz (Hz) to measure what? |
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| The bandwidth of an analog communication channel |
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| Providing users with information about the effects of their actions is known as: |
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| A feature of an object that limits possible (often incorrect) uses of a device is known as: |
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| What type of feasibility analysis would be used to evaluate whether the revenue model for a proposed venture is likely to succeed? |
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| From an MRP (manufacturing) perspective, dependent demand is directly related to: |
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| Forecasted customer orders |
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The value that the Excel VLOOKUP function shown below would return could best be described using which database term?
VLOOKUP( LookupValue, TableArray, ColumnIndexNumber, RangeLookup) |
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| Using the hierarchy described in the McGinn model of design, what design category would be related to the visual balance and layout of the elements on a website? |
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| In an HTML web page, an “Alt” tag is used to provide what information about an image? |
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| If a user incorrectly associates an outcome with an unrelated action, they are basing their mental model on: |
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| Physical properties (shape, texture, color, etc.) of an object that show how to use the object without the need for labels or instructions are known as: |
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| A Mental Model can be described as |
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| How the user believes the system should work |
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| the EPEAT program focuses on what issue |
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| An unobstructed, straight line-of-sight visual path between a transmitter and receiver is required by which of the following? |
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| Terrestrial Microwave and Satellite |
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| In class, we discussed replacing an old, less energy-efficient PC with a new, more energy- efficient model by offsetting the capital cost of the new PC using what type of savings? |
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| Energy (electricity) costs |
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| When describing a digital communication link, bandwidth is defined as: |
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| the transmission rate in bits per second |
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| Starbucks and Choice Hotels both use a web-based application that combines a local map and geo-coded (location) information about events or products in the area that is known as a: |
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| “Domain tasting” allows persons to register a domain name for up to a five-day period and then return the domain during the “create grace period” for a full refund. What is the revenue model for companies purchasing and returning domain names during the grace period? |
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| During his presentation, which of the following issues did Dr. Guthrie indicate was an ineffective method of improving the search engine ranking of a web page? |
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| Eliminating the services provided by intermediaries, or middlemen, through the use of E- commerce, is known as: |
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| In the Proctor and Gamble RFID case discussing the introduction of a new Gillette razor, the use of RFID focused on what type of retailer compliance? |
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| promotional product display management |
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| Which one of the following is NOT an application of RFID technology? |
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| Bluetooth Wireless Telephone Headsets |
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| Satellites used for data communications that appear to be stationary from a fixed location on earth are placed in what type of orbit? |
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| What design consideration should be considered when deciding whether to include pictures, color, animated gifs, time-constrained responses, and audible sounds on a webpage? |
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| Providing an alternative method for accessing the information on a webpage, such as alt tags, is referred to as offering the user what? |
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| Companies alienating their distributors by selling products directly to customers using online sales channels often results in what? |
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| In the SLATES model, a technology that could be used to signal (or alert) users that new content of interest exists is what? |
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| eCommerce businesses such as Orbitz.com that offer consumers products from several vendors is an example of what? |
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| When displaying a webpage, such as www.u.arizona.edu/~uanetid, the web browser will initially check which directory for the “index.html” website file? |
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| The "publie html" directory |
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| In comparison with a printed barcode, the marginal cost of an RFID tag is what? |
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| WiFi networks, clickers, Bluetooth headsets, cordless telephones, and microwave ovens all operate in the same 2.4GHz ISM frequency range. Operating these devices in close proximity might result in what problem? |
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| What type of management report focuses on information that falls outside the range of acceptable values for specific business metrics? |
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| What project management activity occurs concurrently (at the same time) with the execution stage of a project? |
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| What type of data mining presents information graphically so that users are able to identify patterns in the underlying data? |
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| Which project management document was originally developed by the US Navy to provide a high-level overview of the progress of a project’s major milestones? |
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| In the cupcake baking example discussed in class, deciding to purchase a more expensive package of 100 baking cups as opposed to a lower cost package of 25 baking cups is an example of what type of purchasing strategy? |
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| With respect to a business model, the value proposition describes what? |
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| How the business’ products or services fulfill the needs of a customer |
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| Identifying patterns in data based on common temporal (time) or spatial (geographic) traits is based on what type of data mining analysis? |
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| The knowledge management cycle could be described as what type of dynamic system? |
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| Marketing expenditures below a certain level might have a negligible effect; and additional marketing above a certain level can reach saturation or diminishing returns. This kind of relationship is best characterized by which of the following aspects of system dynamics? |
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| In the Eastern Mountain Sports case, what decision support tool was used to allow decision makers to access a unified, high-level view of key performance indicators? |
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| What type of data analysis uses data projections to transform the information in an OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) data cube? |
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| An entrepreneur developing detailed documentation of their business processes so that they can be offered to other individuals as a franchise operation is an example of: |
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| converting tactic knowledge into explicit knowledge |
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| From an MRP (manufacturing) perspective, dependent demand is directly related to: |
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| forecasted customer orders |
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| Activities such as approving a loan application, contract negotiation, recruiting for a new position, and developing new technology can all be described as what type of decision? |
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| The task of brainstorming in a group decision support system is similar to what step in the knowledge management cycle? |
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| When considering the different types of business decisions that are made by an organization, which of the following is correct? |
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| Strategic decisions are typically made only by senior management |
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| In the MS Excel expression “A$1+2”, which part is an absolute reference (or address)? |
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| What technique does the CyberWell system use to help Halliburton's employees design, test, and integrate system before physically installing oil wells in the field? |
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| Which of the following is not does not use a hierarchical model to represent the information. |
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| A business model would be formulated during what phase of the decision support process to help search for alternatives? |
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| All of the elements items in single column of a vertical cross-functional diagram are all related to the same what? |
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| As discussed in class, the online game “Twenty Questions” uses what type of data mining technique? |
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| Which of the following is NOT an advantage of Group Decision Support Systems? |
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| Promotes fairness by requiring each person to take a turn |
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| In a relational database, what kind of key is used to link or join two tables by identifying a unique record related to this key in another table? |
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| Biometrics is what type of security control? |
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