Chapter 1

Chapter 01
The Information Age in Which You Live: Changing

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does it mean to live in the "digital age"?
A. Payment for goods is made with hard cash
B. Living, working, learning, and playing in a digital world
C. Accessing information over the Internet
D. Being born after 1990

AACSB: Use of Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1
Taxonomy: Knowledge and Understanding

2. Why do we consider technology invasive?
A. Technology is an integral part of our personal, as well as our professional, lives
B. Technology is so pervasive that we believe we cannot live without it
C. Technology invades our personal thoughts
D. Technology requires that most modern employees work more than 40 hours per week

AACSB: Use of Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1
Taxonomy: Knowledge and Understanding

3. What percentage of today's Fortune 500 companies are technology companies?
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 25%
D. 50%

AACSB: Use of Information Technology
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 1
Taxonomy: Application and Analysis

4. Management information systems, or MIS, is a(n) _____ field of study.
A. Emerging
B. Project-oriented
C. Tactical
D. Academic

AACSB: Use of Information Technology
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1
Taxonomy: Knowledge and Understanding

5. What is management information systems (MIS)?
A. The study of information systems used by top management
B. The integration of computer tools with business processes
C. A type of business acquisition approach to technology
D. A business discipline that deals with the use of information technology (IT)

AACSB: Use of Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1
Taxonomy: Knowledge and Understanding

6. We are now living in the _____ when most workers focus on the production of knowledge in their jobs.
A. Industrial