Chapter 12 Midterm
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Multiple Choice Questions 1. Expertise and experience of organizational members that has not been formally documented best describes: a. b. c. d. wisdom. information. data. tacit knowledge.
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Knowledge that resides in the minds of employees that has not been documented is called: a. b. c. d. tacit knowledge. organizational memory. standard operating procedures. corporate culture.
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The set of business processes, culture, and behavior required to obtain value from investments in information systems is one type of : a. b. c. d. knowledge culture. knowledge discovery. organizational and management capital. organizational …show more content…
routine.
4.
The senior executive responsible for the firm’s knowledge management program is the: a. b. c. d. CTO. CIO. CKO. CEO.
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Which of the following are major types of knowledge management systems?
a. Management information systems, decision support systems, and transaction processing systems. b. Enterprise systems, customer support systems, and supply chain management systems. c. Database management systems, expert systems, and knowledge work systems. d. Enterprise-wide knowledge management systems, knowledge work systems, and intelligent techniques.
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Which of the following are types of intelligent techniques? a. b. c. d. Knowledge networks Case based reasoning Computer-aided design Virtual reality
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Which of the following would NOT be classified as a knowledge work system? a. b. c. d. Computer-aided design 3D Visualization Investment workstations Case-based reasoning
8.
Which of the following would NOT be classified as a form of intelligent technique? a. b. c. d. Data mining Case based reasoning Neural networks Virtual reality
9.
Key features of an enterprise knowledge network include all of the following EXCEPT: a. b. c. d. knowledge exchange services. community of practice support. auto-profiling capabilities. productivity techniques.
10.
One of the largest players specializing in the development of semistructured knowledge systems is a Canadian software company known as: a. b. c. d. Hummingbird. Blue bird. Purple martin. Red robin.
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Virtually all expert systems deal with problems of: a. b. c. d. policy development. classification. logic and control. high complexity.
12.
Once a knowledge taxonomy is produced, documents are all __________ with the proper classification. a. b. c. d. tagged linked tupled referenced
13.
Tools for the management, delivery, tracking, and assessment of various types of employee learning best describes: a. b. c. d. investment workstation. organizational learning system. employee enrichment system. learning management system.
14.
A ________________________ is very important to a knowledge worker’s system. a. b. c. d. careful filing system financial analysis system dynamic interactive extranet user-friendly interface
15.
Investment workstations: a. provide engineers, designers, and factory managers with precise control over industrial design and manufacturing. b. provide an important source of expertise for organizations. c. allow groups to work together on documents. d. are high-end PCs used in the financial sector to analyze trading situations instantaneously and facilitate portfolio management.
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Virtual reality systems: a. provide engineers, designers, and factory managers with precise control over industrial design and manufacturing. b. provide an important source of expertise for organizations. c. allow groups to work together on documents. d. provide drug designers, architects, engineers, and medical workers with precise, photorealistic simulations of objects.
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Which of the following is used for knowledge discovery? a. b. c. d. Expert systems Transaction processing systems Case-based reasoning Data mining
18.
To automate routine tasks to help firms search for and filter information for use in electronic commerce and supply chain management a firm would most likely use: a. b. c. d. CAD systems. Virtual reality systems. Fuzzy logic systems. Intelligent agents.
19.
Expert systems: a. b. c. d. solve problems too difficult for human experts. are based on DO WHILE rules. work in very limited domains. share characteristics with mainframe computing.
20.
The AI shell is: a. a strategy for searching the rule base in an expert system that begins with information entered by the user. b. the programming environment of an expert system. c. a method of organizing expert system knowledge into chunks. d. a strategy for searching the rule base in an expert system that begins with a hypothesis.
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An inference engine is: a. a strategy for searching the rule base in an expert system that begins with information entered by the user. b. the programming environment of an expert system. c. a method of organizing expert system knowledge into chunks. d. a strategy used to search through the rule base in an expert system in one of two ways.
22.
Hardware and software that attempts to emulate the processing patterns of the biological brain best describes: a. b. c. d. neural network. expert system. case-based reasoning. fuzzy logic.
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Genetic algorithms: a. b. c. d. develop solutions to particular problems using fitness, crossover, and mutation. represent knowledge as groups of characteristics. do not work for most problems. are based on logic.
24.
Which of the following are not used to capture tactic knowledge? a. b. c. d. expert systems case-based reasoning fuzzy logic Intelligent agents
Essay Questions
25.
Differentiate between each of the following pairs of words: neural networks and expert systems, fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms, hybrid AI systems and intelligent agents.
26.
How do experts systems work?
Managing Knowledge in the Digital Firm
12-1
Chapter 12 Managing Knowledge in the Digital Firm
Multiple Choice Questions 1. Expertise and experience of organizational members that has not been formally documented best describes: a. b. c. d. wisdom. information. data. tacit knowledge.
2.
Knowledge that resides in the minds of employees that has not been documented is called: a. b. c. d. tacit knowledge. organizational memory. standard operating procedures. corporate culture.
3.
The set of business processes, culture, and behavior required to obtain value from investments in information systems is one type of : a. b. c. d. knowledge culture. knowledge discovery. organizational and management capital. organizational …show more content…
routine.
4.
The senior executive responsible for the firm’s knowledge management program is the: a. b. c. d. CTO. CIO. CKO. CEO.
12-2
Managing Knowledge in the Digital Firm
Chapter 12
5.
Which of the following are major types of knowledge management systems?
a. Management information systems, decision support systems, and transaction processing systems. b. Enterprise systems, customer support systems, and supply chain management systems. c. Database management systems, expert systems, and knowledge work systems. d. Enterprise-wide knowledge management systems, knowledge work systems, and intelligent techniques.
6.
Which of the following are types of intelligent techniques? a. b. c. d. Knowledge networks Case based reasoning Computer-aided design Virtual reality
7.
Which of the following would NOT be classified as a knowledge work system? a. b. c. d. Computer-aided design 3D Visualization Investment workstations Case-based reasoning
8.
Which of the following would NOT be classified as a form of intelligent technique? a. b. c. d. Data mining Case based reasoning Neural networks Virtual reality
9.
Key features of an enterprise knowledge network include all of the following EXCEPT: a. b. c. d. knowledge exchange services. community of practice support. auto-profiling capabilities. productivity techniques.
10.
One of the largest players specializing in the development of semistructured knowledge systems is a Canadian software company known as: a. b. c. d. Hummingbird. Blue bird. Purple martin. Red robin.
Chapter …show more content…
12
Managing Knowledge in the Digital Firm
12-3
11.
Virtually all expert systems deal with problems of: a. b. c. d. policy development. classification. logic and control. high complexity.
12.
Once a knowledge taxonomy is produced, documents are all __________ with the proper classification. a. b. c. d. tagged linked tupled referenced
13.
Tools for the management, delivery, tracking, and assessment of various types of employee learning best describes: a. b. c. d. investment workstation. organizational learning system. employee enrichment system. learning management system.
14.
A ________________________ is very important to a knowledge worker’s system. a. b. c. d. careful filing system financial analysis system dynamic interactive extranet user-friendly interface
15.
Investment workstations: a. provide engineers, designers, and factory managers with precise control over industrial design and manufacturing. b. provide an important source of expertise for organizations. c. allow groups to work together on documents. d. are high-end PCs used in the financial sector to analyze trading situations instantaneously and facilitate portfolio management.
16.
Virtual reality systems: a. provide engineers, designers, and factory managers with precise control over industrial design and manufacturing. b. provide an important source of expertise for organizations. c. allow groups to work together on documents. d. provide drug designers, architects, engineers, and medical workers with precise, photorealistic simulations of objects.
12-4
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Chapter 12
17.
Which of the following is used for knowledge discovery? a. b. c. d. Expert systems Transaction processing systems Case-based reasoning Data mining
18.
To automate routine tasks to help firms search for and filter information for use in electronic commerce and supply chain management a firm would most likely use: a. b. c. d. CAD systems. Virtual reality systems. Fuzzy logic systems. Intelligent agents.
19.
Expert systems: a. b. c. d. solve problems too difficult for human experts. are based on DO WHILE rules. work in very limited domains. share characteristics with mainframe computing.
20.
The AI shell is: a. a strategy for searching the rule base in an expert system that begins with information entered by the user. b. the programming environment of an expert system. c. a method of organizing expert system knowledge into chunks. d. a strategy for searching the rule base in an expert system that begins with a hypothesis.
21.
An inference engine is: a. a strategy for searching the rule base in an expert system that begins with information entered by the user. b. the programming environment of an expert system. c. a method of organizing expert system knowledge into chunks. d. a strategy used to search through the rule base in an expert system in one of two ways.
22.
Hardware and software that attempts to emulate the processing patterns of the biological brain best describes: a. b. c. d. neural network. expert system. case-based reasoning. fuzzy logic.
Chapter 12
Managing Knowledge in the Digital Firm
12-5
23.
Genetic algorithms: a. b. c. d. develop solutions to particular problems using fitness, crossover, and mutation. represent knowledge as groups of characteristics. do not work for most problems. are based on logic.
24.
Which of the following are not used to capture tactic knowledge? a. b. c. d. expert systems case-based reasoning fuzzy logic Intelligent agents
Essay Questions
25.
Differentiate between each of the following pairs of words: neural networks and expert systems, fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms, hybrid AI systems and intelligent agents.
26.
How do experts systems work?