UOP BUS210 Week 8 Knowledge Check

BUS210 Foundations Of Business

Week 8 Knowledge Check

1.  Which of the following costs is associated with a firms operations and materials management function?

2.  For what purpose do businesses consider establishing maquiladoras?

3.  According to Jones (2007), the semifinished goods and services that go through a company's production process are called

4.  According to Jones (2007), which type of operating system is designed to make unique or custom-made products?

5.  Which of the following is a key benefit of mass production operating systems?

6.  The operating system that combines both the benefits of customized products and low cost production is called

 

7.   Of the three stages in operation and materials management, which stage comes first?

8.   Some examples of elements in the operations stage of the operations andmaterial management process include

9.   Which of the following is the correct order of the operations and materialmanagement process?

10.  According to Jones (2007), the hardware and software components of a company's existing IT systems are called its

11.  In the history of modern computers, which of the following came first?

12.  In the 1990's, the Windows operating system, created by Microsoft, was installedin 90% of the worlds PCs. This kind of penetration in the personal computerbusiness made Windows the

13.  Which best describes e-commerce?

14.  Which best describes B2B commerce?

15.  Which of the following is software developed for business within the same industryto conduct trading?

16.  The combination of which two factors gives people the ability to better reactto the economic environment in which they function?

17.  One major result of organizational learning is

18.  According to Jones (2007), what attributes should information provided tomanagers have to be useful to the organization?

19.  Which of the following is a form of information that is constantly updated tomake sure that decisions can be as up-to-date as possible?

20.  Which of the following is one of the four major sources of competitive advantage  provided by information technology?

21.  Which of the following best explains how information technology improves   innovation in a company?

22.  Information technology improves customer responsiveness by

23.  Which of the following describes managers ability to use the collection and  analysis of data to gain information about various tasks and operations to increase the efficiency of a particular function?

24.  What is the major advantage of broadband technology?

25.  Which of the following best describes the result of information overload?