Business Driven Information Systems 6th Edition By Paige Baltzan – Test Bank

Chapter 8 Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

1) Integrations allow separate systems to communicate directly with each other, eliminating the need for manual entry into multiple systems.

Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Integrations allow separate systems to communicate directly with each other, eliminating the need for manual entry into multiple systems.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic

2) Integrations provide enterprisewide support and data access for a firm’s operations and business processes.

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Enterprise systems provide enterprisewide support and data access for a firm’s operations and business processes.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic

3) Middleware translates information between disparate systems.

Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Middleware translates information between disparate systems.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic

4) Enterprise application integration (EAI) middleware takes a new approach to middleware by packaging commonly used applications together, reducing the time needed to integrate applications from multiple vendors.

Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Enterprise application integration (EAI) middleware takes a new approach to middleware by packaging commonly used applications together, reducing the time needed to integrate applications from multiple vendors.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic

5) Eintegration is the use of the Internet to provide customers with the ability to gain personalized information by querying corporate databases and their information sources.

Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Eintegration is the use of the Internet to provide customers with the ability to gain personalized information by querying corporate databases and their information sources.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic

6) Data integration is the integration of a company’s existing management information systems.

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Application integration is the integration of a company’s existing management information systems.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic

7) Application integration is the integration of data from multiple sources, which provides a unified view of all data.

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Data integration is the integration of data from multiple sources, which provides a unified view of all data.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic

8) Application integration is the integration of a company’s existing management information systems.

Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Application integration is the integration of a company’s existing management information systems.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic

9) Data integration is the integration of data from multiple sources, which provides a unified view of all data.

Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Data integration is the integration of data from multiple sources, which provides a unified view of all data.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic

10) A forward integration takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all downstream systems and processes.

Answer: TRUE
Explanation: A forward integration takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all downstream systems and processes.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Building a Connected Corporation through Integration
Bloom’s: Understand
Learning Outcome: 08-01 Explain integrations and the role they play in connecting a corporation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Gradable: automatic