TESTBANKCHAPTER2:LOGISTICSANDINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYMultipleChoiceQuestions(correctanswersarebolded)1. Whichofthefollowingisnotabenefittoutilizinginformationinlogistics?a. greaterknowledgeandvisibilityacrossthesupplychainb. greaterawarenessofcustomerdemandviapoint-of-saledatac. bettercoordinationofmanufacturing,merchandising,anddistributionthroughenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)toolsd. lowercosts[LO2.1:Toexplaintheimportanceofeffectiveandefficientutilizationofinformationforlogisticsmanagement;Difficult;Synthesis;AACSBCategory3:Analyticalthinking]2. Howdodataandinformationdiffer?a. Dataareabodyoffactsinaformatsuitablefordecisionmakingwhereasinformationissimplyfacts.b. Dataandinformationarethesame.c. Dataaresimplyfacts;informationisabodyoffactsinaformatsuitablefordecisionmaking.d. Dataareassociatedwithdecisionsupportsystems;informationisassociatedwithenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)systems.[LO2.1:Toexplaintheimportanceofeffectiveandefficientutilizationofinformationforlogisticsmanagement;Difficult;Synthesis;AACSBCategory3:Analyticalthinking]3.referstothecollectionoflargeamountsofnear-real-timedatacollectedthroughavarietyofsourcessuchassensorsandsmartphones.a. Cloudcomputingb. Bigdatac. Datawarehousingd. Decisionsupportsystems[LO2.1:Toexplaintheimportanceofeffectiveandefficientutilizationofinformationforlogisticsmanagement;Easy;Concept;AACSBCategory3:Analyticalthinking]4.provideeffectivewaystoprocessorganizationalbusinessdata,toperformcalculations,andtocreatedocuments.a. Enterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)systemsb. Transactionprocessingsystems1c. Decisionsupportsystemsd. Officeautomationsystems[LO2.2:Todistinguishbetweenthegeneraltypesofinformationsystemsandtheirlogisticalapplications;Moderate;Concept;AACSBCategory3:Analyticalthinking]5. Themostrelevantgeneralsoftwarepackageforlogisticiansis.a. spreadsheetsb. wordprocessingc. presentationpackagesd. email[LO2.2:Todistinguishbetweenthegeneraltypesofinformationsystemsandtheirlogisticalapplications;Easy;Ap...
