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Chapter 1 The Information Systems Revolution: Transforming Business and Management（教材Chapter1） True-False Questions Information systems knowledge is not essential for a manager because the technology moves too quickly for him or her to keep up with and run the business at the same time. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.4 IT is an abbreviation commonly used to refer to Internet technology. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.4 Information technology has become the largest component of capital investment for firms in the United States and many industrialized societies. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.4 In contemporary systems there is a growing interdependence between organizational business strategy, rules, and procedures and the organizations information systems. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Reference: p.6 Often, what the organization would like to do depends on what its systems will permit it to do. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Reference: p.6 Some very large companies are now using Internet to conduct virtually every aspect of their business. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.7 Governments on all levels are using Internet technologies to deliver information and services to citizens, employees, and businesses with which they work. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.9 Major industrial powers are being transformed to knowledge- and information-based service economies and leaving manufacturing to the third-world countries. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p.11 Digital firms are more competitive and efficient because nearly all core business processes are digitally enabled. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Ref