Which of the Following Is True of an Information System

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of an information system?

• A) It acts as a gateway to the reservoir of knowledge available across the Internet.
• B) It is a physical server in which all the data that belongs to a company is stored and managed.
• C) Managers must decide who has access to what type of information and its availability.
• D) Managers post their problems on an information system and receive solutions for these problems.
• E) Any information system used in an organization allows access to all of the organization's databases.

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Definitions:

Probabilistic Thinking

The ability to understand and reason with probabilities, recognizing that most predictions about the future involve some level of uncertainty.

Placebo Effect

Occurs when individuals receiving a placebo (a “dummy” version of a treatment) experience improvement in their symptoms and attribute the improvement to the placebo.

Relativistic Thought

The essence of postformal thought in which several truth systems exist describing the reality of the same event, and they appear to be logically equivalent.

Inherent Contradictions

Fundamental conflicts or inconsistencies within theories, propositions, situations, or within the nature of things that are often difficult to resolve.