Which Statement About Portals Is Not True

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which statement about portals is not true?

• A) A portal may be accessible to organizational employees only.
• B) Portal software increases the cost of providing an intranet to employees.
• C) A portal is equivalent to a firewall.
• D) Portal software is used to improve a user's access to internal information via a Web browser.

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Definitions:

Noncontrollable Fixed Costs

Costs that cannot be altered or influenced by the decisions of management in the short term.

Controllable Margin

The portion of income that can be directly controlled or influenced by managerial decisions, excluding fixed costs.

Operating Assets

Assets used by a company in its day-to-day operations to generate income, including cash, inventory, buildings, and equipment.

Return on Investment

A measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment, calculated by dividing the profit earned on an investment by the cost of that investment.