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Answers to supplementary objective test questions

CHAPTER 9 – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-BUSINESS

9.1 B

The system is currently very strategically important to SSN as it helps co-
ordinate their activities. It will continue to be strategically important with its
expansion into the identification of future issues to campaign for.

9.2 C, D

Information management strategies look at who is involved with/responsible for
the new systems. A and E are both information technology strategies as they
focus on the practical hardware and software requirements of the new system.
B is an information systems strategy as it looks at how IT can be used in order
to meet the organisation’s overall strategy.

9.3 A

Transactions are possible, so CIV has more than a web presence. However it
fails to gather information on customers, so this rules out it having reached
integrated e-commerce or e-business levels.

9.4 B

Global network effects refer to the fact that the more people that use or have
input into a good or service, the more valuable it is.

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