110323 - Trial Questions For Exam Two

Some Practice Questions For Exam Two Bruce C. Barnes bbarnes@bold-vision.com Barnes.536@osu.edu Office Hours - By Appointment (614) 595-4404 -- Cell AMIS 4670 – Information Systems Planning and Management Autumn 2023

Suggested Areas To Concentrate Suggested Areas To Concentrate On On 1. 1. The value and layered structure of enterprise architectures, and how they tie back to The value and layered structure of enterprise architectures, and how they tie back to the relationships between data and information. the relationships between data and information. 2. 2. The phases of organizational maturity. The phases of organizational maturity. 3. 3. The elements of adaptive digital readiness and customer centricity. The elements of adaptive digital readiness and customer centricity. 4. 4. The needs and approaches to effective strategy development. The needs and approaches to effective strategy development. 5. 5. Project prioritization elements within an effective enterprise. Project prioritization elements within an effective enterprise. 6. 6. The relationships between strategic management, portfolio management, program The relationships between strategic management, portfolio management, program management and project management. management and project management. 7. 7. The system implementation process and its four (4) sub-processes. The system implementation process and its four (4) sub-processes. 8. 8. The types of budgeting and financial management related to IT. The types of budgeting and financial management related to IT. 9. 9. Understanding the components of the Trust Services Framework. Understanding the components of the Trust Services Framework. 10. 10. Understanding the elements of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework. Understanding the elements of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework. 11. 11. Understanding the different types of controls associated with risk mitigation and Understanding the different types of controls associated with risk mitigation and management. management. 12. 12. Performance assessment and Balanced Scorecared Performance assessment and Balanced Scorecared

We said that an Enterprise Architecture is the “Great Connector” between an organization’s strategy and its capabilities, functions, elements and processes. We then said all of this is accomplished through specific goals and measures. We described several of those goals. Which of the following statements does NOT align with those goals/measures? The intended “desired benefits” of applying an Enterprise Architecture include: _____ _____ a) The elimination (or minimization) of a) The elimination (or minimization) of d d ata ata redundancy within the operational systems environment. redundancy within the operational systems environment. __ __ _ _ __ b) Reducing unneeded flexibility in business growth or re-structuring. __ b) Reducing unneeded flexibility in business growth or re-structuring. _____ c) The elimination (or minimization) of _____ c) The elimination (or minimization) of process process redundancy within the operational systems environment. redundancy within the operational systems environment. _____ d) The reduction of data complexity by extracting data from the operational environment and re-centering it into a _____ d) The reduction of data complexity by extracting data from the operational environment and re-centering it into a more manageable data warehouse environment. more manageable data warehouse environment.

With further regard to the topic of Enterprise Architecture, please whether each of the following statements is True or False . _____ _____ a) a) Enterprise Architectures are a means to help make clear up front how the Enterprise Architectures are a means to help make clear up front how the desired states of compliance are to be both facilitated and assured. desired states of compliance are to be both facilitated and assured. _____ _____ b) b) Enterprise Architectures are needed Enterprise Architectures are needed to help assure some measure of rigor and to help assure some measure of rigor and consistency in how processes are created, managed, evolved and value consistency in how processes are created, managed, evolved and value focused. focused. _____ _____ c) c) Enterprise Architecture are typically there by corporate mandate in much the Enterprise Architecture are typically there by corporate mandate in much the same way that there is for Internal Audit. same way that there is for Internal Audit. _____ _____ d) d) Enterprise Architectures come together in a layered form. Enterprise Architectures come together in a layered form. _____ _____ e) e) Enterprise Architectures are designed to help link together the non-technical Enterprise Architectures are designed to help link together the non-technical business elements with the logical models of the data/information that business elements with the logical models of the data/information that supports them. supports them.

In our discussion of IT Strategy development, we said you need to start by understanding that forces that shape competition within your industry. Doing so is your starting point in better positioning yourself through a responsive IT Strategy. We said that needed “positioning” builds your defenses against those forces by answering six (6) questions. Which of the following was NOT one of them? _____ _____ a) a) FOR FOR ........................ (who is your target?) ........................ (who is your target?) _____ _____ b) b) WHO MUST WHO MUST ............ (what are ............ (what are they they trying to do?) trying to do?) _____ _____ c) c) OUR PRODUCT IS OUR PRODUCT IS …….(what do …….(what do you you provide to them?) provide to them?) _____ _____ d) d) THAT PROVIDES THAT PROVIDES .......... (what will that .......... (what will that do do for them?) for them?) _____ _____ e) e) UNLIKE UNLIKE ......................... (why is it their best choice?) ......................... (why is it their best choice?) _____ _____ f) f) DIFFERENTIATED BY DIFFERENTIATED BY ..(what is your unique advantage?) ..(what is your unique advantage?) _____ _____ g) g) DEVELOPED BY DEVELOPED BY ………(who participated in its creation?) ………(who participated in its creation?)