Q11.
a
Section
3-1 System strategy
Answer
Explanation
For corporate activities that involve designing and planning computerization, it is necessary
to clarify the effectiveness and return on investment of installing the system.
b): If the system is the same as that of another company, it may not be suitable for the company.
c): There is no need to select specific administrators and managers at the design and planning
stages.
d): Using the company’s employees for development is not a problem, but it depends on the
existing policy, and does not always need to be considered.
Q12.
a
Section
2-1 Business strategy management
Answer
Explanation
The highest decision-making authority of a Japanese stock company is the stockholders’
meeting. The stockholders’ meeting decides on the business policy of the company, and appoints the directors and auditors. Since the decisions are by majority rule, they are dependent
on institutions and investors who hold a majority of stocks in the company. The board of directors is below the stockholders’ meeting in the organization.
Q13.
a
Section
1-1 Corporate activities
Answer
Explanation
A Pareto chart uses both a bar graph and line graph to show data organized by the type of defective products that have occurred, and the cause of occurrenc e. The bars show the degree to
which defective products have occurred by cause of occurrence in ascending order of the percentage of occurrence, while the line shows the cumulative totals.
Q14.
c
Section
1-2 Legal affairs
Answer
Explanation
Personal information that is protected under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information
includes names, date of birth, gender, phone numbers, and personal photographs that can be
used to identify a specific individual. Names and phone numbers of companies that are published on Web pages are information for an organization, and are not considered personal information.
Q15.
d
Section
2-1 Business strategy management
Answer
Explanation
A POS system is a distribution information system for managing information at the point of
sales. It collects, stores, and analyzes sales information for each product and unit by recording
information at the retail point of sale such as a chain store.
Q16.
d
Section
3-1 System strategy
Answer
Explanation
An E-R diagram expresses the association between entities by using a diagram that expresses
the relationships between data based on entities and relationships.
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