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This is a card that the card companies issue to members in cooperation with banks and
stores. The member has only to present a card when shopping, without paying cash. Accounts will be settled later based on the contract between the card companies and consumer
members. Which of the following is the card?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Which of the following describes the characteristics of a traceability system?
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Business strategy
a) This uses computers for solutions by compiling a database or creating a program with
expertise in the fields that need professional knowledge, such as medical diagnosis.
b) This delivers ordering information to business partners from a handy terminal successively so that a shortage of goods may not take place in retail stores.
c) This makes it possible to track history information about production and distribution
of food from the consumption location back to the production location.
d) This supports unprogrammed decision-making for solving management problems interactively.
Chapter 2
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ID card
Credit card
Debit card
Prepaid card
Which of the following explains a service that makes use of GPS?
a) Automating payment to enable vehicles to pass through toll gates efficiently on toll
roads such as expressways.
b) Broadcasting by means of an artificial satellite; installing receiving facilities such as
antennas for individual households or residential complexes to enable individuals or
groups of users to receive satellite broadcast.
c) Connecting PCs to a network without any cables, by means of radio waves or infrared
rays, in locations such as stores where laying cable is difficult or offices where furniture is often rearranged.
d) Indicating the user’s position on a map displayed on a mobile device by means of information from satellites.
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