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True or False
2. A knowledge portal is a collection of applications that enable companies to unlock internally and
externally stored information and provide users a single gateway to personalized information needed
to make informed business decisions.
3. An enterprise knowledge portal provides a better basis for making decisions than do enterprise
intelligence portals.
4. The leading reason why organizations launch their knowledge management programs is to achieve
increased profits or revenues.
6. An interface that facilitates the dissemination of knowledge across the enterprise that takes into
account the profile of the user is called a(n):
a. knowledge consumer interface.
b. intelligent agent.
c. knowledge producer interface.
d. Web browser.
e. None of these are correct.
7. An interface that facilitates the knowledge worker’s job of gathering and analyzing information,
collaborating with peers or colleagues, and finally generating new knowledge is called a(n):
a. knowledge consumer interface.
b. knowledge producer interface.
c. knowledge informant interface.
d. intelligent agent.
e. intelligent interface.
10. According to recent studies, approximately __________ of all organizations launching knowledge
management programs are doing so because they believe it will increase profits or revenue.
a. 10%
b. 33%
c. 50%
d. 67%
e. 90%
12. The portal function of workflow, categorization, and taxonomy services can best be described by the
term:
a. business versus information integration.
b. application and information integration.
c. enterprise metadata repository.
d. process integration.
e. None of these describe those services.
13. The portal function of source systems from which information is generated to include the data
administration layers, such as cleansing, transformation, and extraction, is best described by the term:
a. application and information integration.
b. business versus information integration.
c. enterprise metadata repository.
d. process integration.
e. None of these describe those services.
14. The ____________ feature of a portal results in quick access to hidden information that can facilitate
business processes.
a. search
b. categorization
c. query, reporting and analysis
d. publish and subscribe
e. None of these terms describe this feature.
15. The ____________ feature of a portal results in arranging the interface to meet an individual’s needs
and desires for increased job productivity.
a. search
b. categorization
c. query, reporting and analysis
d. publish and subscribe
e. personalization