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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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1. A transmission rate of _______ per second falls within the normal range for a local-area network.






2. When all the elements in a system are in the same category - ______ is said to be at a minimum.






3. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system in which the internal parameters can be changed when necessary through feedback?






4. Intelligent agent software is an appropriate tool for each of the following applications EXCEPT






5. Which of the following types of applications is generally most dependent on the graphical user interface (GUI) environment?






6. The process embodied in an input-output device - which enables it to convert or code without memory a type of signal - motion - or sequence of characters into another - is known as






7. In what type of processing can more than one instruction be processed at once - by breaking down a problem into smaller parts and processing them simultaneously?






8. Which of the following concerns is addressed by front-end CASE (computer-assisted software engineering) tools?






9. Which of the following storage media generally has the slowest access speed?






10. A form of organization resembling a fishnet or network - in which authority is determined by knowledge and function is a






11. Systems development projects _______ are most likely to benefit from the use of internal integration tools.






12. Which of the following is a commercial digital information service that exists to provide business information?






13. In most organizations - the chief information officer is given a rank equivalent to






14. Which of the following systems exists at the operational level of an organization?






15. Which of the following statements about the prototyping approach to systems development is FALSE?






16. Which of the following terms is used to enumerate the bits that can be moved at one time between a CPU - primary storage - and other devices of a computer?






17. A purpose of a file server in a network is to






18. What is the term for a set of rules that govern the manipulation of characters in a system?






19. _____ tools is a project management technique that structures and sequences tasks - and budgets the time - money - and technical resources required to complete these tasks.






20. What is the term for the secondary storage device on which a complete operating system is stored?






21. Which of the following is a computer language that is an application generator?






22. Representations of human knowledge used in expert systems generally include each of the following EXCEPT






23. The main difference between neural networks and expert systems is that neural networks






24. Which of the following statements about database management systems is generally FALSE? They






25. Of the following statements about the evolutionary planning method of strategic information systems design - which is FALSE?






26. In enterprise analysis - data elements are organized into groups that support related sets of organizational processes. These groups are known as






27. In a typical organization - tactical and operational planning of an MIS would be the responsibility of the






28. Which of the following is the general term for high-speed digital communications networks that are national or worldwide in scope and accessible by the general public?






29. What is the term for a networking technology that parcels information into 8-byte cells - allowing data to be transmitted between computers or different vendors at any speed?






30. Which of the computer hardware generations involved vacuum tube technology?






31. In systems theory - there is a what-if method of treating uncertainty that explores the effect on the alternatives of environmental change. This method is generally referred to as _____ analysis.






32. Which of the following is an example of the administrative message switching application of telecommunications technology?






33. During the process of enterprise analysis - the results of a large managerial survey are broken down into each of the following EXCEPT






34. The predominant programming language for business was






35. What is the term for the final step in system reengineering - when the revised specifications are used to generate new - structure program code for a structured and maintainable system?






36. Which of the following are included in an MIS audit?






37. In general - the technology associated with reduced instruction set (RISC) computers is most appropriate for






38. Which of the following types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?






39. Which of the following is an advantage associated with the LAN model of multi-user systems?






40. Which of the following is not a management benefit associated with end-user development of information systems?






41. What is the term for the ability to move software from one generation of hardware to another more powerful generation?






42. The most time-consuming element of system conversion plans is






43. Which of the following is a characteristic of data warehouse data? They






44. Which of the following steps in the business systems planning (BSP) process is typically performed FIRST?






45. Which of the following is NOT an example of an output control associated with information systems?






46. The main advantage of digital private branch exchanges over other local networking options is that they






47. The number of ______ is NOT an example of software metrics.


48. Which of the following is an object-oriented programming language that can deliver only the software functionality needed for a particular task - and which can run on any computer or operating system?






49. A transmission over a telecommunications network in which data can flow two ways - but in only one direction at a time - is described as






50. Which of the following functions to connect dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one protocol to another?