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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Systems development projects _______ are most likely to benefit from the use of internal integration tools.






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






3. _____ testing provides the final certification that a new system is ready to be used in a production setting.






4. The concentric circle on the surface area of a disk - on which data are stored as magnetized spots - is known as a






5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an enterprise MIS?






6. What is the term used to describe the approach to software development that combines data and procedures into a single item?






7. ______ code is the term for program instructions written in a high-level language before translation into machine language.






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






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






10. Which of the following is an element of the physical design of an information system?






11. Which of the following is most likely to rely on parallel processing?






12. What is the term for the capacity of a communications channel as measured by the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that can be transmitted by that channel?






13. Each of the following is a rule of thumb for handling graphics in desktop publishing application EXCEPT






14. 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?






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






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






17. Low-speed transmission of data that occurs on character at a time is described as






18. Which of the following systems exists at the strategic level of an organization?






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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?






27. Which of the following signifies the international reference model for linking different types of computers and networks?






28. In its current form - the technology of electronic data interchange (EDI) is appropriate for transmitting all of the following EXCEPT






29. 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?






30. In imaging systems - what is the term for the device that allows a user to identify and retrieve a specific document?






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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?






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






39. Which of the following is an example of work-flow management?






40. 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?






41. Which of the following are LEAST likely to be an input into a management information system (MIS)?






42. In workgroup information systems - the simplest type of group conferencing is referred to as a(n)






43. What is the term for the methodical simplification of a logical data model?






44. One of the core capabilities of a decision support system (DSS) is the logical and mathematical manipulation of data _____ a capability referred to as






45. Certain kinds of expert systems use the property of inheritance to organize and classify knowledge when the knowledge base is composed of easily identifiable chunks or objects of interrelated characteristics. These systems are known specifically as






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






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






48. Which of the following is a logical design element of an information system?






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






50. Approximately what percentage of an organization's software development budget will be expended on testing?