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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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1. 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?






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






3. In the traditional systems life cycle model - which of the following states occurs EARLIEST?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






16. Which of the following personnel would be considered part of the development team in an MIS department?






17. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






18. A processing system rejects an order transaction for 10 -000 units - on the basis that no order larger than 70 units had been placed previously. This is an example of a






19. 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?






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






21. Which of the following is NOT typically an example of the inquiry/response type of telecommunications application?






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






23. Of the following file organization methods - the only one that can be used on magnetic tape is






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






25. The representation of data as they appear to an application programmer or end user is described as a(n) _____ view.






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






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






28. 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






29. Routines performed to verify input data and correct errors prior to processing are known as






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






31. 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?






32. Which of the following is offered the clearest protection under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986?


33. In an individual MIS - the most commonly used analytical application is a






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






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






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






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






38. Of the types of organizational change that are enabled by information technology - which tends to be the most common?






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge work system (KWS)?






46. Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of hypertext and hypermedia applications?






47. The technical staff at an organization are most likely to be users of a(n)






48. Which of the following styles of systems development is most often used for information systems at the enterprise level?






49. 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.






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