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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems
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1. The main difference between neural networks and expert systems is that neural networks
Reliability of many computers
Seek a generalized capability to learn
Store programs
Fuzzy logic
2. Which of the following is an advantage associated with the LAN model of multi-user systems?
Spreadsheet
Asynchronous
Reliability of many computers
Migration
3. Which of the following is most likely to rely on parallel processing?
Data bus width
Fuzzy logic
Index server
Supercomputer
4. A purpose of a file server in a network is to
Store programs
Solicitations
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Uncertainty
5. In most organizations - the chief information officer is given a rank equivalent to
Heuristic
Frame relay
Vice president
Heterarchy
6. Of the types of organizational change that are enabled by information technology - which tends to be the most common?
FOCUS
Asynchronous
Automation
Knowledge work system (KWS)
7. Which of the following functions to connect dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one protocol to another?
Gateway
Electronic mail
Heuristic
Independence from GUI environment
8. Which of the following statements about database management systems is generally FALSE? They
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
Analysis
Electronic mail
Parallel
9. The main advantage of digital private branch exchanges over other local networking options is that they
Electronic mail
Make use of existing phone lines
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
Formal planning
10. 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.
Contingency
Heterarchy
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
11. Which of the following is an example of work-flow management?
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
Goals
OSI
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
12. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an enterprise MIS?
Bottom-up
Personal e-mail received from outside by the organization's system
Tuple
Homogeneous data
13. Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of hypertext and hypermedia applications?
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
30-50
Independence from GUI environment
Goals
14. In enterprise analysis - data elements are organized into groups that support related sets of organizational processes. These groups are known as
Transduction
Logical application groups
Contingency
System residence drive
15. 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?
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
Magnetic disk
Spreadsheet
Frame relay
16. Which of the following is NOT an example of an output control associated with information systems?
Tuple
FOCUS
Heuristic
Error handling
17. When all the elements in a system are in the same category - ______ is said to be at a minimum.
Analysis
Acceptance
Uncertainty
Relatively slower speed of operation
18. Of the following statements about the evolutionary planning method of strategic information systems design - which is FALSE?
A top-down method
Heterarchy
Java
Solicitations
19. Each of the following is a rule of thumb for handling graphics in desktop publishing application EXCEPT
Spreadsheet
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Logical
Edit checks
20. In an individual MIS - the most commonly-used technique for conducting operations research is ______ programming.
OSI
Uncertainty
Data conversion
Linear
21. One of the core capabilities of a decision support system (DSS) is the logical and mathematical manipulation of data _____ a capability referred to as
Electronic bulletin board
Independence from GUI environment
Data bus width
Operations
22. Which of the following is not a management benefit associated with end-user development of information systems?
Managing documentation of knowledge
Contingency
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Sequential
23. 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
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
Knowledge work system (KWS)
Design specifications
Semantic nets
24. Representations of human knowledge used in expert systems generally include each of the following EXCEPT
Migration
Fuzzy logic
Kilobytes
OSI
25. In the traditional systems life cycle model - which of the following states occurs EARLIEST?
Consultancies/service organizations
Design specifications
Systems study
Contingency
26. 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?
Desktop publishing
Object-oriented
Information superhighway
Index server
27. Which of the following signifies the international reference model for linking different types of computers and networks?
Verification of control totals
Seek a generalized capability to learn
OSI
Transduction
28. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system in which the internal parameters can be changed when necessary through feedback?
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Source
Heuristic
Index server
29. Which of the following steps in the business systems planning (BSP) process is typically performed FIRST?
First
A top-down method
Defining business processes
Maintenance programmer
30. The central liability-related ethical issue raised by new information technologies is generally considered to be
A top-down method
Hospital information system
Steering committee and MIS managers
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
31. Which of the following is a commercial digital information service that exists to provide business information?
Automation
Fuzzy logic
Migration
Dialog
32. Which of the following types of applications is generally most dependent on the graphical user interface (GUI) environment?
OSI
First
Desktop publishing
Automation
33. The technical staff at an organization are most likely to be users of a(n)
Ordinality
Electronic mail
Gateway
Knowledge work system (KWS)
34. Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with the use of relational databases?
Heterarchy
Executive support system (ESS)
Relatively slower speed of operation
Transaction processing system (TPS)
35. In a typical organization - tactical and operational planning of an MIS would be the responsibility of the
A top-down method
Steering committee and MIS managers
Relatively slower speed of operation
Consultancies/service organizations
36. In its current form - the technology of electronic data interchange (EDI) is appropriate for transmitting all of the following EXCEPT
Solicitations
Logical
A modem or modems
Sequential
37. In the history of artificial intelligence - the effort to build a physical analog to the human brain has been referred to as the _____ approach.
Steering committee and MIS managers
Bottom-up
Electronic mail
Semantic nets
38. What is the term for the methodical simplification of a logical data model?
30-50
Calculus
Design specifications
Normalization
39. Which of the following styles of systems development is most often used for information systems at the enterprise level?
Reasonableness check
Gateway
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
Traditional life cycle
40. 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?
A modem or modems
Source
Parallel
Migration
41. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in
Decision support system (DSS)
Fuzzy logic
Kilobytes
First
42. A form of organization resembling a fishnet or network - in which authority is determined by knowledge and function is a
Heterarchy
Automation
Data conversion
Logical
43. In an individual MIS - the most commonly used analytical application is a
Contingency
Design specifications
Systems study
Spreadsheet
44. Which of the following types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Electronic mail
Consultancies/service organizations
Maintenance programmer
45. ______ code is the term for program instructions written in a high-level language before translation into machine language.
Source
First
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
Gateway
46. Which of the following storage media generally has the slowest access speed?
Scientific and workstation computing
Bottom-up
System residence drive
Magnetic disk
47. The representation of data as they appear to an application programmer or end user is described as a(n) _____ view.
Logical
Linear
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
Operations
48. Which of the following is a shared network service technology that packages data into bundles for transmission but does not use error correction routines?
Ordinality
Frame relay
Dialog
Formal planning
49. Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge work system (KWS)?
Error handling
Parallel
FOCUS
Decision support system (DSS)
50. 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?
Implementation
Java
Contingency
Ordinality