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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






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






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






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






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






13. What is the term for a set of rules and procedures that govern transmissions between the components of a telecommunications network?






14. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






20. In an individual MIS - the most commonly-used technique for conducting operations research is ______ programming.






21. In an enterprise information system - which of the following is considered to be an input control?






22. In a relational database - a row or record is referred to as a(n)






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






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






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






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






27. In the history of artificial intelligence - the effort to build a physical analog to the human brain has been referred to as the _____ approach.






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






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






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






32. The central liability-related ethical issue raised by new information technologies is generally considered to be






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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?






39. 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?






40. In a typical telecommunications system - a message that has just passed through the front-end multiplexer will then pass through






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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?






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






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






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






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