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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In its current form - the technology of electronic data interchange (EDI) is appropriate for transmitting all of the following EXCEPT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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?






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






17. Which of the following is a shared network service technology that packages data into bundles for transmission but does not use error correction routines?






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


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






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






22. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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


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