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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which of the following statements about the prototyping approach to systems development is FALSE?






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






3. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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?






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






22. The predominant programming language for business was






23. Which of the following storage media generally has the slowest access speed?






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






25. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system's order of complexity?






26. Which of the following is NOT an example of an output control associated with information systems?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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?






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






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






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






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






46. 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?






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






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






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






50. The predefined packet of data in some LANs - which includes data indicating the sender - receiver - and whether the packet is in use - is known as a






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