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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






4. Which of the following terms is used to enumerate the bits that can be moved at one time between a CPU - primary storage - and other devices of a computer?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an enterprise MIS?






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






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






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






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


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






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






19. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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?






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






27. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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?






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






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