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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Which of the following is a logical design element of an information system?






6. Of the following statements about the evolutionary planning method of strategic information systems design - which is FALSE?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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?






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






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






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






29. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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?






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






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






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






44. The representation of data as they appear to an application programmer or end user is described as a(n) _____ view.






45. Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with the use of relational databases?






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






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






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






49. Which of the following statements about the prototyping approach to systems development is FALSE?






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