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






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






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






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






6. 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?






7. The functions of knowledge workers in an organization generally include each of the following EXCEPT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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?






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. A processing system rejects an order transaction for 10 -000 units - on the basis that no order larger than 70 units had been placed previously. This is an example of a






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


39. According to Simon's description - there are four stages in any decision-making process. Decision support systems are designed primarily to help monitor the ______ stage.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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?






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