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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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?






9. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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?






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


24. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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?






39. Which of the following types of applications is generally most dependent on the graphical user interface (GUI) environment?






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






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






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






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


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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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