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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems
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1. Intelligent agent software is an appropriate tool for each of the following applications EXCEPT
Electronic mail
Consultancies/service organizations
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Conducting data conferences
2. The main advantage of digital private branch exchanges over other local networking options is that they
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
System residence drive
Make use of existing phone lines
Maintenance programmer
3. Each of the following is a rule of thumb for handling graphics in desktop publishing application EXCEPT
Forward engineering
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Calculus
With high levels of technical complexity
4. In a typical telecommunications system - a message that has just passed through the front-end multiplexer will then pass through
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
Transduction
Semantic nets
A modem or modems
5. A transmission rate of _______ per second falls within the normal range for a local-area network.
Linear
Data models
100 megabits
Analysis
6. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in
With high levels of technical complexity
Data conversion
Kilobytes
Logical
7. 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?
Object-oriented
Forward engineering
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Electronic bulletin board
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?
Data bus width
Conducting data conferences
OSI
Spreadsheet
9. Which of the following is NOT an example of an output control associated with information systems?
Uncertainty
Error handling
Source
Java
10. What is the term for a set of rules that govern the manipulation of characters in a system?
Data models
Java
Track
Calculus
11. 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?
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
Source
Heterarchy
Executive support system (ESS)
12. In the traditional systems life cycle model - which of the following states occurs EARLIEST?
Systems study
Track
Kilobytes
Desktop publishing
13. Which of the following is a logical design element of an information system?
Contingency
Data models
Manual procedures
Generally better suited for larger applications
14. Which of the following is an advantage associated with the LAN model of multi-user systems?
Executive support system (ESS)
Reliability of many computers
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Manual procedures
15. Which of the following types of applications is generally most dependent on the graphical user interface (GUI) environment?
Dialog
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Desktop publishing
Half duplex
16. Which of the following steps in the business systems planning (BSP) process is typically performed FIRST?
Defining business processes
Reasonableness check
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Tuple
17. Of the following file organization methods - the only one that can be used on magnetic tape is
Sequential
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Data models
Semantic nets
18. In most organizations - the chief information officer is given a rank equivalent to
Electronic mail
Vice president
100 megabits
Solicitations
19. 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
Steering committee and MIS managers
A modem or modems
Reasonableness check
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
20. 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?
Homogeneous data
Normalization
Java
Sequential
21. The most time-consuming element of system conversion plans is
Object-oriented
Homogeneous data
Logical application groups
Data conversion
22. Which of the following is a characteristic of data warehouse data? They
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
Desktop publishing
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
Manual procedures
23. Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge work system (KWS)?
Heterarchy
With high levels of technical complexity
Manual procedures
Decision support system (DSS)
24. Which of the following functions to connect dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one protocol to another?
Source
Gateway
Tuple
With high levels of technical complexity
25. Which of the following are included in an MIS audit?
Java
Logical application groups
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
Scientific and workstation computing
26. 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?
Conducting data conferences
Protocols
Electronic mail
Bandwidth
27. The functions of knowledge workers in an organization generally include each of the following EXCEPT
Electronic mail
Store programs
Managing documentation of knowledge
Information superhighway
28. In imaging systems - what is the term for the device that allows a user to identify and retrieve a specific document?
FOCUS
Semantic nets
Index server
Data conversion
29. Systems development projects _______ are most likely to benefit from the use of internal integration tools.
Error handling
Logical application groups
Tuple
With high levels of technical complexity
30. 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?
Ordinality
Parallel
Hospital information system
Electronic bulletin board
31. Representations of human knowledge used in expert systems generally include each of the following EXCEPT
Fuzzy logic
Store programs
OSI
Magnetic disk
32. During the process of enterprise analysis - the results of a large managerial survey are broken down into each of the following EXCEPT
Fuzzy logic
Goals
Scientific and workstation computing
Decision support system (DSS)
33. Of the types of organizational change that are enabled by information technology - which tends to be the most common?
Object-oriented
Homogeneous data
Scientific and workstation computing
Automation
34. Which of the following statements about the prototyping approach to systems development is FALSE?
Track
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
Generally better suited for larger applications
Fuzzy logic
35. In a relational database - a row or record is referred to as a(n)
Forward engineering
Tuple
Make use of existing phone lines
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
36. Which of the following is an example of work-flow management?
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
Fuzzy logic
Token
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
37. Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of hypertext and hypermedia applications?
Data models
Analysis
Independence from GUI environment
A top-down method
38. ______ code is the term for program instructions written in a high-level language before translation into machine language.
Sequential
Track
Source
Index server
39. Low-speed transmission of data that occurs on character at a time is described as
Acceptance
Asynchronous
System residence drive
Logical
40. The number of ______ is NOT an example of software metrics.
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41. 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
Data conversion
Independence from GUI environment
Semantic nets
Logical application groups
42. When all the elements in a system are in the same category - ______ is said to be at a minimum.
Uncertainty
System residence drive
Consultancies/service organizations
Data bus width
43. Which of the following is a shared network service technology that packages data into bundles for transmission but does not use error correction routines?
Frame relay
Linear
Steering committee and MIS managers
Scientific and workstation computing
44. Which of the following types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?
Index server
Source
Consultancies/service organizations
Independence from GUI environment
45. Which of the following is an example of the administrative message switching application of telecommunications technology?
Electronic mail
Goals
With high levels of technical complexity
Edit checks
46. The main difference between neural networks and expert systems is that neural networks
Gateway
Edit checks
Uncertainty
Seek a generalized capability to learn
47. Which of the computer hardware generations involved vacuum tube technology?
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Knowledge work system (KWS)
First
Fuzzy logic
48. What is the term used to describe the approach to software development that combines data and procedures into a single item?
Object-oriented
Maintenance programmer
Verification of control totals
Executive support system (ESS)
49. _____ tools is a project management technique that structures and sequences tasks - and budgets the time - money - and technical resources required to complete these tasks.
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
Kilobytes
Formal planning
Executive support system (ESS)
50. What is the term for the methodical simplification of a logical data model?
Frame relay
Normalization
Automation
Gateway