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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






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






12. 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?






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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?






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






28. 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?






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






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






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






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






34. 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?






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






48. In its current form - the technology of electronic data interchange (EDI) is appropriate for transmitting all of the following EXCEPT






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






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