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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






4. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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?






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






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






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

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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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?






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge work system (KWS)?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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?