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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems
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1. ______ code is the term for program instructions written in a high-level language before translation into machine language.
Desktop publishing
Error handling
Source
Electronic mail
2. Which of the following are included in an MIS audit?
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
Managing documentation of knowledge
Steering committee and MIS managers
30-50
3. The technical staff at an organization are most likely to be users of a(n)
Consultancies/service organizations
Calculus
Knowledge work system (KWS)
Design specifications
4. Which of the following types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?
Relatively slower speed of operation
Consultancies/service organizations
Magnetic disk
Hospital information system
5. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system in which the internal parameters can be changed when necessary through feedback?
Maintenance programmer
Implementation
Reasonableness check
Heuristic
6. The main advantage of digital private branch exchanges over other local networking options is that they
Make use of existing phone lines
Data conversion
Systems study
Data models
7. One of the core capabilities of a decision support system (DSS) is the logical and mathematical manipulation of data _____ a capability referred to as
Operations
Logical
Maintenance programmer
Asynchronous
8. Which of the following signifies the international reference model for linking different types of computers and networks?
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Steering committee and MIS managers
Dialog
OSI
9. Which of the following is a computer language that is an application generator?
Object-oriented
Spreadsheet
FOCUS
Gateway
10. Representations of human knowledge used in expert systems generally include each of the following EXCEPT
COBOL
Fuzzy logic
Gateway
Goals
11. Each of the following is a rule of thumb for handling graphics in desktop publishing application EXCEPT
Kilobytes
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
Seek a generalized capability to learn
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
12. 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.
Goals
Implementation
System residence drive
Make use of existing phone lines
13. Of the following statements about the evolutionary planning method of strategic information systems design - which is FALSE?
Object-oriented
Forward engineering
A top-down method
Seek a generalized capability to learn
14. 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?
Error handling
Solicitations
Data bus width
100 megabits
15. In an individual MIS - the most commonly-used technique for conducting operations research is ______ programming.
Error handling
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
Java
Linear
16. The concentric circle on the surface area of a disk - on which data are stored as magnetized spots - is known as a
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
Track
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
Migration
17. Which of the following storage media generally has the slowest access speed?
Magnetic disk
Linear
Generally better suited for larger applications
Heterarchy
18. Which of the following is an advantage associated with the LAN model of multi-user systems?
Reliability of many computers
Manual procedures
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
Acceptance
19. Which of the following types of applications is generally most dependent on the graphical user interface (GUI) environment?
Executive support system (ESS)
Make use of existing phone lines
Vice president
Desktop publishing
20. A transmission rate of _______ per second falls within the normal range for a local-area network.
Bottom-up
Goals
First
100 megabits
21. Which of the following is a characteristic of data warehouse data? They
A top-down method
Uncertainty
Executive support system (ESS)
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
22. Intelligent agent software is an appropriate tool for each of the following applications EXCEPT
Conducting data conferences
Independence from GUI environment
Formal planning
Source
23. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system's order of complexity?
30-50
Store programs
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Ordinality
24. Which of the following is an element of the physical design of an information system?
Error handling
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
Manual procedures
Bandwidth
25. In an enterprise information system - which of the following is considered to be an input control?
Migration
Protocols
Normalization
Verification of control totals
26. What is the term used to describe the approach to software development that combines data and procedures into a single item?
Object-oriented
Parallel
Fuzzy logic
Contingency
27. A transmission over a telecommunications network in which data can flow two ways - but in only one direction at a time - is described as
Data bus width
Desktop publishing
Half duplex
Consultancies/service organizations
28. Which of the following steps in the business systems planning (BSP) process is typically performed FIRST?
Steering committee and MIS managers
Scientific and workstation computing
Information superhighway
Defining business processes
29. The central liability-related ethical issue raised by new information technologies is generally considered to be
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
Managing documentation of knowledge
Data models
Frame relay
30. 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?
System residence drive
Information superhighway
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
Knowledge work system (KWS)
31. 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
Transduction
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
Steering committee and MIS managers
Protocols
32. Which of the following is an example of the administrative message switching application of telecommunications technology?
Electronic mail
Calculus
Information superhighway
Data bus width
33. Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with the use of relational databases?
Relatively slower speed of operation
Operations
Heuristic
FOCUS
34. The most time-consuming element of system conversion plans is
Information superhighway
Data conversion
Dialog
30-50
35. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in
Supercomputer
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
A top-down method
Kilobytes
36. In its current form - the technology of electronic data interchange (EDI) is appropriate for transmitting all of the following EXCEPT
A modem or modems
Solicitations
Hospital information system
Data conversion
37. Routines performed to verify input data and correct errors prior to processing are known as
Hospital information system
Vice president
Goals
Edit checks
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?
Contingency
Spreadsheet
A modem or modems
Parallel
39. Which of the following concerns is addressed by front-end CASE (computer-assisted software engineering) tools?
Implementation
Magnetic disk
Analysis
Maintenance programmer
40. Systems development projects _______ are most likely to benefit from the use of internal integration tools.
Conducting data conferences
A top-down method
With high levels of technical complexity
Consultancies/service organizations
41. Low-speed transmission of data that occurs on character at a time is described as
Uncertainty
Asynchronous
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
42. 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?
Scientific and workstation computing
Java
Reasonableness check
Supercomputer
43. In a relational database - a row or record is referred to as a(n)
Managing documentation of knowledge
Tuple
Reliability of many computers
Decision support system (DSS)
44. In the traditional systems life cycle model - which of the following states occurs EARLIEST?
Systems study
First
Sequential
Supercomputer
45. 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?
Bandwidth
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Manual procedures
Gateway
46. Which of the following personnel would be considered part of the development team in an MIS department?
Steering committee and MIS managers
Maintenance programmer
Object-oriented
Defining business processes
47. What is the term for a set of rules that govern the manipulation of characters in a system?
A modem or modems
30-50
Asynchronous
Calculus
48. 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?
Defining business processes
Consultancies/service organizations
Forward engineering
Linear
49. Which of the following is not a management benefit associated with end-user development of information systems?
Supercomputer
Ordinality
Spreadsheet
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
50. 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
Reasonableness check
Data models
Acceptance
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs