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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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  • Answer 50 questions in 30 minutes.
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1. Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with the use of relational databases?






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






3. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The predominant programming language for business was






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






18. The predefined packet of data in some LANs - which includes data indicating the sender - receiver - and whether the packet is in use - is known as a






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Which of the following types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?






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






27. Each of the following is a rule of thumb for handling graphics in desktop publishing application EXCEPT






28. 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






29. Which of the following is a computer language that is an application generator?






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






31. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Low-speed transmission of data that occurs on character at a time is described as






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






42. Which of the following is not a management benefit associated with end-user development of information systems?






43. 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






44. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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






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