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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






2. In a relational database - a row or record is referred to as a(n)






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






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






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






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






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






8. _____ tools is a project management technique that structures and sequences tasks - and budgets the time - money - and technical resources required to complete these tasks.






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. The concentric circle on the surface area of a disk - on which data are stored as magnetized spots - is known as a






16. Which of the following is an element of the physical design of an information system?






17. 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?






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






19. 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?






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


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






22. In the history of artificial intelligence - the effort to build a physical analog to the human brain has been referred to as the _____ approach.






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






31. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Which of the following systems exists at the operational level of an organization?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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