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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. The main advantage of digital private branch exchanges over other local networking options is that they






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






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






14. 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?






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






16. In the traditional systems life cycle model - which of the following states occurs EARLIEST?






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






18. Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of hypertext and hypermedia applications?






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






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






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






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






23. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






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






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






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






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






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






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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with the use of relational databases?






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






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






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






50. 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.