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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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1. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Which of the following is a shared network service technology that packages data into bundles for transmission but does not use error correction routines?






15. 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






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






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






18. What is the term for a networking technology that parcels information into 8-byte cells - allowing data to be transmitted between computers or different vendors at any speed?






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Which of the following steps in the business systems planning (BSP) process is typically performed FIRST?






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






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






34. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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

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






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






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






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






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