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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which of the computer hardware generations involved vacuum tube technology?
Decision support system (DSS)
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
First
2. _____ testing provides the final certification that a new system is ready to be used in a production setting.
Acceptance
Store programs
Seek a generalized capability to learn
Data conversion
3. ______ code is the term for program instructions written in a high-level language before translation into machine language.
Contingency
Magnetic disk
Sequential
Source
4. The main difference between neural networks and expert systems is that neural networks
Seek a generalized capability to learn
Java
30-50
Knowledge work system (KWS)
5. In a relational database - a row or record is referred to as a(n)
Store programs
Tuple
Managing documentation of knowledge
Object-oriented
6. The concentric circle on the surface area of a disk - on which data are stored as magnetized spots - is known as a
Ordinality
Track
Edit checks
Decision support system (DSS)
7. The predominant programming language for business was
COBOL
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Java
Homogeneous data
8. 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.
Homogeneous data
Gateway
Relatively slower speed of operation
Contingency
9. Which of the following is NOT typically an example of the inquiry/response type of telecommunications application?
Magnetic disk
Hospital information system
Protocols
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
10. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system's order of complexity?
Traditional life cycle
Scientific and workstation computing
Sequential
Ordinality
11. A purpose of a file server in a network is to
Desktop publishing
Store programs
A top-down method
Fuzzy logic
12. Which of the following is NOT an example of an output control associated with information systems?
Half duplex
Kilobytes
100 megabits
Error handling
13. 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?
Forward engineering
Goals
Calculus
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
14. Which of the following steps in the business systems planning (BSP) process is typically performed FIRST?
Decision support system (DSS)
Executive support system (ESS)
Tuple
Defining business processes
15. Which of the following is most likely to rely on parallel processing?
Supercomputer
Frame relay
Gateway
Scientific and workstation computing
16. 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
Analysis
Scientific and workstation computing
Traditional life cycle
Token
17. In most organizations - the chief information officer is given a rank equivalent to
FOCUS
Vice president
Parallel
Information superhighway
18. Which of the following is an example of work-flow management?
FOCUS
Conducting data conferences
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
Supercomputer
19. Which of the following is a shared network service technology that packages data into bundles for transmission but does not use error correction routines?
Frame relay
Calculus
Asynchronous
OSI
20. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in
Kilobytes
Traditional life cycle
Supercomputer
Make use of existing phone lines
21. Representations of human knowledge used in expert systems generally include each of the following EXCEPT
Fuzzy logic
Protocols
Operations
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
22. Which of the following is a logical design element of an information system?
Managing documentation of knowledge
Data models
Information superhighway
Generally better suited for larger applications
23. 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?
Manual procedures
Information superhighway
Data bus width
Tuple
24. 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
A top-down method
Goals
Independence from GUI environment
25. Which of the following styles of systems development is most often used for information systems at the enterprise level?
Executive support system (ESS)
OSI
Traditional life cycle
Relatively slower speed of operation
26. During the process of enterprise analysis - the results of a large managerial survey are broken down into each of the following EXCEPT
Calculus
Generally better suited for larger applications
Goals
Kilobytes
27. Routines performed to verify input data and correct errors prior to processing are known as
Reasonableness check
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Edit checks
Manual procedures
28. In its current form - the technology of electronic data interchange (EDI) is appropriate for transmitting all of the following EXCEPT
Solicitations
Verification of control totals
Index server
Maintenance programmer
29. Approximately what percentage of an organization's software development budget will be expended on testing?
Desktop publishing
30-50
Magnetic disk
Personal e-mail received from outside by the organization's system
30. In imaging systems - what is the term for the device that allows a user to identify and retrieve a specific document?
Index server
Maintenance programmer
Calculus
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
31. The representation of data as they appear to an application programmer or end user is described as a(n) _____ view.
Logical
System residence drive
Defining business processes
Electronic mail
32. Each of the following is a rule of thumb for handling graphics in desktop publishing application EXCEPT
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
A top-down method
Sequential
Systems study
33. Which of the following is a characteristic of data warehouse data? They
Bottom-up
Solicitations
Design specifications
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
34. Which of the following is an advantage associated with the LAN model of multi-user systems?
Gateway
Bandwidth
Reliability of many computers
Store programs
35. In a typical organization - tactical and operational planning of an MIS would be the responsibility of the
100 megabits
Generally better suited for larger applications
Steering committee and MIS managers
Analysis
36. What is the term for the ability to move software from one generation of hardware to another more powerful generation?
Gateway
Personal e-mail received from outside by the organization's system
Migration
Index server
37. 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.
Logical
Implementation
Make use of existing phone lines
Generally better suited for larger applications
38. In the history of artificial intelligence - the effort to build a physical analog to the human brain has been referred to as the _____ approach.
Token
Bottom-up
Semantic nets
Reasonableness check
39. Which of the following systems exists at the operational level of an organization?
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Sequential
Implementation
Logical application groups
40. Which of the following functions to connect dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one protocol to another?
Gateway
Generally better suited for larger applications
Token
Index server
41. A form of organization resembling a fishnet or network - in which authority is determined by knowledge and function is a
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
Heterarchy
Kilobytes
Bottom-up
42. Which of the following is a computer language that is an application generator?
Fuzzy logic
Operations
Relatively slower speed of operation
FOCUS
43. 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?
Java
Transduction
Hospital information system
Automation
44. In general - the technology associated with reduced instruction set (RISC) computers is most appropriate for
Consultancies/service organizations
Ordinality
Scientific and workstation computing
Knowledge work system (KWS)
45. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system in which the internal parameters can be changed when necessary through feedback?
Heuristic
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
Store programs
With high levels of technical complexity
46. When all the elements in a system are in the same category - ______ is said to be at a minimum.
FOCUS
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
Scientific and workstation computing
Uncertainty
47. 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?
Traditional life cycle
Bandwidth
Vice president
Scientific and workstation computing
48. Which of the following concerns is addressed by front-end CASE (computer-assisted software engineering) tools?
Migration
Analysis
A top-down method
Dialog
49. Of the types of organizational change that are enabled by information technology - which tends to be the most common?
Ordinality
Asynchronous
Protocols
Automation
50. Of the following statements about the evolutionary planning method of strategic information systems design - which is FALSE?
Hospital information system
Heterarchy
Edit checks
A top-down method