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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. In a typical organization - tactical and operational planning of an MIS would be the responsibility of the






8. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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


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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






31. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






35. 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?






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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