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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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


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






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






8. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. During the process of enterprise analysis - the results of a large managerial survey are broken down into each of the following EXCEPT






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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?






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






36. 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?






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






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






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






40. Which of the following concerns is addressed by front-end CASE (computer-assisted software engineering) tools?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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?






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