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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






2. 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?






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






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






5. Which of the following is an element of the physical design of an information system?






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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?






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. The predominant programming language for business was






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






24. 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






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


26. 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?






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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?






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






45. 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?






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






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






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






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






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