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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






12. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The concentric circle on the surface area of a disk - on which data are stored as magnetized spots - is known as a






23. Of the following file organization methods - the only one that can be used on magnetic tape is






24. 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?






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






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

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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. _____ testing provides the final certification that a new system is ready to be used in a production setting.






29. Low-speed transmission of data that occurs on character at a time is described as






30. A transmission over a telecommunications network in which data can flow two ways - but in only one direction at a time - is described as






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






32. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






33. The predominant programming language for business was






34. 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






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






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






38. 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?






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Which of the following are included in an MIS audit?






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






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






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






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






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