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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 following systems exists at the strategic level of an organization?
Fuzzy logic
Steering committee and MIS managers
Executive support system (ESS)
Maintenance programmer
2. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in
Kilobytes
FOCUS
Solicitations
Traditional life cycle
3. 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.
Implementation
Data bus width
A top-down method
Personal e-mail received from outside by the organization's system
4. A purpose of a file server in a network is to
Store programs
Transduction
30-50
Acceptance
5. The technical staff at an organization are most likely to be users of a(n)
FOCUS
Knowledge work system (KWS)
Design specifications
Ordinality
6. Intelligent agent software is an appropriate tool for each of the following applications EXCEPT
Conducting data conferences
Knowledge work system (KWS)
Implementation
Protocols
7. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an enterprise MIS?
Homogeneous data
Gateway
Implementation
Asynchronous
8. Which of the following statements about database management systems is generally FALSE? They
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
Reasonableness check
System residence drive
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
9. In a relational database - a row or record is referred to as a(n)
Logical
Desktop publishing
Vice president
Tuple
10. The central liability-related ethical issue raised by new information technologies is generally considered to be
Transduction
Semantic nets
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
Track
11. When all the elements in a system are in the same category - ______ is said to be at a minimum.
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
Normalization
Verification of control totals
Uncertainty
12. Representations of human knowledge used in expert systems generally include each of the following EXCEPT
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
Fuzzy logic
Gateway
Semantic nets
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.
Automation
Electronic mail
Formal planning
Data bus width
14. In imaging systems - what is the term for the device that allows a user to identify and retrieve a specific document?
Index server
Scientific and workstation computing
Edit checks
Bandwidth
15. Which of the following is an example of the administrative message switching application of telecommunications technology?
First
OSI
Electronic mail
Migration
16. In a typical telecommunications system - a message that has just passed through the front-end multiplexer will then pass through
COBOL
Object-oriented
Conducting data conferences
A modem or modems
17. 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
Reliability of many computers
Manual procedures
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
18. The predominant programming language for business was
Seek a generalized capability to learn
COBOL
Error handling
Heuristic
19. In a typical organization - tactical and operational planning of an MIS would be the responsibility of the
Bottom-up
Uncertainty
Logical application groups
Steering committee and MIS managers
20. The number of ______ is NOT an example of software metrics.
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21. Which of the following is a characteristic of data warehouse data? They
Error handling
Heuristic
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
100 megabits
22. What is the term for a set of rules and procedures that govern transmissions between the components of a telecommunications network?
Implementation
Electronic mail
Bottom-up
Protocols
23. In the history of artificial intelligence - the effort to build a physical analog to the human brain has been referred to as the _____ approach.
With high levels of technical complexity
Half duplex
Gateway
Bottom-up
24. Which of the following types of applications is generally most dependent on the graphical user interface (GUI) environment?
Fuzzy logic
Desktop publishing
Dialog
Information superhighway
25. In an enterprise information system - which of the following is considered to be an input control?
Token
Goals
Verification of control totals
Logical application groups
26. What is the term for the methodical simplification of a logical data model?
Data conversion
Systems study
OSI
Normalization
27. Which of the following functions to connect dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one protocol to another?
Store programs
Gateway
Migration
Executive support system (ESS)
28. Which of the following is most likely to rely on parallel processing?
Bandwidth
Supercomputer
100 megabits
Transduction
29. In the traditional systems life cycle model - which of the following states occurs EARLIEST?
Systems study
Electronic mail
Token
Generally better suited for larger applications
30. Which of the following is not a management benefit associated with end-user development of information systems?
Executive support system (ESS)
Electronic bulletin board
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
31. One of the core capabilities of a decision support system (DSS) is the logical and mathematical manipulation of data _____ a capability referred to as
Operations
Independence from GUI environment
Verification of control totals
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
32. ______ code is the term for program instructions written in a high-level language before translation into machine language.
FOCUS
Source
Java
Make use of existing phone lines
33. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system's order of complexity?
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Ordinality
Solicitations
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
34. Which of the following is NOT an example of an output control associated with information systems?
COBOL
Operations
Error handling
Desktop publishing
35. 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
Index server
Fuzzy logic
Magnetic disk
36. Which of the following statements about the prototyping approach to systems development is FALSE?
Normalization
Generally better suited for larger applications
Supercomputer
Forward engineering
37. Which of the following types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?
Sequential
Consultancies/service organizations
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Heterarchy
38. The main difference between neural networks and expert systems is that neural networks
Homogeneous data
Seek a generalized capability to learn
FOCUS
Uncertainty
39. Which of the following is offered the clearest protection under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986?
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40. Which of the following styles of systems development is most often used for information systems at the enterprise level?
Solicitations
OSI
Sequential
Traditional life cycle
41. Which of the following is NOT typically an example of the inquiry/response type of telecommunications application?
Hospital information system
Goals
Scientific and workstation computing
Dialog
42. Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge work system (KWS)?
Decision support system (DSS)
Heuristic
Ordinality
Consultancies/service organizations
43. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system in which the internal parameters can be changed when necessary through feedback?
With high levels of technical complexity
Implementation
Bottom-up
Heuristic
44. 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?
Tuple
Generally better suited for larger applications
System residence drive
Parallel
45. Which of the following is an example of work-flow management?
Electronic bulletin board
Scientific and workstation computing
Independence from GUI environment
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
46. _____ testing provides the final certification that a new system is ready to be used in a production setting.
Acceptance
Relatively slower speed of operation
Manual procedures
Traditional life cycle
47. What is the term for the secondary storage device on which a complete operating system is stored?
Sequential
Electronic bulletin board
System residence drive
Conducting data conferences
48. A transmission rate of _______ per second falls within the normal range for a local-area network.
Normalization
Data conversion
100 megabits
Heterarchy
49. The functions of knowledge workers in an organization generally include each of the following EXCEPT
Manual procedures
Token
Supercomputer
Managing documentation of knowledge
50. Routines performed to verify input data and correct errors prior to processing are known as
Edit checks
Reasonableness check
Heuristic
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.