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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ testing provides the final certification that a new system is ready to be used in a production setting.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A transmission rate of _______ per second falls within the normal range for a local-area network.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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?






43. Which of the following styles of systems development is most often used for information systems at the enterprise level?






44. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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