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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






5. 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?






6. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. In its current form - the technology of electronic data interchange (EDI) is appropriate for transmitting all of the following EXCEPT






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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?






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






50. The predominant programming language for business was