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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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1. Which of the computer hardware generations involved vacuum tube technology?






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. In enterprise analysis - data elements are organized into groups that support related sets of organizational processes. These groups are known as






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. In systems theory - there is a what-if method of treating uncertainty that explores the effect on the alternatives of environmental change. This method is generally referred to as _____ analysis.






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






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






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






45. 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?






46. 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






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






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






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






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







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