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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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?






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






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






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






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






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

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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.






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






15. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






18. 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?






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






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






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






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






23. Of the following statements about the evolutionary planning method of strategic information systems design - which is FALSE?






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






25. Which of the following is an element of the physical design of an information system?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. What is the term for a set of rules that govern the manipulation of characters in a system?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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