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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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 NOT a typical characteristic of hypertext and hypermedia applications?






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






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






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






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






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






9. In an individual MIS - the most commonly used analytical application is a






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. What is the term for the capacity of a communications channel as measured by the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that can be transmitted by that channel?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What is the term for a networking technology that parcels information into 8-byte cells - allowing data to be transmitted between computers or different vendors at any speed?






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






31. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Which of the following is offered the clearest protection under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986?

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41. 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?






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






43. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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