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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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?






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge work system (KWS)?






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






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






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






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






32. 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?






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. In workgroup information systems - the simplest type of group conferencing is referred to as a(n)






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






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






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






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






43. 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?






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






45. 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?






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






47. 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?






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






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






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