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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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?






27. 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.






28. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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?






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






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