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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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?






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






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






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






11. Which of the following storage media generally has the slowest access speed?






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






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






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. 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






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






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


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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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?






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






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






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






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






45. 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?






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






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






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






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






50. Which of the following are LEAST likely to be an input into a management information system (MIS)?