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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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1. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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?






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






46. 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






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


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






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






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