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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






2. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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?






14. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. _____ testing provides the final certification that a new system is ready to be used in a production setting.






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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

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






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






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

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46. 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?






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






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






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






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