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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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1. 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?






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






3. 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?






4. 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?






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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?






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






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






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






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


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






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






43. 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






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






45. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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?