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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






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






16. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






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






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






20. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






24. ______ code is the term for program instructions written in a high-level language before translation into machine language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The central liability-related ethical issue raised by new information technologies is generally considered to be






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






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






46. 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






47. 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?






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






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






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






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