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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






3. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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?






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






19. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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?






32. 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.






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The concentric circle on the surface area of a disk - on which data are stored as magnetized spots - is known as a






44. 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?






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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