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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems
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1. Which of the following systems exists at the strategic level of an organization?
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Kilobytes
Executive support system (ESS)
Reliability of many computers
2. Which of the following functions to connect dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one protocol to another?
Index server
Independence from GUI environment
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
Gateway
3. In a typical organization - tactical and operational planning of an MIS would be the responsibility of the
Normalization
Steering committee and MIS managers
Make use of existing phone lines
Hospital information system
4. Which of the following systems exists at the operational level of an organization?
Store programs
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Solicitations
Maintenance programmer
5. 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
Vice president
Systems study
Transduction
Make use of existing phone lines
6. Which of the following types of applications is generally most dependent on the graphical user interface (GUI) environment?
Desktop publishing
Make use of existing phone lines
Bandwidth
Source
7. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in
Make use of existing phone lines
Kilobytes
Contingency
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
8. Intelligent agent software is an appropriate tool for each of the following applications EXCEPT
Supercomputer
Electronic mail
Conducting data conferences
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
9. Routines performed to verify input data and correct errors prior to processing are known as
Track
Gateway
Data bus width
Edit checks
10. A form of organization resembling a fishnet or network - in which authority is determined by knowledge and function is a
Half duplex
Logical
Generally better suited for larger applications
Heterarchy
11. Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge work system (KWS)?
Decision support system (DSS)
Scientific and workstation computing
Uncertainty
Implementation
12. Of the following file organization methods - the only one that can be used on magnetic tape is
Error handling
Traditional life cycle
Sequential
Gateway
13. What is the term for a set of rules and procedures that govern transmissions between the components of a telecommunications network?
Formal planning
Protocols
Logical
COBOL
14. 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?
Electronic mail
Index server
Forward engineering
FOCUS
15. ______ code is the term for program instructions written in a high-level language before translation into machine language.
Gateway
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Source
16. In enterprise analysis - data elements are organized into groups that support related sets of organizational processes. These groups are known as
Heuristic
Tuple
Logical application groups
Bottom-up
17. Each of the following is a rule of thumb for handling graphics in desktop publishing application EXCEPT
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Managing documentation of knowledge
Object-oriented
18. Which of the following styles of systems development is most often used for information systems at the enterprise level?
Personal e-mail received from outside by the organization's system
Reliability of many computers
Normalization
Traditional life cycle
19. Which of the following are LEAST likely to be an input into a management information system (MIS)?
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
Simplified testing and documentation procedures
Design specifications
Linear
20. In an individual MIS - the most commonly-used technique for conducting operations research is ______ programming.
Linear
Ordinality
Semantic nets
Maintenance programmer
21. In an enterprise information system - which of the following is considered to be an input control?
Verification of control totals
Relatively slower speed of operation
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
Acceptance
22. In a relational database - a row or record is referred to as a(n)
Reasonableness check
Relatively slower speed of operation
Tuple
Defining business processes
23. Which of the computer hardware generations involved vacuum tube technology?
Executive support system (ESS)
Knowledge work system (KWS)
First
Bottom-up
24. A purpose of a file server in a network is to
Executive support system (ESS)
Generally better suited for larger applications
Relatively slower speed of operation
Store programs
25. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system in which the internal parameters can be changed when necessary through feedback?
Source
Traditional life cycle
Scientific and workstation computing
Heuristic
26. Which of the following types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?
Dialog
Ordinality
Consultancies/service organizations
Edit checks
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.
Knowledge work system (KWS)
Sequential
Bottom-up
First
28. 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?
Homogeneous data
Seek a generalized capability to learn
Formal planning
Information superhighway
29. Of the types of organizational change that are enabled by information technology - which tends to be the most common?
Migration
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Automation
Consultancies/service organizations
30. The main advantage of digital private branch exchanges over other local networking options is that they
Make use of existing phone lines
Seek a generalized capability to learn
Electronic mail
Analysis
31. The technical staff at an organization are most likely to be users of a(n)
Sequential
Knowledge work system (KWS)
Kilobytes
Asynchronous
32. The central liability-related ethical issue raised by new information technologies is generally considered to be
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
Asynchronous
Source
33. _____ tools is a project management technique that structures and sequences tasks - and budgets the time - money - and technical resources required to complete these tasks.
Seek a generalized capability to learn
Edit checks
Formal planning
FOCUS
34. Which of the following is an element of the physical design of an information system?
Analysis
Operations
Manual procedures
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
35. One of the core capabilities of a decision support system (DSS) is the logical and mathematical manipulation of data _____ a capability referred to as
System residence drive
Decision support system (DSS)
Heterarchy
Operations
36. In most organizations - the chief information officer is given a rank equivalent to
Decision support system (DSS)
Systems study
Vice president
Scientific and workstation computing
37. The concentric circle on the surface area of a disk - on which data are stored as magnetized spots - is known as a
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
Calculus
Track
Bandwidth
38. 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?
Conducting data conferences
Parallel
Contingency
Data conversion
39. 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?
Frame relay
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
Logical application groups
Reliability of many computers
40. In a typical telecommunications system - a message that has just passed through the front-end multiplexer will then pass through
A modem or modems
Fuzzy logic
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
Data conversion
41. Which of the following is a commercial digital information service that exists to provide business information?
Operations
Index server
Goals
Dialog
42. Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of hypertext and hypermedia applications?
Kilobytes
Independence from GUI environment
Known users who are dissatisfied with an application's performance
Hospital information system
43. A transmission rate of _______ per second falls within the normal range for a local-area network.
Linear
Scientific and workstation computing
Fuzzy logic
100 megabits
44. Which of the following are included in an MIS audit?
Semantic nets
Bottom-up
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
Normalization
45. Which of the following is a computer language that is an application generator?
Half duplex
Java
FOCUS
Object-oriented
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?
Spreadsheet
Bandwidth
FOCUS
Goals
47. Which of the following is most likely to rely on parallel processing?
Ordinality
Implementation
Data conversion
Supercomputer
48. Which of the following concerns is addressed by front-end CASE (computer-assisted software engineering) tools?
Protocols
Analysis
Tuple
System residence drive
49. Which of the following is an example of work-flow management?
Knowledge work system (KWS)
Vice president
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
Linear
50. In general - the technology associated with reduced instruction set (RISC) computers is most appropriate for
Desktop publishing
Scientific and workstation computing
Manual procedures
Bandwidth