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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






5. Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with the use of relational databases?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Which of the following types of applications is generally most dependent on the graphical user interface (GUI) environment?






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






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






18. What is the term for a set of rules that govern the manipulation of characters in a system?






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






20. 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?






21. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






27. The predefined packet of data in some LANs - which includes data indicating the sender - receiver - and whether the packet is in use - is known as a






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. In a relational database - a row or record is referred to as a(n)






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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?






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






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