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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 are LEAST likely to be an input into a management information system (MIS)?






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






15. Which of the following types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?






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






17. 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?






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






19. Which of the following terms is used to describe a system in which the internal parameters can be changed when necessary through feedback?






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






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






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






23. 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?






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






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






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






27. 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?






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






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






30. 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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The number of ______ is NOT an example of software metrics.


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






45. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






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






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