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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






4. A form of organization resembling a fishnet or network - in which authority is determined by knowledge and function is a






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






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






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






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






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






10. Which of the following statements about the prototyping approach to systems development is FALSE?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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

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






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






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






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






33. 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?






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






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






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






37. Of the following statements about the evolutionary planning method of strategic information systems design - which is FALSE?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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?






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






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