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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






3. Certain kinds of expert systems use the property of inheritance to organize and classify knowledge when the knowledge base is composed of easily identifiable chunks or objects of interrelated characteristics. These systems are known specifically as






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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?






28. 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






29. 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?






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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?






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






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