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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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1. Which of the following is a commercial digital information service that exists to provide business information?






2. 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?






3. 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






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






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






6. Which of the following is an example of the administrative message switching application of telecommunications technology?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The predominant programming language for business was






23. 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?






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






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






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






27. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






29. 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?






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. Which of the following are LEAST likely to be an input into a management information system (MIS)?






37. 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






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






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






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






41. _____ testing provides the final certification that a new system is ready to be used in a production setting.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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?