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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






3. The technical staff at an organization are most likely to be users of a(n)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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?






31. 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






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






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






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






35. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






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






38. 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?






39. Which of the following concerns is addressed by front-end CASE (computer-assisted software engineering) tools?






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






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






42. 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?






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






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






45. 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?






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






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






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 is not a management benefit associated with end-user development of information systems?






50. 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