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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of hypertext and hypermedia applications?






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






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






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






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






21. 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?






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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?






41. Of the types of organizational change that are enabled by information technology - which tends to be the most common?






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






43. 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?






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






45. 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?






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






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






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






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






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