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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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1. 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.






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






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






4. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






7. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






13. _____ tools is a project management technique that structures and sequences tasks - and budgets the time - money - and technical resources required to complete these tasks.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


21. Which of the following statements about database management systems is generally FALSE? They






22. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What is the term for the methodical simplification of a logical data model?






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






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






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






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






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