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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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?






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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?






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 example of work-flow management?






41. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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?






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






49. 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?






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