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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






5. 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?






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






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






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






9. In general - the technology associated with reduced instruction set (RISC) computers is most appropriate for






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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?






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






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






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






25. 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?






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






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






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 types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?






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






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






32. 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.






33. The predominant programming language for business was






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


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






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






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






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






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






40. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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