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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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

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






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






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






5. Which of the following is not a management benefit associated with end-user development of information systems?






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






7. In an individual MIS - the most commonly used analytical application is a






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






9. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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