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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






5. The number of ______ is NOT an example of software metrics.


6. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Which of the following is a characteristic of data warehouse data? They






14. In enterprise analysis - data elements are organized into groups that support related sets of organizational processes. These groups are known as






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. A form of organization resembling a fishnet or network - in which authority is determined by knowledge and function is a






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






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






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






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






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






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 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?






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Which of the following is a shared network service technology that packages data into bundles for transmission but does not use error correction routines?






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






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