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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems

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






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






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






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






5. 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?






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






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






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






9. 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?






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The predominant programming language for business was






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






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






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






28. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. In what type of processing can more than one instruction be processed at once - by breaking down a problem into smaller parts and processing them simultaneously?