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CLEP MIS: Management Information Systems
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1. Which of the following statements about database management systems is generally FALSE? They
Index server
Electronic bulletin board
Spreadsheet
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
2. In enterprise analysis - data elements are organized into groups that support related sets of organizational processes. These groups are known as
30-50
Independence from GUI environment
Logical application groups
Executive support system (ESS)
3. Each of the following is a rule of thumb for handling graphics in desktop publishing application EXCEPT
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
Acceptance
Analysis
Using serif typefaces in graph labels
4. In a relational database - a row or record is referred to as a(n)
Transduction
Electronic mail
Managing documentation of knowledge
Tuple
5. 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?
OSI
Reasonableness check
Ordinality
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
6. 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?
Hospital information system
Steering committee and MIS managers
Data bus width
Design specifications
7. The main advantage of digital private branch exchanges over other local networking options is that they
Make use of existing phone lines
Defining business processes
Executive support system (ESS)
Goals
8. A transmission rate of _______ per second falls within the normal range for a local-area network.
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
100 megabits
Logical
Information superhighway
9. In general - the technology associated with reduced instruction set (RISC) computers is most appropriate for
Bandwidth
Scientific and workstation computing
Desktop publishing
Java
10. In an individual MIS - the most commonly used analytical application is a
Solicitations
Hospital information system
Independence from GUI environment
Spreadsheet
11. Which of the following is most likely to rely on parallel processing?
FOCUS
Contingency
Supercomputer
With high levels of technical complexity
12. Representations of human knowledge used in expert systems generally include each of the following EXCEPT
Magnetic disk
OSI
Parallel
Fuzzy logic
13. The central liability-related ethical issue raised by new information technologies is generally considered to be
Generally better suited for larger applications
Conducting data conferences
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
Systems study
14. Which of the following are LEAST likely to be an input into a management information system (MIS)?
Store programs
Kilobytes
Bandwidth
Design specifications
15. Which of the following functions to connect dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one protocol to another?
Consultancies/service organizations
Vice president
Gateway
100 megabits
16. What is the term for the ability to move software from one generation of hardware to another more powerful generation?
Index server
Migration
Parallel
Data models
17. The number of ______ is NOT an example of software metrics.
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18. In the history of artificial intelligence - the effort to build a physical analog to the human brain has been referred to as the _____ approach.
Bottom-up
Conducting data conferences
Data bus width
Verification of control totals
19. The technical staff at an organization are most likely to be users of a(n)
Knowledge work system (KWS)
Transduction
Frame relay
Data conversion
20. In its current form - the technology of electronic data interchange (EDI) is appropriate for transmitting all of the following EXCEPT
Design specifications
Solicitations
Data models
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
21. What is the term for a set of rules that govern the manipulation of characters in a system?
System residence drive
Calculus
Vice president
Generally better suited for larger applications
22. 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?
Parallel
Java
Semantic nets
With high levels of technical complexity
23. Low-speed transmission of data that occurs on character at a time is described as
Data bus width
Asynchronous
Personal e-mail received from outside by the organization's system
Whether individuals and organizations that create - produce - and sell systems are morally responsible for the consequences of their use
24. In imaging systems - what is the term for the device that allows a user to identify and retrieve a specific document?
Protocols
Independence from GUI environment
Index server
Decision support system (DSS)
25. 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
Solicitations
Personal e-mail received from outside by the organization's system
Semantic nets
Data conversion
26. Which of the following is a computer language that is an application generator?
Traditional life cycle
Data models
Semantic nets
FOCUS
27. In a typical telecommunications system - a message that has just passed through the front-end multiplexer will then pass through
Ordinality
Manual procedures
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
A modem or modems
28. Which of the following is NOT an example of an output control associated with information systems?
Uncertainty
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Calculus
Error handling
29. Which of the following is an example of the administrative message switching application of telecommunications technology?
Parallel
Spreadsheet
Transduction
Electronic mail
30. One of the core capabilities of a decision support system (DSS) is the logical and mathematical manipulation of data _____ a capability referred to as
Formal planning
With high levels of technical complexity
Operations
Solicitations
31. Approximately what percentage of an organization's software development budget will be expended on testing?
Java
30-50
Semantic nets
Personal e-mail received from outside by the organization's system
32. A purpose of a file server in a network is to
Information superhighway
Kilobytes
Scientific and workstation computing
Store programs
33. Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of hypertext and hypermedia applications?
Independence from GUI environment
Normalization
Generally better suited for larger applications
Sequential
34. Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge work system (KWS)?
Semantic nets
Decision support system (DSS)
Source
Homogeneous data
35. What is the term for the secondary storage device on which a complete operating system is stored?
Traditional life cycle
Store programs
System residence drive
Heuristic
36. What is the term for the methodical simplification of a logical data model?
Sequential
Track
Normalization
Information superhighway
37. Which of the following types of organizations is LEAST likely to make use of a hierarchical database?
With high levels of technical complexity
Parallel
Consultancies/service organizations
Hospital information system
38. A form of organization resembling a fishnet or network - in which authority is determined by knowledge and function is a
Generally better suited for larger applications
Loan officers at a bank enter application information into a central system so that the application can be evaluated by many people at once.
Heterarchy
Magnetic disk
39. Which of the following is a characteristic of data warehouse data? They
Include enterprise-wide data - collected from legacy systems
Maintenance programmer
Asynchronous
Forward engineering
40. The functions of knowledge workers in an organization generally include each of the following EXCEPT
Store programs
Managing documentation of knowledge
Steering committee and MIS managers
Edit checks
41. The primary memory of most microcomputers is measured in
Kilobytes
Implementation
Automation
Uncertainty
42. Which of the following is a commercial digital information service that exists to provide business information?
Scientific and workstation computing
Dialog
Migration
Error handling
43. 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.
Implementation
FOCUS
Index server
Goals
44. Which of the following is NOT typically an example of the inquiry/response type of telecommunications application?
Store programs
Maintenance programmer
Hospital information system
System residence drive
45. Which of the following are included in an MIS audit?
OSI
Index server
Forward engineering
Physical facilities - telecommunications - control systems - and manual procedures
46. In workgroup information systems - the simplest type of group conferencing is referred to as a(n)
Involve slight increases in program development and maintenance costs
Electronic bulletin board
Verification of control totals
Traditional life cycle
47. 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.
Contingency
Migration
Solicitations
Logical application groups
48. Which of the following is an advantage associated with the LAN model of multi-user systems?
Reliability of many computers
Systems study
Sequential
Source
49. Which of the following is a logical design element of an information system?
Data models
Token
Reasonableness check
Fuzzy logic
50. The most time-consuming element of system conversion plans is
Logical application groups
Data conversion
Vice president
Normalization