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MIS: Management Information Systems

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes the strategies - policies - methods and rules for using the CBIS; procedures for operations - maintenance - security






2. Productivity= (Output/Input) * 100 OI - Return on Investment (ROI) - Earnings growth - Market Share - Customer Awareness and satisfaction - Total Cost of Ownership






3. A subset of a data warehouse






4. The extent to which technology permeates an area or department






5. The electronic transmission of signals for communications which enables organizations to carry out their processes and tasks






6. The technical detail about each component (how fast is the printer)






7. A continuous process involving the legal and ethical collection of information about competitors - its analysis - and controlled dissemination of information to decision makers






8. A set of interrelated components that collect - manipulate - store - and disseminate data and information and provide feedback to meet an objective (THIS PROCESS COULD BE MANUAL OR COMPUTERIZED)






9. Permanent storage location for a set of instructions the computer uses.






10. A formal collection of people and other resources established to accomplish a set of goals






11. Field value is not necessarily unique - field value is required






12. One thousand bytes






13. Helps the computer carry out it s basic operating tasks.






14. What are the two most important components of personal computer hardware?






15. The technology that provides high-speed connections between data-storage devices and computers over a network






16. Selecting: data manipulation that eliminates rows according to certain criteria - Projecting: data manipulation that eliminates columns in a table - Joining: data manipulation that combines two or more tables






17. Raw facts






18. Hand-held - Portable (Laptop - Notebook - Tablet) - Thin Client - Desktop - Workstation - Servers - Mainframes - Supercomputers






19. Computer equipment used to perform input - processing - and output activities






20. Major understandings and assumptions of a business or other organization






21. Field value must be unique - field value is required






22. Helps the user carry out a variety of tasks.






23. One billion bytes






24. Laser - Ink-jet - Dot Matrix






25. How organizations plan for - implement - and handle change






26. A significant and (ideally) long-term benefit to a company over its competition






27. A series of activities that includes inbound logistics - warehouse & storage - production - finished product storage - outboun logistics - marketing & sales - and customer service






28. Description of each entity; set of related field values (equals row in a database)






29. The role of the database administrator (DBA) is to plan - design - create - operate - secure - monitor - and maintain databases






30. Used to evaluate the contributions (value & cost) of the IS






31. Personal Productivity Applications - Workgroup Applications - Enterprise Applications






32. A group of programs that manipulate the database and provide an interface between the database and its users and other application programs.






33. Database - files - records - fields - character






34. Eight bits is a byte. Each byte represents a unique character.






35. Investigation - Analysis - Design - Implementation - Maintenance & review IADIM






36. The most important element in most CBIS; includes those who manage - run - program - and maintain the system






37. Alignment - Indentations: Left - Double - First - or hanging indent - Tabs - Line Spacing






38. An integrated circuit or chip on the main circuit board inside the computer. It is made up of: Arithmetic/logic unit (ALU) - Control unit - Its speed is determined by: Clock Speed/Machine cycle - Word size or Wordlength






39. A device that accepts input - Processes data - Stores data - Produces output






40. The instructions and data that direct the computer to accomplish the task. It can refer to a single program or a package






41. Software that allows users to explore data from a number of different perspectives. Top-down approach.






42. One million bytes






43. Size - Cost - Number of Users - Performance - Integration - Vendor






44. The steps an organization takes to protect information sought by 'hostile' intelligence gatherers






45. Margins - paper size - paper orientation - vertical alignment






46. Cost reduction and productivity - competitive advantage - and performance based management

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47. Describes the entity; an attribute or characteristic of the entity (equals column)






48. Input devices - Output devices - Processing hardware - Storage devices






49. The activity of creating new business systems or modifying existing business systems using internal or external resources






50. Screen Size - Resolution - Dot Pitch