McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Business Administration (MBA) .
Chapters
| 51. |
Which of the following is not a technology driver for an information system? |
| A. | Enterprise applications |
| B. | Object technologies |
| C. | Knowledge asset management |
| D. | Collaborative technologies |
| Answer» C. Knowledge asset management | |
| 52. |
Which of the following is a deliverable of the system implementation phase in a formal system development process? |
| A. | Technical hardware and software solution for the business problem |
| B. | Business problem statement |
| C. | Statement of the system users’ business requirements |
| D. | Technical blueprint and specifications for a solution that fulfills the business requirements |
| Answer» A. Technical hardware and software solution for the business problem | |
| 53. |
The application of information to scan an organisation’s environment is: |
| A. | External communication. |
| B. | Information overload. |
| C. | Sensing. |
| D. | Internal communication. |
| Answer» C. Sensing. | |
| 54. |
When a bank uses information to launch a personalised credit card product this: |
| A. | Manages risks. |
| B. | Creates a new opportunity. |
| C. | Adds value. |
| D. | Reduces costs. |
| Answer» C. Adds value. | |
| 55. |
When a bank uses business performance management software to monitor its performance in differences regions this: |
| A. | Reduces costs. |
| B. | Manages risks. |
| C. | Adds value. |
| D. | Creates a new opportunity. |
| Answer» B. Manages risks. | |
| 56. |
When a bank offers web self-service for customers to answer their questions, the primary outcome is: |
| A. | Adds value. |
| B. | Manages risks. |
| C. | Reduces costs. |
| D. | Creates a new opportunity. |
| Answer» C. Reduces costs. | |
| 57. |
The general transformation cycle for information is: |
| A. | Information to data to knowledge. |
| B. | Knowledge to data to information. |
| C. | Data to knowledge to information. |
| D. | Data to information to knowledge. |
| Answer» D. Data to information to knowledge. | |
| 58. |
What type of system tracks inventory and related business processes across departments and companies? |
| A. | Strategic information systems |
| B. | Data processing systems |
| C. | Inventory management systems |
| D. | Supply chain management systems |
| Answer» D. Supply chain management systems | |
| 59. |
What type of system tracks and analyzes transactions made by customers? |
| A. | Decision support systems |
| B. | Tactical systems |
| C. | Customer relationship management systems |
| D. | Knowledge base systems |
| Answer» C. Customer relationship management systems | |
| 60. |
What type of system tracks and analyzes all of the activities in the sales process? |
| A. | Customer information systems |
| B. | Decision support systems |
| C. | Sales force automation systems |
| D. | Sales process management systems |
| Answer» C. Sales force automation systems | |
| 61. |
What terms is used to identify technology that is used to support many people working together on one project? |
| A. | E-collaboration |
| B. | I-technology |
| C. | Social networking |
| D. | Knowledge management |
| Answer» A. E-collaboration | |
| 62. |
What term is used to identify people coming together from various geographical Locations to complete some task? |
| A. | I-team |
| B. | Virtual team |
| C. | Online work group |
| D. | Distributed team |
| Answer» B. Virtual team | |
| 63. |
What type of Web site allows visitors to create and maintain information posted on its site? |
| A. | Open source site |
| B. | Wiki |
| C. | Knowledge construction sites |
| D. | FTP site |
| Answer» B. Wiki | |
| 64. |
Which person oversees an organization's entire information system? |
| A. | CTO |
| B. | CSO |
| C. | CIO |
| D. | CPO |
| Answer» C. CIO | |
| 65. |
Which type of system includes all technology systems and software across an organization? |
| A. | Knowledge based systems |
| B. | Strategic information systems |
| C. | Enterprise resource planning systems |
| D. | Management information systems |
| Answer» C. Enterprise resource planning systems | |
| 66. |
What is the term used to depict aged information systems that are technologically out-of-date? |
| A. | Outdated information systems |
| B. | Obsolete systems |
| C. | Archaic systems |
| D. | Legacy information systems |
| Answer» D. Legacy information systems | |
| 67. |
Which of the following ERP providers specialize in providing financial management, distribution, manufacturing, project accounting, human resource management, and business analytics to small-to-medium businesses? |
| A. | SAP |
| B. | Oracle/PeopleSoft |
| C. | SSA Global |
| D. | Microsoft |
| Answer» D. Microsoft | |
| 68. |
To do business process modeling the analyst needs business profile and. |
| A. | business constraints |
| B. | business rules |
| C. | business models |
| D. | business drivers |
| Answer» C. business models | |
| 69. |
The environment for the actual system operation is called the _______________ environment. |
| A. | operational |
| B. | test |
| C. | management |
| D. | analyst |
| Answer» A. operational | |
| 70. |
A successful information system requires training for |
| A. | users |
| B. | managers |
| C. | IT staff members |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 71. |
Operations Documentation Include |
| A. | Special forms required, including online forms |
| B. | Error and informational messages to operators and restart procedures |
| C. | Special instructions, such as security requirements |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 72. |
Written or other visual information about an application system, how it works, and how to use it best describes: |
| A. | System documentation |
| B. | Operations Documentation |
| C. | Message documentation |
| D. | User documentation |
| Answer» D. User documentation | |
| 73. |
____________ are numbers or letters assigned in a specific order. |
| A. | Category codes |
| B. | Alphabetic codes |
| C. | Block sequence codes |
| D. | Sequence codes |
| Answer» D. Sequence codes | |
| 74. |
Which of the following is not an external factor that will affect a project? |
| A. | Customers |
| B. | Existing Systems |
| C. | Economy |
| D. | Technology |
| Answer» B. Existing Systems | |
| 75. |
Which of the following is not a main reason for a system request? |
| A. | Improved service |
| B. | Support for new products and services |
| C. | Better performance |
| D. | Technology |
| Answer» D. Technology | |
| 76. |
Which of the following is not considered when analyst analyze risk |
| A. | Probability |
| B. | Financial impact of the risk. |
| C. | Risk nature |
| D. | Reliability |
| Answer» D. Reliability | |
| 77. |
Risk management can be defined as the art and science of _________ risk factors throughout the life cycle of a project. |
| A. | researching, reviewing, and acting on |
| B. | identifying, analyzing, and responding to |
| C. | reviewing, monitoring, and managing |
| D. | identifying, reviewing, and avoiding |
| Answer» A. researching, reviewing, and acting on | |
| 78. |
Risk Management includes all of the following processes except: |
| A. | Risk Monitoring and Control |
| B. | Risk Identification |
| C. | Risk Avoidance |
| D. | Risk Response Planning |
| Answer» C. Risk Avoidance | |
| 79. |
When should a risk be avoided? |
| A. | When the risk event has a low probability of occurrence and low impact |
| B. | When the risk event is unacceptable -- generally one with a very high probability of occurrence and high impact |
| C. | When it can be transferred by purchasing insurance |
| D. | A risk event can never be avoided |
| Answer» B. When the risk event is unacceptable -- generally one with a very high probability of occurrence and high impact | |
| 80. |
Risk mitigation involves all but which of the following: |
| A. | Developing system standards (policies, procedures, responsibility standards) |
| B. | Obtaining insurance against loss |
| C. | Identification of project risks |
| D. | Performing contingent planning |
| Answer» C. Identification of project risks | |
| 81. |
Suppose a project has many hazards that could easily injure one or more persons and there is no method of avoiding the potential for damages. The project manager should consider __________ as a means of deflecting the risk. |
| A. | abandoning the project |
| B. | buying insurance for personal bodily injury |
| C. | establishing a contingency fund |
| D. | establishing a management reserve |
| Answer» B. buying insurance for personal bodily injury | |
| 82. |
The ____________ design of an information system is a plan for the actual implementation of the system. |
| A. | physical |
| B. | logical |
| C. | vertical |
| D. | horizontal |
| Answer» A. physical | |
| 83. |
Report that trace the entry of and changes to critical data values are called _________ and are essential in every system |
| A. | Risk |
| B. | audit trails |
| C. | undo transactions |
| D. | ROI |
| Answer» A. Risk | |
| 84. |
The focus on defining the activities associated with the system is a __________ methodology. |
| A. | data centered |
| B. | life cycle |
| C. | object-oriented |
| D. | process centered |
| Answer» D. process centered | |
| 85. |
Computing systems can provide strategic information by |
| A. | Making decision analysis possible |
| B. | providing corporate models for long-range planning |
| C. | Causing managers to think |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 86. |
An econometric model requires |
| A. | A computer with large auxiliary storage capacity |
| B. | A data base of economic data |
| C. | A model base of quantitative analysis programs |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 87. |
Benefits from a computerised MIS include: |
| A. | higher returns on short-term investments |
| B. | less frequent and smaller short-term loans |
| C. | lower rates of interest |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 88. |
The manager, in using the systems approach, should subdivide the firm into subsystems based on |
| A. | functional areas-marketing, finance, and manufacturing |
| B. | management levels-strategic, tactical, and operational |
| C. | resource flows-manpower, money, machines, and material |
| D. | any of the above represent acceptable subsystem divisions. |
| Answer» D. any of the above represent acceptable subsystem divisions. | |
| 89. |
Functional information subsystems can be classified into |
| A. | communication process wherein information is recorded, stored, processed and retrieved for managerial decision-making |
| B. | communication process wherein data is recorded, stored, processed and retrieved for managerial decision-making |
| C. | communication process wherein data is converted into information |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» A. communication process wherein information is recorded, stored, processed and retrieved for managerial decision-making | |
| 90. |
Which of the following is correct for MIS:: |
| A. | communication process wherein information is recorded, stored, processed and retrieved for managerial decision-making |
| B. | communication process wherein data is recorded, stored, processed and retrieved for managerial decision-making |
| C. | communication process wherein data is converted into information |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. communication process wherein data is recorded, stored, processed and retrieved for managerial decision-making | |
| 91. |
The model base contains programs |
| A. | written by the firm's programmers |
| B. | provided by the computer vendor |
| C. | purchased from outside firms, such as software houses |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 92. |
Which of the following statements is correct? |
| A. | most analysts agree on the structure and organization of MIS |
| B. | operational planning reports are a primary informational tool for middle management. |
| C. | an MIS focuses on managing information generated with a computer system |
| D. | the cross reference of data items is an integral feature of the simple structure used in database organization. |
| Answer» C. an MIS focuses on managing information generated with a computer system | |
| 93. |
The selection of the solution technique to the implemented by a computing system should be made by |
| A. | an operations research expert |
| B. | a computer programmer |
| C. | system analysts |
| D. | a computing system user |
| Answer» C. system analysts | |
| 94. |
What among the following are the primary characteristics that information must process? i) Relevance ii) Availability iii) Timeliness iv) Accuracy |
| A. | Only i, ii, and iii |
| B. | Only ii, iii and iv |
| C. | Only i, iii and iv |
| D. | All i, ii, iii, and iv |
| Answer» A. Only i, ii, and iii | |
| 95. |
Which of the following models are developed on the principles of business management, accounting and econometrics? |
| A. | Behavioral model |
| B. | Management science models |
| C. | Operations research models |
| D. | Policy making models |
| Answer» B. Management science models | |
| 96. |
An .................is a set of processes and procedures that transform data into information and knowledge. |
| A. | information system |
| B. | Knowledge system |
| C. | Database system |
| D. | Computer system |
| Answer» A. information system | |
| 97. |
A system is called ..................... when the inputs, process and the outputs are known with certainty. |
| A. | Probablistics |
| B. | Deterministic |
| C. | Open |
| D. | Close |
| Answer» B. Deterministic | |
| 98. |
Which of the following steps is/are the implementation plans involved in MIS?
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| A. | i, ii and iii only |
| B. | i, ii, iii and iv only |
| C. | i, ii, iv and v only |
| D. | All i, ii, iii, iv and v |
| Answer» D. All i, ii, iii, iv and v | |
| 99. |
Which of the following is included in the Office automation systems? i) Word processing ii) Electronic mail iii) Voice mail iv) Electronic calendaring v) Audio conferencing |
| A. | i, ii, iii and v only |
| B. | i, ii, iii and iv only |
| C. | i, ii, iv and v only |
| D. | All i, ii, iii, iv and v |
| Answer» D. All i, ii, iii, iv and v | |
| 100. |
In a typical ................ network, application processing is shared between clients and one more servers. |
| A. | client server computing |
| B. | cloud computing |
| C. | mobile computing |
| D. | data computing |
| Answer» A. client server computing | |
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