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1. |
The information of MIS comes from the |
A. | internal source |
B. | external source |
C. | both internal and external source |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. both internal and external source |
2. |
The back bone of any organization is |
A. | information |
B. | employee |
C. | management |
D. | capital |
Answer» B. employee |
3. |
AI is the short form of |
A. | artificial information |
B. | artificial intelligence |
C. | artificial integration |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. artificial intelligence |
4. |
The advantage(s) of transistors are they |
A. | are portable |
B. | are more reliable |
C. | consume less power |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
5. |
The flow of information through MIS is |
A. | need dependent |
B. | organization dependent |
C. | information dependent |
D. | management dependent |
Answer» A. need dependent |
6. |
The elements of control will consist of |
A. | authority, direction, management |
B. | authority, direction, information |
C. | authority, application, management |
D. | authority, application, information |
Answer» A. authority, direction, management |
7. |
Internal information for MIS may come from any one of the following department. |
A. | customers care department |
B. | hr department |
C. | marketing department |
D. | production department |
Answer» A. customers care department |
8. |
Audit gives details about ________ to Account Payable System |
A. | account balance |
B. | transaction |
C. | expenditure |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» A. account balance |
9. |
One byte is made of |
A. | four bits |
B. | eight bits |
C. | twelve bits |
D. | sixteen bits |
Answer» B. eight bits |
10. |
MIS normally found in a manufacturing organization will not be suitable in the ______. |
A. | service sector |
B. | banking sector |
C. | agriculture sector |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» A. service sector |
11. |
_______ details are given by Management to Marketing Service System. |
A. | customer |
B. | employee |
C. | supplier |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. supplier |
12. |
The basic component(s) of DSS is (are) |
A. | database |
B. | model base |
C. | dss software system |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
13. |
GDSS is the short form of |
A. | group decision support system |
B. | group discussion support system |
C. | group decision service system |
D. | group discussion support source |
Answer» A. group decision support system |
14. |
Decision trees could be represented in different ways such as |
A. | bottom to top |
B. | left to right |
C. | top to bottom |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
15. |
The types of data transmission modes are |
A. | half duplex. , duplex. , singlex |
B. | half duplex. , duplex. , simplex |
C. | half duplex. , duplex. , half singlex |
D. | singlex, duplex, half triplex |
Answer» B. half duplex. , duplex. , simplex |
16. |
Using ______________ a decision maker can make hypothetical changes to problem data and observe the impact on the results |
A. | simulation |
B. | what-if analysis |
C. | optimization |
D. | goal-seeking analysis |
Answer» B. what-if analysis |
17. |
______________ involves the investigation of new approaches to existing problems. |
A. | systems analysis |
B. | creative analysis |
C. | critical analysis |
D. | organizational analysis |
Answer» B. creative analysis |
18. |
Which of the following is NOT a goal of transaction processing systems? |
A. | capture, process, and store transactions |
B. | produce a variety of documents related to routine business activities |
C. | reduce manual effort associated with processing business transactions |
D. | produce standard reports used for management decision making |
Answer» D. produce standard reports used for management decision making |
19. |
______________ is factors that are essential to the success of certain functional areas of an organization. |
A. | mission-critical factors |
B. | critical success factors |
C. | performance objectives |
D. | strategic factors |
Answer» B. critical success factors |
20. |
In ______________ organization, authority is delegated down the hierarchy. |
A. | traditional |
B. | classical |
C. | operational |
D. | absolute |
Answer» B. classical |
21. |
The starting point of MIS planning is general ______________ planning. |
A. | objective. |
B. | managers. |
C. | business. |
D. | firms. |
Answer» C. business. |
22. |
BPR means ______________ |
A. | business product engineering. |
B. | business process engineering. |
C. | business product electronic. |
D. | business process electronic. |
Answer» B. business process engineering. |
23. |
______________ leader who commands both positional and personal influence. Team. |
A. | team. |
B. | project. |
C. | formal. |
D. | informal. |
Answer» C. formal. |
24. |
______________ is a prominent attribute of management information procured through MIS of an organization. |
A. | explicitness. |
B. | completeness. |
C. | accuracy. |
D. | exception based. |
Answer» A. explicitness. |
25. |
Critical information for top management is provided by ______________ information system. |
A. | expert. |
B. | executive. |
C. | decision. |
D. | managerial. |
Answer» B. executive. |
26. |
______________ sub system covers granting of credit and cost management |
A. | accounting. |
B. | purchase. |
C. | personnel. |
D. | sales. |
Answer» A. accounting. |
27. |
______________ type of testing ensures the system is free of errors and is ready to be placed into operation. |
A. | audit |
B. | general |
C. | technical |
D. | data |
Answer» A. audit |
28. |
processing is considered as the classical method of processing data. |
A. | batch. |
B. | group. |
C. | sequence. |
D. | real. |
Answer» A. batch. |
29. |
______________ type of processing, data is processed immediately after a transaction occurs. |
A. | batch. |
B. | parallel. |
C. | sequence. |
D. | real time. |
Answer» D. real time. |
30. |
______________ of information systems that support key business functions as well as cross functional business processes. |
A. | standards. |
B. | rules. |
C. | portfolio. |
D. | procedure. |
Answer» C. portfolio. |
31. |
In database handling ______________ reports used by software for data. |
A. | condition. |
B. | specific. |
C. | periodic. |
D. | demand. |
Answer» C. periodic. |
32. |
______________ steps ensure the success of the new systems |
A. | initial |
B. | implementation |
C. | testing |
D. | design |
Answer» B. implementation |
33. |
SCM stands for ______________ |
A. | supply chain method |
B. | supply collection management |
C. | supply chain management |
D. | search chain management |
Answer» C. supply chain management |
34. |
______________ means that information must reach the recipients within the prescribe timerframe. |
A. | duration. |
B. | period. |
C. | timeliness. |
D. | time. |
Answer» C. timeliness. |
35. |
Customer numbers and their names would be an example of the ______________ component of an order management information system. |
A. | software |
B. | hardware |
C. | data |
D. | procedure |
Answer» C. data |
36. |
What are the qualities of a good s/w ? |
A. | reusability |
B. | portability |
C. | inter operability |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
37. |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of good information? |
A. | interchangeability |
B. | relevance |
C. | cost effectiveness |
D. | timeliness |
Answer» A. interchangeability |
38. |
The value of information is directly linked to ______________ . |
A. | its accuracy and completeness |
B. | its verifiability |
C. | its simplicity and security |
D. | how it helps decision makers achieve organizational goals |
Answer» A. its accuracy and completeness |
39. |
______________ often referred to as "rules of thumb," are commonly accepted guidelines or procedures that usually lead to a good decision. |
A. | optimization models |
B. | satisficing models |
C. | heuristics |
D. | programmed decisions |
Answer» D. programmed decisions |
40. |
In among the firms executives, managers, and supervisors are comes under ______________ of workers. |
A. | knowledge. |
B. | leader. |
C. | informer. |
D. | higher level. |
Answer» A. knowledge. |
41. |
______________ is an awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or reach a decision |
A. | knowledge |
B. | data |
C. | feedback |
D. | a process |
Answer» A. knowledge |
42. |
Day's critical activities and is typically available at the beginning of each workday. |
A. | demand report |
B. | scheduled report |
C. | key-indicator report |
D. | exception report |
Answer» C. key-indicator report |
43. |
The translation of strategic and organizational goals into system development initiatives is called ______________. |
A. | systems development |
B. | information systems planning |
C. | project planning |
D. | project definition |
Answer» B. information systems planning |
44. |
Information systems that monitor the elementary activities and transactions of the organizations are ______________. |
A. | management-level systems. |
B. | operational-level systems. |
C. | knowledge-level systems. |
D. | strategic systems. |
Answer» A. management-level systems. |
45. |
______________ system is concerned with the way information is used for purpose of control and applies technologies. |
A. | feedback. |
B. | interview. |
C. | interaction. |
D. | conference. |
Answer» A. feedback. |
46. |
The information generated at regular intervals is a ______________ information. |
A. | depositing. |
B. | saving. |
C. | recurring. |
D. | collecting. |
Answer» C. recurring. |
47. |
In MIS ______________ plays economically sound and logically in development process. |
A. | information. |
B. | data. |
C. | statements. |
D. | data flow. |
Answer» D. data flow. |
48. |
The ______________ information system deals with the flow of information about people working in the organization |
A. | record. |
B. | transaction. |
C. | personnel. |
D. | blocked. |
Answer» C. personnel. |
49. |
In company side the outsourcing people also called ______________. |
A. | system integrators. |
B. | system analyst. |
C. | system evaluator. |
D. | system tester. |
Answer» A. system integrators. |
50. |
______________ will produce the periodic financial statements and reports of the business. |
A. | cash ledger |
B. | final account |
C. | trail balance |
D. | general ledger |
Answer» D. general ledger |
51. |
The major drawbacks in decision making by MIS is difficult due ______________ for business problems. |
A. | structure. |
B. | rules. |
C. | strategy. |
D. | conditions. |
Answer» B. rules. |
52. |
In which of the following functions of MIS reports are generated based on the enterprise's need'? |
A. | planning |
B. | prediction, |
C. | data processing |
D. | data storage |
Answer» A. planning |
53. |
The direct, computer-to-computer exchange of standardized, common business transaction documents between business partners, suppliers, and customers is ______________ |
A. | edi |
B. | es |
C. | eis |
D. | erp |
Answer» A. edi |
54. |
What software organizes, manages, and processes business data concerned with inventory, customers, and vendors? |
A. | customer- oriented software |
B. | data management software |
C. | storage area network network |
D. | grid computing software |
Answer» B. data management software |
55. |
______________ organizational structure employs individuals, groups, or complete business units in geographically dispersed areas who may never meet face to face in the same room. |
A. | traditional |
B. | virtual |
C. | multidimensional |
D. | matrix |
Answer» B. virtual |
56. |
The data processing activity that involves rekeying miskeyed or misscanned data is called ______________. |
A. | editing |
B. | data storage |
C. | data correction |
D. | data collection |
Answer» C. data correction |
57. |
______________ are individuals who help users determine what outputs they need from the system and construct the plans needed to develop the necessary programs that produce these outputs. |
A. | data entry operators |
B. | programmers |
C. | database administrators |
D. | systems analysts |
Answer» D. systems analysts |
58. |
In a company ______________ is the centre which consists of all processing activities. |
A. | data. |
B. | production. |
C. | information. |
D. | sales. |
Answer» A. data. |
59. |
In a firm the reports are generated under condition are called ______________ reports. |
A. | exception. |
B. | condition. |
C. | standard. |
D. | periodic. |
Answer» A. exception. |
60. |
A ______________ evaluation process reduces the possibility of buying inadequate hardware. |
A. | stable |
B. | formal |
C. | unstable |
D. | informal |
Answer» B. formal |
61. |
______________ is the period in days between the ordering and delivering of goods. |
A. | demand |
B. | duration |
C. | lead time |
D. | process |
Answer» C. lead time |
62. |
______________ configurations provide extremely a fast transmission between workstations contains only one link. |
A. | general. |
B. | star. |
C. | mesh. |
D. | ring. |
Answer» C. mesh. |
63. |
The first stage in the problem-solving process is called the ______________ stage. During this stage, potential problems or opportunities are identified and defined. |
A. | choice |
B. | design |
C. | monitoring |
D. | intelligence |
Answer» C. monitoring |
64. |
A ______________ is an abstraction or an approximation that is used to represent reality. |
A. | model |
B. | system parameter |
C. | system performance standard |
D. | system |
Answer» A. model |
65. |
Which of the following SDLCs listed below takes an iterative approach to the systems development process? |
A. | end user |
B. | rad |
C. | prototyping |
D. | traditional waterfall |
Answer» B. rad |
66. |
______________ models to analysis a problem and provides possible solution for management evaluation |
A. | decision. |
B. | standard. |
C. | structural. |
D. | periodic. |
Answer» A. decision. |
67. |
A deterministic system operate in a predictable ______________. |
A. | model. |
B. | style. |
C. | process. |
D. | manner. |
Answer» D. manner. |
68. |
______________ is the fact that are properly arranged, classified and organized. |
A. | data. |
B. | events. |
C. | statements. |
D. | information. |
Answer» D. information. |
69. |
The ______________ component plays a decision rule for the computer. |
A. | program. |
B. | statements. |
C. | input data. |
D. | conditions. |
Answer» A. program. |
70. |
______________ refers to the holism of the system in real time. |
A. | organization. |
B. | integration. |
C. | interaction. |
D. | central objective. |
Answer» B. integration. |
71. |
Prototype is a |
A. | working model of existing system |
B. | mini model of existing system |
C. | mini model of processed system |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. working model of existing system |
72. |
Deciding where to locate new production facilities is an example of a manufacturing and production information system operating at the: |
A. | operational level |
B. | management level |
C. | knowledge level |
D. | strategic level |
Answer» D. strategic level |
73. |
Enterprise systems support: |
A. | manufacturing processes. |
B. | financial and accounting processes. |
C. | human resource processes. |
D. | all of the above. |
Answer» D. all of the above. |
74. |
An application where only one user accesses the database at a given time is an example of a(n) |
A. | single-user database application |
B. | multiuser database application |
C. | e-commerce database application |
D. | data mining database application |
Answer» A. single-user database application |
75. |
In the spiral model risk analysis is performed |
A. | in the first loop |
B. | in the first and second loop |
C. | in every loop |
D. | before using spiral model |
Answer» C. in every loop |
76. |
Which phase is not available in software life cycle? |
A. | coding |
B. | testing |
C. | maintenance |
D. | abstraction |
Answer» D. abstraction |
77. |
The set of data available to the user, the so-called: |
A. | start-user data |
B. | end-user data |
C. | database |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. end-user data |
78. |
______________ is the information about data. |
A. | data |
B. | meta-data |
C. | entity |
D. | relations |
Answer» B. meta-data |
79. |
The first step in the systems development life cycle (SDLC) is: |
A. | analysis. |
B. | design. |
C. | problem/opportunity identification. |
D. | development and documentation. |
Answer» C. problem/opportunity identification. |
80. |
Waterfall model is not suitable for? |
A. | small projects |
B. | complex projects |
C. | accommodating change |
D. | none of above |
Answer» C. accommodating change |
81. |
The advantages of creating a prototype are. |
A. | it allows developers to experiment with number of different design options |
B. | it can serve as means of communication between developers and customers |
C. | both (a) and (b) |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. both (a) and (b) |
82. |
CASE Tool is |
A. | computer aided software engineering |
B. | component aided software engineering |
C. | constructive aided software engineering |
D. | computer analysis software engineering |
Answer» A. computer aided software engineering |
83. |
RAD stands for: |
A. | rotate application development |
B. | register application development |
C. | related application development |
D. | rapid application development |
Answer» D. rapid application development |
84. |
Which is the most popular database model: |
A. | network model |
B. | relational model |
C. | hierarchical model |
D. | object oriented |
Answer» B. relational model |
85. |
RAD Model was purposed by? |
A. | ibm |
B. | motorola |
C. | microsoft |
D. | lucent technologies |
Answer» A. ibm |
86. |
Preparing short-term budgets is an example of a finance and accounting Information system operating at the: |
A. | operational level |
B. | management level |
C. | knowledge level |
D. | strategic level |
Answer» D. strategic level |
87. |
Assembling a product, identifying customers and hiring employees are: |
A. | transactions |
B. | phases |
C. | business processes |
D. | business functions |
Answer» C. business processes |
88. |
______________ makes use of groupware technology on Internet platform for faster response Processing. |
A. | e-communication |
B. | e-business |
C. | e-commerce |
D. | e-collaboration |
Answer» C. e-commerce |
89. |
The component of a decision support system that provides decision makers access to a variety of models and assists them in decision making is called the ______________. |
A. | model base |
B. | model management software |
C. | database |
D. | dialogue manager |
Answer» C. database |
90. |
______________ is a form of transaction processing in which all transactions are collected into a group and processed together. |
A. | accumulation processing |
B. | batch processing |
C. | data collection |
D. | data collection |
Answer» B. batch processing |
91. |
______________ gives the computer the ability to make suggestions and act like an expert in a particular field. |
A. | decision support systems |
B. | virtual reality systems |
C. | management information systems |
D. | expert systems |
Answer» D. expert systems |
92. |
Decision varies as to the ______________ structure within each level of management. |
A. | degree. |
B. | data. |
C. | situation. |
D. | order. |
Answer» A. degree. |
93. |
The project team is composed of the system professional are directly responsible for ______________ the system |
A. | testing |
B. | building |
C. | deleting |
D. | innovating |
Answer» B. building |
94. |
BPR stands for ______________ |
A. | business process reengineering |
B. | business process reconstruction |
C. | business program reengineering |
D. | business problen report |
Answer» A. business process reengineering |
95. |
Materials into intermediate and finished products, and distributing the finished products to customers? |
A. | production chain |
B. | primary chain |
C. | supply chain |
D. | distribution chain |
Answer» C. supply chain |
96. |
Data mining cannot be done if ______________ |
A. | operational data has not been archived |
B. | earlier management decisions are not available |
C. | the organisation is large |
D. | all processing had been only batch processing |
Answer» A. operational data has not been archived |
97. |
Knowledge based system supports, ______________ |
A. | knowledge of creation. |
B. | knowledge of support. |
C. | knowledge of dissemination. |
D. | all of the above. |
Answer» D. all of the above. |
98. |
The accounting system is ______________ whereas the demand forecasting system is ______________. |
A. | deterministic, probabilistic |
B. | probabilistic, deterministic |
C. | open, close |
D. | close, open |
Answer» A. deterministic, probabilistic |
99. |
The Management information System receives input from the: |
A. | eis. |
B. | es. |
C. | dss. |
D. | tps |
Answer» D. tps |
100. |
Projections and responses to queries are Information output characteristics associated with: |
A. | dss |
B. | mis |
C. | ess |
D. | tps |
Answer» C. ess |
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