TECH-Management information Systems Test-5

The theory of decision making which states that “an individual identifies goal, ranks all possible alternative actions by their contribution to these goals, and chooses the alternative that contributed most to those goals” is __________

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‘Organisational’ model
‘Garnage Can’ model
‘Political’ model
‘Rational’ model.

Compared with a manual system, the assets and records in a computer based information system tend to be ____________

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More concentrated at a single location.
Dispersed across many more locations
Concentrated to about the same extent
More concentrated at different locations but less valuable

Management-level systems _______________

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Monitor the elementary activities and transactions of the organization
Support knowledge and data workers in an organization
Support the monitoring, controlling, decision-making and administrative activities of middle management
Support long-range planning activities

An MIS implementation may not result in ____________

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Enhanced productivity
Better time management
Unanimous acceptance by employees
Better quality of work.

How many activities the general Decision Support System (DSS) Development process contains?

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4
7
3
9

Which of the following is not a factor contributing to Cognitive Limitations of individual decision maker?

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Humans can retain only a few bits of information in short – term memory
Decision makers having better eye sight tend to enhance information search
Decision makers display different types and degrees of intelligence
Decision makers that embrace closed belief system tend to inordinately restrict information search

Which of the following is not the DSS development Process?

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SDLC
ROMC
Functional analysis
JAD

Comparisons between enterprise data and internal standards industry averages or data on competitors is related to _______________

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Decision support
Monitoring information
Problem finding information
Action information

Integrated enterprise-wide information systems that coordinate key internal processes of the firm best describes _______________

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knowledge systems
Enterprise systems
Extranets
Intranets

One of the following, is not a reason for things going wrong in the development and successful implementation of an MIS. __________

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Lack of clear definition of mission and purpose
Disorganisation
Marketing and Advertising campaign.
No Management participation

Which of the following is not a parameter in the Framework that evaluates the success of a DSS implementation ?

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Industry growth
System performance
Task performance
Evolutionary Aspects.

One of these is not an information system that supports the major functions of an organization _______

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Sales & Marketing System
Manufacturing & Production System
Finance & Accounting System
Audio Visual System

Among the systems given below, one does not belong to the Knowledge Work and Office System (KWS) ___________

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Word Processing
Payroll
Document Image Processing
Power Point.

The primary difference between program testing and system testing is___________

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System testing focuses on testing the interfaces between programs, whereas program testing focuses on individual programs
Program testing is more comprehensive than system testing
System testing is concerned with testing all aspects of a system including job designs and reward system designs
Programmers have no involvement in system testing, whereas designers are involved in program testing

Low-volume data and analytical models are characteristics of which of the following Information System?

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Management Information System
Decision Support System
Executive Support System
Transaction Processing System

A system under the control of one or more decision makers, that assists in the activity of decision making by providing an organized set of tools intended to impose structure on portions of the decision-making situation and to improve the ultimate effectiveness of the decision outcome is:______________

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Numeric Control System
Decision Support System
Feedback Control system
Grievances Redressal System

In DSS, many type of tools help in building complex, systems. Some of the following come under complex system tools ___________

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(I), (II) and (III) above
(I), (II) and (IV) above
(II), (III) and (IV) above
II, III and V above

Electronic data interchange, E-mail, Extensible Markup language(XML) Fax and market size are the examples related to ____________

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Collaboration Hubs
Aggregator Hubs
Translator Hubs
Broker Hubs

The first question to ask in any evaluation of a Decision Support System (DSS) is ______________

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What data do you need to arrive at the solution?
How much does it cost?
How much training for users would be required?
What kind of problem do you expect this system to solve?

Which of the following is not a force acting upon a typical decision maker?

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Personal & Emotional Forces
Economic / Environmental Forces
Organizational Forces
Gravitational Forces

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