TECH-Management information Systems Test-6

Of the following, which one is not a physical component required for an organizational Information System?

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Software
Data
Personnel
Vehicle

Structured, programmable decisions _______________

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Can be pre-specified
Cannot be pre-specified
Are very complex
Are very simple

One of the drawbacks of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) approach to building Information System is ____________

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Provides important discipline to system development
Ensures that no important area has been overlooked
Too rigid for systems whose requirements change rapidly
It is based on a series of formal steps

One of the following is not a factor that determines the quality of information.

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Accuracy
Precision
Relevance
Security

A Marketing decision support system contains data related to price, promotion and access to external databases. Which system is related to the above example?

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Data analysis systems
File drawer systems
Analysis information systems
Accounting models

Which one from the following is a production variable?

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Asset turnover
Market share
Quality control
articipation.

The degree to which decision task is unclear to a decision maker is ____________

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Complexity
Accountability
Ability
Ambiguity

It may not be feasible to install a ________________

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Management information system across the whole organization all at once
Management information system across the whole organization part by part
Management information system across the whole organization department by department
Management information system across the whole organization function by function

Which of the following is not a Common Executive Information System Characteristic?

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It is useful for routine / repetitive operational process
Used directly by top-level executives
Tailored to individual executive users
Designed to be easy to operate and require little or no training to use

The close linkage and coordination of cross-functional and inter-enterprise business processes involved in buying, making, and moving a product best describes ______________

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Market chain management
Production chain management
Business chain management
Supply chain management

In which model of decision making, is an unstructured approach made to a problem with multiple methods and also using trial and error method to find a solution is called as ___________

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Bureaucratic model
Political model
Intuitive model
Organisational model

Which of the following is not likely a support provided by a Decision Support System?

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Identify the need for decisions.
Solve or assist in solving problems
Provide assistance in the form of advice, analysis or evaluation
Get major market share for the company’s products.

When designing a Decision Support System, the set of specifications that focuses on its capacity for the storage, record and production of knowledge useful to the problem context is _________

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Interface requirements
Stationary requirements
Functional requirements
Standard requirements.

Controls developed to ensure that the information being processed is complete and correct is ___________

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Output controls
Procedural controls
Input controls
Storage controls

Which of the following is used to monitor the progress of an MIS implementation?

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Reporting system
Mainframe system
Localized system
Globalized system

Which of the following statements about information systems personnel is false?

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Historically, information system personnel have been in short supply
Information systems personnel have lacked a well-developed system of ethics
Information systems personnel often perform tasks that are exceedingly complex
Information systems personnel have less power vested in them than personnel who work in manual systems

Which one of the following is least likely to be a method to determine executive information needs?

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By-product method
Trial and Error method
Key indicator method
Total study method

Which of the following is not an assumption about the role of computers in decision making?

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Computers are meant to support the manager in decision-making, not replace him.
Computers are the key constituents of an effective decision support system.
Computers help structure the problems and provide a systematized approach.
The key to effective problem-solving is having an interactive and enhanced dialogue between the user and the system.

The function of the Menus is ______________

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Comprised of sequences of keystrokes that could make up answers
To provide guidance to user about filling in slots
To give guidance to users about requests
Not to provide guidance to user about filling in slots

Designing the logical development of sequential and concurrent tasks and task activities, which generally require a network of the PERT diagram is an example of ___________

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Project planning
Project control
Project execution
Project evaluation

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