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Management Information Systems Computer Test - Set 02

Management Information Systems Computer Test - Set 02

Practice Test: Question Set - 02

1. An example of a global allocation problem is
    (A) Defining plant capacities
    (B) Scheduling an entire development project
    (C) Setting general inventory guidelines
    (D) All of the above
2. A _______ is a formalized computer information system that can integrate data from various sources to provide the information necessary for management decision making.
    (A) Prompt
    (B) Passwords
    (C) MIS
    (D) Tactical
3. 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
4. Changing oil in an automobile is an example of
    (A) Preventative maintenance
    (B) Scheduled maintenance
    (C) Both (a) and (b)
    (D) Neither (a) nor (b)
5. Which of the following statements is the most accurate?
    (A) The degree to which information needs to be summarized increases as one moves up through the management levels
    (B) Low-level managers made unstructured decisions
    (C) Upper managers make unstructured decisions
    (D) Middle managers make unstructured decisions
6. An MIS provides
    (A) Past information
    (B) Present information
    (C) Future information
    (D) All of the above
7. A skills search requires that the employee file be accessible by
    (A) Employee position
    (B) Applicant file
    (C) Employee skill category
    (D) Employee name
8. In the Financial Decision-Making System which of the following is not a transaction processing system input:
    (A) Cash receipts
    (B) Cash returns
    (C) Cash issues
    (D) Warehouse requisition slip
9. Anthony suggested that the area of management planning and control be segmented into:
    (A) Operational control
    (B) Strategic planning
    (C) Management control
    (D) All of the above
10. Ultimately, internal constraints can be traced to limits on
    (A) Manpower
    (B) Money
    (C) Machines
    (D) Material
11. Difficult of MIS implementation is affected by
    (A) Employee attitude
    (B) The firm's objectives
    (C) The firm's existing MIS
    (D) All of the above
12. Management is linked to the information processor by
    (A) Decisions
    (B) Data
    (C) Both (a) and (b)
    (D) Neither (a) nor (b)
13. Which of the following is not usually characteristic of upper management decisions?
    (A) Decisions require judgment
    (B) Decisions are structured
    (C) Decisions are long range
    (D) Decisions are unpredictable
14. The type of information most restricted by a poor interface between generalized data base management systems and special computing system languages is
    (A) Supervisory
    (B) Planning
    (C) Priority setting
    (D) Limitation
15. In data transmission, the bit coding scheme used to represent a byte is typically:
    (A) EBCDIC
    (B) ASCII
    (C) SNA
    (D) Hexadecimal
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