Practice Test: Question Set - 05
1. Actuarial accounting systems are associated with the _______ industry.
- (A) Insurance
- (B) Reliable
- (C) Consistent
- (D) Exhaustive
2. Data collection terminals gather data for use by the
- (A) Inventory
subsystem
- (B) Cost
subsystem
- (C) Production
subsystem
- (D) All
of the above
3. Which of the following statements in 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
4. Detailed project control answers the questions
- (A) When and how
much?
- (B) Who and why?
- (C) When and
where?
- (D) Who and
when?
5. A language for simulating models of business activity is:
- (A) SPSS
- (B) DL/1
- (C) GPSS
- (D) COBOL
6. _______ write computer programs that perform jobs specified by the user.
- (A) Programmer
- (B) Data entry
operator
- (C) System
Analyst
- (D) Computer
operator
7. Pictographs, called _______ help systems to be more user friendly.
- (A) People
- (B) Icons
- (C) Information system
- (D) On-line
8. As opposed to detailed transaction information, the management information system (MIS) responds to the need for
- (A) Electronic
data processing
- (B) Managerial
information
- (C) Accounting
application
- (D) Utility
billing information
9. Most of the flow of physical resources occurs on the
- (A) Top
management level
- (B) Middle
management level
- (C) Lower
management level
- (D) None of the
above
10. In an experiment in which a new drug was being tested on 1000 rats, which one of the following would a computer be least able to do?
- (A) Determine
the total amount of drug that had been given to all 1000 rats keep records of
weight changes of the 1000 rats
- (B) Keep records
of the dosages and the dates the drug was given to each rat
- (C) Keep records
of weight changes of the 1000 rates
- (D) Decide
whether the drug was safe enough for use on humans
11. Zani's framework of effective MIS argues that MIS can only be designed in a:
- (A) Top down
fashion
- (B) Coordinative
fashion
- (C) By
managerial participation
- (D) Bottom up
12. The physical system of the firm may be regarded as a flow of
- (A) Manpower,
machines, material, and money
- (B) Information
only
- (C) Manpower,
machines, material, money, and information
- (D) Manpower,
machines, material, money, and data
13. An information system that supplies information specifically to aid managers with decision-making responsibilities is called a
- (A) DBMS
- (B) MIS
- (C) DSS
- (D) DBA
14. EDP auditors can be used in the
- (A) Implementation
phase of MIS development
- (B) Planning
phase of MIS development
- (C) Analysis
and design phase of MIS development
- (D) All
of the above
15. PCM stands for _______
- (A) Plug-compatible
manufacturer
- (B) Personal
computer media
- (C) PC-manufacturer
- (D) PC-modem
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