Practice Test: Question Set - 24
1. A _______ is a program that serves as an interface between application program and a set of coordinated and integrated files called a database.
- (A) DDS
- (B) DBMS
- (C) MIS
- (D) Control
2. Econometric models include techniques from
- (A) Economics
- (B) Statistics
- (C) Mathematics
- (D) All
of the above
3. Order-filling activity in the physical system is triggered by the
- (A) Manufacturing
information system
- (B) Order
entry subsystem
- (C) Billing
subsystem
- (D) Accounts
receivable subsystem
4. Which of the following is/are true of system analysts?
- (A) Their
responsibility is to analyze and design system software
- (B) They
may be looked upon as an intermediary between users and programmers
- (C) They
are heavily involved with the system-development life cycle
- (D) Both (a) and
(c)
5. Which of the following is(are) true concerning information-system careers?
- (A) The
primary reason for this increase is the declining cost of hardware
- (B) The
number of information-system specialists recruited is expected to be greater
than any other profession in the 1990s
- (C) An
information-system career is one of the few areas that is recession-proof
- (D) Both (a) and
(b)
6. The ________ is a business-oriented data-processing association which publishes a monthly journal, Data Management.
- (A) DPMA
- (B) CDP
- (C) CISA
- (D) ACM
7. _________ is the ratio of correct information to the total amount of information produced over a period.
- (A) Accuracy
- (B) Concise
- (C) Simulation
- (D) Decision
8. The manager attempts to slow down the flow of
- (A) Machines
- (B) Material
- (C) Money
- (D) All
of the above
9. One of the three most common types of payment systems is the
- (A) Pinion
fund transaction system
- (B) Travel
expense reimbursement system
- (C) Accounts
payable system
- (D) All
of the above
10. The major function of the language system is:
- (A) To
perform various processing tasks
- (B) To
provide artificial-intelligence capabilities to the DSS
- (C) To provide
data to the DSS
- (D) To
enable the users to interact with the DSS
11. Data has to be _______ before it can be converted into information.
- (A) Transformed
- (B) Processed
- (C) Changed
- (D) Engineered
12. The use of computers in data processing has had several impacts on business. Which of the following is not one of them?
- (A) Easier
business growth
- (B) Fewer
clerical workers
- (C) Increased
data-processing costs
- (D) More
and better information
13. The executive vice-president usually has responsibility for the
- (A) Physical
system of the firm
- (B) Conceptual
information system of the firm
- (C) Vice-president
of finance
- (D) All of the
above
14. Slack is the calculated time span within which the event must occur:
- (A) True
- (B) False
- (C) Both (a) and
(b)
- (D) None of the
above
15. ________ decisions are those decisions for which policy standards or guidelines are already established.
- (A) Programmable
- (B) Control
- (C) Predictive
reports
- (D) Relevant
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