Practice Test: Question Set - 08
1. Computing systems designed to supply supervisory information include.
- (A) Invoicing
systems
- (B) Payroll
systems
- (C) Process
control systems
- (D) All
of the above
2. EDP auditing has become popular since
- (A) 1980
- (B) 1950
- (C) 1970
- (D) 1975
3. Marketing planning is concerned with
- (A) Planning the
amount and placement of newspaper ads
- (B) Planning
consignment sales contracts to be offered
- (C) Planning
sales force size and deployment
- (D) All of the
above
4. A class 2 materials transaction (movement from one production department to another) does not require updating of the
- (A) Cost center
file
- (B) Inventory
file
- (C) Work order
file
- (D) All of the
above
5. The most structured marketing problems are likely to be those dealing with
- (A) Product
- (B) Promotion
- (C) Place
- (D) Price
6. Which is the correct for MIS:
- (A) Communication
process wherein information is recorded, stored, processed and retrieved for
managerial decision-making
- (B) Communication
process wherein data is recorded, stored, processed and retrieved for
managerial decision-making
- (C) Communication
process wherein data is converted into information
- (D) All of the
above
7. The parts of a system may be analyzed in the sequence
- (A) Outputs,
objective, management, information processor, input, transformation
- (B) Objectives,
outputs, management, information processor, input, transformation
- (C) Objectives,
outputs, information processor, management, input transformation
- (D) Outputs,
inputs, objectives, management, information processor, transformation
8. Information is _______ when it is useful in making a decision.
- (A) Relevant
- (B) Management
by exception
- (C) Predictive
reports
- (D) Control
9. The model base contains programs
- (A) Written
by the firm's programmers
- (B) Provided
by the computer vendor
- (C) Purchased
from outside firms, such as software houses
- (D) All
of the above
10. The marketing mix does not include
- (A) Place
- (B) Product
- (C) Persuasion
- (D) Promotion
11. Which of the following is not one of the qualitative characteristics that information must have?
- (A) Relevance
- (B) Timeliness
- (C) Accuracy
- (D) All of the
above
12. The Nolan _______ model identifies several phases that describe the development of information systems in organizations.
- (A) Stage
- (B) Plan
- (C) Decision
- (D) Master
13. Information about the items ordered (item description, price, warehouse location, etc.) is provided by the
- (A) Order
entry subsystem
- (B) Manufacturing
information system
- (C) Marketing
information system
- (D) Billing
subsystem
14. Which of the following is not a desired characteristic of objectives?
- (A) Understandable
- (B) Realistic
- (C) Valid
- (D) Ambitious
15. Frederic W. Taylor contributed the idea(s) of
- (A) The
exception principle
- (B) Management
functions
- (C) Both (a) and
(b)
- (D) Neither (a)
nor (b)
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