Management Information Systems
431. An ongoing activity of systems support is
- assisting users
- adapting the system to new requirements
- recovering the system
- fixing software defects
- all of the above
Correct answer: (E)
all of the above
432. Which of the following analysis techniques derive system models from existing system or discovery prototypes?
- rapid architected analysis
- object-oriented analysis
- data modeling
- discovery prototyping
- structure analysis
Correct answer: (A)
rapid architected analysis
433. A fact-finding technique that involves a large number of observations taken at random intervals is called:
- randomization
- stratification
- people sampling
- work sampling
- none of the above
Correct answer: (D)
work sampling
434. Which of the following is the last phase of the Systems Construction phase?
- build and test databases
- write and test new programs
- prepare conversion plan
- build and test networks
- none of the above
Correct answer: (B)
write and test new programs
435. Which of the following is(are) an input process method(s)?
- smart card
- biometric
- optical mark
- point-of-sale
- all of the above
Correct answer: (E)
all of the above
436. Optical character recognition:
- is less prevalent than optical mark recognition
- is used on forms for subjective-based questions on exams
- requires the user to carefully handwrite input data on a business form
- both (a) and (c)
- both (a) and (b) and (c)
Correct answer: (D)
both (a) and (c)
437. A turnaround output is an example of
- internal output
- external output
- summary output
- exception output
- none of the above
Correct answer: (B)
external output
438. An information system that supports the planning and assessment needs of executive management is
- DSS
- TPS
- ERP
- MIS
- none of the above
Correct answer: (E)
none of the above
439. When a bank offers web self-service for customers to answer their questions, the primary outcome is:
- adds value.
- manages risks.
- reduces costs.
- creates a new opportunity.
- none of the above.
Correct answer: (C)
reduces costs.
440. The majority of publically available Internet information sources are:
- created in XML.
- structured information.
- normal information.
- unstructured information.
- none of the above.
Correct answer: (D)
unstructured information.