Management Information Systems

401. The application of information to scan an organisation's environment is:

  1. external communication.
  2. information overload.
  3. sensing.
  4. internal communication.
  5. none of the above.
Correct answer: (C)
sensing.

402. Which of the following should be represented on an information flow diagram?

  1. Entity
  2. Source
  3. Process
  4. Attribute
  5. Database
Correct answer: (B)
Source

403. Which of the following relates to enterprise interoperability?

  1. DFD
  2. Information flow diagram
  3. XML
  4. Entity relationship diagram
Correct answer: (C)
XML

404. Contemporary Information Systems are interfacing with customers and suppliers using :

  1. BPR
  2. CRM
  3. SCM
  4. Both A and B
  5. Both B and C
Correct answer: (E)
Both B and C

405. A specification of how the user moves from window to window, interacting with the application programs to perform useful work is called:

  1. interface specifications
  2. software specifications
  3. user dialog
  4. prototyping specifications
  5. navigation specification
Correct answer: (C)
user dialog

406. Which one is NOT a category of problems represented by the PIECES framework?

  1. control
  2. efficiency
  3. service
  4. economics
  5. technology
Correct answer: (E)
technology

407. A model-driven analysis approach that focuses on the structure of stored data in a system rather than on processes is

  1. structured analysis
  2. information engineering
  3. rapid architected analysis
  4. object-oriented analysis
  5. none of the above
Correct answer: (B)
information engineering

408. The tasks of defining acceptance tests, structuring functional requirements, and validating functional requirements are performed in which one of the phases?

  1. problem analysis phase
  2. decision analysis phase
  3. systems analysis phase
  4. logical design phase
  5. none of the above
Correct answer: (D)
logical design phase

409. Which one of the following fact-finding techniques is an inexpensive means of gathering data from a large number of individuals?

  1. observations
  2. work sampling
  3. interviews
  4. proxemics
  5. none of the above
Correct answer: (E)
none of the above

410. Which of the following is(are) the task(s) of the Systems Conversion phase?

  1. prepare conversion plan
  2. train users
  3. convert to new system
  4. build and test networks
  5. none of the above
Correct answer: (D)
build and test networks
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