MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS QUIZ

Zani's framework of effective MIS argues that MIS can only be designed in a:

bottom up

by managerial participation

None of these

top down fashion

co-ordinative fashion

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The MIS structure with one main computer system is called a:

centralized MIS structure

distributed MIS structure

hierarchical MIS structures

decentralized MIS structure

None of these

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A popular technique for forecasting is

None of these

correlation analysis

regression analysis

linear programming

Monte Carlo

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An example of a global allocation problem is

scheduling an entire development project

setting general inventory guidelines

None of these

defining plant capacities

All of these

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An _____ system has a stored knowledge base and an inference engine.

MIS

centers

None of these

expert

control

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Quantitative techniques used to solve business problems are called

operations science

None of these

operations management

management operations

operations research

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The executive vice-president usually has responsibility for the

physical system of the firm

All of these

None of these

conceptual information system of the firm

vice-president of finance

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External data is stored in the

customer file

forecast allocation file

None of these

All of these

market forecast file

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Which of the following is not a common configuration used in a DDP system?

ring

star

bus

realtime

tree

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Data is gathered, describing what is happening in the

All of these

output area

transformation

None of these

input area

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