MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS QUIZ

Which of the following is not a device used in data communication?

front-end processor

statistical multiplexer

modem

multiplexer

All of these

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Ideally, the chairman of the MIS committee should be the

All of these

vice-president of finance

vice-president of marketing

None of these

vice-president of manufacturing

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A Monte Carlo simulation is an example of a(n)

static model

neither (a) nor (b)

optimizing model

both (a) and (b)

None of these

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EDP auditing has become popular since

1950

1980

1970

None of these

1975

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The coordinating procedure set in an order processing system is

None of these

product allocation

warehouse

custom production planning

All of these

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Once net requirements have been calculated, the next step is to

determine the production schedule

start the production process

calculate gross requirements

determine machine and manpower requirements

None of these

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Data has to be _____ before it can be converted into information.

processed

changed

transformed

None of these

engineered

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The institute for Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP) currently administers the Certificate in Computer Programming (CCP) and the _____ examinations.

DPMA

ACM

CISA

None of these

CDP

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The common practice is to maintain

three generations of data files

batch processing

None of these

two generations of data files

one generation of data files

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What data most likely would not be keyed into the order entry subsystem?

customer number

None of these

item quantity

item cost

item number

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