> > Management MCQs > Management Information System MCQs

Management Information System MCQ

Organizations use specially trained __________ to develop, maintain, secure, and adapt databases.

Database administrators

Social media providers

Strengthen

Enterprise social network

Answer

Correct Answer: Database administrators

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Companies use ________ to move up their web sites in the organic search engine results.

Search Engine Image Protection

Search Engine Massaging

Search Engine Manipulation

Domain stacking

Search engine optimization

Answer

Correct Answer: Search engine optimization

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Google has projects underway that will increase the internet's ________.

Limits and rules

Duplication and replication

Connections and quality

Speed and spread

Redundancy and routing time

Answer

Correct Answer: Speed and spread

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Erp originally only addressed ____________ business processes.

Complex

External

Internal

Simple.

Answer

Correct Answer: Internal

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Enterprise software includes a database and thousands of predefined ________________.

Spreadsheets.

Customer lists.

Supplier lists.

Business processes.

Answer

Correct Answer: Business processes.

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Ensuring that the final results meet desired standards is called _________ control.

Feedforward

Feedback

Concurrent

Feedmore

Answer

Correct Answer: Feedback

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Ensuring end users get prompt attention to their problems is __________.

An example of a? user's rights

An expectation of external customers

A steering? committee's responsibility

An example of a? user's respons

Answer

Correct Answer: An example of a? user's rights

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Email spoofing is a synonym for ________.

Hacking.

Phishing.

Usurping.

Sniffing

Answer

Correct Answer: Phishing.

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

During design and implementation, a development team will be heavy with ________.

Business analysts

Business users

Programmers

Senior managers

Answer

Correct Answer: Programmers

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Dsl and fttp are examples of wired ______ internet service technologies.

Fidelity

Broadband

Satellite

Analog.

Answer

Correct Answer: Broadband

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Diverse regulatory practices _____ the integration process of a global information system (gis).

Impede

Facilitate

Empower

Speed up

Answer

Correct Answer: Impede

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Data that can be used for a variety of purposes is said to be ______.

Flexible

Relevant

Economical

Verifiable

Answer

Correct Answer: Flexible

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

A(n) __________ is a simple project management planning tool.

RFP

WBS

ISO 17799

SDLC.

Answer

Correct Answer: WBS

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The major problem with rfid has been _______.

Expense.

Hotspot

Mesh

Bluetooth

Answer

Correct Answer: Expense.

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Google's project loon is a major effort to ________.

Decrease the size of storage devices, while increasing their capacity

Facilitate the use of Internet on submarines, while they are submerged

Promote the use of virtual machines, that operate on voice command

Bring Internet access to everyone using a network of inflated balloons

Reduce the rate of decay in magnetic disks

Answer

Correct Answer: Bring Internet access to everyone using a network of inflated balloons

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Fred e. fiedlers lpc test requires a subject to describe a coworker they________.

Job analysis

Like the least

Applied uniformly to all

Job design

Answer

Correct Answer: Like the least

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Frank lloyd wrights fallingwater house is best described as an example _______.

Of a private residence becoming publicly important

Of modern houses and architecture

Of a private residence

Of waterfalls and natural scenery

Answer

Correct Answer: Of a private residence becoming publicly important

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Franchising is used widely by ________.

Universities

Accounting firms

Restaurant chains

Electric power companies

Answer

Correct Answer: Restaurant chains

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Franchise companies have typically had ________ systems.

Duplicated

Centralized

Networked

Decentralized

Answer

Correct Answer: Duplicated

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

A(n) __________ is a collection of parts that link to achieve a common purpose.

Systems thinking.

Value Chain Analysis

Competitive intelligence

Business Intelligence

Answer

Correct Answer: Systems thinking.

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

An often overlooked aspect of an organization's incident response plan is ________.

Using strong passwords

Risks cannot be eliminated

Practicing the incident response

Risk of loss; cost of safeguards

Forms of usurpation deny access to legitimate users.

Answer

Correct Answer: Practicing the incident response

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Physician partnerships most likely use ________.

Manufacturing

It enables a gradual move to ERP.

It is a very expensive process

Workgroup information systems

Answer

Correct Answer: Workgroup information systems

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

________ is the goal of openid, an authentication protocol that works across participating sites.

Identity portability

Social lock

Internal sites

Answer

Correct Answer: Identity portability

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

A ________ is a set of rules that programs on two communicating devices follow.

Codec

Cloud

Packet

Protocol

Answer

Correct Answer: Protocol

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

A facility for managing an organization's business intelligence (bi) data is known as a ________.

Data mart

Data mining

Data vendor

Data warehouse

Answer

Correct Answer: Data warehouse

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Subsystems for the marketing mis and their outputs help marketing managers and executives to _____.

Accelerate product development

Reduce marketing expenses

Lower inventory levels and expenses

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Lower inventory levels and expenses

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Housed at server farms, search engines use _____ to index data coming in from crawlers.

Keywords

Web browsers

Corporate portals

None of this

Answer

Correct Answer: Keywords

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Full-feature logistics management systems perform each of the following functions except ________.

Standard operating procedures

Accounting; data silos

Data and processes

Minimize holding costs and CGS

Answer

Correct Answer: Minimize holding costs and CGS

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

If different systems produce medical records, the systems must _____________.

Be able to communicate with each other

Webpage to display when Edge starts

Ship the product to you within 30 days of the sale

They are significantly less expensive than traditional desktop computers.

Answer

Correct Answer: Be able to communicate with each other

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

_________________________ systems help firms analyze, model, and optimize its supply chain.

Pull-based planning.

Demand chain planning.

Marketing

Supplier

Supply chain

Answer

Correct Answer: Pull-based planning.

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

_________ is provided for the system users and can be online or in a classroom.

Training

Testing

Implementation phase.

Testing phase.

Answer

Correct Answer: Training

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Inadequate database capacity is an example of the ________ dimension of business problems.

Correct feedback.

Implementation.

Technology

Correct processing.

Answer

Correct Answer: Technology

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Information silos arise as a result of ________.

The individual users of personal information systems

Inter-enterprise information system's involvement to find solutions to problems

Arising within two or more enterprises an organization's plan to create them

An organization's growth and increasing use of information systems

Answer

Correct Answer: An organization's growth and increasing use of information systems

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The central processing unit (cpu) works in conjunction with ________ to perform processing.

Main memory

solid-state storage

Keyboard

Optical disks

Monitor

Answer

Correct Answer: Main memory

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The ______ ratio defines a display's width relative to its height.

Aspect

Scanner

Data

Digitizer

Answer

Correct Answer: Aspect

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The _____ function adds the values in a range that match criteria you specify.

AVERAGEIF

NEST

SUMIF

COUNTIF

Answer

Correct Answer: SUMIF

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

A ________ monitors, maintains, fixes, and tunes computer networks.

Technical writer

Network programmer

PQA test engineer

Network administrator.

Answer

Correct Answer: Network administrator.

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

A ________ manages security for the organization's information systems and information.

CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)

CSO (Chief Security Officer)

CFO (Chief Financial Officer)

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

______ represent(s) all the ways people are unlike and alike.

Diversity

Values

Stress

Conscientiousness

Answer

Correct Answer: Diversity

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

After outsourcing to global suppliers, __________ is not simple.

Integration.

Unionization.

Back-shoring

Computerization.

Just-in-time. Expert ...

Answer

Correct Answer: Integration.

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The most common type of computer security incident is ________.

Malware Infection

Pandora

Ethics

Accountability

Answer

Correct Answer: Malware Infection

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The ability to _____ is a characteristic of a mis system.

Allow users to develop custom reports

Provide reports with fixed and standard formats

Produce hard-copy and soft-copy reports

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

In a database, bits can be organized into bytes, and each byte represents is a(n) ______.

Symbol

Character

Number

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Character

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

When the bargaining power of suppliers and buyers is high, companies in the industry will ____.

Find it more difficult to be profitable

Find it less difficult to be profitable

Both a and b

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Find it more difficult to be profitable

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Secondary stakeholders are important to a company because ____.

They can affect public perceptions

They can affect public opinions

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

A(n) _____ describes all the elements involved in starting a new venture.

Business plan

Marketing plan

Company plan

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Business plan

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Unlike an executive information system, a decision support system (dss) ____.

Multifactor productivity; partial productivity

Helps managers understand problems and potential solutions by acquiring and analyzing information with sophisticated models

True

Attention, organization, interpretation, retention

Answer

Correct Answer: Helps managers understand problems and potential solutions by acquiring and analyzing information with sophisticated models

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The ________ component of the information systems framework provides instructions for people.

Procedure

Software

Hardware

Data

Answer

Correct Answer: Procedure

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

A business process in the ________ function is producing bills of material.

Finance and accounting

Human resources

Manufacturing and production

Sales and marketing

Answer

Correct Answer: Manufacturing and production

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

________ is a popular commercial webinar product used in virtual sales presentations.

Microsoft SharePoint

MS Office Web

WebEx

Google Drive

Answer

Correct Answer: WebEx

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

________ duplicates data across databases.

Data propagation.

Data duplication.

Redundant replication.

A replication server

Answer

Correct Answer: Data propagation.

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

________ decisions are the most structured and have very little need for collaboration.

Operational

Managerial

Tactical

Strategi

Answer

Correct Answer: Operational

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

____ is also called a corporate portal.

The Internet

An intranet

An extranet

A DMZ.

Answer

Correct Answer: The Internet

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

An rfid reader is also called a(n) ______.

Twisted pair cable

Transceiver

Broadband

Bluetooth radio

Answer

Correct Answer: Transceiver

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Evaluation and management code selection is based on _____ key components.

Three

True

Seven

False

Answer

Correct Answer: Three

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

There are several careers within data processing operations, including data-entry operator.

System Analyst

Computer operator

Key-punch operator

Programmer

Answer

Correct Answer: Computer operator

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Marketing planning is concerned with

Planning sales force size and deployment

Planning consignment sales contracts to be offered

Planning the amount and placement of newspaper ads

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The physical system of the firm may be regarded as a flow of

Manpower, machines, material, money, and information

Information only

Manpower, machines, material, money, and data

Manpower, machines, material, and money

Answer

Correct Answer: Manpower, machines, material, and money

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Credit checking is done in the

Quotation system

Order entry system

Order processing system

Any of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Order entry system

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

CBCT stands for

Commercial Banking Credit Terminal

Customer Bank Credit Terminal

Commercial Bank Communication Terminal

Customer-Bank Communication Terminal

Answer

Correct Answer: Customer-Bank Communication Terminal

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Linear programming identifies

Neither the optimum quantities of the variables nor the maximum profit or minimum cost that can be expected

The maximum profit or minimum cost that can be expected

The optimum quantities of the variables

Both the optimum quantities of the variables and the maximum profit or minimum cost that can be expected

Answer

Correct Answer: Both the optimum quantities of the variables and the maximum profit or minimum cost that can be expected

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Anthony suggested that the area of management planning and control be segmented into:

Operational control

Management control

Strategic planning

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

An econometric model requires

A model base of quantitative analysis programs

All of these

A computer with large auxiliary storage capacity

A data base of economic data

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Which of the following statements in correct?

Operational planning reports are a primary informational tool for middle management.

Most analysts agree on the structure and organization of MIS.

The cross reference of data items is an integral feature of the simple structure used in database organization.

An MIS focuses on managing information generated with a computer system

Answer

Correct Answer: An MIS focuses on managing information generated with a computer system

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Benefits from a computerised MIS include:

All of these

Higher returns on short-term investments

Lower rates of interest

Less frequent and smaller short-term loans

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

A system must be composed of more than one

Super system

All of these

Subsystem

Element

Answer

Correct Answer: Element

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

As a general rule.

Management information needs determine MIS performance criteria, and these criteria determine the firm's objectives

The firm's objective determine management information needs, and these needs determine MIS performance criteria

MIS performance criteria determine management information needs, and these needs determine the objectives of the firm.

The firm's objectives determine MIS performance criteria, and these criteria determine management information needs.

Answer

Correct Answer: The firm's objective determine management information needs, and these needs determine MIS performance criteria

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

An excellent linear programming software package for solving large-scale problems is

OPHELIE II

PDQ/LP

MIDAS-2

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: OPHELIE II

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Computing systems can provide strategic information by

Causing managers to think

Providing corporate models for long-range planning

All of these

Making decision analysis possible

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Frederic W. Taylor contributed the idea(s) of

Neither the exception principle nor management functions

The exception principle

Both the exception principle and management functions

Management functions

Answer

Correct Answer: The exception principle

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The model base contains programs

All of these

Written by the firm's programmers

Purchased from outside firms, such as software houses

Provided by the computer vendor

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Most of the flow of physical resources occurs on the

All of these

Middle management level

Lower management level

Top management level

Answer

Correct Answer: Lower management level

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

When purchase cost is $20, maintenance cost is $0.50, and annual sale are 20 units, EOQ is

160

Answer

Correct Answer: 40

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

The selection of the solution technique to the implemented by a computing system should be made by

A computing system user

An operations research expert

System analysts

A computer programmer

Answer

Correct Answer: A computing system user

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

Functional information subsystems can be classified into

Processing and output subsystems

Input and processing subsystems

Input, processing, and output subsystems

Input and output subsystems

Answer

Correct Answer: Input and output subsystems

Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one

More Management Subjects

State Management System

Transport Management System (TMS)

Strategic Management

Essentials of Management

More Resources

Management Skill Assessment

Management PDF

Related MCQs

Management Accounting

Management Fundamentals

Management Skills

Marketing Management Test

Microsoft Project