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This set of Management information system Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Management Information System Set 7

Q1 | Key to represent relationship between tables is called
  • Primary key
  • Secondary Key
  • Foreign Key
  • None of these
Q2 | The full form of DDL
  • Dynamic Data Language
  • Detailed Data Language
  • Data Definition Language
  • Data Derivation Language
Q3 | Which database level is closest to the users?
  • External
  • Internal
  • Physical
  • Conceptual
Q4 | Hierarchical model is also called
  • Tree structure
  • Plex Stucture
  • Normalize Structure
  • Table Structure
Q5 | Information system that monitor the elementary activities and transactions of the organizationsare
  • Management-level system
  • Operational-level system
  • Knowledge-level system
  • Strategic level system
Q6 | Information systems that monitor the elementary activities and transactions of theorganizations are:
  • Management-level system
  • Operation-level system
  • Knowlwdge-leve system
  • Strategic level system
Q7 | Projections and responses to queries are information output characteristics associated with a (n)
  • DSS
  • MIS
  • ESS
  • TPS
Q8 | Summary transaction data, high-volume data, and simple models are information inputscharacteristic of a (n):
  • DSS
  • MIS
  • ESS
  • TPS
Q9 | Which of the following individuals typically have less formal, advanced educational degrees andtend to process rather than create information?
  • Knowledge workers
  • Executives
  • System analysts
  • Data workers
Q10 | Management information systems usually:
  • Serve managers interested in weekly, monthly, and yearly results, not day-to-day activities.
  • Help managers make decisions that are unique, rapidly changing, and not easily specified in advance.
  • Provide mangers with a generalized computing and telecommunications capacity that can be applied to a changing array of problems.
  • Perform and record the daily routine transactions necessary to the conduct of business
Q11 | Decision support systems usually:
  • Serve managers interested in weekly, monthly, and yearly results, not day-to-day activities.
  • Help managers make decisions that are unique, rapidly changing, and not easily specified in advance.
  • Provide managers with a generalized computing and telecommunications capacity that can be applied to a changing array of problems.
  • Perform and record the daily routine transactions necessary to the conduct of business.
Q12 | Identifying customers and markets using data on demographics, markets, consumer behavior, and trends is an example of a (n):
  • Operational-level sales and marketing information system.
  • Knowledge-level sales and marketing information system.
  • Management-level sales and marketing information system.
  • Strategic-level sales and marketing information system.
Q13 | Deciding where to locate new production facilities is a(n) example of a manufacturing andproduction information system operating at the:
  • Operational level
  • Strategic Operational level
  • Management level
  • Knowledge level
Q14 | Preparing short-term budgets is an example of a finance and accounting information systemoperating at the:
  • Operational level
  • Management level
  • Knowledge level
  • Strategic level
Q15 | Tracking employee training, skills, and performance appraisals is an example of a humanresource information system operating at the:
  • Operational level
  • Management level
  • Knowledge level
  • Strategic level
Q16 | Assembling a product, identifying customers and hiring employees are :
  • Transactions
  • Phases
  • Business processes
  • Business functions
Q17 | Which of the followwing is a network of facilities for procuring materials, transforming raw materialsinti intermediate and finished products, and distributing the finished products to customers?
  • Production Chain
  • Primary Chain
  • Supply Chain
  • Distribution Chain
Q18 | Information systems can facilitate supply chain management by:
  • Tracking the status
  • Rapidly communicating orders
  • Providing product specifications
  • Doing all of the above
Q19 | Enterprise systems support
  • Manufacturing processes
  • Financial and accounting processes
  • Human resource processes
  • All of the above
Q20 | A computer security protocol for logging in would be an example of the __________________component of an information system.
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Data
  • Procedure
Q21 | Customer numbers and their names would be an example of the ______________ component of anorder management information system.
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Data
  • Procedure
Q22 | The quality of your ___________________is a large part of the quality of your information system.
  • Computer Thinking
  • Time
  • Challenges
  • none
Q23 | Which of the following is not a characteristic of good information?
  • Interchangeability
  • Relevance
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Timeliness
Q24 | If you are a _____________ recipients of sensitive information, such as might be overheard or contained in a misdirected email, this would not be illegal, but might be unethical to use it.
  • Active
  • Passive
  • Proper
  • Business
Q25 | A human order taker can be bypassed when using a (n) ____________________
  • Office automation system
  • Management information system
  • Transaction processing system
  • Decision support system