Information Systems And Engineering Economics Set 11

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This set of Information systems and engineering economics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Information Systems And Engineering Economics Set 11

Q1 | operational decisions are
  • decision made by managers that have a medium term scope
  • based on aggregate data and impact the activities for the medium term that could range from the next few days/weeks/months
  • both a and b
  • none of the above
Q2 | Types of Communication are
  • synchronous and asynchronous communication
  • simplex communication
  • full duplex and half duplex communication
  • all of the above
Q3 | FOIS stands for
  • freight operation information system
  • fixed operation information system
  • first operation information system
  • none of the above
Q4 | CMS stands for
  • client management system
  • crew management system
  • customer management system
  • none of the above
Q5 | ICMS stands for
  • international coaching management system
  • internal coaching management system
  • integrated coaching management system
  • none of the above
Q6 | Management information systems (MIS)
  • create and share documents that support day-today office activities
  • process business transactions (e.g., time cards, payments, orders, etc.)
  • capture and reproduce the knowledge of an expert problem solver
  • use the transaction data to produce information needed by managers to run the business
Q7 | The term used to describe those people whose jobs involve sponsoring and funding the project to develop, operate, and maintain the information system is
  • information worker
  • internal system user
  • systems owner
  • external system user
Q8 | If a university sets up a web-based information system that faculty could access to record student grades and to advise students, that would be an example of a/an
  • crm
  • intranet
  • erp
  • extranet
Q9 | Which of the following is not a technology driver for an information system?
  • enterprise applications
  • object technologies
  • knowledge asset management
  • collaborative technologies
Q10 | Which of the following is a deliverable of the system implementation phase in a formal system development process?
  • technical hardware and software solution for the business problem
  • business problem statement
  • statement of the system users’ business requirements
  • none of the above
Q11 | When a bank offers web self-service for customers to answer their questions, the primary outcome is:
  • adds value
  • manages risks
  • reduces costs
  • none of the above
Q12 | The general transformation cycle for information is:
  • information to data to knowledge
  • data to information to knowledge
  • knowledge to data to information
  • none of the above
Q13 | The most important attribute of information quality that a manager requires is:
  • relevance
  • media
  • presentation
  • none of the above
Q14 | To improve the performance of a business process, which of the following is most relevant?
  • input
  • processing
  • control and feedback
  • all of the above
Q15 | The majority of publically available Internet information sources are:
  • created in xml
  • structured information
  • normal information
  • unstructured information
Q16 | Records management:
  • is a discipline limited to digitised paper documents
  • is a discipline limited to library books
  • 3. is a discipline limited to paper documents
  • none of the above
Q17 | Which of the following statements describes a taxonomy?
  • a browsable hierarchy
  • a list of equivalent terms
  • a complex controlled vocabulary showing relationships
Q18 | Information systems that support the business functions that reach out to suppliers are known as:
  • back office information systems
  • expert information systems
  • front office information systems
  • none of the above
Q19 | Which is not a typical business function?
  • manufacturing
  • benefits and compensation
  • sales
  • services
Q20 | Project Management ensures that
  • project’s risk is assessed
  • project’s feasibility is assessed
  • system is developed at minimum cost
  • both a and b
Q21 | Which of the following is NOT a feasibility analysis criterion?
  • technical feasibility
  • schedule feasibility
  • economic feasibility
  • resource feasibility
Q22 | IT has impacts as
  • first order
  • second order
  • third order
  • all of the above
Q23 | A centralised system keeps decision making firmly at the top of the hierarchy
  • TRUE
  • FALSE
  • not applicable
  • don’t know
Q24 | Centralised IT management system best suited for
  • small sized organization
  • large sized organization
  • all of the above
  • none of the above
Q25 | Decentralised IT management system best suited for
  • small sized organization
  • large sized organization
  • all of the above
  • none of the above