Information Systems And Engineering Economics Set 11 MCQs

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