Management Information Systems Online MCQ Set 14

QN01. What is the most widely used secondary storage medium?

1. magnetic tape
2. magnetic sensor
3. network
4. magnetic disk

Answer

(D)magnetic disk

QN02. ______________ refers to the physical or logical arrangement of a network.

1. Dataflow
2. Mode of operation
3. Topology
4. none of the above

Answer

(C)Topology

QN03. What is the meaning of Bandwidth in Network?

1. Transmission capacity of a communication channels
2. Connected Computers in the Network
3. Class of IP used in Network
4. None of Above

Answer

(A)Transmission capacity of a communication channels

QN04. A network that requires human intervention of rout a signal is called a

1. Bus network
2. Ring network
3. Star network
4. T-switched network

Answer

(D)T-switched network

QN05. A group of computers connected together to communicate and share resources is known as

1. A computer network
2. A server
3. A client
4. Authentication

Answer

(A)A computer network

QN06. Which network topology is considered passive?

1. Cross
2. Bus
3. Star
4. Ring

Answer

(B)Bus

QN07. TPSs is called ______________

1. Transfer point of sales
2. Technology processing systems
3. Transaction processing systems
4. None of the above

Answer

(C)Transaction processing systems

QN08. A logical schema?

1. is the entire database
2. is a standard way of organizing information into accessible parts
3. describes how data is actually stored on disk
4. All of above

Answer

(B)is a standard way of organizing information into accessible parts

QN09. During the maintenance phase

1. System requirements are established
2. System analysis is carried out
3. Programs are tested
4. All of the above
5. None of the above

Answer

(E)None of the above

QN10. An object encapsulates

1. Data
2. Behaviour
3. State
4. Both Data and behaviour

Answer

(D)Both Data and behaviour

QN11. Which of the following is not an attribute of software engineering?

1. Efficiency.
2. Scalability.
3. Dependability.
4. Usability.

Answer

(C)Dependability.

QN12. Which means a place where data can be stored in a structured manner:

1. CPU
2. Database
3. ALU
4. All of these

Answer

(B)Database

QN13. The overall description of a database is called ______________:

1. Data definition
2. Data manipulation
3. Data integrity
4. Database schema

Answer

(D)Database schema

QN14. Which is the person responsible for overall control of the database system:

1. DDL
2. DBMS
3. DBA
4. SDL

Answer

(C)DBA

QN15. ______________is a collection of all occurrences of similar types of records:

1. Data
2. Data item
3. File
4. All of these

Answer

(C)File

QN16. Which is the component of database management system:

1. Query Language
2. Database Manager
3. File manager
4. All of these

Answer

(D)All of these

QN17. The ______________ model stipulates that the requirements be completely specified before the rest of the development can processed.

1. Waterfall
2. Rapid Application Development (RAD)
3. Iterative Development
4. Incremental Development

Answer

(A)Waterfall

QN18. Which of the following is record based logical model?

1. Network Model
2. Object oriented model
3. E-R Model
4. None of these

Answer

(A)Network Model

QN19. The role of an integrated CASE tool in system analysis and design project is

1. Proving a CASE study for software development
2. To provide an environment that automate key tasks throughout software development process
3. To provide tool for reacting a word file
4. None of the above

Answer

(B)To provide an environment that automate key tasks throughout software development process

QN20. What are the qualities of a good s/w ?

1. Reusability
2. Portability
3. Inter operability
4. All of the above

Answer

(D)All of the above

QN21. Lower CASE tools are used for

1. for developing DFD's
2. for screen design
3. during all phases of system analysis and design life cycle
4. for converting structured English procedures to source code into a language such as C

Answer

(D)for converting structured English procedures to source code into a language such as C

QN22. Projections and responses to queries are Information output characteristics associated with:

1. DSS
2. MIS
3. ESS
4. TPS

Answer

(C)ESS

QN23. Prototype is a

1. Working model of existing system
2. Mini model of existing system
3. Mini model of processed system
4. None of the above

Answer

(A)Working model of existing system

QN24. Deciding where to locate new production facilities is an example of a manufacturing and production information system operating at the:

1. Operational level
2. Management level
3. Knowledge level
4. Strategic level

Answer

(D)Strategic level

QN25. Enterprise systems support:

1. Manufacturing processes.
2. Financial and accounting processes.
3. Human resource processes.
4. All of the above.

Answer

(D)All of the above.

QN26. Which of the following is not a characteristic of good information?

1. Interchangeability
2. relevance
3. cost effectiveness
4. timeliness

Answer

(A)Interchangeability

QN27. Which is not a domain of-Artificial Intelligence?

1. Intelligent Agents.
2. Expert System.
3. None of the above.
4. A & B

Answer

(D)A & B

QN28. Which of the following are the inputs of Marketing Information System?

1. Marketing research data
2. Marketing intelligence data
3. External environment data
4. strategic plan

1. Only I, ii, and iii.
2. Only ii, iii and iv.
3. Only i, iii and iv.
4. All I, ii, iii and iv.

Answer

(D)All I, ii, iii and iv.

QN29. In which of the following functions of MIS reports are generated based on the enterprise's need'?

1. Planning
2. Prediction,
3. Data Processing
4. Data storage

Answer

(A)Planning

QN30. The direct, computer-to-computer exchange of standardized, common business transaction documents between business partners, suppliers, and customers is ______________

1. EDI
2. ES
3. EIS
4. ERP

Answer

(A)EDI

QN31. What software organizes, manages, and processes business data concerned with inventory, customers, and vendors?

1. customer- oriented software
2. data management software
3. storage area network network
4. grid computing software

Answer

(B)data management software

QN32. Which topology requires a central controller or hub?

1. Mesh
2. Star
3. Bus
4. Ring

Answer

(B)Star

QN33. A ______________ is a data communication system spanning states, countries, or, the whole world.

1. MAN
2. LAN
3. WAN
4. none of the above

Answer

(C)WAN

QN34. HUB is ______________ Device & Switch is ______________ Device.

1. Unicast, Multicast
2. Multicast, unicast
3. Broadcast, multicast
4. none of the above

Answer

(C)Broadcast, multicast

QN35. Which of the following network covers the largest geographical area,

1. PAN
2. LAN
3. MAN
4. WAN

Answer

(D)WAN

QN36. What is the powerful, centralized computer system that performs data storage and processing tasks on behalf of clients and other network devices?

1. Client
2. Host computer
3. Terminal
4. Network

Answer

(B)Host computer

QN37. Which of the following is a computer based system that stores and, manipulates data that are viewed from a geographical point or reference?

1. Geographical information System (GIS)
2. Database System (DS)
3. Geographic System (GS)
4. Software System (SS)

Answer

(A)Geographical information System (GIS)

QN38. An application where only one user accesses the database at a given time is an example of a(n)

1. single-user database application
2. multiuser database application
3. e-commerce database application
4. data mining database application

Answer

(A)single-user database application

QN39. In the spiral model risk analysis is performed

1. In the first loop
2. in the first and second loop
3. In every loop
4. before using spiral model

Answer

(C)In every loop

QN40. Which phase is not available in software life cycle?

1. Coding
2. Testing
3. Maintenance
4. Abstraction

Answer

(D)Abstraction