MIS 180 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Which of the following is the overarching function of management information systems?
A. To support the technological needs of management
B. To supply management with needed information
C. To ensure the compatibility of executive applications within ...
Which of the following is the overarching function of management information systems?
A. To support the technological needs of management
B. To supply management with needed information
C. To ensure the compatibility of executive applications within an organization
D. To create and sustain a competitive advantage - answer✔✔D.To create and sustain a
competitive advantage
Which question does not support a business' efforts to support and maintain a competitive edge?
␣␣
A. Can this technology lower the cost of operating our business?
B. Can this technology increase our customer base?
C. Can this technology make the company look better?
D. Can this technology enhance our innovative efforts? - answer✔✔C. Can this technology
make the company look better?
After you understand your competition and its affects on your industry, what should you do
next? - answer✔✔Align your strategies, processes, and technology with your understanding of
your industry
What is data? ␣ - answer✔✔B. Raw facts that describe some phenomenon
What is information? ␣ ␣ - answer✔✔C. Data that has a particular meaning within a specific
context
When does information exhibit quality? ␣ - answer✔✔C. When it is pertinent, relevant, and
useful to you
Having access to credible information is an example of the _____ quality attribute of
information. - answer✔✔D. Validity
What does information granularity refer to? ␣ - answer✔✔D. The detail in data
What is the single most important resource in any organization? ␣ - answer✔✔D. People
What is software? ␣ ␣ - answer✔✔B. The set of instructions that your hardware executes to
carry out specific tasks
Which of the following are large electronic repositories of very detailed information? -
answer✔✔. Databases
When information is stored about a purchase or sale, what is stored in a database? ␣ ␣ -
answer✔✔A. A transaction
Which system allows your organization to gather, process, and update transactional information?
␣ ␣ - answer✔✔Online transaction processing (OLTP)
Which type of database stores data in a series of logically related two-dimensional tables or
files? ␣ - answer✔✔D. Relational
Which part of a relational database contains the logical structure for the information? ␣ -
answer✔✔A. Data dictionary
What is the type of field, or group of fields, that can uniquely identify each record in a database?
- answer✔✔C. Primary key
Which type of constraint ensures the quality of information in a relational database? ␣ -
answer✔✔C. Integrity constraint
Which database management subsystem is responsible for backup and recovery, security
management,
query optimization, concurrency control, and change management? ␣ - answer✔✔. Data
administration
9. Data-mining tools include all but which of the following? - answer✔✔C. Data manipulation
What is the objective of business intelligence (BI)? ␣ - answer✔✔C. To provide timely and
quality information to decision makers
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