Course sections

Theme-3: Innovation, Strategic and Project Management

Course-2: Management Information System (Multiple Choice Question)

 

1.      Information systems that control the elementary activities and transactions of the organizations are ________.

A.    Strategic level system

B.     Operational level system

C.     Management level system

D.    Knowledge level system

2.      The art of getting things done through people, with the people __________________.

A.    Management Information System

B.     Management

C.     System

D.    Entity

3.      ____ planning systems deals with the projections of the future.

A.    Operational

B.     Strategic

C.     Tactical

D.    None

4.      To become an effective MIS department must state its ___

A.    Profit

B.     Objective

C.     Mission

D.    goals

5.      MIS stands for ________________.

A.     Management internet system

B.     Management information system

C.     Marketing and implementation software

D.    Marketing Internet system

6.      ____ refers to a computer-based system that provides managers with the tools to organize, evaluate and efficiently manage departments within an organization.

A.    ElS

B.     MIS

C.     EDI

D.    None

7.      _____ is the collection of fact that are properly arranged, classified and organized.

A.    Data

B.     Information

C.     System

D.    All

8.      In which of the following functions of MIS selecting information and making assumptions concerning the future to put together the activities necessary to achieve organizational objectives?

A.    Planning

B.     Organizing

C.     Directing

D.    Controlling

9.      In which of the following functions of MIS telling people what to accomplish and seeing that they do it to the finest of their capability?

A.    Planning

B.     Organizing

C.     Directing

D.    Controlling

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

A.    Relevance

B.     Interchangeability

C.     Timeliness

D.    Cost Effectiveness

 

11.  The following statement which one is true to information systems.

A.    Information in to data

B.     Procedures into statement

C.     Data into information

D.    Statement into procedures

12.  Raw facts that have not been organized into a useful form are called_______________.

A.    Information

B.     Data

C.     System

D.    Business objectives

13.  A management information system is composed of

A.    Data

B.     Hardware

C.     Software

D.    All

14.  Top level Managers use

A.    Strategic information

B.     Tactical information

C.     Operational information

D.    None

15.  Which activity of an Information System converts raw input into a meaningful form__________.

A.    Input

B.     Processing

C.     Output

D.    Feedback

 

 

16.  In which of the following functions of MISMonitoring progress towards goals

A.    Controlling

B.     Planning

C.     Leading

D.    Organizing

17.  Which of the followings is/are a Database Software provider(s)?

A.    IBM

B.     Oracle

C.     Microsoft

D.    MySQL

E.      all

18.  In computer the number system of 0 and 1 is called as ____.

A.    Octal

B.     Hexadecimal

C.     Binary

D.    decimal

19.  ____ means that information must reach the recipients within the prescribe timer frame.

A.    Duration

B.     Period

C.     Timeliness

D.    None

20.  ____ is a set of elements joined together for a common objective.

A.    Data

B.     Information

C.     System

D.    None

 

 

21.  The obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property involve which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?

A. Property rights and obligations

B. System quality

C. Accountability and control

D. Information rights and obligations

E. Quality of life

22. The obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values and institutions fall within which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?

A. Family and home

B. Property rights and obligations

C. System quality

D. Accountability and control                             

E. Quality of life

23.  Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age that deals with What standards of data and system quality should we demand to protect individual rights and the safety of society?

A. Property rights and obligations

B. System quality

C. Accountability and control

D. Quality of life

E. Information rights and obligations

24. Which of the following is not an example of the moral dimensions of the information age

A.  Information rights and obligations

B.  Accountability and control

C. System quality

D. Quality of life

E. None

25. Ethics describes the principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals to make choices to guide their behavior.

A. True

B. False

26. ___means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.

A. Responsibility

B. Accountability

C. Liability

D. Due process

E. Duty

27. ___ means mechanisms are in place for identifying who took responsible actions and who are the responsible parties

A. Responsibility

B. Accountability

C. Liability

D. Due process

E. Duty

28. ___is a feature of law-governed society and involves having laws that are known and understood, along with the ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly.

A. Responsibility

B. Accountability

C. Liability

D. Due process

E. Duty

 

29 ___ is a feature of the political systems in which a body of laws permits individuals and firms to recover damages to them by other actors, systems or organizations.

A. Responsibility

B. Accountability

C. Liability

D. Due process

E. Duty

30. The use of computers to assemble data from different sources to create digital dossiers of detailed information about individuals is known as which of the following?

A.Profiling

B. Phishing

C. Spamming

D. Targeting

E. Spyware

31. Which of the following is a data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources?

A. HIPAA

B. FIP

C. NORA

D. COPPA

E. Spyware

32. Which type of infrastructure service provides data, voice and video connectivity to employees, customers, and suppliers?

A.Networking

B. Telephone

C.Telecommunications

D.Data management

33. Which of the following is/are NOT an IT infrastructure component?

A.IT Department

B.Computer Hardware

C.Operating Systems

D.Data Management and Storage

E.Networking and Telecommunications

34. Which of the followings is not part of the Computer Hardware Platforms?

A. Desktops

B. Laptops

C.Tablets

D. Supercomputers

E.None

35. Which of the followings is/are NOT an Operating System?

A.  MacOS
B. Linux

C. Android

D.Python

36. Which of the followings is not an Enterprise Software and/or Middleware provider(s)
A. SAP

B.  Oracle

C. Intel

D.  None

 

37. What does an Internet platform consist of?

A. Hardware

B. Software

C. Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

D. Web development tools/suites

E.  all

38. What is IT Infrastructure for a company?


A.set of physical devices (hardware) and software

B.a set of IT staff and professionals

C.Money spent on IT investments

D. none

39. Software that manages the resources of the computer is called:

A. operating system software.

B. application software.

C. data management software

D. network software.

40. IT infrastructure consists of only those physical computing devices and software required to operate the enterprise.

A. True

B. False

 

 

41. What is(are) the correct description(s) of an Enterprise Software

A. It targets to solve an enterprise-wide problem than a departmental one

B. A set of programmes that have common business applications, tools for modelling how the entire organization works

C. It contains development tools for building applications unique to the organization

D. It aims to improve the enterprise’s productivity and efficiency by providing business logic support functionality

E.  all

42. The operating system is used to manage the computer’s activities.

A.  True

B.  False

43. Which of the following gives a logical structure of the database graphically?
A.Entity-relationship diagram

B. Entity

C.Database

D. Architectural representation

44. An entity is

A.    relationship model

B.     Relational model

C.     Object having the same value

D Object in the real world distinguishable from all other objects

45. An entity represented by set of

A.    Relationship

B.     attributes

C.     Model

D.    None

46.  ___is a software that allows an organization to centralize data, manage them efficiently, and provide access to the stored data by application programs

A.    DBMS

B.     Entity-relationship diagram (ERD)

C.     Table

D.    Database (DB)

47.  ___Used to add, change, delete, retrieve data from database Structured Query Language (SQL)

A.    DDL

B.     DML

C.     DTL

D.    DCL

 

48.  ___is a software development corporation that provides ERP (Enterprise resource planning) software solution in the market.

A.    SAP

B.     ERP

C.     ORACLE

D.    None

49.  ___is a tool used for the management of business process across Various industries

A.    SAP

B.      ERP

C.      ORACLE

D.     None

50.  Which one of the following is the main components of IT Infrastructure?

A.    Computer hardware platforms

B.     Operating system platforms

C.      Enterprise software applications

D.    Internet platforms

E.     All

 

51.  Which of the following best describes how new information systems result in legal gray areas?

A. They work with networked, electronic data, which are more difficult to control than information stored manually.

B. They result in new situations that are not covered by old laws.

C. They are implemented by technicians rather than managers.

D. They are created from sets of logical and technological rules rather than social or organizational mores.

52. All of the following are current key technology trends raising ethical issues except

A. data storage improvements.

B data analysis advancements.

C. increase in multimedia quality.

D. increase in use of mobile devices.

53. NORA is 

            A. profiling technology used by the EU.

B. federal privacy law protecting networked data.

C. data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources.

           D. sentencing guideline adopted in 1987 mandating stiff sentences on business executives.

54. What legal mechanism protects the owners of intellectual property from having their work             copied by others?

A. patent protection

B. intellectual property law

C. copyright law

D. Fair Use Doctrine

55. The most common source of business system failure is

             A. software bugs.

B software errors.

C hardware or facilities failures.

D. data quality.

56. The principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals acting as free moral agents to make choices to guide their behavior are called ________.

             A. Obligation

B. ethics

             C. right

             D. behavior

57. The ethical principle called ________ asks you to put yourself in the place of others, and think of yourself as the object of the decision.

A. Golden Rule

B. Utilitarian Principle

C. Ethical “no free lunch” Rule

D. Risk-aversion Principle

58. Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative states that

A. if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, then it is not right to be taken at any time.

B. one should take the action that produces the least harm or incurs the least cost.

C.one can put values in rank order and understand the consequences of various courses of action.

D. if an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone to take.

 

59. The ethical “no free lunch” rule states that

A. if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, then it is not right to be taken at any time.

B. one should take the action that produces the least harm or incurs the least cost.

C.one can put values in rank order and understand the consequences of various courses of action.

D. everything is owned by someone else, and that the creator wants compensation for this work.

60. According to the ________, you should take the action that produces the least harm.

 A. Categorical Imperative

B. Risk Aversion Principle

C. Utilitarian Principle

D. Golden Rule

61. ________ Principle states that an action is right if it tends to promote happiness and wrong if it tends to produce sadness

A. Categorical Imperative

B. Risk Aversion Principle

C. Utilitarian Principle

D. Golden Rule

62. When a manager monitors the work performance of workers in his department to determine if the quality of their work is ‘up to standard’, this manager is engaging in which function?

 A.  Planning

 B. Controlling

 C. Organising

D. Leading

 

63. Business firms invest heavily in information systems to achieve:

A. Operational excellence and new products, services, and business models.

B. Customer and supplier intimacy, and improved decision making.

C. Competitive advantage and survival.

D. All of the above.

64. Output that is returned to appropriate members of the organization to help them evaluate or correct the input stage is known as:

A. Feedback.

B. Environment.

C. Software.

D. None of the above.

65. Every business has an information value chain in which:

A. The primary purpose is to contribute to corporate value.

B. Raw data are systematically acquired.

C. Raw data are transformed through various stages that add value to that information.

D. ALL

66. ___ are formal social units devoted to the attainment of specific goals.
a. Management
b. Organization
c. Decision support system
d. None of these

 

 

67. People such as engineers or architects who design products or services and create knowledge for the organization

A. Knowledge Workers

B. Data Workers

C. Middle management

D. Senior management

68. Which of the following individuals typically have less formal, advanced educational degrees and tend to process rather than create information?

A. Knowledge Workers

B. Data Workers

C. Middle management

D. Senior management

69. The word data is the plural form of _____.

A. data’s

B. data

C. datum

D. Fact

70. Plan must include the _____ systems concept for implementation of the new Information system.

A. Existing

B. Future

C. Omitted

D. Progressing

71. ____ type of data uses pictures and graphics shapes for usage.

A. Text

B. Image

C. Alpha numeric

D. Symbols

72. The computer system uses _____ forms of data for usage.

A. Symbols

B. Analog

C. Digital

D. Text

73. the information of MIS comes from the

A. Internal source

B. External source
C. Both internal and external source
D.None of the above


74._____ Systems development and operation occur totally at domestic home base

A. Centralized

B. Duplicated

C. Decentralized

D. Networked

 

 

75. in____ system each foreign unit designs own solutions and systems

A. Centralized

B. Duplicated

C. Decentralized

D. Networked

76. in____ system development occurs at home base but operations are handed over to autonomous units in foreign locations

A. Centralized

B. Duplicated

C. Decentralized

D. Networked

77. In management information system which is the correct order of the reference of activities that the manager processes?

A. Planning, organizing, staffing, coordinating, directing, controlling

B. Planning, staffing, coordinating, organizing, directing, controlling

C. Planning, organizing, staffing, coordinating, controlling, directing

D. All

78. How information systems are transforming business

A. by Increasing in wireless technology use, Web sites

B. by Shifting in media and advertising

C. by New federal security and accounting laws

D. all

79. More accurate data leads to better decisions

A. True

B. False

80. Information systems (ISs) –

A.    Are the systems responsible for the provision of information for management.

B.     They incorporate IT, people, business processes and procedures used to manage the capture and communication of information.

C.     They involve complex and dynamic interaction between people, technology and process to ensure the delivery of appropriate and timely information to management.

D.    All of the above

81. It is a necessity of the data to be ____ before it can be converted into information.

A. Processed

B. Transformed

C. Edited

D. None of these

82. ____links two or more computers to share data or resources, such as a printer.

A. Network

B. Internet

C. Computer

D. Information

83. ____network of networks

A. Network

B. Internet

C. Computer

D. Information

84. True or False

A. At the highest level, managers are concerned with supervising the conduct of day-to-day activities.

B. At the lowest level, managers are concerned with setting long-term goals and directions for the organization.

A. both are true

B. both are false

C. A-true, B- false

D. A- false, B-true

85. __________system is that two or more subsystems share the data over a network.

A. Open

B. Closed

C. Distributed

D. Undistributed

86. Which one of the following is not IT infrastructure services

A. Telecommunications services

B. Data management services

C. Application software services

D. None

87. Relationships are established among related tables Each table contains data on entity and attributes

A. True

B. False

88. ______Represent data as two-dimensional tables called relations or files

A. Database

B. Database Management Systems

C. Relational DBMS

D. Data

89. To design a database you must understand the relationships among data and tables, the type of data in tables.

A. True

B. False

90. which one of the following is correct about Securing information systems

A.    Assess the business value of security and control

B.     Design an organizational framework for security and control.

C.     Evaluate the most important tools and technologies for safeguarding information resources.

D.    All

91. Global economic system and global world order driven by advanced networks and information systems

A. True

B. False

92. What among the following are the primary characteristics that information must process?

A.  Relevance

B. Availability

C. Timeliness

D. Accuracy

 

93. in____ systemdevelopment and operations occur in coordinated

A. Centralized

B. Duplicated

C. Decentralized

D. Networked

94. ____ converts software to operate in second language that are most important in software applications.

A. languages Software localization

B. Operating System

C. Data mining

D. None

95. Digital firms offer greater flexibility in organization and management

A. True

B. False

96. describes how company produces, delivers, and sells product or service to create wealth

A. Digital firms

B. Software

C. Business model

D. All

 

 

 

97. AmongIT Strategic Role which one represents Improvement of efficiency to attain higher profitability

A. Operational excellence

B. Customer and supplier intimacy

C. Improved decision making

D. Survival

98.A role that representsServing customers well to customers returning, which raises revenues and profits.

A. Operational excellence

B. Customer and supplier intimacy

C. Improved decision making

D. Survival

99. Lack of accurate information leads to

A. underproduction of goods and services

B. Misallocation of resources

C. Poor response times

D. All

100. what are the benefits of existence of Competitive advantage in business?

A. Delivering better performance

B. Charging less for superior products

C. Responding to customers and suppliers in real time

111. One is not the characteristic of valuable information

101. Which one of the following is not correct about Information system?

A. Accuracy   

B. Relevancy  

C. Incompleteness

D. Accessibility

102. Which one of the following is not correct about management?

A.      It is an art of getting things done by others

B.      It is the economic use of the resources

C.      it is an activity that comprises of planning, organizing, coordinating, controlling and staffing

D.      Getting things done in the right way by the right people at the right time.

E.       None of the above

103. One is not an element of Management Information System

A. Management

 B. System  

C. Information    

   D. Data

104. Which one of the following is not the major component of any system?

  A. Input  

B. Process   

C. Output   

D. Feedback 

 E. None of the above

105. The external part of the system refers to 

    A. sub system

  B. boundary 

C. Feedback

 D. Environment

  E. None of the above

106. Elements which are found within the system are said to be

    A. sub system 

 B. boundary  

 C. feedback  

D. Environment 

 E. None of the above

107. Which one of the following are not the characteristics of any system

A. They have specific objective   

 B. systems are composed of elements

C. Elements in a system are interrelated  

D. Elements in a system are dependent to each other 

 E. All of the above

108. When the inputs, the outputs and the process are known in advance the system is said to be

  A. Deterministic

    B. Realistic

    C. Open      

D. Close  

109. If a system has exchange of information, material or energy with the environment including random and undefined inputs then it is called

A. Deterministic    

B. Realistic   

C. Open     

 D. Close  

110. An arrangement of components that interact to support the operations, management and decision making information needs of an organization refers to.

  A. System   

  B. Management    

 C. Information    

D.MIS

111. One is correct about Management

A. It is the activity of getting things done with the help of people & resources.

B. It is Effective utilization of resources to achieve defined objectives with maximum efficiency.

C. It consists of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating and controlling; that utilize human, financial, and material resources.
D. Management means to get the things done in the right way by the right people at the right time

E. All of the above

112. One is not correct about the system

A.      It is a collection of components that work together to realize some objective forms a system.

B.      An organized, interacting, interdependent and integrated set of components.

C.      Any system consists of Input, process, output, feedback and control

D.      All of the above

113. telling people what to accomplish and seeing that they do it to the finest of their capability defines.

A. Planning    

  B. Controlling   

C. Directing      

D. Staffing   

  E. organizing

114. Which of the following is incorrect statement?

A.      Planning: Devise short-range and long-range plans and set goals to help achieve the plans

  1. Organizing: How to use resources
  2. Directing: Guiding employees to perform their work
  3. Staffing: filling the organizational structure and keeping it filled with competent people.
  4. None of the above

115. Which one of the following is an objective of top level Management?

A.      Setting key objectives, policies and identifying factors essential for the development of the organization.

  1.   Making appointments to the top position of the organization such as managers department heads etc.
  2. Reviewing the work of different personnel in various levels
  3. A and B
  4. All of the abov

Answers

1 B

21 A

41 E

61 C

81 A

2 B

22 E

42 A

62 B

82 A

3 B

23 B

43 A

63 D

83 B

4 C

24 E

44 D

64 A

84 B

5 B

25 A

45 A

65 D

85 C

6 B

26 A

46 A

66 B

86 D

7 B

27 B

47 B

67 A

87 A

8 A

28 D

48 A

68 B

88 C

9 C

29 C

49 B

69 C

89 A

10 B

30 A

50 E

70 A

90 D

11 C

31 C

51 B

71 B

91 A

12 B

32 C

52 C

72 C

92 A

13 D

33 A

53 C

73 C

93 D

14 A

34 E

54 C

74 A

94 A

15 B

35 D

55 D

75 C

95 A

16 A

36 C

56 B

76 B

96 C

17 E

37 E

57 A

77 A

97 A

18 C

38 A

58 D

78 D

98 B

19 C

39 A

59 D

79 A

99 D

20 C

40 B

60 B

80 D

100 D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 B

2 B

3 B

4 C

5 B

6 B

7 B

8 A

9 C

10 B

11 C

12 B

13 D

14 A

15 B