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Management Information Systems
Multiple choices:
Q1. The BCD(binary code division) equivalent of (13)10 is
a. D
b. 1101
c. 00010010
d. 00010011
Q2. These systems are intended to help individual managers
in their decision-making capability.
a. Management information
b. Executive support
c. Decision support
d. Office automation
Q3. Linux is a ……. Bit UNIX like operating system.
a. 16
b. 32
c. 64
d. 8
Q4. This is the ability of a system to repair itself,
survive and grow by importing resources from its environment and transforming
them into outputs.
a. Negative entropy
b. Positive entropy
c. Entropy
d. Neutral entropy
Q5. A computer-based information system that increase the
efficiency and productivity of managers and office workers through document and
message processing is known as
a. Decision support system
b. Management information system
c. Office automation system
d. Transaction processing system
Q6. Which is a multiuser operating system
a. MS DOS
b. Windows NT
c. VMS
d. None
Q7. More information and knowledge is an advantage of this
decision-making.
a. Individual
b. Strategic
c. Operational
d. Group
Q8. ISDN stands for
a. International service digital network
b. International service data network
c. Integrated service digital network
d. Integrated service data network
Q9. MYCIN is a popular expert system used for
a. Financial planning
b. Mineral exploration
c. Mass spectrography
d. Medical diagnosis
Q10. This refers to the flow of information among people on
the same or similar organizational level.
a. Diagonal
b. Upward
c. Horizontal
d. Downward
Part Two:
Q1. What are ‘Empirical systems’?
Q2. Write a note on ‘EPAB’.
Q3. Differentiate between
interpreter and compiler.
Q4. What is ‘Virtual Reality’?
Q5. Suggest the different
Decision Support System (DSS) which the management of the UFDL may use for
strategic management of the business.
Q6. Suggest the external sources
of information for the top management to support their decision making, justifying its position in an MIS.
Q7. Do you agree with the
argument made by the business leaders in this case in support of the
competitive advantage that IT can provide to a business? Why or why not?
Q8. What are several ways that IT
could provide a competitive advantage to a business? Use some of the companies
mentioned in this case as examples. Visit their websites to gather more
information to help you answer.
Q9. Shells Company has adopted a
new management information system (MIS) in its Chennai branch. Though the MIS
promised rich benefits, Shells’ employees were quite apprehensive about the new
change and resisted this recent move of the company. Can you suggest some
measures or techniques for overcoming resistance to change at Shells?
Q10. A key element in both
planning and controlling is information. What are the main attributes that
information must possess in order to be useful to managers? And is the nature
of the information required by managers at different levels similar or does it
varies along with the hierarchy?
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