Management Information System MCQ PDF

1. The first step in the systems development life cycle (SDLC) is _______________.

1. Design
2. Analysis
3. Problem/Opportunity Identification
4. Development and Documentation

Answer: Problem/Opportunity Identification

2. The _____ will make the automated inventory system understandable to everyone.

1. programs
2. statement
3. document
4. blocks

Answer: document

3. processing is considered as the classical method of processing data.

1. Group
2. Batch
3. Sequence
4. Real

Answer: Batch

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

1. Management
2. System
3. Management Information System
4. Entity

Answer: Management

5. In compilation process the program is placed in the memory in the form ___

1. binary
2. octal
3. hexadecimal
4. decimal

Answer: binary
6. CASE Tool is _______________.

1. Component Aided Software Engineering

2. Computer Aided Software Engineering
3. Constructive Aided Software Engineering
4. Computer Analysis Software Engineering

Answer: Computer Aided Software Engineering

7. In the system concepts, the term integration is ________________.

1. refers to the manner in which each component functions with other components of the
system
2. means that parts of computer system depends on one another
3. implies structure and order
4. refers to the holism of systems

Answer: refers to the holism of systems

8. The starting point of MIS planning is general ______ planning.

1. business
2. managers
3. objective
4. firms

Answer: business

9. ________is the information about data.

1. Meta-Data
2. Data
3. Entity
4. Relations

Answer: Meta-Data

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

1. Strategic
2. Operational
3. Statistical
4. Processing

Answer: Strategic
11. The major drawbacks in decision making by MIS is difficult due ____ for business
problems.

1. rules
2. structure
3. conditions
4. strategy

Answer: rules

12. Top down approach is used for ___________.

1. identification of faults
2. development
3. testing and validation
4. reverse engineering

Answer: development

13. To become an effective MIS department must state its _____.

1. objective
2. goals
3. mission
4. profit

Answer: mission

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

1. Database System (DS)

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

Answer: Geographical information System (GIS)

15. The most rapidly growing application for computer assisted decision making is called
____

1. validation
2. simulation
3. attribute
4. entity
Answer: simulation

16. The ____ component plays a decision rule for the computer

1. statements
2. program
3. input data
4. conditions

Answer: program

17. Accounting, finance, marketing, and human resources are known as ____________.

1. Functional business areas

2. Geographic information system
3. Executive information systems
4. Local information system

Answer: Functional business areas

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

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

Answer: Dependability

19. _____ is an overall performance summary to date and compared with the previous
periods, budgets.

1. Sales recap
2. Sales list
3. Sales data
4. Sales objective

Answer: Sales recap

20. The ___ language is used to solve the numeric problems.

1. Cobol
2. C
3. Fortran
4. Basic
Answer: Fortran

21. The effectiveness of marketing information system depends to a larger extent of _____
from market place to the firm.

1. advertising
2. feedback
3. marketing
4. promoting

Answer: feedback

22. Expand TPS.

1. Technology processing systems

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

Answer: Transaction processing systems

23. The tools that support different stages of software development life cycle are called
________________.

1. CAQE tool
2. CAME tools
3. CASE Tools
4. CARE tools

Answer: CASE Tools

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

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

Answer: Abstraction

25. EDP means ____.

1. electronic data processing

2. electronic data projection
3. electronic data process
4. electronic data predict
Answer: electronic data processing

26. The ____ information system deals with the flow of information about people working
in the organization.

1. transaction
2. record
3. Personnel
4. Blocked

Answer: Personnel

27. System Development process is also called as ______________.

1. System Life Cycle

2. System Development Life Cycle
3. System Process Cycle
4. None of above

Answer: System Development Life Cycle

28. SDLC stands for ____________

1. Software development life cycle

2. Software design life cycle
3. System design life cycle
4. System development life cycle

Answer: Software development life cycle

29. A sequence of instructions that works together to perform a task is called a ______

1. statements
2. block
3. Program
4. grouping

Answer: Program

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

1. Executives
2. System analysts
3. Knowledge workers
4. Data workers
Answer: Data workers

31. _________is the real world object, such as a person, place etc.

1. Entity
2. Attribute
3. Records
4. All of above

Answer: Entity

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

1. hexadecimal
2. octal
3. decimal
4. binary

Answer: binary

33. Prototype is a ______________.

1. Mini model of existing system

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

Answer: Working model of existing system

34. ______________System can be any organized combination of people, hardware,

software, communications networks and data resources that collects, transforms and
disseminates information in an organization

1. Integrated
2. Horizontal
3. Information
4. Vertical

Answer: Information

35. Information systems that monitor the elementary activities and transactions of the
organizations are ________

1. Operational level system

2. Management level system
3. Strategic level system
 4. Knowledge level system

Answer: Operational level system

36. The most creative and challenging phase of system life cycle is ___________

1. Maintenance
2. Design
3. Feasibility study
4. None of the above

Answer: Design

37. Summary transaction data, high-volume data, and simple models are information
inputs characteristic of _________________

1. Executive Support System (ESS)

2. Decision Support System (DSS)
3. Transaction Processing System (TPS)
4. Management Information System (MIS)

Answer: Management Information System (MIS)

38. System development is a __________.

1. It is a development of SRS of a system

2. Process of successive changes of system from new and changed requirement
3. All of above
4. None of the above

Answer: All of above

39. The advantages of creating a prototype are ____________________

1. It can serve as means of communication between developers and customers

2. It allows developers to experiment with number of different design options
3. None of above
4. All of above

Answer: All of above

40. Projections and responses to queries are Information output characteristics associated
with ________

1. Management Information System (MIS)

2. Executive Support System (ESS)
 3. Decision Support System (DSS)
4. Transaction Processing System (TPS)

Answer: Executive Support System (ESS)