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A combination of hardware, software, and telecommunication networks that people build and use to collect, create,
and distribute data is ___________.

a. decision support system

b. marketing information system
c. management information system.
d. computer-based information system

Question 2

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Addressing the long term plan of organizations is primarily of the concern for junior managers in any organization.

a. False
b. True

Question 3

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Among the following, one is involves all of those activities that enable management to identify future personnel needs.

a. Work force planning subsystem

b. Recruiting subsystem
c. Benefits subsystem
d. Compensation subsystem

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Among the following, which one is a set of people, procedures, and resources that collects, transforms and disseminates
information in an organization?

a. Open system
b. Information system resources
c. Information system
d. Physical systems

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Buses are paths for transmitting data and signals among the parts of the computer systems.

a. True
b. False

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Identify the one which is not the characteristics management information system (MIS).

a. It relies on the existing corporate data and data flows.

b. It is generally reporting and control oriented.
c. It aids in decision making using post and present data.
d. It has an external rather than an internal orientation.

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Identify the one which is the only input component that appears in all of the functional information system?

a. Accounting information system

b. Financial intelligence subsystem
c. None of the above
d. Internal audit subsystems

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Identify the one which provides data and information that assist the firm in complying with the various employment laws.

a. Government intelligence
b. Global community intelligence
c. Labor union intelligence
d. Supplier intelligence

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Information management is the activity of acquiring information using it in the most effective way, and discarding it at the
appropriate time.

a. True
b. False

Question 10

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Integrated systems are systems that store the whole organizational information resource in one place to make the
information accessible to the whole organization.

a. False
b. True

Question 11

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Management-level systems are typically provide an instant information rather than periodic reports on operations.

a. True
b. False

Question 12

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One of the following is not a category of modern marketing information system.

a. None of the above

b. Market research
c. E-commerce
d. Customer relationship management

Question 13

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One of the following is the decisional role of manager.

a. Disturbance handler
b. Monitor
c. Leader role
d. Disseminator

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Open system operates by the combined performance of physical and conceptual system.

a. False
b. True

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Real time processing is a way of proceeding data where transaction data is accumulated over a period of time and
processed periodically.

a. True
b. False

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Systems software is a program that a user uses for processing a particular task.

a. True
b. False

Question 17

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The main function of a transaction processing is to capture and process data describing business transaction.

a. False
b. True

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The main intension of using a decision support system is to completely replace of the manager’s responsibility.

a. False
b. True

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The type of decision support system (DSS) that supports the development, storage, retrieval, revision, and control of the
models in a decision support system model base is ___________.

a. data base management

b. model base management
c. dialogue management
d. all of the above

Question 20

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Which of the following decision making activity involves understanding or identifying the problem occurring in the
organization?

a. Implementation and review activity

b. Design activity
c. Choice activity
d. Intelligence activity

Question 21

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Which of the following human resource research subsystems is conducted for the purpose of identifying persons with firm
who are candidates for position becoming available/?

a. Supplier intelligence
b. Job analysis and evaluation
c. Succession studies.
d. Grievance studies

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Which of the following is a limitation of office automation?

a. Shorten the term round time between the preparation and receipt of messages.
b. The expensive nature of some office automation equipment.
c. More cost effective communications.
d. Increase the productivity of executives, professionals and workers who are heavy users of office communicators.

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Question 23

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Which of the following is functional information system?

a. Decision support system

b. Office automation
c. Manufacturing information system
d. Executive support system

Question 24

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Which of the following is not among the benefits that can be derived from office automation?

a. It is more traditional written and telephone communication than effective communication.

b. It increases the productivity of the secretarial personnel.
c. It increases the productivity of executives professionals and workers.
d. It is more cost-effective than traditional communication.

Question 25

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Which of the following refers to the appropriateness of the information to solve a particular problem?

a. Timeliness
b. Completeness
c. Relevance
d. Accuracy

Question 26

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Which of the following stages of decision making involves the activity of understanding and identifying the problems
occurring in the organization?

a. Implementation & review activity

b. Design activity
c. Intelligence activity
d. Choice activity

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Question 27

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Which of the following statement is not true about an executive information system (EIS)?

a. It is used indirectly by an executive with an intermediaries.

b. Tailored to individual executive users.
c. Extract, filter, compress, and track critical data.
d. It provides trend analysis

Question 28

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Which one of the following is a computer-based information systems that resulting from the occurrence, of business
transaction?

a. Electronic communication system

b. Teleconferencing
c. Transaction process system (TPS)
d. Computer conferencing

Question 29

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Which one of the following is concerned with sales forecasts for a year or more into the future?

a. Promotion
b. Long-range forecasting
c. Sales forecasting
d. Short-range forecasting

Question 30

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___________ transforms input resources such as personnel, financial capital, raw materials, equipment and information into
products and services.

a. Physical systems
b. Closed systems
c. Open systems
d. Conceptual systems

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