Chap01 Foundations of Information Systems in Business
Information technology for managers objectives
1. Question No: 1
In digital computer, data is represented in –
Decimal Form
Binary form
Octal form
Hexadecimal form
Question No: 2
Add, subtract, multiple and logic operations are performed by –
Registers
Control unit
ALU
None of these
Question No: 3
The data processing consists –
Capturing the input data
Manipulating the data
2. Handling the output
All of the above
Question No: 4
A plotter is –
An impact device to produce good quality graphics
An output device to produce drawings and graphics
A fast output device using camera lenses
None of the above
Question No: 5
Which of the following is/are GUI based operating system?
MS DOS
UNIX
Window 3.1
Windows Vista
Question No: 6
The largest unit of storage is –
3. Terabyte
Petabyte
Exabyte
Zettabyte
Question No: 7
Machine language programs are written using –
0’s and 1’s
Mnemonic codes
English like words
None of the above
Question No: 8
A file is corrected immediately after the input of a transaction. This is an example of –
Sorting
Batching
On line updating
4. Off line updating
Question No: 9
A logic gate is an electronic circuit which –
Makes logic decisions
Allows electron flow only is our direction
Works on binary algebra
Alternates between 0 & 1 values
Question No: 10
An organized collection of logically relate data is known as –
Data
Meta Data
Database
Data versus information
Question No: 11
A JPG is –
A Jumper Programmed Graphic
5. A format for an image file
A type of hard disk
A unit of measure for memory
Question No: 12
Another word for “Graphics for a word processor”?
Peripheral
Clipart
Highlight
Execute
Question No: 13
The name of E-computer programs usually developed by government agencies that can be freely
copied and used –
Public domain software
Freeware
Shareware
Pirated software
6. Question No: 14
Some software packages attempt to encode the knowledge and decision rules of human
specialists in order to use them for making their own decisions. This software is referred as –
Artificial intelligence packages referred as -
Expert systems
Knowledge based systems
None of these
Question No: 15
Following is not a responsibility of DBMS software –
Creating physical and logical designs
Removing flagged records for deleting
Creating and maintaining the data dictionary
Monitoring performance
Question No: 16
On which of the following sites can you set up your e-mail account –
www.linux.org
www.gre.org
7. www.syvum.org
www.gmail.com
Question No: 17
What is a URL?
A computer software program
A type of UFO
The address of a document or ‘page’ on the world wide web
An acronym for Uniform Resource learning
Question No: 18
What is the difference between Internet and an intranet?
One is public, the other is private
One is safer than the other
One can be monitor, the other can’t
None of the above
Question No: 19
Decision making is which activity
8. Intuitive
Cognitive
Systematic
Analytic
Question No: 20
Decision support system are used for –
Line managers
Top level managers
Middle level managers
System user
Question No: 21
A Management Information System (MIS) is one which –
Is required by al managers of an organization
Processes data to yield information of value in tactical management
Provides operational information
9. Allows better management of organization
Question No: 22
A set of programs that handle firms database responsibilities is called –
DBMS (Database Management System)
Database processing System
Data Management System
All of the above
Question No: 23
To access information from a database, you need –
EIS
DBMS
MIS
None of the above
Question No: 24
Newspaper, magazine, radio, television are example of
Storing information
10. Retrieving information
Communication information
Acquiring information
Question No: 25
The architecture of the MIS plan provides:
A way to handle the system or subsystem by way of simplification on, coupling and
decoupling of subsystems.
For preparing the schedule of the system in the overall information requirement
An online information on the stocks markets and the accounts balance.
None of these.
Question No: 26
Management science also known as mathematics.
Operations research
Management accounting
Exchange commission
11. System theory
Question No: 27
EIS should offer the capability to into the data.
Drill down
Drill Up
Drill diagonal
All of the above
Question No: 28
The business re-engineering requires a major change in the
Machine
Mindset
Material
Infrastructure
Question No: 29
Which of the following system helps you with making a decision about a non structured
problem?
A.I.
12. Neutral Network
Genetic Algorithms
D.S.S.
Question No: 30
Inventory is also referred to as
Stock
Warehouse Capacity
Material
Material in hand
Question No: 31
Are knowledge based system to which present rules are applied to solve a particular problem
ES
AL
KBS
Base rule
13. Question No: 32
A system Theory of organization sees the firm as a
Network of resource flow
System transforming inputs into output
Physical System managed by a manager using a conceptual system
All of the above
Question No: 33
Decision are those decision for which policy standards or guidelines are already established
Programmable
Control
Predictive reports
Relevant
Question No: 34
Which of the following is not an important principle for evaluating the raw data for decision
making
Selection
Pattern
14. Average
Over View
Question No: 35
A DBA is a
A person
A Computer device
A Communication technique
All of the above
Question No: 36
A constraint that does not affect the feasible solution region is known as
Redundant Constraint
Unbounded solution
Slack variable
Surplus variable
Question No: 37
The product structure file is also called as
15. Item master file
Bill of materials file
Operations file
All of the above
Question No: 38
Computer support to the manager has been in
Alternative identification
Alternative selection
Problem identification
Alternative evaluation
Question No: 39
A central purpose of most decision support systems is
To build a model of the decision making problem
To design a database management system
To build an expert system
16. None of the above
Question No: 40
The four major corporate resources are money, material, information and
People
Icons
Information System
None of the above