MIS MCQs on Information System, Data-Information-Knowledge and Knowledge Management System

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This is another article based on MCQs, related to Management Information System. These are the general MCQs which are commonly asked in exams and include topics like the basic introduction to Information System and its types, Data-Information-Knowledge and Knowledge Management System.

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Q 1) A ______ is an attempt to provide the same judgmental advice that human experts such as doctors provide.

a. ES
b. AI
c. DSS
d. KMS

Solution: a) Expert System (ES)

Q 2) A _________ expressly designed for the support of individual and collective decision making.

a. TPS
b. OIS
c. MIS
d. DSS

Solution: d) DSS

Q 3) A _______ is an organized portfolio of formal systems for obtaining processing and delivering information in support of the business operations and management of an organization.

a. DSS
b. MRS
c. MIS
d. None of the above

Solution: c) MIS

Q 4) A computer-based information system ______.

a. May require some tasks to be done manually
b. May use only computers
c. Should not harm any manual tasks
d. Is always fully automated

Solution: a) May require some tasks to be done manually

Q 5) A drill-down capability is often included in a(n) ______.

a. Executive Information System
b. Decision Support System
c. Transaction Processing System
d. All of them

Solution: a) Executive Information System

Q 6) Component of TPS does not include ______.

a. Feedback
b. Output
c. Input
d. Process

Solution: a) Feedback

Q 7) Decision makers who are concerned with Strategic information and decision making are _____.

a. Middle managers
b. Mobile managers
c. Executive managers
d. Supervisors

Solution: a) Middle managers

Q 8) An operational system is which of the following?

a. A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on current data.
b. A system that is used to support decision making and is based on historical data.
c. A system that is used to support decision making and is based on current data.
d. A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on current data.

Solution: d) A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on current data.

Q 9) Decisions can be classified on three levels : strategic, _____ and operational.

a. MIS
b. Passwords
c. Tactical
d. Prompt

Solution: c) Tactical

Q 10) GDSS is the short form of _______.

a. Group Decision Support System
b. Group Discussion Support System
c. Group Discussion Support Source
d. Group Decision Service System

Solution: a) Group Decision Support System

Q 11) In order to produce a computer-based information system, we must together ________.

a. 2 parts
b. 3 parts
c. 4 parts
d. 5 parts

Solution: d) 5 parts

Q 12) Information system model does not comprises of ______.

a. Storage
b. Output
c. Input
d. Process

Solution: a) Storage

Q 13) Information System that monitor the elementary activities and transactions of the organization are ______.

a. Knowledge Level System
b. Strategic Level System
c. Operational Level System
d. Management Level System

Solution: d) Management Level System

Q 14) Information systems support an organizations business operations managerial decision making and strategic competitive advantage Such system is called ______.

a. Competitive advantages
b. Globalization
c. Business process re-engineering
d. Roles of information systems

Solution: d) Roles of information systems

Q 15) MIS can be manual?

a. Irrelevant
b. True
c. False
d. None of the above

Solution: b) True

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