MIS Mid Term

Question 1

A ____ system is a type of transaction processing system (TPS).

Answer 1

Payroll

Question 2

____ is understanding the role of information in generating and using business intelligence.

Answer 2

Information Literacy

Question 3

The supervisor program of an OS is called the ____.

Answer 3

Kernel

Question 4

Sales records are an example of the ____ component of an information system.

Answer 4

Internal Data

Question 5

CD-ROMs and DVDs are examples of ____ disks.

Answer 5

Optical

Question 6

Online brokerage firms operate in a highly competitive environment, so they use information technologies to make their services more unique in order to combat ____.

Answer 6

Rivalry Among Existing Competitors

Question 7

A(n) ____ is a type of memory that must be accessed sequentially.

Answer 7

Magnetic Tape

Question 8

____ is the opposite of buyer power.

Answer 8

Supplier Power

Question 9

____ memory, which is nonvolatile, holds data when the computer is off or during the course of a program’s operation.

Answer 9

Secondary

Question 10

Using ____ software, you can perform “what if” analysis on data.

Answer 10

Spreadsheet

Question 11

The BIOS is part of the ____.

Answer 11

Motherboard

Question 12

In designing an MIS, the first task is to define the system’s ____ clearly.

Answer 12

Objectives

Question 13

____ means saving data in computer memory and retrieval is accessing data from memory.

Answer 13

Storage

Question 14

The portion of the computer responsible for adding numbers is the ____.

Answer 14

ALU

Question 15

A(n) ____ is the link between devices connected to the computer.

Answer 15

Bus

Question 16

Optical discs use ____ beams to access and store data.

Answer 16

Laser

Question 17

The term RAID stands for ____.

Answer 17

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

Question 18

A successful ____ program helps improve customer service and create a long term relationship between an organization and its customers.

Answer 18

CRM

Question 19

The four Ms of resources are: ____.

Answer 19

Manpower, Machinery, Materials, and Money

Question 20

Typically, data has a(n) ____ orientation.

Answer 20

Time

Question 21

In a(n) ____ file, each alphabetic, numeric, or special character is represented with a 7-bit binary number.

Answer 21

ASCII

Question 22

A ____ is a computer and all software for managing network resources and offering services to a network.

Answer 22

Server

Question 23

The Clipboard’s contents are stored on ____.

Answer 23

RAM

Question 24

Management information system (MIS) ____ include programs developed in-house.

Answer 24

Software Components

Question 25

A ____ is the size of a character.

Answer 25

Byte

Question 26

With the ____, records can be accessed sequentially or randomly, depending on the number being accessed.

Answer 26

Indexed Sequential Access Method

Question 27

Within a data model, the ____ describes how data is organized and the relationship among records.

Answer 27

Data Structure

Question 28

Accessing one central database server could increase ____ for remote users.

Answer 28

Communication Costs

Question 29

In a relational model, when a primary key for one table appears in another table, it is called a ____ key.

Answer 29

Foreign

Question 30

A database ____, the heart of DBMS software, is responsible for data storage, manipulation, and retrieval.

Answer 30

Engine

Question 31

The structure and organization of data in a database is called the data ____.

Answer 31

Hierarchy

Question 32

Data marts usually have more limited ____ than data warehouses.

Answer 32

Scope

Question 33

____ uses multiple sources of information and provides multidimensional analysis.

Answer 33

OLAP

Question 34

Grouping objects along with their attributes and methods into a class is called ____.

Answer 34

Encapsulation

Question 35

A ____ operation searches data in a table and retrieves records based on certain criteria.

Answer 35

Select

Question 36

A data ____ stores definitions, such as data types for fields, default values, and validation rules for data in each field.

Answer 36

Dictionary

Question 37

A database is a collection of related ____ that can be stored in a central location or in multiple locations.

Answer 37

Data

Question 38

How data is stored on and retrieved from a hard disk is the ____ view.

Answer 38

Physical

Question 39

In a data warehouse, ____ means collecting data from a variety of sources and converting it into a format that can be used in transformation processing.

Answer 39

Extraction

Question 40

Distributing data among multiple sites minimizes the effects of computer ____.

Answer 40

Failures

Question 41

A ____ is a group of related fields in a database.

Answer 41

Record

Question 42

With ____, you request data from a database by constructing a statement made up of query forms.

Answer 42

Query by Example

Question 43

To improve database efficiency, a process called ____ is used.

Answer 43

Normalization

Question 44

The most common data model is the ____ model.

Answer 44

Relational

Question 45

____ tools can be used to examine point-of-sale data to generate reports on customers’ purchase history.

Answer 45

Data-Mining

Question 46

A(n) ____ database has the ability to represent more complex data relationships than a relational database.

Answer 46

Object-Oriented

Question 47

To begin designing a relational database, you must define the ____ structure by defining each table and the fields in it.

Answer 47

Logical

Question 48

____ usually utilize internal data and respond in real time.

Answer 48

OLTP

Question 49

A ____ is a collection of data from a variety of sources used to support decision-making applications and generate business intelligence.

Answer 49

Data Warehouse

Question 50

In the ____ model, each record can have multiple parents and multiple children.

Answer 50

Network

Question 51

A(n) ____ is a set of rules specifying legal and ethical use of a system and activities and the consequences of noncompliance.

Answer 51

Acceptable Use Policy

Question 52

____ attacks inundate a Web site or network with e-mails and other network traffic so that it becomes overloaded and can’t handle legitimate traffic.

Answer 52

Denial-of-Service

Question 53

A ____ attack typically targets Internet servers.

Answer 53

Denial-of-Service

Question 54

____ are a type of access control.

Answer 54

Passwords

Question 55

Amazon.com uses ____ to provided customized book recommendations based on past purchases.

Answer 55

Cookies

Question 56

____ refers to the accuracy of information resources within an organization.

Answer 56

Integrity

Question 57

Data encryption transforms data into a scrambled form called ____.

Answer 57

Ciphertext

Question 58

____ is capturing and recording network traffic.

Answer 58

Sniffing

Question 59

____ is registering, selling, or using a domain name to profit from someone else’s trademark.

Answer 59

Cybersquatting

Question 60

A ____ attack floods a network or server with service requests to prevent legitimate users’ access to the system.

Answer 60

Denial-of-Service

Question 61

Information technology and the Internet has, in essence, resulted in two societal groups: the information rich and the information poor. This is called the ____.

Answer 61

Digital Divide

Question 62

A backup power unit is also called a(n) ____.

Answer 62

UPS

Question 63

____ planning outlines procedures for keeping an organization operational.

Answer 63

Business Continuity

Question 64

A ____ is built-in to a system by its designer.

Answer 64

Backdoor

Question 65

A ____ travels from computer to computer, in a network, but it doesn’t usually erase data.

Answer 65

Worm

Question 66

The McCumber cube defines ____ characteristics of information security.

Answer 66

Nine

Question 67

Intentional threats include ____.

Answer 67

Attacks by Disgruntled Employees

Question 68

A ____ protects new processes.

Answer 68

Patent

Question 69

You make two copies of a software package you just bought and sell one to a friend. This action is ____.

Answer 69

Illegal and Unethical

Question 70

A ____ is used to verify whether a user’s access is valid by logging the user off (after he or she attempts to connect to the network) and then calling the user back at a predetermined number.

Answer 70

Callback Modem

Question 71

Dell, Microsoft, and Unisys Corporation created a partnership to design a voting system for several U.S. states. This is an example of ____.

Answer 71

A Virtual Organization

Question 72

____ are generated by Web server software, record a user’s actions on a Web site.

Answer 72

Log Files

Question 73

Many experts believe management can reduce employee’s unethical behavior by developing and enforcing a ____.

Answer 73

Code of Ethics