Management Information Systems – Section 6

31. The characteristics of strategic decisions include all of the following except:

A. they are structured
B. they are future oriented
C. they have a high level of uncertainty
D. they are concerned with long-range plans
E. All of the above are characteristics

Correct Answer: A. they are structured
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32. An MIS may include operational/ tactical support, decision support, and automated _____ subsystems.

A. office
B. center
C. body
D. area
E. None of the above

Correct Answer: A. office
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33. The teleprocessing system appropriate for a probability encoding system is

A. an on-line batch system
B. an interactive time-sharing system
C. a large-scale batch system
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Correct Answer: B. an interactive time-sharing system
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34. Which of the following is generally true about management reports?

A. low-level managers need information in the form of detailed reports
B. reports can be issued on demand, periodically, or on the occurrence of a specific tvont
C. middle managers use exception reports
D. middle managers use a summary reports
E. All of the above

Correct Answer: E. All of the above
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35. The idea of “generations” of data files is closely related to

A. transaction processing
B. timesharing
C. realtime processing
D. batch processing
E. None of the above

Correct Answer: D. batch processing
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