MIS MCQ Questions

MCA-IV
Shalini Jaiswal(20)
1. Management information systems (MIS)
A) create and share documents that support day-today office activities
B) process business transactions (e.g., time cards, payments, orders, etc.)
C) capture and reproduce the knowledge of an expert problem solver
D) use the transaction data to produce information needed by
managers to run the business
2. The term used to describe those people whose jobs involve sponsoring and funding
the project to develop, operate, and maintain the information system is
A) information worker
B) internal system user
C) systems owner
D) external system user
3. The person who ensures that systems are developed on time, within budget, and
with acceptable quality is a
A) systems designer
B) project manager
C) systems owner
D) external system user
4. Which one of the following is not a business driver for an information system?
A) business process redesign
B) knowledge asset management
C) proliferation of networks and the Internet
D) security and privacy
5. A task of developing a technical blueprint and specifications for a solution that fulfills
the business requirements is undertaken in the following phase of the system
development process
A) system initiation
B) system implementation
C) system analysis
D) system design
6. If a university sets up a web-based information system that faculty could access to
record student grades and to advise students, that would be an example of a/an
A) CRM
B) intranet
C) ERP
D) extranet
7. Which of the following is not a technology driver for an information system?
A) enterprise applications
B) object technologies
C) knowledge asset management
D) collaborative technologies

8. Which of the following is a deliverable of the system implementation phase in a

formal system development process?
A) technical hardware and software solution for the business problem
B) business problem statement
C) statement of the system users business requirements

11. Critical
_____
factors are
those that
are vital if

a manager is to make a full contribution to the achievement of an organization's

goals
A) Tactical
B) Success
C) Decision
D) Concise
12. The manager of inventory would most likely be found in the
A)
B)
C)
D)

finance function
marketing function
manufacturing function
information systems function

13. In which way is a managerial information system (MIS) superior to electronic

data processing (EDP)?
A) It is batch oriented
B) It is most cost effective
C) It provides summary reports without details
D) All of the above
14. An organization containing manufacturing, marketing, and finance areas is
called a
A) matrix organization
B) flow network organization
C) modular organization
D) functional organization
15. Central purpose of most decision-support systems is
A) to build a model of the decisionmaking problem
B) to build a model of the decisionmaking problem
C) to build an expert system
D) to determine the key decisions in the problem area
16. Strategic information is required by
A) Middle managers
B) Line managers
C) Top managers
D) All workers
17. Data mining cannot be done if
A) operational data has not been archived
B) earlier management decisions are not available
C) the organization is large
D) all processing had been only batch processing
18. Decision support systems are essential for
A) dayto-day operation of an organization.
B) providing statutory information.

C) top level strategic decision making.

D) ensuring that organizations are profitable.
19. Online transaction processing is used because
A) it is efficient
B) disk is used for storing files
C) it can handle random queries.
D) Transactions occur in batches
20. Every record stored in a Master file has a key field because
A) it is the most important field
B) it acts as a unique identification of record
C) it is the key to the database
D) it is a very concise field
21. Organizations have hierarchical structures because
A) it is convenient to do so
B) it is done by every organization
C) specific responsibilities can be assigned for each level
D) it provides opportunities for promotions

22. In motor car manufacturing the following type of information is operational

A) Decision on introducing a new model
B) Scheduling production
C) Assessing competitor car
D) Computing sales tax collected
23. Edit program is required to
A) authenticate data entered by an operator
B) format correctly input data
C) detect errors in input data
D) expedite retrieving input data
24. Tactical information is needed for
A) Day to day operations
B) Meet government requirements
C) Long range planning
D) Short range planning
25. For taking decisions data must be
A) Processed correctly
B) Collected from diverse sources
C) Massive
D) Very accurate