Administrative supervision of the activities relating to a database is the responsibility of the:
A. DP manager
B. Database administrator
C. VP-DP Administration
D. DB manager
E. None of the above
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The latest time that the event can be delayed without delaying the completion of the entire project in PERT chart is:
A. earliest allowable time
B. latest allowable time
C. earliest pass
D. latest pass
E. None of the above
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Union officials receive the same type of education as
A. top level managers
B. the rank and file employees
C. low level managers
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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The relationship between the computer and quantitative techniques can be said to be a
A. symbiotic one
B. synergistic one
C. syntactical one
D. synthetic one
E. None of the above
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Sales order data is entered by means of
A. terminal entry
B. keypunch
C. OCR
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Marketing research data is gathered by
A. observation
B. In-depth interviews
C. controlled experiment
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Customer data (name and address, shipping instructions, credit terms, etc.) is provided by the:
A. manufacturing information system
B. order entry subsystem
C. billing subsystem
D. marketing information system
E. None of the above
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Detected money errors are corrected with
A. debit entries
B. credit entries
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
E. None of the above
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Data are allowed to be transmitted in only one direction in a:
A. simplex channel
B. dumb channel
C. half-duplex channel
D. full-duplex channel
E. None of the above
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Many large organizations have information _____ where managers can use fourth-generation languages to retrieve the facts they need from online data bases, and where staff experts are available to provide PC hardware/ software guidance.
A. expert
B. centers
C. control
D. MIS
E. None of the above
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Which of the following is not a major subsystem part providing an opportunity for system design controls
A. data base
B. model base
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
E. None of the above
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Which of the following is not a level of information handling:
A. Decision Support System (DSS)
B. Operations Assistance System
C. Transaction Processing System (IPS)
D. Office Automation System.
E. None of the above
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A management information system is composed of
A. data
B. software
C. hardware
D. information and people
E. All of the above.
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_____ assist traditional auditors both in the review of computer controls and in the production of audit information through the use of computers.
A. CDP
B. CISA
C. DPMA
D. EDP auditor
E. None of the above
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QUBE is an example of _____ systems.
A. problem-solving
B. inventory
C. electronic shopping
D. algebra
E. None of the above
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The amount of a certain product sold to a certain customer in a past period can be obtained from the
A. customer file
B. sales history file
C. inventory file
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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A greater proportion of time is spent in planning on the
A. top management level
B. middle management level
C. lower management level
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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As alternatives are evaluated, the best one is recognized as the one
A. best enabling the system to meet its objectives
B. representing lowest cost
C. with the most advantages
D. with the least disadvantages
E. None of the above
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Decisions can be classified on three levels : strategic, _____ and operational.
A. prompt
B. passwords
C. MIS
D. Tactical
E. None of the above
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Which of the following is not a device used in data communication?
A. modem
B. multiplexer
C. statistical multiplexer
D. front-end processor
E. All of the above
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