双语试题 管理信息系统

Management Information System 课程号：课序号：开课系：信息工程学院

20 Questions 1

Select the best answer for each of the following unrelated items. Answer each of these items in your examination booklet by circling the number of your choice. If more than one answer is given for an item, that item will not be marked. Incorrect answers will be marked as zero. Marks will not be awarded for explanations.

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2 marks each

a.Which of the following is a method for considering a collection of IS projects in terms

of their potential risks and benefits as a means of selecting which projects to undertake?

1) Scoring models

2) Strategic IS planning

3) Scenario planning

4) Portfolio analysis

b.Which of the following is a key challenge in managing data?

1) Determining appropriate field widths

2) Choosing a DBMS

3) Managing data security

4) Distinguishing between data and information

c.Which of the following is a tangible benefit?

1) More timely information

2) Higher client satisfaction

3) Reduced facility costs

4) Increased organizational learning

d.Which of the following is a true statement about the benefits of information systems?

1) The benefits of information systems are easy to determine.

2) Tangible benefits are always greater than intangible benefits.

3) Intangible benefits are always greater than tangible benefits.

4) Intangible benefits are often indirect, and thus harder to realize.

e.Which one of the following is not one of the basic competitive strategies presented in

Module 1?

1) Cost strategies

2) Differentiation strategies

3) Strategic dominance

4) Customer lock-in

f.Which of the following is a true statement concerning entity-relationship and data

flow diagrams?

1) Entity-relationship diagrams are concerned with data in motion, while data flow

diagrams are concerned with data at rest and in motion.

2) They are used during the design phase of the systems development lifecycle to

communicate with users about the requirements of the system.

3) When documenting a system over time, the information in data flow diagrams is more

likely to change than that in entity-relationship diagrams.

4) They use the same symbols to represent data elements.

g.Which of the following activities does requirements analysis involve?

1) Laying out the components of a system and their relationship to each other as they

would appear to the users

2) Translating the abstract logical model into the specific technical design for the new

system

3) Changing from the old system to the new system

4) Defining the objectives of the new or modified system and developing a detailed

description of the functions that the new system must perform

h.Which of the following is least descriptive of prototyping development?

1) Small scale

2) Interactive

3) Clearly defined specifications

4) End-user focused

i.Which of the following is most likely to result in a system that does not meet quality

assurance standards?

1) Outsourcing

2) End-user development

3) Off-the-shelf application software package

4) Prototyping

j.Which of the following best describes the process of bringing together end-users and information systems specialists for a session to discuss the interactive design of the

system?