Question 1

The growth of corporate intranets, extranets, as well as the web, has accelerated the development and use of "executive class" information delivery and decision support software tools by lower levels of management and by individuals and teams of business professionals. This dramatic expansion has opened the door to the use of which of the following tool?

Accepted Answer

A)  Business Intelligence(BI) 
B)  Business Knowledge (BK) 
C)  Business Ideas (BI) 
D)  Business Intelligent(BI)  A

Question 2

Cybernetic system is the one which is

Accepted Answer

A)  Self Monitoring
B)  Self controlling
C)  Self regulating
D)  All of the above D

Question 3

Which one of the following is used for evaluating credit risks?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virtual Reality
B)  Neural Network
C)  Fuzzy logic
D)  None of the above B

Question 4

Batch processing is preffered over on - line transaction processing when

Accepted Answer

A)  Processing efficiency is important
B)  The volume of data to be processed is large
C)  Only periodic processing is needed
D)  A large number of queries are to be processed

Question 5

_________________ were the original type of information system developed to support managerial decision making. An MIS produces information.

Accepted Answer

A)  Management information systems
B)  Decision Support systems
C)  Management Tracking Systems
D)  Strategic Information System

Question 6

On-line transaction processing is used when
1) It is required to answer random queries
2) It is required to ensure correct processing
3) All files are available on-line 4. All files are stored using hard disk

Accepted Answer

A)  i,ii
B)  i,iii
C)  ii,iii,iv
D)  I,ii,iii

Question 7

Another name of goal seeking analysis is :

Accepted Answer

A)  How to
B)  How can
C)  Why not
D)  What's up

Question 8

In which of the following types of analysis, the value of only one variable is changed repeatedly, and the resulting changes on other variables are observed.

Accepted Answer

A)  what if analysis
B)  sensitivity analysis
C)  Goal seeking analysis
D)  None of these

Question 9

Which computer based model is developed after human brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fuzzy logic
B)  Neural Network
C)  Virtual Reality
D)  All of the above

Question 10

Which of the system uses Multidimensional data analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  DSS
B)  MIS
C)  ESS
D)  All of the above

Question 11

Which is not a domain of Artificial Intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virtual Reality
B)  Intelligent Agents
C)  Expert System
D)  None of the above

Question 12

The first goal of executive information system is to provide top executives with immediate and easy access to information about a firm's______________,that is,key factors that are critical to information about a firm's that is key factors that are critical to accomplishing an organizations strategic objectives.

Accepted Answer

A)  Critical success factors (CSFs) 
B)  Critical accomplishing factors (CAFs) 
C)  Critical executive system (CECs) 
D)  None of these

Question 13

According to your text book, the emerging class of applications focuses on personalized decision support, modeling, information retrieval, data warehousing, what-if scenarios and reporting is called :

Accepted Answer

A)  Decision Support Trends
B)  Decision Support History
C)  Decision Support models
D)  Decision Support class

Question 14

Which of the following level of managers develop short-and medium-range plans, schedules, and budgets and specify the policies, procedures, and business objectives for their sub - units of the company?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strategic
B)  Tactical
C)  Operational
D)  Front Line

Question 15

_______________represent complex data using interactive three-dimensional graphical forms such as charts, graphs and maps.

Accepted Answer

A)  Data entry systems
B)  Data Analysis systems
C)  Database Management
D)  Data visualization systems

Question 16

Information that is outdated, inaccurate, or hard to understand would be very meaningful, useful, or valuable to you or other business professionals.

Accepted Answer

A)  True
B)  False
C)  none

Question 17

" A user checks his email , looks up the current company stock price, checks his available vacation days, and receives an order from a customer-all from the browser on his desktop. That is the next - generation intranet,also known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  corporate or enterprise information system
B)  corporate or enterprise homepage
C)  Corporate or enterprise homepage
D)  None of the above

Question 18

Decision support system involves all of the following types of analytical modeling activities except?

Accepted Answer

A)  What-if analysis
B)  Sensitivity analysis
C)  Goal-seeking analysis
D)  Heuristics

Question 19

In which of the following types of analysis, the goal is to find the optimum value for one or more target variables, given certain constraints?

Accepted Answer

A)  what if analysis
B)  optimization
C)  Goal seeking analysis
D)  None of these

Question 20

________________ is one of the most common and useful types of data mining for marketing. The purpose of market basket analysis is to determine what products customers purchase together with other products.

Accepted Answer

A)  Market Box Analysis (MB
A)  
B)  Market of Business Administration (MB
A)  
C)  Market Bazar analysis (MB
A)  
D)  Marketing information system

Exam 7: Related to Information Systems and Decision Making