ISM PRACTICE TEST STUDY GUIDE
Management Information Systems - Answers - Use the transaction data to produce
information needed by managers to run the business
Systems Owner - Answers - People whose jobs involve sponsoring/funding the project
to develop, operate, maintain the information system
Project manager - Answers - A person who ensures that systems are developed on
time, within budget, with acceptable quality
Knowledge asset management - Answers - Not a technology driver for an information
system
Technical hardware and software solution for business problem - Answers - A
deliverable of the system implementation phase
Middle managers - Answers - Decision makers concerned with operational problems
Relevance - Answers - The most important attribute of information quality that a
manager requires
Unstructured information - Answers - The majority of publicly available Internet
information sources are:
Source - Answers - Should be represented on an information flow diagram
Objects - Answers - UML depicts information systems as a collection of:
Taxonomy - Answers - A browsable hierarchy
Schema - Answers - All XML documents must have this
XML - Answers - Relates to enterprise interoperability
Data flow model - Answers - Part of a static view of information
Database management system - Answers - Not a class of information system
applications
Keyless interfaces - Answers - Bar coding, OCR, pen, voice recognition
Middleware - Answers - Open database connectivity (OBDC) tools are an example of:
Management Information Systems - Answers - Use the transaction data to produce
information needed by managers to run the business
Systems Owner - Answers - People whose jobs involve sponsoring/funding the project
to develop, operate, maintain the information system
Project manager - Answers - A person who ensures that systems are developed on
time, within budget, with acceptable quality
Knowledge asset management - Answers - Not a technology driver for an information
system
Technical hardware and software solution for business problem - Answers - A
deliverable of the system implementation phase
Middle managers - Answers - Decision makers concerned with operational problems
Relevance - Answers - The most important attribute of information quality that a
manager requires
Unstructured information - Answers - The majority of publicly available Internet
information sources are:
Source - Answers - Should be represented on an information flow diagram
Objects - Answers - UML depicts information systems as a collection of:
Taxonomy - Answers - A browsable hierarchy
Schema - Answers - All XML documents must have this
XML - Answers - Relates to enterprise interoperability
Data flow model - Answers - Part of a static view of information
Database management system - Answers - Not a class of information system
applications
Keyless interfaces - Answers - Bar coding, OCR, pen, voice recognition
Middleware - Answers - Open database connectivity (OBDC) tools are an example of:
