MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ Project Manager.
Answer: They deliver quality systems on time, manage the budget,
and plan for the unexpected (they do not train new users).
◉ Gantt chart.
Answer: A visual view of tasks scheduled over time; used for
planning projects.
◉ Dashboard.
Answer: A system that is the culmination of information from many
data sources, allowing management to perform a thorough analysis.
◉ Cultural Particularism.
Answer: A societal norm that emotionally ties people to local brands
or habits.
◉ Network Engineer.
,Answer: Responsible for the layout, installation, and maintenance of
all information technology network components.
◉ Success of strategic information systems projects.
Answer: A majority fail to meet schedule or budget
◉ Organizational features that can change the company direction.
Answer: Processes, politics, culture, and environment
◉ Global Business Strategies that form their organizational and
information systems structure.
Answer: transnational, multinational, franchisers, domestic exporter
◉ Transnational.
Answer: a commercial enterprise that operates substantial facilities,
does business in more than one country and does not consider any
particular country its national home.
◉ Multinational.
Answer: an organization that owns or controls production of goods
or services in one or more countries other than their home country.
◉ Database Management System (DBMS).
,Answer: Allows multiple departments to access, analyze, and modify
data that is stored in one central location.
◉ Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Answer: Helps establish feasibility.
◉ Platform as a Service (PaaS).
Answer: service provider provides server space, the server,
virtualization, operating system, database, and development
environment in a platform that can be used for application
development. An example would be Amazon Web Services.
◉ Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
Answer: A service provider provides a cloud fabric, or pooled
services, including server space, servers, storage, and all other
aspects of the computing platform, with the exception of the
operating system and applications, which the client organization
would install and manage.
◉ Analytics as a Service (AaaS).
Answer: A cloud software service
◉ Software as a Service (SaaS).
, Answer: Software licensed and hosted on centralized or distributed
servers that belong to a service provider. Users access this software
using a connection to the Internet and a web browser.
◉ Agile software development methodology.
Answer: an operational method by which software developers
iteratively gather requirements, plan, design, develop, test, and
implement software.
◉ Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
Answer: common set of best practices widely used by businesses to
give guidance to companies on how to use IT as a tool for
implementing change
◉ Pseudocode.
Answer: an informal high-level description of the operating principle
of a computer program or other algorithm. Used for human reading,
rather than machine reading, and it can be used to translate into any
programming language.
◉ Input.
Answer: components include devices that provide input into the
processing unit. These include peripherals, such as the keyboard,
mouse, microphone (audio input), sensors, and document or visual
scanners.
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ Project Manager.
Answer: They deliver quality systems on time, manage the budget,
and plan for the unexpected (they do not train new users).
◉ Gantt chart.
Answer: A visual view of tasks scheduled over time; used for
planning projects.
◉ Dashboard.
Answer: A system that is the culmination of information from many
data sources, allowing management to perform a thorough analysis.
◉ Cultural Particularism.
Answer: A societal norm that emotionally ties people to local brands
or habits.
◉ Network Engineer.
,Answer: Responsible for the layout, installation, and maintenance of
all information technology network components.
◉ Success of strategic information systems projects.
Answer: A majority fail to meet schedule or budget
◉ Organizational features that can change the company direction.
Answer: Processes, politics, culture, and environment
◉ Global Business Strategies that form their organizational and
information systems structure.
Answer: transnational, multinational, franchisers, domestic exporter
◉ Transnational.
Answer: a commercial enterprise that operates substantial facilities,
does business in more than one country and does not consider any
particular country its national home.
◉ Multinational.
Answer: an organization that owns or controls production of goods
or services in one or more countries other than their home country.
◉ Database Management System (DBMS).
,Answer: Allows multiple departments to access, analyze, and modify
data that is stored in one central location.
◉ Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Answer: Helps establish feasibility.
◉ Platform as a Service (PaaS).
Answer: service provider provides server space, the server,
virtualization, operating system, database, and development
environment in a platform that can be used for application
development. An example would be Amazon Web Services.
◉ Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
Answer: A service provider provides a cloud fabric, or pooled
services, including server space, servers, storage, and all other
aspects of the computing platform, with the exception of the
operating system and applications, which the client organization
would install and manage.
◉ Analytics as a Service (AaaS).
Answer: A cloud software service
◉ Software as a Service (SaaS).
, Answer: Software licensed and hosted on centralized or distributed
servers that belong to a service provider. Users access this software
using a connection to the Internet and a web browser.
◉ Agile software development methodology.
Answer: an operational method by which software developers
iteratively gather requirements, plan, design, develop, test, and
implement software.
◉ Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
Answer: common set of best practices widely used by businesses to
give guidance to companies on how to use IT as a tool for
implementing change
◉ Pseudocode.
Answer: an informal high-level description of the operating principle
of a computer program or other algorithm. Used for human reading,
rather than machine reading, and it can be used to translate into any
programming language.
◉ Input.
Answer: components include devices that provide input into the
processing unit. These include peripherals, such as the keyboard,
mouse, microphone (audio input), sensors, and document or visual
scanners.
