MGMT 107 - Midterm Sample Questions (Moulik)
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One problem that prevented MIS from becoming a complete success was that
A) It only used Access to generate reports.
B) By using MIS, middle managers often felt like "driving by rear view mirror."
C) It could only generate simple reports.
D) It did not target top management. - ANSWER B) By using MIS, middle managers often felt
like "driving by rear view mirror."
Which of the following statements is true?
A) The use of computer in businesses started from DSS
B) EDP failed and is no longer in use today
C) Strategic Information Systems target middle level managers
D) EIS still does not make decisions for top level executives - ANSWER D) EIS still does not
make decisions for top level executives
Which of the following must you use for data mining?
A) Operational database
B) Entity Relationship Diagram
C) Informational data
,D) Forms - ANSWER C) Informational data
Which of the following is designed to help an entire company?
A) Enterprise collaboration system
B) Strategic Information System
C) Decision Support System
D) Executive Information System - ANSWER B) Strategic Information System
A record corresponds to:
A) One character.
B) A column in a table.
C) A table.
D) A row in a table. - ANSWER D) A row in a table.
Which of the following is a data mining task?
A) Performing large scale customer profiling.
B) Finding out why a particular order was canceled.
C) Finding out the stock prices of our competitors.
D) Calculating the total revenue of last quarter. - ANSWER A) Performing large scale customer
profiling.
, What is the job of a database administrator (DBA)?
A) Write SQL statements for each user.
B) Entering data using forms.
C) Create the data that fills the database.
D) Control enterprise wide database development. - ANSWER D) Control enterprise wide
database development.
Which of the following is a means of data output?
A) Report
B) Entity Relationship Diagram
C) Form
D) Table - ANSWER A) Report
The goal of a data warehouse is to:
A) Hold all the data needed by managers to make decisions.
B) Keep all data instantly up to date.
C) Contain all the company's data in one single location.
D) Define the metadata. - ANSWER A) Hold all the data needed by managers to make
decisions.
Which of the following can serve as the primary key for the order table?
Exam With Complete Solutions
One problem that prevented MIS from becoming a complete success was that
A) It only used Access to generate reports.
B) By using MIS, middle managers often felt like "driving by rear view mirror."
C) It could only generate simple reports.
D) It did not target top management. - ANSWER B) By using MIS, middle managers often felt
like "driving by rear view mirror."
Which of the following statements is true?
A) The use of computer in businesses started from DSS
B) EDP failed and is no longer in use today
C) Strategic Information Systems target middle level managers
D) EIS still does not make decisions for top level executives - ANSWER D) EIS still does not
make decisions for top level executives
Which of the following must you use for data mining?
A) Operational database
B) Entity Relationship Diagram
C) Informational data
,D) Forms - ANSWER C) Informational data
Which of the following is designed to help an entire company?
A) Enterprise collaboration system
B) Strategic Information System
C) Decision Support System
D) Executive Information System - ANSWER B) Strategic Information System
A record corresponds to:
A) One character.
B) A column in a table.
C) A table.
D) A row in a table. - ANSWER D) A row in a table.
Which of the following is a data mining task?
A) Performing large scale customer profiling.
B) Finding out why a particular order was canceled.
C) Finding out the stock prices of our competitors.
D) Calculating the total revenue of last quarter. - ANSWER A) Performing large scale customer
profiling.
, What is the job of a database administrator (DBA)?
A) Write SQL statements for each user.
B) Entering data using forms.
C) Create the data that fills the database.
D) Control enterprise wide database development. - ANSWER D) Control enterprise wide
database development.
Which of the following is a means of data output?
A) Report
B) Entity Relationship Diagram
C) Form
D) Table - ANSWER A) Report
The goal of a data warehouse is to:
A) Hold all the data needed by managers to make decisions.
B) Keep all data instantly up to date.
C) Contain all the company's data in one single location.
D) Define the metadata. - ANSWER A) Hold all the data needed by managers to make
decisions.
Which of the following can serve as the primary key for the order table?
