Management Information System MCQ

 A key role of Management Information Systems is,

1. To develop and share documents that support day-today organizational activities.
2. To process business information
3. To materialize the business transaction data and produce insightful information which assists managers in decision making
4. None of the above

Which one of the following is not a prerequisite for a good MIS?

1. Database
2. Support from Staff
3. Control and maintenance of MIS
4. MIS executives

What amongst the followings are the primary characteristics which must be processed by information?

1. Availability
2. Timeliness
3. Accuracy
4. All of these

It is a necessity of the data to be ... before it can be converted into information.

1. Processed
2. Transformed
3. Edited
4. None of these

Which of the following is not an objective of MIS?

1. Supports in decision-making
2. Provides insightful information
3. Assist management people
4. Recruit people for system

Which one is an internal source of information for MIS,

1. Customers care department
2. HR department
3. Marketing department
4. All of these

An ... is a collection of procedures for converting data into knowledge and facts.

1. Information system
2. Data system
3. Storage system
4. None of these

A system is called ... when the inputs, method, and outputs are all well-known.

1. Nondeterministic
2. Deterministic
3. Probabilistic
4. None of these

Which of the following is included in the Office automation systems?

1. Word processing and spreadsheet
2. Electronic mail
3. Audio and Video conversation
4. All of these

The ... is defined as a set of activities performed across the organization creating as the output of value to the customer.

1. Business process
2. Marketing process
3. Production process
4. None of these

Which one of the following is not included in a Transaction Processing System:

1. Input
2. Process
3. Output
4. Feedback

Ajay woke up and went to the ATM to take money. He then went grocery store to buy some products and paid with his debit card. He finished off his day by going to school and registered online for his computer class. Ajay has had multiple contacts with what kind of information systems throughout his day?

1. EIS (Executive Information System)
2. MIS (Management Information System)
3. Transaction Processing System (TPS)
4. None of the above.

The most important reason for failure of MIS is,

1. Users involvement form initial phase of development
2. Non involvement of end-user
3. Documentation of specification
4. All of these

Information performance characteristics associated with ... include projections and responses to queries.

1. Executive Support System
2. Transaction Processing System
3. Decision Support System
4. Management Information System

The phases which are used in MIS design are as follows –

1. Problem identification → Analysis → Design → Implementation → Maintenance
2. Analysis → Problem identification → Implementation → Design → Maintenance
3. Problem identification → Implementation → Analysis → Design → Maintenance
4. Implementation → Analysis → Design → Problem identification → Maintenance

In MIS Design phases, Problem Identification focuses on -

1. System needs and problem identification
2. Investigates system’s key objectives
3. Only A
4. Both A and B

A Decision Support System (DSS) is an application for information systems which helps in ...

1. Decision making
2. Making system
3. System implementation
4. System flow

DSS is widely used in the ...

1. System implementation
2. System flow
3. Planning
4. Making system

An Executive Information System (EIS) is a kind of ... used in organizations to help executives in decision making.

1. Decision process system
2. Decision support system
3. Transaction processing system
4. Expert system

Expert systems are designed to solve ...

1. Simple problems
2. Complex problems
3. Transaction processing system
4. Decision support system

Which of the following is / are Components of an Expert System?

1. User Interface
2. Interference Engine
3. Knowledge Base & Data Acquisition Subsystem
4. All of the above mentioned

Executive support system is a type of ___ that facilitates and supports senior executive to provide valuable information for decision-making.

1. Transaction Process System
2. Decision Support System
3. Management Support System
4. None of the mentioned above

Q.  Management information systems (MIS) 
        1. create and share documents that support day-today office activities 
        2. process business transactions (e.g., time cards, payments, orders, etc.) 
        3. capture and reproduce the knowledge of an expert problem solver 

        4. use the transaction data to produce information needed by managers to run the business

Q. The term used to describe those people whose jobs involve sponsoring and funding the project to develop, operate, and maintain the information system is 

        1. information worker 

        2. internal system user 

        3. systems owner 

        4. external system user

Q. ______________ is any business-related exchange such as payments to employees, sales to customers, or payments to suppliers.

1. Data
2. E-commerce
3. A transaction
4. Input

With the ______________ form of data processing, each transaction is processed immediately.

1. OLTP
2. batch processing
3. active processing
4. automated transaction processing

Whose responsibility is it to see that the potential consequences of IS use are fully considered?

1. IS professionals
2. managers
3. users
4. all of the above

Which of the following is NOT a goal of transaction processing systems?

1. Capture, process, and store transactions
2. Produce a variety of documents related to routine business activities
3. Reduce manual effort associated with processing business transactions
4. Produce standard reports used for management decision making

The data processing activity that involves rekeying miskeyed or misscanned data is called ______________.

1. editing
2. data storage
3. data correction
4. data collection

The component of a decision support system that provides decision makers access to a variety of models and assists them in decision making is called the ______________.

1. Model base
2. model management software
3. database
4. dialogue manager

______________ is a form of transaction processing in which all transactions are collected into a group and processed together.

1. Accumulation processing
2. Batch processing
3. Data collection
4. Data collection

______________ are individuals who help users determine what outputs they need from the system and construct the plans needed to develop the necessary programs that produce these outputs.

1. Data entry operators
2. Programmers
3. Database administrators
4. Systems analysts

______________ gives the computer the ability to make suggestions and act like an expert in a particular field.

1. Decision support systems
2. Virtual reality systems
3. Management information systems
4. Expert systems.

Which of the following statements, about the use of decision support systems, is true?

1. They are applied only to the choice phase of the problem-solving process.
2. They are only applied to frequent, recurring problems.
3. They are only applied to highly-structured problems
4. They assist decision makers at all levels within the organization.

______________ represent(s) the application of information concepts and technology to routine, repetitive, and usually ordinary business transactions

1. E-commerce
2. Transaction processing systems
3. Management information systems
4. Decision support systems

Problems that are routine and have well-defined relationships are called ______________.

1. Structured problems
2. Programmed decisions
3. Simple problems
4. Heuristics

TPS stands for ______________

1. Transaction Processing System
2. Transaction Process System
3. Transaction Product System
4. Transaction Profit System

The Management Information System receives input from the ______

A. SSL

B. GPS

C. TPS

D. LMS

_______ is an important factor of a management information system.

A. Information

B. System

C. Planning

D. Personnel

Management information system is __________human-machine based ststem.

A. an interpreted

B. an interstellar

C. an integrated

D. an interdependent

A ___ consists of a sequence of query and / or update statements.

1. System
2. Transaction
3. Maintenance
4. All of the mentioned above

A TPS is commonly known as,

1. Trained Processing System
2. Transaction Processing System
3. Trainee presentable System
4. None of the above

A DSS stands for,

1. Decision Support System
2. Decisive Support System
3. Developed Support System
4. None of the above

A GDSS stands for,

1. Group Discussion Support System
2. Group Decision Service System
3. Group Decision Support System
4. None of the above

An MIS information comes from the,

1. Internal source
2. External source
3. Both internal and external source
4. None of the above

A back-bone of any organization is its,

1. Information system
2. Sources system
3. Management system
4. None of these

Which Information system monitors the transactions of the organizations are ...,

1. Strategic level system
2. Operational level system
3. Both A and B
4. None of these

Which is a characteristic as queries are Information?

1. Transaction Processing System (TPS)
2. Management Information System (MIS)
3. Decision Support System (DSS)
4. Executive Support System (ESS)

The information flow in MIS should as per the,

1. Need of an organization
2. Management dependent
3. Information dependent
4. None of the above

A basic component of DSS is,

1. Database
2. An application software for DSS
3. Model
4. All of these

An important characteristic of effective and useful information is/are –

1. Accuracy
2. Timeliness
3. Completeness
4. All of the above

With reference to a Transaction Processing System which process flow in correct –

1. Data → Processing → Report
2. Processing → Data → Report
3. Report → Processing → Data
4. None of the above

A transaction that does not successfully complete is known as ...,

1. Aborted transaction
2. Active transaction
3. Partially committed transaction
4. All of the above

A planned information system is also known as,

1. Executive Support System
2. Transaction Processing System
3. Decision Support System
4. None of the above

Which of the following should be a good characteristic of a DSS?

1. Automate decision making process
2. Keep data storage
3. Gives a quick response to decision makers
4. None of the above

An effective information system which supports the planning and assists management is,

1. Enterprise Resource Planning
2. Transaction Processing System
3. Decision Support System
4. All of the above

Executive Information System are intended to be used directly by ... to support unscheduled strategic management decisions.

1. Senior Executives
2. Lower Executives
3. Middle level Executives
4. None of these

Which of the above is not a characteristic of a popular executive information system?

1. It is useful for in organizational processes
2. It is used by top-level executives directly
3. It is customized to individual executive users
4. None of the above