BMAL 590 Information Management
Systems Master Set Exam Questions
and Answers
________ is the raw material in the production of information - Answers -Data
Simply put, a ________ is an array of components that work together to achieve a
common goal, or multiple goals, by accepting input, processing it, and producing output
in an organized manner - Answers -System
A(n) ________ interfaces and interacts with other systems - Answers -Open system
The ________ of a modern business shows a network of information subsystems that
exchange information with each other and with the world outside the system - Answers -
Information map
In today's world, organizations must continuously ________ hardware, software, and
the skills of their employees to stay competitive - Answers -Upgrade
The main goals of ________ systems are to increase the quality of customer service,
reduce the amount of labor involved in serving customers, and learn as much as
possible about the preferences of individual customers - Answers -CRM
________ systems mainly help in record-keeping, employee evaluation, and employee
benefits - Answers -Human resource management
A ________ is responsible for researching, planning, and recommending software and
systems choices to meet an organization's business requirements - Answers -Systems
analyst
The ________ is the most important part of any computer - Answers -Central
Processing Unit
________ are typically used for computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided
manufacturing (CAM), complex simulations, and scientific applications - Answers -
Workstations
The CPU performs four functions in every cycle: ________, decode, execute, and store
- Answers -Fetch
,The combination of ________ and clock rate determine throughput - Answers -Bus
width
Because ________ reduces the amount of paper in organizations, some of its most
enthusiastic adopters are companies in paper-intensive fields such as law, retail,
insurance, and banking - Answers -Imaging
Two qualities to check when purchasing a laser or ink-jet printer are speed, measured in
________, and density, measured in dots per inch (DPI) - Answers -Pages per minute
(PPM)
As an independent memory device, flash memory takes two main forms: as a memory
card, and as a(n) ________ - Answers -USB drive
While the great capacity and low cost of CDs are appealing, the ________ of magnetic
hard disks is still significantly better than that of CDs and their faster relatives, DVDs -
Answers -Transfer rate
When executives talk about productivity tools, they really mean computer programs,
commonly known as software ________ - Answers -Applications
Higher-level ________ enable the use of English-like statements to accomplish a goal,
and those statements are translated by special software into the machine language -
Answers -Programming languages
An increasing amount of software is developed using ________ - Answers -Object-
oriented programming (OOP) languages
________ primarily involves modifying programs to meet new business needs, but also
debugging of errors that were not detected when testing the developed code - Answers
-Maintenance
A(n) ________ scans the entire source code, looking for errors in the form (syntax) of
the code - Answers -Complier
Software developers often create ________ of productivity tools - Answers -Suites
Programs that can handle many different types of data are called ________ - Answers -
Multimedia software
The purpose of ________ is to manage computer resources and perform routine tasks
that are not specific to any application - Answers -System software
Most of the software that organizations and individuals obtain is not purchased; it is
________ - Answers -Licensed
, Businesses use ________ to save on travel costs and lodging, car fleets, and the time
of highly salaried employees whether they work in different organizations or at different
sites of the same organization - Answers -Videoconferencing
________ is a popular medium for connecting computers and networking devices
because it is relatively flexible, reliable, and low cost - Answers -Twisted pair cable
________ connect computers, printers, and other computer equipment for an office,
several adjacent offices, an entire building, or a campus - Answers -LANs (Local Area
Networks)
________ fulfill organizational needs for reliable data communications while relieving
the organization of the burden of providing its own network management and
maintenance - Answers -VANs (Value-added Networks)
A ________ is a group of bits transmitted together - Answers -Packet
The ________ standard was developed for devices that communicate with each other
within a short range up to 33 feet in the office, at home, and in motor vehicles - Answers
-Bluetooth
The differences among generations in mobile communications are mainly in capabilities
and ________ - Answers -Transmission speed
The proliferation of high-speed connection services, also called ________, is mainly the
result of businesses' and individuals' rush to the internet - Answers -Broadband services
________ is a standard for a software that digitizes and compresses voice signals and
transmits the bits via the internet link - Answers -VolP
________ can be very tiny, about the size of a rice grain, or several square inches,
depending on the amount of information they need to contain and the environment in
which they are used - Answers -RFID tags
Businesses use ________ to analyze data - Answers -Models
A ________ is one that neither fully structured nor totally unstructured - Answers -
Semistructured problem
The majority of DSSs comprise three major components: a data management module, a
model management module, and a ________ - Answers -Dialog module
Outcomes rarely respond in equal measure to changes in ________ - Answers -
Parameters