CSC 115 Exam 3 Final Test Questions and Answers
5) What are the three levels of management and what types of reports are needed by each level?
Lower: details
Middle: summary
Top: trends, totals, projections
(5) What is a Management Information System?
1. Provides managers with informati...
CSC 115 Exam 3 Final Test Questions
and Answers
(5) What are the three levels of management and what types of reports are needed by
each level? - answer Lower: details
Middle: summary
Top: trends, totals, projections
(5) What is a Management Information System? - answer 1. Provides managers with
information to carry out assigned duties
2. provides them with information to better coordinate business activities
(5) Why is a TEXT / MAIL merge feature an important part of a Word Processing
package? How can it be used? - answer Allows for a form letter to be drafted, you
can merge a database or spreadsheet into a letter template. The database can be used
to insert fields such as recipient name, address, city, state or other information within a
database. The form letter can generate multiple letters to many different recipients
(5) Why is having all of the information on a person in a large central file better than
having it scattered through many files? - answer To avoid duplication and make
updating easier
(8) How would you use a DATA BASE MANAGEMENT program to help you better
manage either your business or personal work? List several of the fields you would want
to have as a part of each record - answer Information can be placed in the hands of
management quicker and with more accuracy than ever before
Address book- "first name" "last name" "address" "email" "phone number" "notes"
(5) Would it be better to store a person's name as a single field in a data base or break
it down into individual fields? Why? - answer Break it down into individual fields-
easier to sort
(5) Why do we normally use numbers to identify a record rather than a name? - answer
Computers operate in binary- number based system, so using numbers to identify a
record allows for the computer to know exactly where a record is. Names/ words can be
duplicated easily
(9) Describe the process to create a data base - answer Create a table; name fields
with either text, numeric, or other data; break field down
Key field- unique ID
Reports- use report wizard; choose source- table or query; choose fields, order; group/
sort
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