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  • Question
  • Many large organizations have information _____ where managers can use fourth-generation languages to retrieve the facts they need from online data bases, and where staff experts are available to provide PC hardware/ software guidance.


  • Options
  • A. expert
  • B. centers
  • C. control
  • D. MIS
  • E. None of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • centers 


  • Management Information Systems problems


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    • 1. Customer data (name and address, shipping instructions, credit terms, etc.) is provided by the:

    • Options
    • A. manufacturing information system
    • B. order entry subsystem
    • C. billing subsystem
    • D. marketing information system
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Environmental information has greater value on the

    • Options
    • A. top management level
    • B. middle management level
    • C. lower management level
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. The amount of a certain product sold to a certain customer in a past period can be obtained from the

    • Options
    • A. customer file
    • B. sales history file
    • C. inventory file
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. To be successful in implementing DSS, organizations should have the following characteristics except:

    • Options
    • A. a well-controlled data-processing system
    • B. willingness to commit dollars and personnel to the project.
    • C. education and training by the organization
    • D. powerful central computer groups to initiate and manage system projects
    • E. all of the above are important
    • Discuss
    • 5. The order entry subsystem creates a file of order records that are input to the

    • Options
    • A. production subsystem
    • B. inventory subsystem
    • C. control subsystem
    • D. quality subsystem
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The prime concern of financial control is

    • Options
    • A. accounting for the liabilities incurred
    • B. meeting payroll commitments
    • C. providing financial status information
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. The most prominent system in the retail sales industry is the _____ system.

    • Options
    • A. POS (point-of-scale)
    • B. COBOL
    • C. ACM
    • D. PC/XT
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. The employee profile report is used by

    • Options
    • A. the manager
    • B. the individual department
    • C. the personnel department
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following is not a major subsystem part providing an opportunity for system design controls

    • Options
    • A. data base
    • B. model base
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b)
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The continuing education program that all managers should get into is

    • Options
    • A. a seminar series on technical developments in chemistry
    • B. new developments in accounting
    • C. information on threats and opportunities faced by the business
    • D. Ail of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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