CS507 Midterm Online Quiz

The comparison of the actual with the expected is done with the help of _______

______ is the set of interconnected structural elements that provide the framework.

---------- needs data preparation which may involve filtering data and data transformations, selecting subsets of records.

Which of the following sources are original materials on which other research is based?

Which of the following views organization as a combination of process oriented groups whose information needs are related but Independent?

A problem solving technique that decomposes a system into its component pieces for the purpose of studying, how well those component parts work and interact to accomplish their purpose is called:

Targeting advertising to customers to increase the probability, that an offer is accepted.

Plans provide a direction but not framework for action. 

Which of the following is one of the “Types of Problem”?

Which type of decision is one for which there may be several "right" answers and there is no precise way to get a right answer?

Every decision we take in daily life requires some sort of data about the alternatives available.

The Islamic ethical system differs from secular ethical systems and from the moral code advocated by other----------------------

Which of the following information systems cater for the needs of Accounts & Finance Department.

Companies are investing in data-driven decision support application frameworks to help them respond to • Changing market conditions • Customer needs

Cheaper factor of production is a challenge for the survival of a company in which of the following market?

_________ is a group of people organized to accomplish an overall goal

Accounting information system (AIS) is linked to all the information systems in an organization.

Cost benefit analysis is must in choosing an alternative in a decision making

model.

Automation has not enhanced the availability of information.

Decision making is the cognitive process of selecting a course of action from among multiple alternatives

Board of Directors are elected from ___________

Knowledge-Discovery in Databases and Data mining are known as thing.

------- seek to put intelligence into the hardware in the form of generalized capability to learn.

Which of the following is an approach for developing systems based on producing deliverables frequently/repetitively. Each iteration, consisting of requirements, analysis & design, implementation and testing, results in the release of an executable subset of the final product?

---------- needs data preparation which may involve filtering data and data transformations, selecting subsets of records.

Infrastructure, generally, is the set of interconnected structural elements that provide the framwork for supporting the entire structure

In ______ style managers allow employees to take part in decision making.

How many phases are there in Decision making Process?

-----------------Well-structured problems are constrained problems with convergent solutions that engage the application of a limited number of rules and principles within well-defined parameters.

A TPS wants every transaction to be processed in the same way regardless of the

In which of the following decisions the problems are non routine, critical and novel in nature, require individual judgment, evaluation and insight varying on case-to-case basis.

Instead of Information, data is more important in day to day decision making.

________ are run under direct supervision of family members.

Using a decision support system involves an interactive analytical modeling process.

Which of the following is a method of software/ Information System development where the model is designed, implemented and tested incrementally until the product is finished?

Organizations are distinguished on the basis of __________

System analysis creates the understanding and lays out the necessary relationships that will assist in defining a solution to the problem or the design of the proposed software that will meet the user needs.

Information system must fulfill the needs of which of the following:

_______ is an integrated man-machine system for providing information to support operation and management.

High level of foreign trade has resulted in imports and exports which require inter linkage for smooth coordination.

Receivables and payables are the information needs in __________

________ are run under direct supervision of family members.

Which of the following model combines the elements of the waterfall model with the philosophy of prototyping?

_______ is the raw data entered in the computer system.

Devise a discount or training policy is an example of design phase

Commentaries are the example of _________ sources.

Which of the following is a form of automation where computers communicate work instructions directly to the manufacturing machinery?

----------------- phase is required to establish the scope of the plan and the methodology and techniques to be applied.

__________ sources materials in which the information from secondary sources has been digested.

Data Warehouse combines databases across an entire enterprise