Q#1: Medium size organizations usually have simple management structure than those of small organizations.
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (B) False
Q#2: Information should be tailored in accordance with the organization’s culture and structure.
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (A) True
Q#3: ______ needs data preparation which may involve filtering data and data transformations, selecting subsets of records.
(A) Model Building
(B) Deployment
(C) Exploration
Answer: (C) Exploration
Q#4: Decision making is the cognitive process of selecting a course of action from among ______.
(A) Multiple alternatives
(B) Double alternatives
(C) Triple alternatives
Answer: (A) Multiple alternatives
Q#5: The study of business problem domain used to recommend improvements and specify the business requirements for the solution is called:
(A) System Analysis
(B) System Design
(C) Risk Management
(D) Risk Analysis
Answer: (A) System Analysis
Q#6: In which of the following Models is it difficult to convince some customers that the evolutionary approach is controllable?
(A) Spiral
(B) WaterFall
(C) Incremental
(D) Iterative
Answer: (A) Spiral
Q#7: Partial systems are successively built to produce a final total system in the following model:
(A) WaterFall
(B) RAID
(C) Iterative Model
(D) Incremental Model
Answer: (D) Incremental Model
Q#8: Decision making is the cognitive process of selecting a course of action from among multiple alternatives.
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (A) True
Q#9: Using a decision support system involves an interactive analytical modeling process.
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (A) True
Q#10: Source of information is generally categorized in primary, secondary and ______.
(A) Proximity
(B) Initially
(C) Tertiary
Answer: (C) Tertiary
Q#11: Commentaries are the example of ______ sources.
(A) Primary
(B) Tertiary
(C) Secondary
Answer: (C) Secondary
Q#12: Board of Directors are elected from ______.
(A) Employees
(B) Customers
(C) Shareholders
Answer: (C) Shareholders
Q#13: ______ is a group of elements that are integrated with common purpose of objective.
(A) Procedure
(B) System
(C) Firm
Answer: (B) System
Q#14: Word Processing is an example of the following system:
(A) Office Automation System
(B) Decision Support System
(C) Word Processing
Answer: (A) Office Automation System
Q#15: ______ is known as father of warehouse.
(A) Stephen Hawking
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Bill Inmon
Answer: (C) Bill Inmon
Q#16: The Iterative model emphasizes the need to go back and reiterate earlier steps a number of times as the project progresses.
(A) True
(B) False
Answer: (A) True
Q#17: Environment is a collection of different elements. Which of the following is included?
(A) Legal, Ethics, Economic, Social, Technological
(B) Physical, Chemical, Biological
(C) Political, Religious, Cultural
Answer: (A) Legal, Ethics, Economic, Social, Technological
Q#18: Categories of the Support system include:
(A) Office Automation Systems
(B) Decision Support Systems
(C) Both A and B
Answer: (C) Both A and B
Q#19: Identify any two reasons to use Incremental Models.
(A) Software is built step by step; allows early testing of functional capabilities
(B) Reduces development time by skipping testing phases
(C) Only suitable for small-scale projects
(D) Requires no planning
Answer: (A) Software is built step by step; allows early testing of functional capabilities
Q#20: Define CAD. CAD stands for:
(A) Computer Aided Drawing – a system to draw manually
(B) Computer Aided Design – a system that enables drawings to be constructed, stored, manipulated, and updated electronically
(C) Computer Analysis Design – a system to analyze existing designs
Answer: (B) Computer Aided Design – a system that enables drawings to be constructed, stored, manipulated, and updated electronically
Q#21: Organizational Information Requirements depend on which of the following attributes?
(A) Purpose, Source, Accuracy, Timeliness, Format
(B) Size of Organization Only
(C) Only Level of Management
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A) Purpose, Source, Accuracy, Timeliness, Format