Test Questions for MIS

2). An executive wants to know what would happen to company profits at the 1yr, 2yr, & 5yr point if she reduced spending on:

Enterprise Resource Planning System

13). Which is he best explanation of why technology is highlighted in a PESTEL analysis?

Failing to keep up with advances in tech can harm an organizations competitiveness.

11). If you wish to keep a column visible while scrolling through the spreadsheet, you can use the _____ options.

Freeze

19). What is the only way to guarantee that computers and networks are safe from cyberattacks?

Take them offline

1). What piece of the executive info system has become more vital as orgs have become more geographically dispersed?

The communications element

5). What is internet privacy?

The right to control what happens with your personal info over the internet.

18). Which statement best describes how managers use management information systems to develop SWOT analysis?

They use multiple management information systems to examine the key factors that influence the internal strengths and weaknesses of any business.

Software the businesses use to manage activities in both the internal and external operational environment is known as Enterprise Resource _____________.

Planning

16). Why is the meeting between all project stakeholders and key players scheduled as the final step in the planning phase?

The budgets and timelines need to be finalized before stakeholders and key players can understand the scope of the projects and their role within the project.

17). Which of the following is an example of data that would best be conveyed using data visualization to help a manager make a decision?

A manager at a startup wants to decide which city to target based on the percentage of a city's citizens that do not have at-home internet access but do have a smartphone. The company has this information for the citizens of 15 similar-sized cities.

10). Data analysts must blend facts and data with knowledge about the _______.

Business or organization

A key component, and major advantage of an ERP is its ___________.

Centralized database

3). Which advances in MIS technology or tools could post the greatest threat to a manager's job security?

Decision making software or apps.

14). An executive wants to know what would happen to company profits at the one-year, two year and five-year point if she reduced spending on manufacturing but increased spending on marketing and customer outreach. What system would she use to model this?

Enterprise resource planning system

4). Management Information System (MIS) for communication directly support organizations decision making by:

Helping managers communicate, obtain, discuss, and understand the information necessary for strategic decisions.

9). Database Management Systems (DBMS) assign users different access rules to protect the data and users from ______.

Identity theft

20). What type of firewall would filter messages coming from a specific, predefined IP address to a spam filter?

Packet filter

8). Databases are designed to keep data and info about different types of objects, including objects, events, ________, and places.

People

6). How your private data and info are used, who has access to it, and how it is communicated are components of internet ________.

Privacy

7). _________ software allows managers to take control of an employee's computer remotely and record the mouse and keyboard entries.

Remote desktop

12). Function that looks for a value in the leftmost column of a table, returns a value located in the same row is called a:

VLookup

15). Someone who possesses the knowledge of processing software, business strategy, and analytical skill to deliver data and reports that guide management and executives as they create well-informed decision making is known as a data _________.

analyst