Management Information Systems | Chapter 1 | Part 2 | MBA MCQs | MIS

 

1. Preparing short-term budgets is an example of a finance and accounting information system operating at the:
   1.   Operational level
   2.   Management level
   3.   Knowledge level
   4.   Strategic level
2. Tracking employee training, skills, and performance appraisals is an example of a human resource information system operating at the:
   1.   Operational level
   2.   Management level
   3.   Knowledge level
   4.   Strategic level
3. Assembling a product, identifying customers and hiring employees are:
   1.   Transactions
   2.   Phases
   3.   Business processes
   4.   Business functions
4. Materials into intermediate and finished products, and distributing the finished products to customers?
   1.   Production chain
   2.   Primary chain
   3.   Supply chain
   4.   Distribution chain
5. Information systems can facilitate supply chain management by:
   1.   Tracking the status of orders.
   2.   Rapidly communicating orders.
   3.   Providing product specifications.
   4.   all of the above
6. Enterprise systems support:
   1.   Manufacturing processes.
   2.   Financial and accounting processes.
   3.   Human resource processes.
   4.   All of the above.
7. A computer security protocol for logging in would be an example of the__________________ component of an information system
   1.   software
   2.   hardware
   3.   data
   4.   Procedure
8. Customer numbers and their names would be an example of the __________________ component of an order management information system.
   
   1.   software
   2.   hardware
   3.   data
   4.   procedure
9. Which of the following is not a technology driver for an information system?
   1.   enterprise applications
   2.   object technologies
   3.   knowledge asset management
   4.   collaborative technologies
10. Which of the following is a deliverable of the system implementation phase in a formal system development process?
    1.   technical hardware and software solution for the business problem
    2.   business problem statement
    3.   statement of the system users’ business requirements
    4.   technical blueprint and specifications for a solution that fulfills the business requirements
11. Decision makers who are concerned with tactical (short-term) operational problems and decision making are
    1.   middle managers
    2.   executive managers
    3.   supervisors
    4.   mobile managers
12. The application of information to scan an organisation’s environment is:
    1.   external communication.
    2.   information overload.
    3.   sensing.
    4.   internal communication
13. When a bank uses information to launch a personalised credit card product this:
    1.   manages risks.
    2.   creates a new opportunity.
    3.   adds value
    4.   reduces costs.
14. When a bank uses business performance management software to monitor its performance in differences regions this:
    1.   reduces costs.
    2.   manages risks.
    3.   adds value
    4.   creates a new opportunity.
15. When a bank offers web self-service for customers to answer their questions, the primary outcome is:
    1.   adds value.
    2.   manages risks.
    3.   reduces costs.
    4.   creates a new opportunity.