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DSST Management Information Systems (MIS) Exam Practice Test 2
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DSST Management Information Systems Exam covers the basics of telecommunications; network security; systems analysis and design; business decision making; knowledge management; data warehousing; and data mining. The exam contains 100 questions to be answered in 2 hours. Exam contents, in brief: 1. Computer Hardware – 9% a. History and evolution b. Terminology c. Hardware components d. Hardware devices e. Classification 2. Computer Software – 6% a. History and evolution of computer software and programming b. Terminology c. Types of software 3. Telecommunications and Networks –... Show more
DSST Management Information Systems (MIS) Exam Practice Test 2
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1. When considering Porter’s Five Forces and supplier influence, what information system is best suited for an organization with builtin communication processes and protocols that allow a fully integrated supply chain?
2. What telecommunications technology uses radio signals and small, integrated geographic areas to pass signals?
3. What level in an organization supports short-term plans that help achieve day-today level tasks and objectives?
4. Which of the following is the term for an object, person, place, or event in a database?
5. In which of the following systems are strategies, corporate culture and policies, best practices, business solutions, technology management, and prior analysis stored for access?
6. What computer language allowed databases to be managed through relationships of common and unique data identities?
7. Which virus impedes the use of business websites by creating thousands of “phantom” users that attack a business’s website bandwidth by denying access to customers?
8. What is the activity of keeping a database up-to-date by adding, deleting, or changing data within it?
9. Why is cyberwarfare a concern in today’s world?
10. What is the problem-solving methodology most often used in information systems development that uses an orientation to define problems, opportunities, and needs in order to develop an appropriate, feasible solution?
11. Which of the following represent the four cycles of growth businesses typically go through?
12. What device converts digital information into analog signals that can be sent over communication channels?
13. Which of the following refers to data received from other data sources, such as revenues and costs, that are combined to create other data points (often referred to as “defining the data in a data warehouse”)?
14. What is a computer program designed to search, detect, remove, and prevent virus invasions on computer systems?
15. What is the management function that ensures an organization is minimizing the risks associated with information threats that cause loss of data, information vulnerabilities that allow data breaches to occur, and risks associated with the impact of operations should disaster occur?
16. Which of the following are the two most commonly used methods of biometric entry used by organizations?
17. What level in an organization contains directors and teams that create short-, medium-, and long-term plans that direct the energy of the firm toward strategic initiatives?
18. Which of the following statements is true regarding ethics and computer usage?
19. What telecommunication media consists of copper wires, which are often referred to as telephone wires?
20. What devices convert the movement or click of a mouse, the touch of a keyboard, the scan of an optical device, or the touch on a touchscreen to electronic data for processing?
21. When an individual does business with another individual online, such as using Ebay or Etsy, this individual is conducting business in what e-commerce strategy?
22. In the early years of database development, what structural database model in which the data relationships were developed and combined in a manner similar to a tree was most widely used?
23. Which of the following is the software tool used for creating, maintaining, and using databases in an organization for the purposes of extracting data, manipulating data, and creating information from that data?
24. What is/are the most effective antivirus mechanisms to prevent unwanted computer activity?
25. What data are very structured in order to capture business operations on a day-to-day basis and help front-line managers make daily decisions?

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