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Management Information Systems DANTES Practice Test
1) What are the basic functions of an information system?
A) Word processing, communications and storage
B) Input, processing, storage and output
C) Decision making, security, filing and access
D) Input, communications, filing and security
2) What does the acronym GIGO stand for?
A) “Garbage in, garbage out”
B) “Gigabytes incoming, gigabytes outgoing”
C) “Get data in, get data out”
D) “Gigabyte internalization and gigabyte optimization”
3) Which of the following is a primary storage device?
A) Optical disk
B) Magnetic tape
C) Silicon chip
D) Flash drive
4) Designing the details of individual entities first is called what?
A) Top-down architecture
B) Bottom-up architecture
C) Detailed content design
D) User need functionality
5) In the E-R model, relationships of degree 2 are called what?
A) Binary
B) Duplex
C) Coupled
D) Normalized
6) What are the size, color and price of an object in the SHIRT entity class called?
A) Identifiers
B) Descriptors
C) Attributes
D) Characteristics
7) Queries are programmed using what language?
A) Any third generation programming language
B) BASIC
C) SQL
D) Query generator
8) Which of the following is a type of communication control unit that combines many slow devices in order to make a faster channel?
A) Multiplexers
B) Controllers
C) Converters
D) Transformers
9) What connection is used to join two LANs?
A) Bridge
B) Gateway
C) Router
D) Hub
10) The traditional systems development life cycle (SDLC) proceeds in what order?
A) Analysis, planning, design, implementation, maintenance
B) Planning, analysis, design, implementation, maintenance
C) Planning, design, analysis, implementation, maintenance
D) Planning, design, implementation, analysis, maintenance
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Management Information Systems DSST Practice Test Answer Key:
- 1. B:) Input, processing, storage and output.
- 2. A:) “Garbage in, garbage out.”
- 3. C:) Silicon chip.
- 4. B:) Bottom-up architecture.
- 5. A:) Binary.
- 6. C:) Attributes.
- 7. C:) SQL.
- 8. A:) Multiplexers.
- 9. A:) Bridge.
- 10. B:) Planning, analysis, design, implementation, maintenance.