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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
(2011 Admn. onwards)
B.Com
(Specialisation Computer Application)
V Semester
b. Information
c. Record
d. file
c. Record
d. Database
c. Information
d. field
b. Field
b. File
b. Three
c. Two
d. many
7. The expert system uses a (n) __________ to select the most appropriate response.
a. inference engine
c. knowledge base
d. data source
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b. Extranet
9. __________ is the capability to continue as if nothing has happened, even after a major
component failure.
a. redundancy
b. Interoperability
c. fault tolerance
d. backup
d. RAID
11. A tape library will use a robotic component called a(n) __________ to change and store multiple
tape cartridges.
a. RAID
b. backup device
c. redundant system
d. auto loader
12. More than one of the same component is an example of a __________ system.
a. Scalable
b. redundant
b. RAID
d. back-up
13. Which of the following information systems are used in the daily running of the business?
a. Transaction processing systems (TPS).
14. Which of the following is not one of the three 'Cs' describing groupware?
a. Coordination.
b. Communication.
c. Compliance.
d. Collaboration.
b. Operations management.
c. Marketing.
16. Which of the following is not one of the three main components in a decision support system?
a. Model.
b. Communications.
c. Data.
d. Dialogue.
17. Business Intelligence and data warehousing are used for which of the following?
a. Data mining.
b. Analysis of large volumes of product sales data.
c. What-if scenarios.
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b. Product management.
e. Inventory control.
c.
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30. Which category of computer-based information systems is concerned with supporting the
functional areas of an organisation?
a. Strategic information systems.
c. Expert systems.
31. Which category of computer-based information systems is concerned with improving efficiency
by applying information technology to common administrative tasks, such as creating business
documents?
a. Expert systems.
b. Boundary.
d. Feedback mechanism.
34. Information systems that monitor the elementary activities and transactions of the organizations
are:
a. Management-level systems.
c. Knowledge-level systems.
b. Operational-level systems.
d. Strategic-level systems.
35. Projections and responses to queries are information output characteristics associated with a(n):
a. DSS
b. MIS
c. ESS
d. TPS
36. Summary transaction data, high-volume data, and simple models are information inputs
characteristic of a(n):
a. DSS
b. MIS
c. ESS
d. TPS
37. Which of the following individuals typically have less formal, advanced educational degrees and
tend to process rather than create information?
a. knowledge workers
c. systems analysts
b. executives
d. data workers
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41. Deciding where to locate new production facilities is a(n) example of a manufacturing and
production information system operating at the:
a. Operational level.
c. Knowledge level.
b. Management level.
d. Strategic level.
42. preparing short-term budgets is an example of a finance and accounting information system
operating at the:
a. Operational level.
c. Knowledge level.
b. Management level.
d. Strategic level.
43. Tracking employee training, skills, and performance appraisals is an example of a human resource
information system operating at the:
a. Operational level.
c. Knowledge level.
b. Management level.
d. Strategic level.
b. Phases.
d. Business functions.
45. Which of the following is a network of facilities for procuring materials, transforming raw
materials into intermediate and finished products, and distributing the finished products to
customers?
a. production chain
b. primary chain
c. supply chain
d. distribution chain
46. Information systems can facilitate supply chain management by:
a. Tracking the status of orders.
b. Rapidly communicating orders.
c. Providing product specifications.
d. Doing all of the above.
47. Enterprise systems support:
a. Manufacturing processes.
c. Human resource processes.
Business Information Systems.
48. Which of the following level of managers develop short- and medium-range plans, schedules, and
budgets and specify the policies, procedures, and business objectives for their sub-units of the
company?
a. Strategic
b. Tactical
d. Front line
c. Operational
49. Information has three dimensions. They are
a. Time, consent, and form
c. Cost, content, and form
50. According to your text book, the emerging class of applications focuses on personalized decision
support, modelling, information retrieval, data warehousing, what-if scenarios, and reporting is
called:
a. Decision Support Trends
b. Decision Support History
c. Decision Support models
d. Decision Support class
51. The growth of corporate intranets, extranets, as well as the web, has accelerated the development
and use of executive class information delivery and decision support software tools by lower
levels of management and by individuals and teams of business professionals. This dramatic
expansion has opened the door to the use of which of the following tool?
a. Business intelligence (BI)
c. Business Ideas (BI)
52. the Decision support systems use all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Analytical models,
c. Online Transaction processing
b. Specialized databases
d. A decision makers own insights and judgments
54. Which of the following involves analyzing complex relationships among thousands or even
millions of data items stored in data marts, data warehouses, and other multidimensional databases
to discover patterns, trends, and exception conditions?
a. OLTP
b. OLAP
c. OISE
d. OLALA
55. _________________ represent complex data using interactive three- dimensional graphical forms
such as charts, graphs, and maps.
a. Data Entry Systems
c. Database Management
b. How can
c. Why not
d. Whats up
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57. Decision support system involves all of the following types of analytical modelling activities
except?
a. what-if analysis
b. Sensitivity analysis
c. Goal-seeking analysis
d. Heuristics
58. In which of the following types of analysis, the value of only one variable is changed repeatedly,
and the resulting changes on other variables are observed.
a. what-if analysis
c. Goal-seeking analysis
b. Sensitivity analysis
d. None of the above
59. In which of the following types of analysis, the goal is to find the optimum value for one or more
target variables, given certain constraints?
a. what-if analysis
b. Optimization
c. Goal-seeking analysis
d. None of the above
60. _____________________ is one of the most common and useful types of data mining for
marketing. The purpose of market basket analysis is to determine what products customers
purchase together with other products.
a. Market Box Analysis (MBA)
c. Market Bazaar Analysis (MBA )
61. The first goal of executive information systems is to provide top executives with immediate and
easy access to information about a firms _______________, that is, key factors that are critical to
accomplishing an organizations strategic objectives.
a. Critical Success Factors (CSFs)
c. Critical executive system (CECs)
62. _____________ is a field of science and technology based on disciplines such as computer
science, biology, psychology, linguistics, mathematics, and engineering.
a. Natural intelligence
c. Articulate Intelligence
b. Artificial intelligence
d. None of the above
a collection of data
a text data.
b. a processed data
d. a audio/video data
65. There are two levels of information in every organization and are__________.
a.
c.
66. . ____ is a term that encompasses all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use
information in its various forms.
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a. Computer Technology
c. Information Technology.
b. Network Technology
d. Client Server Technology.
67. . ____ is an electronic device which converts raw data into meaningful information.
a.
Computer.
b. Hardware.
c. Software.
d. Compiler
68. _____ is the utilization of technology to improve the realization of office functions.
a.
c.
Office automation
Office management.
b. Office PC.
d. Office records.
69. _____ is the processing of raw data by using a computer to perform the selection and ordering
process.
a.
c.
Networking.
Information technology.
b. Communication technology.
d. Computing
72. Which of the following can work both as an input and output medium?
a.
c.
Keyboard.
Light pen.
b. Trackball.
d. Touch screen
Paper.
b. Internet connectivity.
C. Usb.
d. Digital signature.
74. The segment in which business directly sells to the end consumer is called____________.
a.
C2C.
b. P2P.
c. B2C.
d. G2G.
Cash card.
b. Debit card.
c. Credit card.
d. Digital signature.
Paper used.
Electronic circuit and devices.
b. Plastic box.
d. Magnetic particle.
b. Printing device.
d. Magnetic disk.
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Action.
Software.
b. Hardware.
d. Programs.
b. Closing of system.
d. Multi user system
b. Commercial activity.
d. Transaction.
85. A System_________________.
a.
c.
on the system
Outside the system.
89. The system which keeps uses of the activities and transactions of the organization is.
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90. An interface computer based system which supports manages in making instructed decisions
is__________.
a. MIS.
b. ES.
c. DSS.
d. EPS.
91. The type of decision in which all steps in the decision making process are structured
is__________.
a. Structured decision
c. Unstructured decision.
b. ES.
c. DSS.
d. EPS.
b. ES.
c. DSS.
d. EPS.
94. Information systems that monitor the elementary activities and transactions of the organizations
are:
a. Management-level system
b. Operational-level system
c. Knowledge-level system
d. Strategic level system
95. Projections and responses to queries are information output characteristics associated with a(n):
a. DSS
b. MIS
c. ESS
d. TPS
96. Submmary transaction data, high-volume data, and simple models are information inpubts
characteristic of a(n):
a. DSS
b. MIS
c. ESS
d. TPS
97. Which of the following individuals typically have less formal, advanced educational degrees and
tend to process rather than create information?
a. Knowledge workers
b. Executives
c. System analysts
d. Data workers
98. Management information systems usually:
a. Serve managers interested in weekly, monthly, and yearly results, not day-to-day activities.
b. Help managers make decisions that are unique, rapidly changing, and not easily specified in
advance.
c. Provide managers with a generalized computing and telecommunications capacity that can be
applied to a changing array of problems.
d. Perform and record the daily routine transactions necessary to the conduct of business.
99. Decision support systems usually:
a. Serve managers interested in weekly, monthly, and yearly results, not day-to-day activities.
b. Help managers make decisions that are unique, rapidly changing, and not easily specified in
advance.
c. Provide managers with a generalized computing and telecommunications capacity that can be
applied to a changing array of problems.
d. Perform and record the daily routine transactions necessary to the conduct of business.
Business Information Systems.
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100. Identifying customers and markets using data on demographics, markets, consumer behaviour,
and trends is an example of a(n):
a.
b.
c.
d.
101. Deciding where to locate new production facilities is a(n) example of a manufacturing and
production information system operating at the:
a. Operational level
c. Knowledge level
b. Management level
d. Strategic level
102. Preparing short-term budgets is an example of a finance and accounting information system
operating at the:
a. Operational level
c. Knowledge level
b. Management level
d. Strategic level
103. Tracking employee training, skills, and performance appraisals is an example of a human
resource information system operating at the:
a. Operational level
c. Knowledge level
b. Management level
d. Strategic level
b. Primary chain
d. Distribution chain
108. A computer security protocol for logging in would be an example of the ________________
component of an information system.
a. software
b. hardware
c. data
d. procedure e. people
109. Customer numbers and their names would be an example of the __________________
component of an order management information system.
a. software
c. data
e. people
b. hardware
d. procedure
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d. i , ii ,iii
b. Neural Network
d. None of the above
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b Self controlling
d. All of the above.
124. Globalization and the increasing internet users around the world, give IT budgets
a. high priority
b. less important
c. more component
d. more productivity
125. MRP II is accurately described as
a.
b.
c.
d.
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b. Application
c. Database
d. Field
d. Files
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144. The automatic transfer and positioning of work by machine without significant human
intervention or operation is..........
a. Updating
b. Automation
c. Computerisation
d. Mechanisation
145. An information system within a business organisations that support the traditional functions
such as marketing, finance or production is.............
a. MIS
b. BIS
c. FIS
d. EIS
146. Restructuring and transforming a business process by a fundamental rethink and redesign to
achieve dramatic improvement in cost, quality etc...........
a. Automation
b. Business process Reengineering
c. ERP
d. Modernisation
147. A system of creating, delivering and receiving electronic message is...........
a. Information system
b. Communication system
c. Electronic system
d. Any of the above
148. A set of tools to help application developers to complete software development quickly and
accurately is
a. CAD
b. CAM
c. CASE
d. CIM
149. CIM stands for
a. Computerised information system
c. Common information system
150. A Business Information System planning technique that identify key business goal and
strategies is
a. AIS
b. CSF
c. CAD
d. CPM
151. ............ means data about data
a. Processed data
c. Meta data
b. Mined data
d. Mega data
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156. The activity of keeping a database up to date by adding, changing, or deleting data
a.
Data updating
b. Data control
c.
Data banking
d. Data maintenance
157. DBMS is a collection of.....,.............
a.
Hardware and Software
c.
Software only
b. Hardware only
d. Hardware, software, human ware
166. An information system that process data arising from occurrence of business transactions
a.
Business Information System
b. Transaction Processing system
c. Transaction Support system
d. Business Support system
167. A database that stores and manages objects
a. OODB
b. OLAP
Business Information Systems.
c. OLTP
d. OSS
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168. In Ms Excel, Which function calculates the largest value in a set of numbers?
a. Average
b. Count
c. Minimum
d. Maximum
169. In Excel, What do you use to create a chart?
a. Pie Wizard
b. Excel Wizard
c. Data Wizard
d. Chart Wizard
170. What displays the content of the active cell?
a. Name box
b. Row Headings
c. Formula bar
d. Task pane
171. By default, your documents print in------------mode.
a. Landscape
b. Portrait
c. Page Setup
d. Print View
d. Relation
c. Entity
d. Goal seek
d. All of these
d. All of these
180. In DBMS ... is a field or combination of fields that uniquely identify each record in a table.
a.
Referential integrity
b. Primary key
c.
Relation
d. Tuple
181. A primary key which is appeared in related tables is known as.............of related or secondary
table
a.
Super key
b. Candidate key
c.
Foreign key
d. Alternate key
182. In DBMS ... ensures the validity of the relationship between two table remain intact.
a.
Referential integrity
b. Primary key
c.
Relation
d. Tuple
Business Information Systems.
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b. Word
d. DBMS
b. Firmware
d. An application suit
d. Date
194. In Excel, More than one data can be entered in a single cell by using............. facility
a. Solver
b. Goal seek
c. Consolidation
d. Scenario
195. Questions can be raised in Ms Access by using............
a. Queries
b. Form
c. Report
196. Data storage in Ms Access is as.............
a. Table
b. Diagram
Business Information Systems.
c. Chart
d. Find
d. Commands
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c. Tuples
d. Field
d. Field
d. All of these
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