EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. What management function is concerned with the grouping of activities to be

performed and the establishment of institutional structures to carry them out?
A) Planning
B) Organizing
C) Controlling
D) Coordinating
2. What management concept is concerned only with performance deviations outside
allowable control limits?
A) Quality circles
B) Scientific management
C) Management by exception
D) Management by objective
3. Span of control refers to the
A) budgetary items that are controlled by a given manager
B) expected lifetime of a given organizational structure
C) departments a manager may contact for assistance without approval of
higher management
D) number of subordinates reporting directly to a superior
4. Discounting a cash flow is the same as
A) obtaining its future value
B) obtaining its present value
C) decreasing the interest rate
D) increasing the interest rate
5. Which one of the following is NOT important in determining whether to purchase
or rent computer equipment?
A) Cost of money
B) Maintenance cost
C) Obsolescence factor
D) Purchase and rental cost
6. Help desks exist primarily to
A) assist end-users in their information technology needs
B) implement ERP applications
C) encourage greater use of central computers
D) facilitate integration of new technology
7. How many critical paths may exist in a Program Evaluation and Review Technique
(PERT) network?
A) One only
B) One or two only
C) One, two or three only
D) Any number
8. A system where feedback returns in time to effect a change in the process is known
as
A) on-time
B) online
C) real-time
D) time-sharing
9. The concept of inference is relevant to
A) AI
B) CAI
C) CASE
D) PERT
10. A USB 2.0/3.0 is a
A) serial cable standard
B) terminal standard
C) communications protocol for devices
D) serial bus standard
11. What is a page?
A) Unit of text sent to a monitor
B) A process interrupt mechanism
C) Unit of text received from a monitor
D) Unit of memory managed in a virtual memory system
12. For an accounts payable system, which one of the following documents is NOT
needed to authorize the payment to a vendor?
A) Vendor invoice
B) Inventory stock card
C) Accounts payable voucher
D) Inventory receiving ticket
13. Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP) Systems are used to
A) report cost variables
B) control product quality
C) control product design changes
D) project inventory stock levels
14. Which one of the following correlation coefficients MOST likely reflects an error in
computation?
A) -.60
B) 0.00
C) +.60
D) +1.20
15. The primary reason for providing special controls during the cutover period of
systems implementation is to
A) prevent a decrease in operating efficiency
B) ensure that all data is properly processed
C) decrease the number of people requiring training
D) ensure that all equipment is physically operational
16. Which one of the following is NOT true of a hierarchical structure?
A) It is also called a tree
B) An element may have more than one parent and a parent may have many
children
C) The maximal path begins at the root and continues to the furthest leaf
D) Elements on a single level belonging to one parent are called siblings
17. Serial communications is used over long distances because it
A) is faster than parallel communications
B) is less error prone than parallel communications
C) is less prone to attenuation
D) uses only one path
18. Linkages are provided between different entities in a data dictionary to
A) define security access rules
B) reduce the storage required in the dictionary
C) describe the relationships among the entities
D) provide a way to indicate the type of access method by which a file is stored
19. Which one of the following factors supports the argument for distributed
processing?
A) Standardization
B) Economy of scale
C) Elimination of duplicate systems
D) Responsiveness to local conditions
20. The median is better than the arithmetic mean for characterizing a set of data if the
data
A) represent dollar amounts
B) are strongly skewed
C) are few in number
D) have been grouped into class intervals
21. A database management system may be distinguished from a file management
system by the ability to
A) handle complex data requests
B) provide backup for several files using dumps
C) provide password protection for the data in a file
D) allow simultaneous access to data in a file by several programs
22. The decision on how often to back up a disk file is primarily based on the
A) frequency of access to that file
B) number of programs using that file
C) cost of backup versus the expected cost of failure
D) time to backup the file versus the volatility of the data
23. The classical economic definition of the maximum profit position is that point at
which
A) average cost is minimum
B) total revenue is maximum
C) average revenue is maximum
D) marginal revenue equals marginal cost
24. Each of the following is a common characteristic of all organizational structures
EXCEPT
A) division of labor
B) common value system
C) hierarchy of authority
D) coordination of effort
25. A list of the open accounts in a ledger showing their debit and credit balances are
known as
A) a trial balance
B) a PL statement
C) a closing journal
D) an account analysis
26. To verify the accuracy of a bank account number on input, the BEST control
technique is
A) batch total
B) check digit
C) hash algorithm
D) character check
27. In the context of information systems, which of the following provides the BEST
difference between management objectives and system objectives?
A) Management objectives focus on benefits from the system while system
objectives look at the delivery of quality information
B) Management objectives focus on processing requirements while system
objectives look at the delivery of quality information
C) System objectives focus on benefits from the system while management
objectives look at the delivery of quality information
D) System objectives focus on problems to be solved while management
objectives look at the inputs and outputs of the system
28. Which of the following graphic aids would be LEAST useful in monitoring a
project?
A) A pie chart
B) A PERT chart
C) A milestone chart
D) A critical path chart
29. Which of the following number systems is used internally by computers?
A) octal
B) binary
C) decimal
D) hexadecimal
30. In developing a Management Information System, which one of the following
criteria should be the first concern of the designer?
A) Selection of computer equipment
B) Definition of needs and objectives
C) Development of the database requirements
D) Establishment of a project team and schedule
31. Prototyping is BEST characterized by
A) testing various software packages
B) listing user requirements on charts
C) building a working model of the system
D) user management interviews and questions
32. A bank handles savings, checking accounts and loans. Its database is designed to be
relational. If a customer uses all three types of services, in how many places should
the customer’s address reside in the database?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) more than 3
33. Which one of the following statements about a private corporation is correct?
A) It has a limited life span
B) It is owned by its directors
C) Its shareholders have limited liability
D) Its stock is listed on a stock exchange
34. The Gantt chart is a planning tool whose primary basis of measurement is
A) time
B) events
C) manpower
D) milestones
35. One member of a business analysis team that is establishing conceptual model for a
business problem insists on working alone without peer review. Which one of the
following would be the MOST appropriate first step for the team leader to take?
A) Review the analyst’s work
B) Suggest that the analyst be fired
C) Determine the reason for the analyst’s attitude
D) Request the analyst be reassigned to another project
36. A chart of accounts file is essential in which of the following systems?
A) Payroll
B) General ledger
C) Purchase orders
D) Accounts receivable
37. The development of a good cash management system requires a thorough
knowledge of all the following systems EXCEPT
A) payroll
B) payables
C) receivables
D) fixed assets
38. All of the following terms are associated with relational databases EXCEPT
A) tuples
B) tables
C) pointers
D) set operations
39. What is a deliverable?
A) A user sign-on
B) The final activity in a task
C) The print-outs resulting from a user test
D) A verification of the completion of an activity
40. In data flow diagrams, the phrase “an entity lying outside the context of a system
that is a net originator or receiver of system data” describes
A) a file
B) a process
C) a source or sink
D) an input or output data flow
41. The process of combining multiple signals into a single signal to facilitate data
transmission is known as
A) multiplexing
B) multiprocessing
C) packet switching
D) message switching
42. The value of 5! is
A) 5
B) 120
C) 121
D) 125