Quiz  /  Information System MCQ Quiz Questions and Answers

  • 1. 
    A pseudo code is a/an

  • Machine code
  • Computer generated random number
  • Easy way to communicate the logic of a program, in English-like statements
  • Protocol used in data communication

  • 2. 
    The longest method of conversion is

  • Phased
  • Pilot
  • Parallel
  • Direct

  • 3. 
    The main purpose of the system investigation phase is to produce a

  • Design report
  • Requirement report
  • Feasibility report
  • None of these

  • 4. 
    Generally, the top management of an organization is more interested in

  • Tactical decisions
  • Day-to-day operations
  • Strategic decisions
  • All of these

  • 5. 
    Decision-Table is a way

  • Of representing multiple conditions
  • Of representing the information flow
  • To get an accurate picture of the system
  • All of these

  • 6. 
    Information systems support an organization's business operations, managerial decision making and strategic competitive advantage. Such system is called

  • Business process reengineering
  • Globalization
  • Roles of information systems
  • Competitive advantage

  • 7. 
    Mistakes made in the system analyses stage show up in

  • System design
  • System development
  • Implementation
  • All of these

  • 8. 
    The document listing all procedure and regulations that generally govern an organization is the

  • Administrative policy manual
  • Personal policy book
  • Procedures log
  • Organization manual

  • 9. 
    Which of the following tools is not used for process descriptions?

  • Data dictionaries
  • Structured
  • Pseudo codes
  • Decision tables

  • 10. 
    An example is using the internet and extranets to do accounts receivable and account payable activities are

  • Order processing
  • Online accounting systems
  • Accounting information systems
  • Online HRM systems

  • 11. 
    In what phase procedure development occurs?

  • Structured design
  • System building
  • Maintenance
  • Conversion

  • 12. 
    The time lag between the keying of the last character on the keyboard input and the appearance of the first output character on the screen, is called

  • Batch processing
  • Response time
  • System review
  • Key

  • 13. 
    On a system flowchart, the online manual keeping of input data is identified by using

  • Manual operation symbols
  • Keeping operation symbols
  • Online storage symbol
  • Online keyboard symbols

  • 14. 
    Which of the following symbols is (are) not used in the data flow Diagram (DFD)?

  • Triangle
  • Square
  • Circle
  • Open rectangle

  • 15. 
    Within the structure chart, modules on the lowest level are called

  • Program control modules
  • Process and control modules
  • Program modules
  • Processing modules

  • 16. 
    Which of the following contains a statement-by-statement description of a procedure?

  • Record layout
  • Systems flowchart
  • Procedure log
  • Written narrative

  • 17. 
    Which of the following file types has the least life?

  • Work file
  • Transaction file
  • Program file
  • Master file

  • 18. 
    During the system study, flowchart are drawn using

  • Abbreviated symbols
  • Non-standard symbols
  • General symbols
  • Specific symbols

  • 19. 
    The conditions immediately outside a system is called

  • Environment
  • Interface
  • Boundary
  • None of these

  • 20. 
    The systems conversion technique of totally removing the existing system and immediately implementing the new system is called

  • Pilot conversion
  • Parallel run
  • Crash conversion
  • Phased conversion

  • 21. 
    Decision-Table facilitates conditions to be related to

  • Actions
  • Tables
  • Programs
  • Operations

  • 22. 
    Which of the following is not considered a tool at the system design phase?

  • System Flow chart
  • Pie chart
  • Decision Table
  • Data-Flow Diagram

  • 23. 
    A function of the process step of data processing is

  • Retrieval
  • Update
  • Protect
  • Index

  • 24. 
    A statement-by-statement description of a procedure is detailed in a

  • Written narrative
  • Procedure log
  • Record layout
  • Systems flowchart

  • 25. 
    Any data that are entered into the computer, for the first time, will go through the process of

  • Validation
  • String testing
  • Sequential testing
  • System testing

  • 26. 
    A turnkey package includes

  • Training
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • All of these

  • 27. 
    A medium for transporting output of a system to the input to another system is

  • Counter measure
  • Interface
  • Boundary
  • Feedback

  • 28. 
    What part of documentations offers both a pictorial and written description of system?

  • System's abstract
  • System's narrative
  • System's overview
  • Problem definition

  • 29. 
    Desk chucking is involved with

  • Compiling the program
  • Running the program
  • Coding the program
  • Debugging the program

  • 30. 
    Decision-Table

  • Gets an accurate picture of the system
  • Documents rules that select one or more actions based on one or more conditions from a set of possible conditions
  • Represents an information flow
  • Shows the decision paths

  • 31. 
    Which of the following activities does not belong to the implementation phase of the SDLC?

  • Program testing
  • File conversion
  • User training
  • All of these

  • 32. 
    Which of the following appropriately explains the desirable characteristic of good system design?

  • Long discussions
  • Conversion
  • Proper documentation
  • Modular approach

  • 33. 
    Networks of end user PCs connected to network server to share software, processing, and databases. The best fit will be

  • Internetworked enterprise
  • Electronic commerce
  • Enterprise collaboration
  • Client/server computing

  • 34. 
    Structured design methodology is an approach to design that adheres to rules based on principles such as

  • Data flow analysis
  • Top-down refinement
  • Bottom-up design
  • All of these

  • 35. 
    On a systems flowchart, the online manual keying of input data is identified by using

  • Online keyboard symbol
  • Manual operation symbol
  • Keying operation symbol
  • Online storage symbol

  • 36. 
    Which of the following is a graphic representation of the modules in the system and the interconnection between them?

  • System chart
  • Structural chart
  • Flow chart
  • Pie chart

  • 37. 
    Which of the following is generally not contained in a feasibility document?

  • Dataflow diagrams
  • Project name
  • Problem descriptions
  • Feasible alternative solutions

  • 38. 
    A channel for communicating across a boundary between two or more subsystem is known as

  • Data path
  • Walk through
  • Act gram
  • Interface

  • 39. 
    During what phase, the requirements analysis is performed?

  • System investigation phase
  • System analysis phase
  • System development phase
  • System design phase
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