HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
Assignment for the course Management information system (30%)
January, 2014
Set by – Christian .F
General Instructions
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The assignment contains 5 Pages including the cover page and 3 parts
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Attempt all the questions
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Please use only the answer sheet provided for both parts
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Part one: choose the best answer (1.5 point each)
1. All of the following are characteristics of a good information except
a. Giving an insight of a certain phenomena
b. Being accurate and complete
c. Being relevant
d. All
e. None
2. Which one of the following is a function performed by computer hardware devices
a. Input
b. Processing
c. Storage
d. All
e. None
3. A computer system that is physically large and usually have one or more central
processors with faster instruction processing speed and large primary storage is called
a. Mini computers
b. Mainframe computers
c. Microcomputers
d. Personal computers
4. Which one is not among management problems/limitations of file processing approach
a. Data duplication
b. Existence of data integration
c. Data dependence
d. Problem related with updating & maintenance of data
5. Which one does not belong to a telecommunication network model?
a. Terminals
b. Processors
c. Computers
d. Telecommunications control software
e. All
f. none
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6. ………………………… is one type of telecommunication processor device that converts
digital signals from a computer or transmission terminal at one end of a communication
link into analog frequencies, which can be transmitted over a telephone line
a. Modems
b. Multiplexers
c. Cellular radio
d. Coaxial cables
7. ……………………. Is a network in which local processors share the same
communication channel
a. Star topology
c. Bus topology
b. Ring topology
d. mesh topology
8. Which one of the following is not a characteristics of operational level information
systems
a. Repetitiveness
b. Non predictability
c. Detailed nature
d. Structured form
9. Using a decision support system involves four basic types of analytical modeling
activities. Among the four, which one makes repeated changes to selected variables until
a chosen variable reaches a target value?
a. What-if analysis
b. Sensitivity analysis
c. Goal seeking analysis
d. Optimization analysis
10. …………………………….. Information system automates office procedures and
enhances office communications and productivity.
a. Process control systems
b. Office automation systems
c. Decision support systems
d. Executive information systems
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Part two: say true or false (1 point for each)
1. Expert systems are knowledge based systems that provide expert advice and act as expert
consultants to users
2. Installation stage of information system development involves translating the design
specifications produced during the design stage into software program code
3. The process of turning over the organizations computer center operations,
telecommunication networks, or applications development to external vendors is called
outsourcing
4. A socio- technical information systems perspective helps to promote/enhance a purely
technological or behavioral approach to information systems
5. Central processing unit (CPU)- is the most important hardware component of a computer
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Part two: Give short answers under the space provided for each question (you are sincerely
asked to only use the space provided for both questions)
1. Write down and briefly explain the four resources of information systems (5 points)
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2. Data are logically organized into five elements. List down and briefly explain each of
the five data elements (5 points)
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