Student Name Instruction to complete exam: 1. All written answers must use Times New Roman font size 12 (that is the default for this document) and highlighted in yellow. 2. All multiple-choice answers must be highlighted in yellow. 3. Exam must be submitted by Thursday 28th. Each day not submitted your grade will be reduced by 5 points. 1. Management Information Systems (MIS) is a tool for decision-making, coordinating and controlling data within an organization. (1 Point) a. True b. False 2. Management in MIS is responsible for setting which of the following? (1 Points) a. CEO salary b. Strategy, Objectives and Directing Resources c. Encouraging employees to work harder by increasing vacation days d. Management is not responsible for MIS 3. The three activities in an information system that produce the information organizations use to control operations are. (1 Point) a. information, research, and analysis. b. input, output, and feedback c. data, information, and analysis d. input, processing, and output 4. Output (1 Point) a. is feedback that has been processed to create meaningful information. b. transfers processed information to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used. c. is information that is returned to appropriate members of the organization to help them evaluate the input stage d. converts raw input into a meaningful form 5. In a hierarchical organization, the upper level consists of. (1 Point) a. Scientists b. Senior management c. Professional employees d. Knowledge workers 1 Документ1 6. The fundamental set of assumptions, values, and ways of doing things that has been accepted by most of a company's members is called its (1 Point) a. Culture b. Atmosphere c. Business process d. Mission 7. Data management technology consists of which of the following? (1 Point) a. Detailed, preprogrammed instructions that control and coordinate the computer hardware components in an information system b. Physical hardware and media used by an organization for storing data c. Software governing the organization of data on physical storage media d. None of the above 8. Management in MIS is responsible for setting which of the following? (1Point) a. CEO salary b. Strategy, Objectives and Directing Resources c. Encouraging employees to work harder by increasing vacation days d. Management is not responsible for MIS 9. Transaction Processing Systems are the starting point for gathering data which is important to a business? (1Point) a. True b. False 10. Which of the following are business drivers of Information Systems? (1Point) a. Operational Excellence b. Customer’s intimacy c. Improved decision making d. All the above 11. Networking and telecommunications technologies, along with computer hardware, software, data management technology, and the people required to run and manage them, constitute an organization's (1 Point) a. Information technology (IT) infrastructure b. Culture c. Networked environment d. All the above 12. Maintaining the organization's financial records is a central purpose of which main business function? (1 Point) a. Manufacturing and accounting b. Finance and accounting c. Human resources d. Sales and manufacturing 2 Документ1 13. The three principal levels within a business organization hierarchy are. (1 Point) a. senior management, operational management, and service workers b. senior management, middle management, and operational management c. senior management, data workers, and service workers d. senior management, middle management, and service workers 14. What are the Functions of an Information System and what is the function of each? (3 Points) Input- captures or collects raw data from within the organization or from its external environment. Processing- This is the step where data gets turned into information. Output- transfers the processed information to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used. Feedback- The result of the outputted information, like a customer response to a product. This can lead to benefiting the organization in the future 15. Which of the following would not be considered a business process? (1 Point) a. Operational processes b. Governance process c. Federal Tax Laws d. None of the above 16. Identify the following process flowchart symbols. (3 Points) Terminal Decision Process/Task 17. What is a transaction process and give two examples? (3 Points) A transaction processing system is a computerized system that performs and records the daily routine transactions necessary to conduct business. Ex. Employees payroll transaction Ex. Calculating student’s final grades 18. What is data and give two examples. (3 Points) Data is defined as facts or figures, or items of information that's stored in or used by a computer Ex. Weight as in lbs. Ex. Prices 19. Can an Attribute and a Primary Key have the same characteristics? (1 Point) a. True b. False 20. What is the primary purpose of a Primary Key? (2 Points) 3 Документ1 A primary key is a special relational database table column (or combination of columns) designated to uniquely identify each table record. A primary key is used as a unique identifier to quickly parse data within the table. 21. What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data and give an example of each? (3 Points) Qualitative is descriptive data. Ex. The hat is blue Quantitative is numeric data. Ex. Measument 4ft. 22. What does RDBMS stand for and is it hardware or software? (3 Points) Rational Database Management System and it is a software 23. An Entity Relationship Diagram is the starting point for designing a Relational Data Base? (1 Point) a. True b. False 24. What is structured data and give an example of structured data. (1 Point) Structured data is data that is captured and organized into columns or rows. It also, is data which conforms to a data mode Ex. Student First Name 25. What is the purpose of Database Normalization and why is it important? (3 Points) Database Normalization is the process of efficiently organizing data in a database by, eliminating redundant data. Ex.- Storing the same data in more than one table 26. What is Meta Data and give an example? (2 Points) Meta Data is data that provide information about other data, but not the content of data Ex. Meta Data for a book might include the authors name, publishing date, and publisher’s name 27. What is Meta Meta Data and give an example (2 Points) Meta Meat Data is data that describes the other meta data. Ex. Field Name 28. What is the purpose of a Primary Key in a table? (1 Points) a. Has no purpose at all. b. Makes the occurrence of each row in a table unique. c. Insures only two rows in a table will be the same d. Is only used in an ERD 29. An attribute in an ERD and a field in a table are never the same? (1 Points) a. True b. False 4 Документ1 30. Can a Foreign Key and Primary Key be the same? (1 Points) a. Yes b. No 31. List the three types of Cardinalities we discussed in class. (3 Points) a. One to One b. One to Many c. Many to Many 32. Which of the following is not a Database Object? (1 Point) a. Table b. Field c. Form d. Report 33. What is the difference between a Database Administration (DBA) and a Data Analysis? (use bullet points to explain your answer) (2 Points) A database administration is the person who is responsible for keeping a database up to date and running. There responsibilities includes: writing and applying scripts to update the database, keeping the database running 24/7 A database analyst is a person who looks at a database from a higher level. That person would look at the database design and recommend additions for new projects and design the tables and relationships to meet needs 34. What is an Entity and why is it important to a business? (2 Points) an entity can be a single thing, person, place, or object. It is important because it is data that can be stored about such entities. And an entity becomes tables in a database. 35. What is a Composite Key and how is it made? (2 Points) A composite key is a candidate key that consists of two or more attributes that together uniquely identify an entity occurrence and together become the primary Key. 36. Which of the following best illustrates the relationship between entities? (1 Points) a. The entity CUSTOMER with the entity PRODUCT b. The entity CUSTOMER with the entity PURCHASE c. The entity PRODUCT with the entity Price d. All the above 37. Data ________ occurs when the same data is duplicated in multiple files of a database. (1 Points) a. Independence 5 Документ1 b. Partitions c. Redundancy d. Tables 38. In the following statement identify (highlight in yellow) the entities and add the likely primary key attributes for each entity. (6 Points) Amazon sells products to customers from its many warehouses around the world. Amazon Store ID, Product ID, Customer ID, Warehouse ID 39. What is the difference between a Conceptual Data Model and Physical Data Model? (3 Points) The Conceptual Model is to establish the entities, their attributes, and their relationships. The Physical Data Model describes the database-specific implementation of the data model. 40. In the above question, who is responsible for the design of each? (2 Points) Data Modelers are Systems Analysts who design computer databases that translate complex business data into usable computer systems. 41. A characteristic or quality that describes a database entity is called a. (1 Point) a. Field b. Attribute c. Relationship d. Row 42. The relationship between an Entity and Table is a one-to-one relationship? (1 Point) a. True b. False 43. Which of the following are not objects in a Relational Data Base Management System? (1 Point) a. Table b. Form c. Video d. Report 44. What is the function of a Query object in a Relational Data Base Management System? (1 Point) A Queries retrieves data from tables based on specific requests 45. Using Section Table in your EDR project give an example of a Query from that table. (5 Points) Discipline CRN Subject Course Section Title 6 Документ1 Credits Building Room Professor ACCT - Accounting 56985 ACCT B225 Fundamentals of Accounting I 1 3 HARG 156 46. RDBMS tables are made up of Records, Rows and Fields? (1 Point) a. True b. False 47. The logical view of a database (1 Point) a. displays the organization and structure of data on the physical storage media. b. includes a digital dashboard c. presents data as they would be perceived by end users d. allows the creation of supplementary reports 48. In a table for customers, the information about a single customer resides in a single (1 Point) a. field b. row c. column d. table 49. A field identified in a table as holding the unique identifier of the table's records is called the. (1 Point) a. primary key. b. key field. c. primary field. d. unique ID 7 Документ1 Crews, Virginia G.
