CIS3345:
Management Information Systems

Spring, 2015

Chapter 10 On-Line Quiz B

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Question 1:    What is a decision?

                       
 The act of making up your mind about something
                          The process of determining whether something is a problem
                          A determination of future action
                          A and B
                          A and C

Question 2:    Which of the following is NOT an attribute of Information Quality?

                         Source
                          Detail
                          Presentation
                          Frequency
                          Accuracy

Question 3:    Which of the following is a characteristic of the form dimension of Information?

                       
 Scope
                          Clarity
                          Currency
                          Relevance
                          Conciseness

Question 4:    What is a semi-structured decision?

                       
 Decision situations where it is not possible to specify the decision procedures in advance
                          Decision options which can inconclusively be ordered in advance
                          Decision procedures that can be pre-specified, but not enough to lead to a definite recommended decision
                          Situations where the procedures can be specified in advance
                          Decision outcomes which are known in advance

Question 5:    What level of management is generally associated with unstructured decision making

                       
 Operational Management
                          Tactical management
                          Entry Level Management
                          Risk Management
                          Strategic Management

Question 6:    Which of the following does a DSS NOT do?

                       
 Combine data, analytical models and tools
                          Support primarily for semi-structured or unstructured decision making
                          Provide the solution
                          A and B
                          A and C

Question 7:    Setting a target value for a variable and then repeatedly changing other variables until the target value is achieved is called:

                       
 Sensitivity analysis.
                          Optimization analysis.
                          What-if analysis.
                          Goal-seeking analysis.
                          Psychoanalysis

Question 8:    Which of the following is NOT an attribute of Intelligent Behavior?


                       
 Thinking and reasoning
                          Algorithmic behavior and functioning
                          Exhibiting creativity and imagination
                          Responding quickly and successfully to new situations
                          All of the above are attributes

Question 9:    What constitutes Frame-Based knowledge representation?

                       
 A hierarchy or network of entities consisting of a complex package of data values
                          Rules and statements that typically take the form of a premise and a conclusion
                          Examples of past performance, occurrences and experiences
                          Intuitive and sensory derived future images
                          Data and the methods or processes that act on those data

Question 10:   What is a neural network?

                       
 A software surrogate for an end user or a process that fulfills a stated need or activity by using built-in/learned knowledge base
                          Computing systems modeled after the brain’s mesh-like network of interconnected processing elements
                          Natural language, speech recognition, and the development of multi-sensory devices that use a variety of body movements to operate computers
                          A method of reasoning that resembles human reasoning allowing for approximate values and incomplete data
                          The use of information technology to help gather, organize, and share business knowledge within an organization


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