Preliminary Examination

Name: ________________________________________ Date: ___________

Course Year & Section: _____________________ Score: __________
Instruction: Answer the following questions. Strictly NO ERASURES
are allowed.

I. IDENTIFICATION. (10 points)

1.)________________________A system that gathers data and disseminates information with

the sole purpose of providing information to its users.

2.)_________________________An information system that evaluates, analyzes, and

processes an organization's data to produce meaningful and useful information based on which
the management can take right decisions to ensure future growth of the organization.

3.)_________________________Distilled and integrated knowledge and understanding.

4.)_________________________Information Management pertaining to an organization's

policy or decision-making, particularly when tied to strategic or operational objectives.

5.)_________________________Concerned with the information needed for exercising control

over business resources, like budgeting, quality control, service level, inventory level,
productivity level etc.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICES. Choose the best answer. Encircle the letter of your choice. (20 points)

1. System that provides information in the form of standardized reports and displays for the
managers.
a. Management Information System
b. Information System
c. Planning Information System
d. Operational Information System

2. This information is collected, stored, and updated regularly at the operational level.
a. Recording
b. Controlling
c. Planning
d. Measuring

3. Processed i n t o i n f o r m a t i o n needed for planning, organizing, coordinating, directing

and controlling functionalities at strategic, tactical and operational level.
a. Capturing Data
b. Processing Data
c. Controlling Data
d. All of the Above
4. It should be expressed in clear terms. In other words, in should be comprehensive.
a. Timely
b. Unambiguous
c. Unbiased
d. Explicit

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5. It should be impartial, free from any bias. In other words, it should have integrity.
a. Timely
b. Unambiguous
c. Unbiased
d. Explicit

6. An integrated, real-time, cross-functional enterprise application, an enterprise-wide

transaction framework that supports all the internal business processes of a company.

a. Knowledge Management System

b. Customer Relationship Management
c. Enterprise Resource Planning
d. Content Management System

7. System design, which refers to the technical specifications that will be applied in
implementing the candidate system.
a. Content Management System
b. Development of the System
c. Testing the System
d. Building or Developing System

8. It helps in taking operational, management level, or middle level management decisions.

a. Model Based System
b. Data Analysis System
c. Information Analysis System
d. Status Inquiry System

9. An enterprise application module that manages a company's interactions with current and
future customers by organizing and coordinating, sales and marketing, and providing better
customer services along with technical support.
a. KMS
b. CMS
c. SCM
d. CRM

10. Information or the finished product of the MIS should be circulated to its users
periodically using the organizational network.
a. Information Process
b. Information Storage
c. Information R e t r i e v a l
d. Information Propagation

III. ACRONOYMS: (30 Points)

1. ERP = _____________________________________
2. SCM= _____________________________________
3. CRM= _____________________________________
4. TPC= ______________________________________
5. EIS = _____________________________________
6. DSS = ______________________________________
7. KMS = _____________________________________
8. CMS = _____________________________________

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 9. MIS = ______________________________________
10. GDSS= ____________________________________
11. CPSR= ____________________________________
12. AITP= ____________________________________
13. IEEE= ____________________________________
14. ACM= ____________________________________
15. SDLC= ___________________________________

IV. ENUMERATION. Enumerate what is being asked. (30 points)

Classification by Application
1. __________________________
2. __________________________
3. __________________________
4. __________________________
5. __________________________

Classification by Characteristics
6. ____________________________
7. ____________________________
8. ____________________________

Classification by Management Hierarchy

9. ____________________________
10. ____________________________
11. ____________________________
12. ____________________________
13. ___________________________

Scope of ERP
14. ______________________________
15. ______________________________
16. ______________________________
17. ______________________________
18. ______________________________

Characteristics of Management Information System

19. ______________________________
20. ______________________________
21. ______________________________
22. ______________________________
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 23. ______________________________

Following are the available types of computer based GDSSs

24. ______________________________
25. ______________________________
26. ______________________________

Static and Dynamic Model

27. _____________________________
28. _____________________________
29. _____________________________
30. _____________________________

Prepared by: Approved by:

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