A combination of individual general-purpose application packages that work easily together is

called
Select one:
a. Groupware applications
b. Middleware programs
c. Software suite
d. CASE tools

We know computers use binary system to store and compute numbers. The unsigned binary
value 10011010 is the same as
Select one:
a. 154
b. 155
c. 153
d. 152

To improve the performance of a Business process, which of the following is most relavant
Select one:
a. Output
b. input
c. Control and feedback
d. Processing

The flow of transactions through business processes to ensure appropriate checks and
approvals are implemented is called:
Select one:
a. Data Flow
b. Service flow
c. Process Flow
d. Work flow

OLAP offers the capability to

Select one:
a. Drill up into the data
b. Drill right into the data
c. Drill down into the data
d. Drill left into the data
Inheritance in Object Oriented Structure of the database
Select one:
a. permits sharing of only the attributes such that the child class obtains these from the parent
b. permits sharing of only the attributes such that the parent class uses these from the child
c. permits sharing of attributes and methods such that the parent class uses these from the child
d. permits sharing of attributes and methods such that the child class obtains these from the
parent

Information systems that cross the boundaries of the functional areas of a business in order to
integrate and automate business processes is called
Select one:
a. Transaction Processing System
b. Cross Functional Enterprise Systems
c. Enterprise Information System
d. ERP System

The most important reason for failure of MIS is

Select one:
a. Improper design of the system
b. Use of improper software
c. Use of slow hardware
d. Non involvement of end users

Systems that immediately capture and process transaction data and update databases are called
Select one:
a. Business Systems
b. OLTP Systems
c. Functional Systems
d. OLAP Systems

Softwares that can be readily purchased and used with little or minimal configuration is called
Select one:
a. COTS
b. ASP
c. ERP
d. HTML
A nonprocedural computer language used to interrogate a database is
Select one:
a. DBMS
b. API
c. SQL
d. OLAP

A USB Flash memory drive has

Select one:
a. A volatile semiconductor Random Access Memory
b. A non volatile magnetic storage unit
c. A volatile magnetic storage unit
d. A non volatile semiconductor flash storage unit

Databases available on the internet or provided by commercial information service providers are
called
Select one:
a. Hypermedia Databases
b. External Databases
c. Distributed Databases
d. Operational Databases

A personal computer with a high end CPU, a keyboard and a video display used for engineering
applications is a typical example of a
Select one:
a. Workstation
b. File Server
c. Desktop system
d. Application Server

Companies that own, operate, and maintain application software for a fee as a service over the
Internet are called
Select one:
a. Licensed Software Vendors
b. Software developers
c. ASP
d. Client Server softwares
Decision Support Systems use
Select one:
a. SCM
b. Data mining algorithms
c. Batch processing systems
d. Transaction Processing Systems

Systems which connect the intranet of the business with the intranets of the customers, suppliers
and partners is called
Select one:
a. Internet
b. Multi Intranet
c. Extranet
d. Wide Area Network

Information systems that support business functions that reach out to suppliers are known as
Select one:
a. expert information systems
b. front end systems
c. back office information systems
d. decision support systems

Data in a data warehouse is

Select one:
a. Dynamic and is operated by ERP systems
b. Static and is compressed
c. Static and is mostly Read only
d. Dynamic and is Updated frequently

EDI is an example of a
Select one:
a. Processing system
b. Interface system
c. Decision making system
d. Communication system
The Join operation in a Relational model
Select one:
a. Combines two or more tables over a common attribute
b. joins various tables to form a database
c. Maintains a hierarchy across all data elements
d. Enables to merge the records of one table with another

The Entity RelationshipDiagram depics the

Select one:
a. Physical view of the database
b. Transactional view of the database
c. Process view of the database
d. Logical view of the database

Set of activities performed across the organization creating, as output, value to the customer is
called
Select one:
a. customer focus
b. business process
c. development process
d. quality process

A characteristic attribute of some entity used to describe and identify that entity is called
Select one:
a. Primary key
b. Join attribute
c. Principal attribute
d. Elementary attribute

The Data Dictionary

Select one:
a. Is a log file that enables recovery of data in case data is corrupted
b. Defines and catalogs the data elements and data relationships in a database
c. Defines the meaning and syntax of all data elements in the database
d. Is the object representation of the table that defines the data elements and the methods