Management information system – MIS MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Fibre optic type of cables need minimum numbers of repeaters. A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable, but containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
MIS normally found in a manufacturing organization will not be suitable in the Service sector. A typical manufacturing MIS is used to monitor the flow of materials and products throughout the organization.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
A group decision support system (GDSS) is an interactive computer based system that facilitates a number of decision-makers (working together in a group) in finding solutions to problems that are unstructured in nature.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Plotters is a device that makes pen and ink drawings of lines, curves and shapes. A plotter is a computer vector graphic printer that gives a hard copy of the output based on instructions from the system. Plotters are widely used to print designs of things such as cars, ships and buildings on a piece of paper using a pen.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
User training and system conversion belong to Implementation phase of SDLC. The project takes shape during the implementation phase. This phase involves the construction of the actual project result. The implementation phase is the doing phase, and it is important to maintain the momentum.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Decision trees could be represented in different ways such as Bottom to top, Left to right C and Top to bottom. A decision tree is a decision support tool that uses a tree-like graph or model of decisions and their possible consequences, including chance event outcomes, resource costs, and utility.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Data about the performance of a system is Feed Back. Feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop. The system can then be said to feed back into itself.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Formal leader who commands both positional and personal influence. Formal leadership is a person exercising authority conferred upon him by the organization pursuant to the individual’s position in the organization.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Functional is the oldest and most widely used from of grouping activities.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
A formal document would be classified as Structured knowledge. Structured knowledge is explicit knowledge that exists in formal documents, as well as in formal rules that organizations derive by observing experts and their decision-making behaviors.