Management Information and Decision Support Systems_Group 5

Based on a model developed by Herbert Simon, the first stage in decision-making is the _______ stage.

• choice stage

• intelligence stage

• design stage

• implementation stage

Answer explanation

The information of MIS comes from the _____.

• Internal source

• External source

• Both internal and external source

• None of the above

A DSS (Decision Support Systems) is an organized collection of___ used to help make decisions that solve problems.

• People, Software, Hardware, Data, Processes

• People, Applications, Computers, Data, Documents

• People, Procedures, Software, Databases, Devices

• People, Procedures, Software, Databases

Software application that consists of most elements in a DSS, plus software to provide effective support in group decision making; also called a___

• Group Decision Support System

• Executive Support System

• Document Driven DSS

• Expert System

Which of the following is NOT an objective of MIS?

• Facilitate the decisions-making process

• Provide requisite information at each level of management

• Support decision-making

• recruit people for system

___is a specialized DSS that includes all hardware, software, data, procedures and people used to assist senior-level executives within the organization.

• Group Decision Support System

• Executive Support System

• Document Driven DSS

• Expert System

________ systems are especially suited to situations in which the procedure for arriving at a solution may not be fully defined in advance.

• Management information

• Transaction processing

• Decision-support

• Knowledge management

Which level of the organization are ESS specifically designed to serve?

• operational

• end-user

• middle management

• senior management

Customer numbers and their names would be an example of the _______ component of an order management information system

• data

• software

• hardware

• procedure

The threat to Microsoft substitutes is:

• high

• moderate

• low

• low to moderate