Information Systems

Which of the following is NOT true about the qualities of good information?

• The information must be relevant to the purpose for which a manager wants to use it

     

• Information prepared too frequently can be a serious disadvantage

• Good information should be timely; even though its cost is more than the benefits it provides

• Information should have some value

Reputation and customer satisfaction are belonging to the category of:

• Financial Quantitative information

      

• Financial Qualitative information

• Non-Financial Quantitative information

• Non-Financial Qualitative information

    All of the following are the features of tactical information EXCEPT:

• It is primarily generated internally

• It is often prepared on an ‘ad-hoc' basis

• It describes or analyses activities or departments

• It is based on quantitative measures

Information that includes overall profitability, the profitability of different segments of the business, capital equipment needs and so on is related to

• Strategic level management

• Tactical level management

• Operational level management

• Low level management

IT training and certifications, implementation of new procedures and discipline policies are examples of

• Logical controls

• Physical controls

• Firewall controls

• Administrative controls

All of the following are the examples of financial information EXCEPT

• Number of complaints received

• Gross Profit ratio

• Sales Margin

• Return on capital employed

   Which one of the following is is used to control the flow of data between an external source, such as the internet, and an internal network in order to protect it from malicious threats?

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  Validation controls

• Firewall controls

• Administrative controls

• Physical controls

6.      Which one of the following statement/statements is true about external source of data?

(i)  It tends to be more relevant to strategic and tactical decisions rather than to operational decisions

(ii)     It includes correspondence received from suppliers, customers and tax authorities etc

(iii)  It details the transactions of the business in the past

• All the statements

• Only Statements (i) and (iii)

• Only Statements (ii) and (iii)

• Only Statements (i) and (ii)

A broad type of control that is used to ensure the accuracy, rather than security, of data is

• Validation controls

• Encryption controls

• Physical controls

• Firewall controls

Once someone has gained physical access to a computer system, the next level of security would be

• Logical controls

• Administrative controls

• Validation controls

• Firewall controls