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MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name:………………….
Third Semester B.Voc. Degree Examination, November 2016
First Degree Programme under CSS
General Course IX: (for Software Development)
AUSD363: Management Information Systems
for 2014 Admissions Improvement Only
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions in one or two sentences.
1. Define business model.
2. What do you mean by Home page
3. What is data independence
4. Define unstructured Information.
5. What is RDBMS
6. What is Internet
7. What do you mean by SCM
8. Define interconnected System.
9. What is virtual organization
10. What is strategic management
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, not exceeding a paragraph of 50 words.
11. What are the advantages of Decision Support Systems
12. Why case studies are important in MIS
13. Write about role of Computers in DSS.
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14. What is meant by information management
15. Differentiate between programmed and non programmed decisions.
16. What are the features of managerial control
17. Write about Information revolution.
18. Write about the features of Knowledge management.
19. Differentiate between decision making and planning.
20. What is Balance Score Card
21. What are the features of operational information
22. What is meant by data consistency
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, in a page of 100 words.
23. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Information technology.
24. Explain the software requirements in TPS.
25. Explain Informal Organization.
26. Explain merits and demerits of transaction processing system.
27. Differentiate between Verification and Validation.
28. What are the different types of Decision making
29. What are the different features of open systems
30. Write about the tools used in DSS.
31. Differentiate between DSS and MIS.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, not exceeding four pages.
32. Explain the merits and demerits of MIS.
33. Discuss about Information technology Concepts.
34. Explain the differences between optimization tools and DSS tools.
35. Discuss about decision making in MIS.
15 30 Marks)