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P.T.O.
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
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions in one or two sentences.
1. Define Information.
2. What is meant by strategic decision
3. Define MIS.
4. What are the different levels of management
5. What is redundancy control
6. What is meant by Business Process
7. What is meant by virtual organization
8. Who is Chief Information Officer
9. What is unstructured decision
10. What is a case study
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, not exceeding a paragraph of 50 words.
11. List out the characteristics of information.
12. What do you meant by "IS Revolution"
13. What is meant by Strategic Information System
14. Define Executive Information System.
15. Distinguish between data and information with suitable examples.
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16. What is meant by interconnected system
17. Define structured decision with the help of an example.
18. Why a central database is needed in implementing an MIS
19. What are optimization tools
20. Define Virtual Organizations.
21. What is meant by a adaptive system?
22. What is a closed sub system
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, in a page of 100 words.
23. Discuss the features of an Expert System.
24. Discuss the managerial control in MIS.
25. State the steps in decision making process.
26. Why information is vital resource for any organization? Illustrate with the use of suitable examples.
27. Discuss the role of Chief Information Officer in the design and management of an MIS.
28. Distinguish between transactional system and managerial system.
29. Discuss the advantages of data base system.
30. Explain the merits of Transaction Processing System.
31. Discuss the cost of values of unstructured information.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, not exceeding four pages.
32. Define a System. With suitable examples discuss the various types of systems in detail.
33. Discuss the role of MIS in meeting the information requirement of an organization at different levels of Management.
34. Discuss the various tools used in a Decision Support System. Explain how DSS is different from Executive Information System.
35. Explain the functional components of a Transaction Processing System with the hardware/software requirement for its development and implementation.
15 30 Marks)