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1. The growth of corporate intranets, extranets, as well as the web, has accelerated the development and use of executive class information delivery and decision support software tools by lower levels of management and by individuals and teams of business professionals. This dramatic expansion has opened the door to the use of which of the following tool?




2. The Decision support systems use all of the following EXCEPT:




3. __were the original type of information system developed to support managerial decision making.




4. Which of the following involves analyzing complex relationships among thousands or even millions of data items stored in data marts, data warehouses, and other multidimensional databases to discover patterns, trends, and exception conditions?




5. _____represent complex data using interactive three- dimensional graphical forms such as charts, graphs, and maps.




6. Another name of goal-seeking analysis is:




7. Decision support system involves all of the following types of analytical modelling activities except?




8. In which of the following types of analysis, the value of only one variable is changed repeatedly, and the resulting changes on other variables are observed.




9. In which of the following types of analysis, the goal is to find the optimum value for one or more target variables, given certain constraints?




10. ______is one of the most common and useful types of data mining for marketing. The purpose of market basket analysis is to determine what products customers purchase together with other products.




11. The first goal of executive information systems is to provide top executives with immediate and easy access to information about a firm, that is, key factors that are critical to accomplishing an organization’s strategic objectives.




12. ___ is a field of science and technology-based on disciplines such as computer science, biology, psychology, linguistics, mathematics, and engineering.




13. The components of an expert system include __________that perform inferences on the knowledge in the knowledge base and communicate answers to a user’s questions




14. Information is .———–




15. There are two levels of information in every organization and are——- .




16. ___ is a term that encompasses all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information in its various forms.




17. ____ is the utilization of technology to improve the realization of office functions.




18. _ is the processing of raw data by using a computer to perform the selection and ordering process.




19. Technically, _____ is a defined structure for efficient communication.




20. Example of Office automation tools are —-




21. Which of the following can work both as an input and output medium?




22. The segment in which business directly sells to the end consumer is called ———–




23. Hardware of computer means ——–




24. Software of computer means——




25. A set of pre-recorded instructions executed by a computer is called the ———-




26. EDP mean ——-




27. To process the data EDP utilize needs ——- A.




28. The actual machinery in a computer is called—–




29. The actual machinery in a computer is called—–




30. The actual machinery in a computer is called—–




31. The actual machinery in a computer is called—–




32. Operating System is——




33. E-commerce means ——-




34. A System ——–




35. A System ——–




36. Boundaries of the system are the ——–




37. Stable system is a system———




38. The system which keeps uses of the activities and transactions of the organization is.




39. An interface computer-based system which supports manages in making instructed decisions is




40. The type of decision in which all steps in the decision-making process are structured is———




41. —- support decision at the strategic level of management.




42. IProjections and responses to queries are information output characteristics associated with a(n):




43. Summary transaction data, high-volume data, and simple models are information inputs characteristic of a(n):




44. Decision support systems usually




45. Identifying customers and markets using data on demographics, markets, consumer behaviour, and trends is an example of a(n)