System Analysis and Design

51. In a hospital information system the following type of information is tactical

  1. Opening a new children's ward
  2. Data on births and deaths
  3. Preparing patients' bill
  4. Buying an expensive diagnostic system such as CAT scan
Correct answer: (A)
Opening a new children's ward

52. Tactical information is

  1. Haphazard
  2. Well organized
  3. Unstructured
  4. Partly structured
Correct answer: (D)
Partly structured

53. Match and find best pairing for a Finance Management System

  1. Budget status to all managers
  2. Method of financing
  3. Variance between budget and
  4. Strategic information
  5. Tactical information
  6. Operational information expenses
  1. (i) and (v)
  2. (iii) and (vi)
  3. (ii) and (v)
  4. (ii) and (iv)
Correct answer: (D)
(ii) and (iv)

54. Which of the following functions is most unlikely in a university

  1. admissions
  2. accounting
  3. conducting examination
  4. marketing
Correct answer: (D)
marketing

55. Every record stored in a Master file has a key field because

  1. it is the most important field
  2. it acts as a unique identification of record
  3. it is the key to the database
  4. it is a very concise field
Correct answer: (B)
it acts as a unique identification of record

56. On-line transaction processing is used when

  1. it is required to answer random queries
  2. it is required to ensure correct processing
  3. all files are available on-line
  4. all files are stored using hard disk
  1. i, ii
  2. i, iii
  3. ii, iii, iv
  4. i, ii, iii
Correct answer: (B)
i, iii

57. Operational information is needed for

  1. Day to day operations
  2. Meet government requirements
  3. Long range planning
  4. Short range planning
Correct answer: (A)
Day to day operations

58. Operational information is

  1. Haphazard
  2. Well organized
  3. Unstructured
  4. Partly structured
Correct answer: (B)
Well organized

59. Match and find best pairing for a Marketing Management System

  1. Customer preferences surveys
  2. Search for new markets
  3. Performance of sales outlets
  4. Strategic information
  5. Tactical information
  6. Operational information
  1. (i) and (iv)
  2. (ii) and (v)
  3. (iii) and (vi)
  4. (ii) and (v)
Correct answer: (C)
(iii) and (vi)

60. Which of the following functions is most unlikely in a purchase section of an organization.

  1. Production planning
  2. order processing
  3. vendor selection
  4. training
Correct answer: (A)
Production planning
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