MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

(Nov 2009, Dec 2009, Dec 2006, April 2008, Nov 2008, Nov 2007, Sep 2007,
Oct 2006, Dec 2005, Nov 2005)

PART-A (3 Marks)

1. Virtual TPS
2. Enterprise software
3. Web based DSS
4. GIS
5. Clone Database
6. Components of MIS
7. GDSS
8. Executive Information System
9. Database
10. System Analysis
11. Life cycle approach
12. Data flow diagram
13. Data structure
14. What is IRM?
15. Enlist the advantages and limitation of an EIS?
16. What are the limitations of a conventional file system?
17. State the relevance of system audits?
18. What is encryption?
19. What is information resource management
20. Enlist the advantages of GDSS.
21. Present a DFD of your choice.
22. What are the limitations of the traditional file management system?
23. Give two examples for operational level information system?
24. What is collaborative commerce?
25. What are the three components of a DBMS?
26. Distinguish between explicit and tacit knowledge.
27. Why are data quality audits and data cleansing essential?
28. Bring out the relevance of enterprise collaboration systems.
29. Expert system
30. RDBMS
31. DFD
32. Distributed processing
33. Digital market
34. Operational – level systems
35. Simon’s decision model
36. Data dictionary
37. Information superhighway
38. Transform Analysis
39. Prototyping
40. Information resource management.
41. Artificial intelligence
42. Encryption
43. EIS
44. What are the classifications of software? Give examples.
45. Define entity, attribute, record and database.
46. What are the different database schemas?
47. How is telecommunication systems classified?
48. Differentiate between data and information with example.
49. What is structured analysis?
50. What are data structures and how are they related to data elements.
51. Define concatenation and alias.
52. How do you define a prototype?
53. What are the classifications of number systems?
 PART-B (10 Marks)

1. Discuss the role of information systems and information technology in following business:
a. Retail banking
b. Airline
c. Hospital
d. Organized Retailing

2. Briefly explain the architecture of DSS and GDSS? Develop a suitable marketing DSS model
for forecasting demand?
3. Define DBMS and discuss various database models? Write short note on:
a. Front end and back end tool
b. Data-mining & data warehouse
c. Hypermedia database
d. Distributed database
4. Define information system? Explain different types of information systems used in business
enterprise?
5. Explain contemporary approaches to information systems?
6. Discuss the role of MIS in business decision-making?
7. Explain the steps involved in the process of decision-making?
8. What are the stages involved in system design?
9. Discuss the application of MIS in manufacturing industry?
10. Discuss the various steps involved in the implementation of MIS?
11. Use the customer’s part of the value chain to identify a number of ways an automobile
manufacturer’s information system could provide extra value for its customers?
12. You are assigned with the task of realising a new information system for the Indian arm of an
FMCG Company. Critically evaluate the alternatives and suggest the appropriate one.
13. If businesses use, DSS, GDSS and ESS more widely, can they make better decisions? Explain.
14. Suppose you have been asked to recommend a telecommunication architecture for your
university and the individual departments. Present your suggestions and defend it.
15. It has been said that controls and security should be one of the first areas to be addressed
by information system designers. Discuss.
16. Discuss the recent developments in MIS which are intended to make information systems
user friendly and ‘green’.
17. “Information requirements of managers at different levels are different”, Substantiate.
18. Critically evaluate the different DBMS model.
19. Discuss the applications of knowledge management in modern day business.
20. Explain the ways to ensure the security of information systems.
21. Write notes on:
a. GDSS
b. Hacking
c. DFD
d. Extranet
22. “It is not information system that creates competitive edge, but the management process
that exploits technology”. Comment.
23. Describes the trends in global business environment that have made information systems so
important.
24. “Information requirements of managers at different levels are different.” Substantiate.
25. Suppose you have been asked to recommend a DBMS for a retail chain in India. Present your
suggestions and defend it.
26. Write notes on:
a. Data dictionary
b. Model driven DSS.
c. SAD.
d. Information Superhighway.
27. Explain the strategic importance of MIS in managing modern day business.
28. “Executive information system is a kind of DSS, which sits above and uses the data from
MIS”. Comment.
29. Critically evaluate the important system building approaches.
30. How do the principal types of data base models affect the way business can access and use
information?
31. Write notes on:
a. Fire wall
b. CASE
c. CDSS
d. Sales Force Automation
32. How do information systems facilitate customer relationship management? Explain with
appropriate models and examples.
33. What specific managerial roles can information systems support? Where are information
systems particularly strong in supporting managers and where are they weak?
34. “Information requirements of managers at different levels are different and there are
information systems that cater to these diversified needs”. Substantiate.
35. How can information systems help people working in a group make decisions more
efficiently?
36. Identify some of the important databases the following individuals might encounter in their
work. Identify some of the files in these databases, and the important fields in each file:
a. Factory manager
b. Loan officer in a bank
c. A teacher
37. “Information requirements of managers at different levels are different”. Explain with
appropriate examples.
38. Summarise the purpose of functional area information systems including CIM, SCM, POS,
SFA, CRM and EFT.
39. Explain some of the ways telecommunication affects business activities.
40. Which application software packages are the most important for a business end user to
know how to use? Explain the reasons for your choices.
41. “Information systems impart strategic advantage”. Substantiate.
42. Describe with a suitable example, the concept and procedure used in the construction of
DFDs.
43. Explain the challenges to information system in the present context with examples.
44. What are the reasons for resistance to change? Explain how MIS can be effectively utilized to
overcome the same?
45. Explain in detail the components and the functioning of operating system software.
46. Elucidate the applications of micro computers today and its role in the future.
47. What is system life cycle? How it can be an indicator for the decision making in
organizations?
48. What is data flow diagram? Explain it with an example.
49. What is DSS? Explain the framework for developing DSS.
50. What is artificial intelligence? Explain the applications with examples.
51. Explain the concept of Data Administration with examples.
52. Trace the recent developments in MIS and Ergonomics.
53. Information processing for decision support will differ depending on whether the decision is
structured or unstructured. Explain why this is true, with appropriate examples.
54. “It is not information technology that creates a competitive edge, but the management
process that exploits technology”. Comment.
55. Comment on the concept of data administration and its role in data security.
56. “A GDSS is different from a DSS”. Justify.
57. Name and describe the telecommunications applications that can support electronic
commerce and electronic business.
58. What are controls? Distinguish between general controls and application controls.
59. How do you define MIS? Briefly describe the conceptual structure of MIS.
60. Describe generation wise classifications of PC.
61. What are information systems? Describe the different categories of information systems.
62. What is systems development life cycle? Briefly explain the activities it includes.
63. What is structured analysis? Does structured analysis include the design of an information
system? Explain.

PART-C (15 Marks)

1. Imagine that you are designated as the MIS Manager in a FMCG company and given the task
of developing an MIS in retail marketing of a newly introduced product. Describe the process
of developing MIS with illustrations and charts wherever necessary.
2. What is the concept of a system and what are the classifications of a system.
3. Describe organizations from the purview of system concepts.
4. Identify the symbols used in data flow diagrams and explain how each is used.
5. Summarize the procedures for developing data flow diagrams.
6. Describe the role of data dictionary in the documentation and analysis of existing systems.
7. Cases.