Code: DC-17 Subject: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Time:
3
Hours 
Max. Marks: 100
NOTE: There are 9 Questions in all.
· Question 1 is compulsory and carries 20 marks. Answer to Q. 1. must be written in the space provided for it in the answer book supplied and nowhere else.
· Out of the remaining EIGHT Questions answer any FIVE Questions. Each question carries 16 marks.
· Any required data not explicitly given, may be suitably assumed and stated.
Q.1 Choose the correct or best alternative in the following:
a. Which of the following is not a phase in the SDLC?
(A) Analyse current system (B) Define the latest technology
(C) Design new system (D) Develop and implement new
system.
(A) Expert systems are collection of human knowledge.
(B) Expert systems are expensive to design.
(C) Expert systems are usually designed to run on small general-purpose computers.
(D) Maintenance support may be difficult to obtain for an expert system.
c. Functional subsystems are connected by
(A) resource flows. (B) decision flows.
(C) information flows. (D) data flows.
d. Long-range planning reports produced in an MIS are primarily designed for:
(A) top management. (B) middle management.
(C) lower management. (D) both (A) and (C).
(A) network. (B) tree.
(C) chain. (D) relational.
f. Updating a database means
(C) modifying or adding record occurrences.
(D) studying the database.
g. Managers who are potential users of the MIS
(A) describe information needs.
(B) identify alternate equipment configurations.
(C) evaluate alternate equipment configurations.
(D) select the optimum equipment configurations.
h. The primary structure used in structured analysis is a
(A) data flow diagram.
(B) module.
(C) structure chart.
(D) program flowchart.
i. The first items defined for a new system are its
(A) inputs (B) processing requirements
(C) outputs. (D) file formats.
j. Which of the following is not one of the factors affecting the difficulty of the MIS project?
(A) objectives of the firm (B) the existing MIS
(C) management abilities (D) employee attitude
Answer any FIVE Questions out of EIGHT Questions.
Each question carries 16 marks.
Q.2 a. What are the objectives of MIS? (3)
b. Describe the five components of a management information system. (8)
c. How has technology changed the role of management? (5)
Q.3 a. Define the following terms:
(i) e-business.
(ii) Browser. (4)
b. What is a server? What features do a computer need to have to act as an Internet server? (8)
c. List the benefits of wireless networks. (4)
Q.4 a. What are the security threats to information systems? (8)
b. How is data stored in a relational database? (2)
c. Why are forms (input screens) important in a relational database? (6)
Q.5 a. How do enterprise resource planning systems make businesses run better through integration of data? (7)
b. What are the key elements of decision support systems? (6)
c. List the limitations of an EIS (Executive Information Systems). (3)
Q.6 a. What are the steps involved in creating an expert system? (6)
b. How are expert systems used in e-business. (5)
c. What is the need for creating business models? (5)
Q.7 a. How can information technology be used to gain a competitive advantage? (8)
b. What are the costs and dangers of strategic implementations? (8)
Q.8 a. Explain system development life cycle? How does it relate to systems analysis? Also list the drawbacks that are created with systems development life cycle methodology? (4+2+4)
b. What are the major problems encountered while developing information systems? (6)
Q.9 Write short notes on the following:
(i) Alternatives to SDLC.
(ii) Intranet.
(iii) Peer-to-peer communication.
(iv) Maintenance of MIS. (16)