Wednesday 20 June 2012

MB0044 – Production and Operations Management


 Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 2

            MB0044 – Production and Operations Management - 4 Credits

                                       (Book ID: B1133)

                               Assignment Set - 1 (60 Marks)

Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.

Q1.  Explain briefly the Computer Integrated Manufacturing.

Q2. What is automation? What are the kinds of automation?

Q3. What are the factors that influence the plant location?

Q4. Describe the seven basic quality control tools.

Q5. Define project management. Describe the five dimensions of project management.

Q6. What is meant by Supply Chain Management (SCM)? What are the objectives of SCM?



Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 2 

             MB0044 – Production and Operations Management - 4 Credits 

                                        (Book ID: B1133) 

                                Assignment Set - 2 (60 Marks) 

Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions. 

Q1.  What is productivity? Write a brief note on capital productivity. 

Q2. Describe briefly the automated flow lines. 

Q3. What is meant by Total Quality Management? Mention the 14 points of Deming’s approach  

     to management. 

Q4. Describe briefly the Project Monitoring and control. 

Q5. Write a brief note on Just-In-Time (JIT). 

Q6. What is value engineering? Explain its significance. 

Sunday 10 June 2012

SMU MBA SECOND SEMESTER ASSIGNMENTS FOR SPRING 2012. (AUGUST 2012 EXAM)

SMU MBA SECOND SEMESTER ASSIGNMENTS FOR SPRING 2012. (AUGUST 2012 EXAM) 

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Wednesday 21 March 2012

Project Management Project Management


                                      Project Management

                                         Model Question Paper

                                           Section A - 1 Mark

1     Various parameters that affect the project in its planning and formulation refers to

      a)  Project cost

      b)  Process

      c) Resource

      d)  Project Scope

2      That which is responsible for changing the input and giving a desired output is a

      a)  Project cost

      b)  Process

      c) Resource

      d)  Project Scope

3      That which formalizes acceptance and brings project to an orderly end is a

      a) control process

      b) planning process

      c) executing process

      d) closing process

4     During the course of executing the project, it is seen that the ______ requirement increases

      from start to an intermediate stage of the project.

      a) equipment

      b) resource

      c) design

      d) manpower

5     The _____ the project can be estimated based upon the normal distribution curve.

      a) manpower requirement of

      b) funds requirement of

      c) probability of completion of

      d) design requirement of
6     The project during the course of its progress may be subjected to _____ because of some 

      external factors. 

      a) changes 

      b) errors 

      c) pressure 

      d) threats 

7      Responsiveness refers to ___ of response of an individual. 

      a) effect 

      b) reduction 

      c) quickness 

      d) increase 

8     ___ is the master key of today’s business. 

      a) project 

      b) risk 

      c) time 

      d) information 

9      Project mindset lays emphasis on flexible ___. 

      a) people 

      b) timings 

      c) resources 

      d) processes 

10    The communication requirement and capabilities in which managers may lack enthusiasm for 

      change and fail to collaborate or practice teamwork with their peers refers to ___. 

      a) communication frequency 

      b) response profiles 

      c) behavior pattern 

      d) barriers to communication 

11    Allow information, questions, comments and opinions to travel through the organization is an 

      essential characteristic of a typical _____ network. 

      a) communication 

      b) neural 

      c) information 
      d) organization 

12    Overcoming barriers to communication associated with differing perceptions of the recipients in 

      different divisions location or parts of a unit, is an essential characteristics of a typical _____ 

      network. 

      a) neural 

      b) communication 

      c) information 

      d) organization 

13    PR stands for _____________ . 

      a) Project  Review 

      b) Performance  Review 

      c) Planning Review 

      d) Procurement Review 

14    _____________ of the organization should be the navigator for the project. 

      a) Manager 

      b) CEO 

      c) Strategy 

      d) Policy 

15    POR helps in ___________ of resources. 

      a) allocation 

      b) minimization 

      c) maximization 

      d) optimization 

16    It is entrusted to a smaller team within a team for initiating, implementing, analyzing and 

      distributing the process. 

      a) CNC 

      b) ISO 

      c) SEI-CMM 

      d) CBPI 

17    The project manager should take the assistance of a__________ and run checks as frequently 

      as possible. 
      a) system administrator 

      b) coordinator 

      c) CEO 

      d) Project Team 

18    It is concerned with integration. 

      a) PCMM 

      b) CMMI 

      c) PMI 

      d) ISO 

19    Performance closer or beyond expectation is the degree of _________. 

      a) assurance 

      b) error 

      c) precision 

      d) quality 

20    ________helps in resetting the goals when they cannot be achieved for various reasons – 

      shortage of resources, time etc. 

      a) Plan 

      b) Guidelines 

      c) Review 

      d) Analysis 

21    _________ is the process by which employees are encouraged to take decisions pertaining to 

      their area of work. 

      a) Automation 

      b) Empowerment 

      c) Authorization 

      d) Delegation 

22    A system of internal _______ gets initiated almost automatically resulting in highly efficient 

      organization as a whole. 

      a)  Auditing 

      b)  Verification 

      c)  Validation 

      d)  Benchmarking 
23    One of the rules which would help organization to be strong in R&D is to ensure 

      _____________ for critical systems and technologies. 

      a)  Completeness 

      b)  Satisfaction 

      c)  Redundancy 

      d)  Perfection 

24    One of the rules which would help organization to be strong in R&D is to build __________ into 

      every activity. 

      a)  Concurrency 

      b)  Modules 

      c)  Redundancy 

      d)  Functions 

25    Change is achieved by making _________changes. 

      a)  Small 

      b)  Big 

      c)  Incremental 

      d) Detrimental 

26    The principle of continuous improvement is seen in _____. 

      a) PM 

      b) PMIS 

      c) ERP 

      d) TQM 

27     _________ Money has to be kept to the minimum for achieving total economy. 

      a) Public 

      b) Overall 

      c) Inventory costs 

      d) Investment 

28    ___   provides a life-cycle review process from system inception to retirement, and a correlation 

      process between the CPIC processes and Enterprise Architecture processes i.e., Departmental 

      Information Architecture, as well as other significant Departmental programs and projects. 

      a) project management information system 
      b) project management control system 

      c) project management enterprise system 

      d) project management review process 

29    ______performs day to day project management, develop project deliverables, prepare project 

      management review and senior management review presentations, present project status, 

      manage resolution of project issues. 

      a) CFO 

      b) CIO 

      c) Project managers 

      d) Program managers 

30    ______review and comment on project deliverables and work products, schedule and support 

      the review meetings, provide support to systems owners and project managers, advise the CIO 

      and associate CIO’s 

      a) CMIP program staff 

      b) Systems owners 

      c) CMIP coordinator 

      d) Program managers 

31    Risk management is ______ for projects, and can help reduce your costs and efforts when 

      trouble strikes. 

      a) helpful 

      b) essential 

      c) insurance 

      d) beneficial 

32    Projects smaller than 12 people - months take about _____ minutes. 

      a) 30-50 min 

      b) 40- 60 min 

      c) 50-70 min 

      d) 60-80min 

33    In ________ a study is done to analyze the changes in the variable values because of a change 

      in one or more of the decision criteria. 

      a) product analysis 

      b) item analysis 
       c) trend analysis 

       d) sensitivity analysis 

34     One of the supply chain management group taking care of documentation systems Is ____                       . 

       a) Odette 

       b) Darwin 

       c) Microsoft 

       d) Pilin 

35     The three levels of SMCo documentation are Work package,  ____ and sub process. 

       a) formats 

       b) procedures 

       c) process 

       d) tables 

36     The level -0 of the SCMo documentation contains _______ . 

       a) sub process 

       b) work package 

       c) process 

       d) measurement 

37     The ______ navigation is the navigation on different levels. 

       a) Horizontal 

       b) Vertical 

       c) Hierarchical 

       d) Sequential 

38     __________ is a quick project status reporting tool. 

       a) Dashboard 

       b) Pie Chart 

       c) Bar Chart 

       d) Trend 

39     One of the features of project scoping is to increase the ____ of the update process. 

       a) linkage 

       b) facility 
      c) interface 

      d) intelligence 

40    The Television Media Control System is required by a Media Solutions Company in Germany 

      who is an Intermediary between a Television Content Development Studio Company and a 

      ____ Company. 

      a)  Pharmaceutical products 

      b)  Automobile accessories 

      c)  TV Broadcasting 

      d) Channer management 

                                          Section B - 2 Marks 

1     During this phase document the lessons from the project. 

      a) Post completion analysis phase 

      b)  Inspecting, testing and delivery phase 

      c) Marketing phase 

      d)  Analysis phase 

2     During inspecting, _____ and _____ phase the project team performs quality control work. 

      a) Marketing   and testing 

      b)  Testing and delivery 

      c) Execution and selling 

      d)  Analysis  and delivery 

3     Any project is undertaken to deliver either _____ or _____. 

      a)  Item , product 

      b)  Service , product 

      c) Item , service 

      d) Report, service 

4     Developing a risk management plan, focusing on the highest prioritized risks requires a ___ of 

      the risk probability and the risk consequences. 

      a) Qualitative assessment 

      b)  Quantitative assessment 

      c) Minimal assessment 

      d) Maximum assessment 

5     A weekly status report includes the following : 

      a) Accomplishments during the period, items not completed, proposed activities, predicted 

      slippage, predicted cost. 

      b) Problems faced, items not completed, proposed activities, predicted slippage, predicted cost. 

      c) Accomplishments during the period, problems and risks, proposed activities, predicted 

      slippage, predicted cost. 

      d) Accomplishments during the period, items not completed, risks, predicted cost. 

6     The ____ and _____ of an individual or an organization are proportional to its capability of 

      evolving processes and structure for superior responsiveness time constant. 
      a) performance and utility 

       b) strength and behavior 

      c) vibrancy and liveliness 

      d) strength and weakness 

7      It is a process through which a project team passes on the details of any system as 

       recommendation for standardization. 

      a) force field analysis 

       b) information risk management 

      c) management assurance measure 

      d) continuous business process improvement 

8      It is a task performed by the project leader to balance efforts to convince management against 

      wavering with efforts to prepare team members to counter any unexpected storms in the 

       project. 

      a) force field analysis 

       b) information risk management 

      c) management assurance measure 

      d) continuous business process improvement 

9     Plan of Record should be prepared for the ______ and ______ used in the Projects. 

      a) Process, Tools 

      b) Task list, check list 

      c) Blue print, master plan 

      d) Techniques, instruments 

10    __________ and ___________ are measures in relation to zero defects and overall Team 

      Performance, the type of activities which can be performed only by the executives and 

      managers. 

      a) managerial , executive productivity 

      b) Team building , performance appraisal 

      c) Utility , performance 

      d) Creativity , Innovation 

11    What can be found out by assigning a suitable weight age to the most likely time estimate in 

      PERT analysis? 

      a) average 
      b) standard deviation 

      c) skewness 

      d) variance 

12    Data have repositories which are accessible, __________ and _________ instantly and used by all 

      concerned. 

      a) transferable and updatable 

      b) secured and convertible 

      c) modifiable and transferable 

      d) retrievable and storable 

13    Modern organizations in all fields depend on technology to improve their processes to deliver the 

      best _________ and _________ to their customers. 

      a) product and services 

      b) technology and goods 

      c) performance and results 

      d) results and satisfaction 

14    Economies are effected when the consumption of _______, ______, movement and time are 

      reduced. 

      a) Money, material 

      b) Power, material 

      c) About, money 

      d) Labor, skills 

15    The standard set of project management reporting requirements fits into the following categories: 

      a) general project overview, project status, product status, issues & risks, project unique 

      information 

      b) project status, product status, issues & risks, project unique information, product price 

      c) general project overview, project status, product status, product price,     project unique 

      information 

      d) general project overview, project status, product status, issues and risks, product price 

16    The two things to manage the risk are to take actions to _______ the likelihood of the risk 
       occurring and take action to reduce the _______ if the risk does occur. 

       a) reduce, impact 

       b) understand, effect 

       c) analyze, complications 

       d) study, damages 

17     The Process Chain describes a process based on the ________ as well as the ________. 

       a) chronological, logical interdependencies 

       b) product cycle, process cycle 

       c) product characteristics, price 

       d) supply chain, monitoring characteristics 

18     The section on operations and manufacturing deals with the customer focus, outsourcing issues, 

       primary metrics, quality , costs, delivery, core in manufacturing, and ___________ . 

       a) unique services 

       b) unique capabilities 

       c) storage 

       d) utility 

19     Key features of GDM are standardization, modularization, ________ and ________. 

       a) customization, micro structure 

       b) customization, macro structure 

       c) normalization, minimization, 

       d) generalization, globalization 

20     Vendor can recommend suitable technology wherein the prevailing back end systems are ____ 

       and ____. 

       a) Turbo, DOS 

       b) Borland, Windows 

       c) Borland, Linux 

       d) Turbo, OS2 
                                         Section C –4 Marks 

1     In the connection between various process groups , loop exists between _____ 

      a) planning process, initiating process and closing process 

      b) controlling process, executing process, planning process 

      c) executing process, closing process, initiation process 

      d) initiating process, planning process, executing process 

2     Match the following : 

      a) P-Z, Q-X, R-Y 

      b) P-X, Q-Z, R-Y 

      c) P-Y, Q-X, R-Z 

      d)P-Z, Q-Y, R-X 

3     The key issues which are documented in a project plan are : 

      a) project operating budget, project logic diagram, estimates , balanced cost 

      b) project operating budget, project logic diagram, estimates, minimized cost 

      c) project operating budget, project logic diagram, estimates, maximized cost 

      d) project operating budget, project logic diagram, estimates, updated risk log 

4     Bottom up approach in estimation consists of the following : 

      a) project manager first divides the product under development into modules, each module 

      further subdivided in to smaller units, defines a standard for manufacturing and self testing 

      b) project manager reviews each  module, each module further subdivided in to smaller units, 

      defines a standard for manufacturing and self testing 

      c)project manager   reviews each module, each module is planned,      defines a standard for 
       manufacturing and self testing 

      d) project manager reviews each module, each module is planned,                defines a standard for 

       manufacturing and self testing 

5     The key issues which are documented in a project plan are : 

      a) project operating budget, project logic diagram, estimates , balanced cost 

       b) project operating budget, project logic diagram, estimates, minimized cost 

      c) project operating budget, project logic diagram, estimates, maximized cost 

      d) project operating budget, project logic diagram, estimates, updated risk log 

6     Top down approach in estimation consists of the following : 

      a) Prepare the budget, fix the productivity level for the project, and obtain the overall effort 

      estimate from the productivity and size estimates. 

       b) get the estimate of the total size of the product in function points, fix the productivity level for 

      the project, obtain the overall effort estimate from the productivity and size estimates. 

      c) Prepare the budget, establishes the controls for the project, obtain the overall effort estimate 

      from the productivity and size estimates. 

      d) Prepare the budget, establish the controls for the project, monitor the controls set and obtain 

      the overall effort estimate from the productivity and size estimates. 

7      P) Build employee trust in the communications process so that hones feedback becomes a part 

      of the natural way of working is the only essential characteristic of a communication network. 

      Q) Quality of any product or service is defined as its conformance to the standards or the stated 

       requirements. Which of the following is correct: 

      a) Both are True 

       b) Both are False 

      c) P is True and Q is False 

      d) P is False and Q is True 

8      Match the following: 

       (p) define            (x)design of experiments, modeling 

       (q) improve          (y) control charts, time series, procedural adherence, performance mgmt. 

       (r) Standardize      (z) benchmark, customer requirement, process flow map, quality function. 

      Which of the following is correct? 

      a) p-x, q-y, r-z 

       b) p-y, q-x, r-z 

      c) p-z, q-y, r-y 
      d) p-z, q-x, r-y 

9     Consider the following statement: 

      P) An office is a small group of people which coordinates various activities responsible to an 

      enterprise for controlling at least one function. 

      Q) The PMO must create and maintain the ability of the project manager to keep focused on the 

      client’s requirements and meet them. 

      Which of the following is correct 

      a) Both are True 

      b) Both are False 

      c) P is True and Q is False 

      d) P is False and Q is True 

10    The four types of reviews conducted at different stages of the project are          : _______ , 

      _________ , ______ and _____ . 

      a) IR, PPR, PR, QAR 

      b) IR, TR, DR, QAR 

      c) AR, PR, SR, DR 

      d) DR, IR, PPR, QR 

11    Consider the following statement: 

      P) In PERT, we take into consideration the fact that the times allocated for all the activities 

      might be determinable. 

      Q) Project overruns are common and costly. 

      Which of the following is correct 

      a) Both are True 

      b) Both are False 

      c) P is True and Q is False 

      d) P is False and Q is True 

12    Match the following: 

      p) innovation           x) change in authority and task relationships of managers 

      q) e-engineering        y)  use all types of information systems to make functions efficient 

      r)  restructuring       z)  successful use of skill and resources 

      Which of the following is correct? 

      a) p-x, q-y, r-z 

      b) p-y, q-x, r-z 
      c) p-z, q-y, r-x 

      d) p-z, q-x, r-y 

13    The following statements are guidelines to help the organizations to strengthen their R & D area 

      P) The traditional way of technology development is carried out with corresponding link to the 

      product development of activities. 

      Q) Failures in the early stages of the projects are less costly and harmful than at later stages. 

      Which of the following is correct? 

      a) Both are True 

      b) Both are False 

      c) P is True and Q is False 

      d) P is False and Q is True 

14    The following statements are guidelines to help the organizations to strengthen their R & D area 

      P) Value goes on getting added along the supply chain. 

      Q) Inventory costs money has to be kept to the maximum for achieving total economy. 

      Which of the following is correct? 

      a) Both are True 

      b) Both are False 

      c) P is True and Q is False 

      d) P is False and Q is True 

15    Consider the following two statements : 

      P) Project Management Review Process for Corporate and Major Information Systems was 

      instituted to review all major information systems in development, enhancement, or production 

      of a product or a service. 

      Q) These reviews serve as a forum to raise issues and concerns that will impact the project and 

      ensure that acceptable actions or corrective plans exist for addressing any significant positive 

      impacts. 

      Which of the following is correct? 

      a) Both are true 

      b) Both are false 

      c)Statement     P is true and statement Q is false 

      d) statement P is false and statement Q is true 

16    The four steps to manage risk are: ___, ____, ____, and ____. 

      a) identification, analysis, management planning and review 
       b) identification , assessment, review, planning 

       c) planning, analysis, design, structure 

       d) planning, analysis, structuring and reviewing 

17     Consider the following statements : 

       P)The intent of this document is to define the structure of the Documentation System, its 

       content, the method of content generation and to attain common documentation of all standard 

       processes of Odette. 

       Q) The entry level of the process documentation structure is the function tree that shows the 

       hierarchic structure of the process documentations. 

       Which of the following is correct? 

       a) Both statements are True 

       b) Both statements are False 

       c) Statement P is True and Statement Q is False 

       d) Statement P Is False and Statement Q is True 

18     The main objective of SCMo are _________ . 

       a) Stock out, over supply, excess inventory, excess production, decreased supply demand ratio. 

       b) Prevention of stock out and over supply, early warning, elimination of bull whip effect, 

       optimized allocation. 

       c) Stock deterioration, losses, increased supply demand ration, minimized inventory. 

       d) Over distribution, excess production, maximimized inventory, minimizes wastages. 

19     The GDM is adopted by an Industry or Business to serve to any Customer Worldwide with 

       ________, _________, _________ and __________. 

       a) utility, productivity, serviceability, satisfiability 

       b) efficiently, satisfiably, reliability, conditionally 

       c) accountability, serviceablity, utility, productivity 

       d) speed, accuracy, economy, reliability 

20     Consider the following statements: 

       P) System Requirement covers a Remote Device Solution controlling Delivery of Media 

       Programs in Real Time Mode from the Achieves of the Media Centre to the TV Stations based 

       on a day to day program Schedule. 

       Q) Competitors offer two varieties of products – one for primary Hypertension Symptoms and 

       the other for advanced Symptoms, the latter priced at Five times the former. 

       Which of the following is correct? 
a) Both statements are True 

b) Both statements are False 

c) Statement P is True and Statement Q is False 

d) Statement P is False and Statement Q is True 

Monday 19 March 2012

Management Information Systems- MODEL PAPER


                                        MODEL PAPER
                        MB0031 Management Information Systems
                                          (3 Credits)
                   Group A: 1 Marks Questions (Question Number 1-40)
                   Group B: 2 Marks Questions (Question Number 41-60)
                   Group C: 4 Marks Questions (Question Number 61-75)
                                        Full Marks: 140
                 Please Answer All Questions –Only One Option is Correct

                                         Group A

1   The texts   and ____________in electronic forms are effective in communicating
    ideas from source to destination.
        a)  Ideas
        b)  Representations
        c)  Images
        d)  Graphics

2    MIS helps in identifying a proper mechanism of ____________ of data.
     a)storage
     b)distribution
     c)collection
     d)elimination

3  Some of the processes like artificial intelligence, generating management
     related information, providing aid in decision making, necessary support
     systems, executive information system are the               classification of MIS
     a) Functionality
      b)Utility
     c)area of application
     d)processing type

4    A                   information is easy to process further.
     a)managhement
     b)unstructured
     c)structured
     d)generated

5    The                 is automated to work on the knowledge based
     data and information required in a particular domain of
     management activity.
     a)  Transaction processing systems
     b)  Knowledge based systems
     c)On line analytical processing systems
     d) Executive information systems

6       _____ refers to a system in which there are predefined multiple 
        instances of various modules used in business applications. 
        a)  Transaction processing systems 
        b)  Knowledge based systems 
        c)On line analytical processing systems 
        d) Executive information systems 

7       It is a system developed as model which are representative of real world 
        cases. 
        a) TPS 
        b) DSS 
        c) KBS 
        d) OOS 

8    A    complete       business     systems      requires      models     from     three    different 
        perspective –State model, interaction model and _____ model. 
        a) entity 
        b) global 
        c) data 
        d) class 

9       Under Porter's framework, enterprises have four generic strategies available 
        to them whereby they can attain above-average performance.  They are cost 
        focus, differentiation, focus differentiotion and _______ . 

        a) objective leadership 
        b) price leadership 
        c) point leadership 
        d) cost leadership 
10      Business    process   redesign   is  part  of  the  revolutionary  level  which 
        involves   more   thorough  re-evaluation  of  the  enterprise  _____and   the 
        production process. 

        a) value chain 

        b) efficiency 

        c) issues 

        d) network 

11      _______ involves reconfiguration of the scope  and tasks of the business network. 

        a) Business network redesign 
        b) Business process redesign 
        c) Business process enterprise 
        d) Business network enterprise 

12      ____ and Internal Integration are the two levels belonging to the evolutionary levels. 

        a) business scope rdefinition 
        b) business network redesign 
        c) business process redesign 
        d) localized exploitation 

13 

        The process in which the existing system in the organization is totally reexamined 
        and radically modified for incorporating the latest technology is known as  _____. 
        a) business process re-engineering 
        b) change management 
        c) changing technology 
        d) redesigning 

14 

        ______   helps   in   reorganization   of   the   entire   work   force   along   with   various   flows, 
        minimizing the wastages, and giving the system a new dimension. 
        a) business product redefinition 
        b) business process reengineering 
        c) business product reeingineering 
        d) business process redefinition 

15      This   process   of   change   for   the   betterment   of   the   organization   is 
        called as ______ . 
        a)Business process re-engineering 
        b)Business process engineering 
        c)Business process re-inventing 
        d)Business process innovation 

16      In  the Lewins model of implementing of MIS in an organization, the first 
        step is _____ . 
        a) unfreezing 
        b) refreezing 
        c) choosing 
        d) analyzing 

17      Implementation        of   MIS    in  an   organization     is   a   process    where 
        organizational   transformation   takes   place.   _____   model   can   be   used 
        bring the transformation. 

        a) Johnson 
        b) Lewin 
        c) Abraham 
        d) Porter 

18      In the _____ step of Lewin's model, the change is consolidated and equilibrium is 
        reinforced. 
        a) unfreezing 
        b) refreezing 
        c) choosing 
        d) analyzing 

19      The _______ strategic plan should be the basis for the MIS strategic plan. 

        a) employee's 
        b) organization's 
        c) manager's 
        d) customer's 

20     One can define the                  as the information required by a 
        number of personnel, departments and divisions or the functions in 
       the organisation. 
       a)operational information 
        b)functional managerial information 
       c)decision support information 
       d)organisational information 

21     ______ is largely factual, statistical and detailed in multi-dimensions of the 
       function. 
       a)operational information 
        b)functional information 
       c)decision support information 
       d)organisational information 

22     The functional information is used by a manager to plan and ____ the function. 

       a) execute 
        b) monitor 
       c) track 
       d) control 

23      Information can be determined by constructing a ____ of information versus user as 
        per the table given below. 
       a) matrix 
        b) table 
       c) diagram 
       d) chart 

24      Middle management and operations management people use the information class 
       of type _______ . 
       a) functional managerial knowledge 
        b) organizational 
       c) Decision Support 
       d) Operational 

25     The    functional  information   can  be  assessed    on   the  following  three 
        parameters    – the     _______,    the  responsibility  and   the   functional 
       objectives. 

       a) work 
        b) people 
       c) organization 
       d) software characteristics 

26     _________is used in a decision support  system for model building and 
        problem solving. 
       a) data 
        b) information 
       c) object 
       d) knowledge 

27     Decision made about what task has to be done, when it has to be done, by 
       whom and how it has to be done is known as ____ . 
       a) planning 
       b) exection 
       c) deciding 
       d) managing 

28     The planning is adopted by the ____ level executives in the organization. 
       a) middle 
       b) top 
       c) bottom 
       d) intermediate 

29     The operational planning decides on the ______ and cost control. 
       a) estimate 
       b) investment 
       c) escalation 
       d) quality 

30     ____ and costing of products is also an important aspect of operational 
       planning. 
       a) estimating 
       b) pricing 
       c) analysing 
       d) quality 

31     ERP stands for                      . 

       a)Enterprise Reserve planning 
       b)Enterprise Resource Planning 
       c)Elementary Resource planning 
       d)Elementary Resource planning 

32      The _____ database is a collection of current or historical data from a number of 
        applications or groups. 

        a)TPS 
        b)DSS 
        c)ESS 
        d)KBS 

33     The business decision-making is                      in nature. 
       a)distributed 
       b)sequential 
       c)random 
       d)parallel 

34     The Decision Support System helps in making a decision and also in its ____ . 
       a) performance evaluation 
       b) design assessment 
       c) developmental evaluation 
       d) parametric evaluation 
35     A new trend is the creation of an IT leadership team comprising the______ 
       and the Chief Technology Officer. 

       a) Chief Executive Officer 
       b) Chief Information Officer 
       c) Chief Financial Officer 
       d) Chief Operations Officer 
36     The     business     management         process    has    changed      from    function 
       management to ________ management. 
       a)process 
       b)product 
       c)consumer 
       d)service 
37     ______     are  used to solve extremely complex problems like mapping of 
       human   genome,   forecasting   weather   an   modelling   complex   processes 
       like nuclear fission. 

       a) Mini computers 
       b) Super computers 
       c) Mainframe computers 
       d) Desktop computers 
38     A   _________      is  processed      with  reference    to  business     rules,   it  is 
       scrutinised for conformance to the rules, policy or guidelines before it is 
       taken up for further processing. 

       a) information 
       b) transaction 
       c) operation 
       d) data 
39     __________ assures the accuracy, validity and proprietary of information 
       system activities. 
       a) Administrative control 
       b) information systems control 
       c)procedural control 
       d) physical facility control 
40     Before   any   transaction   can   be   input   into   the   system,   a   specific  code 
       should be assigned to it called as              . 
       a)transaction codes 
       b)verification 
       c)control totals 
       d)labels 
                                                  

 Group B 

41     MIS       classification     depends        on    the    following      aspects      : 
       functionality,     ____,    ____    ,  processing      type   and    frequency     of 
       usage . 

       a) organization structure and people 
       b) size , infrastructure 
       c) people , usage 
       d) utility , area of application 

42     A    complete      business     systems      requires     models     from    three 

       different   perspective  – class   model,   _____   model   and   _____ 
       model. 
       a) entity, interaction 
       b) global, interaction 
       c) state, interaction 
       d) class, global 

43     Business     process   redesign   is  part  of  the  revolutionary  level  which 
       involves   more   thorough   re-evaluation   of  the  enterprise  _____and   the 
       ________. 
       a) value chain and production process 

       b) efficiency and effectiveness 

       c) issues and efficiency 

       d) network and effectivensss 

44 
       The   process   reengineering   brings   about   a   radical   change   in   the 
       _____   of   the   information   and   related   _____   from   one   business 
       function to another very efficiently. 
       a) production, documents 
       b) flow , documents 
       c) abstraction , documents 
       d) generation, documents 

45     In   the  refreezing    step   of  Lewin's   model,    the  change     is  _____    and 
       equilibrium is ______. 
       a) evident , established 
       b) made , disturbed 
       c) consolidated , reinforced 
       d) analyzed , established 

46     In the systems lifecycle the desing phase leads to _____ and ____ . 

       a) requirements collection , prototyping 
       b) prototyping , implementation 
       c) feasibility study , validation 
       d) testing, feasibility study 

47     The managers in the functional areas of management are responsible for 
       achieving the targets and accomplishing the _____ and _____. 
       a) goals and objectives 
       b) vision and mission 
       c) vision and objectives 
       d) mission and goals 
48     The    functional  information    can  be   assessed    on   the  following   three 
       parameters     – the     _______,     the   __________      and    the   functional 
       objectives. 

       a) work, responsibility 
       b) people, commitment 
       c) organization, approach 
       d) software characteristics, personnel 

49     All organizations have their own ____ and ______ arising from differences in 
       interest groups. 
       a) methods and procedures 
       b) objectives and procedures 
       c) policies and ventures 
       d) cultures and policies 

50 
       A   business    decision   making    process    depends    upon    the  level  of_____    and 
       _______ involved in the problem. 
       a) uncertainty, certainty 
       b) risk, uncertainty 
       c) management , variables 
       d) business, parameters 

51     Neural Networks can be used in various business applications like ________, 
       __________,      market analysis etc. 
       a) forecasting, stock analysis 
       b) graphical analysis, linear analysis 
       c) budgeting, costing 
       d) monitoring , controlling 

52     The basis of conventional organisation design is command & control 
       which is now _____ and _____ . 

       a)collaborate & control. 
       b)communicate & control 
       c)command & collaborate 
       d)command & communicate 

53     The four business models that work together in an e-enterprise 
       organization are ________ , ________ , ebusiness and ecommerce. 
       a) eshopping, ebuying 
       b) ebuying , eselling 
       c) ecommunication, ecollaborationb 
       d) etrading, eordering 

54       In reality, there is no right or wrong decision but a ____ or _____ 
         decision. 
         a) big , small 
         b) rational , irrational 
         c) optimistic, pessimistic 
         d) good, bad 

55       Decision making at the middle level is of type_____ and that at the top level is of type _____ . 

         a) certainty, risk 
         b) uncertainty, risk 
         c) certainty, uncertainty 
         d) risk, uncertainty 

56       The _____and _____of information also changes depending upon the risk in decision- 
         making. 
         a) value , scope 
         b) quantum , structure 
         c) quantum , scope 
         d) quantum , value 

57       Management Science models are developed on the principles of ______ 
         , ______ , _____________. 
         a) Networking, behaviour, hierarchy 
         b)  business management, accounting, econometrics 
         c) accounting, systems, HR 
         d) economics, engineering, and science 

58       A   _____   provides  a   single,   pre-established   WAN   communications   path   from 
         the customer premises through a carrier network, such as a telephone company, 
         to a _____ network. 

         a)Wide area network, local 
         b)local area network , remote 
         c)Metropolitan area network, local 
         d)Point-to-point Links, remote 

59       ________ and _________are the protocols by which data is transmitted 
         over networks. 
         a) HTTP, FTP 
         b) TCP, FTP 
         c) HTTP, UDP 
         d) TCP , UDP 

60       As a monitor,     the CIO must scan the external environment to keep up with 
         ________and __________. 
         a) technical changes , competition 
         b) market changes , technical changes 
         c) development, competition 
         d)  control factors, competitive pricing 
                                             Group C 

61      Match the following : 

           P)  TPS       x) The system adopted is capable of quick data 
                         acquisition and interpretation of the data which is 
                         necessary in decision making. 
           Q)  KBS       Y) Helps the management in decision-making by 
                         providing them with reports and different statistical tools. 
           R)  MRS       Z) Helps in conducting the daily routine activities like 
                         sales order entry, airline reservations, payroll etc. 

        The correct answer is : 
        a) P-X, Q-Y, R-Z 
        b) P-Y, Q-Z, R-X 
        c) P-Z, Q-X, R-Y 
        d) P-X, Q-Z, R-Y 

62      In   implementing       a  computer      based    information     systems      the 
        major behavioural factors which affect the system are : _____ , 
        need for _____, organizational            _____ , _____ to change and 
        organizational climate. 

        a) decision making, change, behaviour, willingness 

        b) decision structure, change, behaviour, acceptance 
        c) decision styles, explanation, expectations, resistance 
        d) decision support, explanation, changes, willingness 

63      Under Porter's framework, enterprises have four generic strategies 
        available     to  them     whereby     they   can    attain   above-average 
        performance. They are : 

        a) cost leadership, differentaiotion, product focus, focused differentiation 

        b) cost leadership, integration, product focus, focused differentiation 

        c) cost leadership, differentiation, cost focus, focused differentiaion 

        d) cost leadership, integration, cost focus, focused differentiation 

64      Match the following: 
        P) Six sigma                              X) measuring performances against standards 
        Q)        Customer          focus       Y)        specific       measure          of     quality 
        R)       Benchmarking                  z)       service,      product      features,      quality 

        Which of the following is correct? 

        a) P-X, Q-Y, R-Z 
        b) P-Y, Q-Z, R-X 
        c) P-Z, Q-X, R-Y 
        d) P-Y, Q-X, R-Z 

65       DFD uses symbols like circle, rectangles etc to represent dataflows and 
         illustrate relationships among ___ , ____ , ____ and _____ . 

         a) data, flows, external entities and stores 
         b) data, object, product, stores 
         c) data, product, item, stores 
         d) data, list, entities, blocks 

66       Consider                  the               following                statements                 : 
         P) The design of the MIS should consider the class of information as a whole 
         and provide suitable information system architecture to generate the information 
         for            various             users             in           the            organisation. 
         Q) The functional information is defined as a set of information required by the 
         customer      conducting     the  administration     and   management        of  the   function. 
         Which of hte following is correct? 

         a) Both Statements are true 

         b) Both statements are false 

         c) Statement P is True and Statement Q is False 

         d) Statement P is False and Statement Q is True 

67 
         Match                              the                          following                            : 
         P)   manufacturing                         X)   accounts   payable,   receivable,   fixed   assets 
         Q)   Financials                            Y)   workflow  management,   quality  control,   BOM 
         R)       Human        Resources                          Z)      benefits,      training,     payroll 
         Which of the following is correct ? 

         a) P-X, Q-Y, R-Z 

         b) P-Y, Q-X, R-Z 

         c) P-Y, Q-Z, R-X 

         d) P-X, Q-Z, R-Y 

68       Consider                     the                  following                   statements                    : 
         P) A DSS helps manager to take a decision whereas an ES acts as a decision maker or 
         an                      advisor                     to                    the                     manager. 
         Q)A  DSS   is   meant   only   for   decision   making   whereas   an   ES   provides   expertise   to   the 
         manager. 
         Which of the following is correct ? 

         a) Both Statements are true 

         b) Both statements are false 

         c) Statement P is True and Statement Q is False 

         d) Statement P is False and Statement Q is True 

69       The core business processes of the organisation are procurement, 
         manufacturing, _________, _________, __________and _________. 
         a) selling, distribution, delivery, accounting 
         b) buying, selling, accounting, pricing 
         c) buying, selling, distribution, pricing 
         d) selling, accounting, pricing, taxing 

70        Which among the following are the types of rationality as differentiated by Simon Herbert. 
           a) Objectively, structurally, consciously, organizationally 
           b) Objectively, subjectively, consciously, organizationally 
           c) Objectively, subjectively, structurally, organizationally 
          d) Objectively, subjectively, consciously, structurally 
71       Match                          the                        following                         : 
         P)   Behaviour   model                                                 X)   trend   analysis 
         Q)  Management Science model                   Y) principles of business management 
         R)        Operations      Research     model                         Z)     mathematical 
         Which of the following is correct ? 

         a) P-X, Q-Y, R-Z 

         b) P-Y, Q-X, R-Z 

         c) P-Y, Q-Z, R-X 

         d) P-X, Q-Z, R-Y 

72       Consider                 the              following              statements                 : 
         P)   An   internet  is  a  private  network    that  uses   Internet   protocols,  network 
         connectivity,   and   possibly   the  public  telecommunication      system    to  securely 
         share part of an organization's information or operations with suppliers, vendors, 
         partners,              customers               or            other             businesses. 
         Q)   There   is  often  an  attempt   to  use   Internet  technologies    to  provide   new 
         interfaces     with    corporate     "legacy"     data    and     information     systems. 
         Which of the following is correct ? 

         a) Both Statements are true 

         b) Both statements are false 

         c) Statement P is True and Statement Q is False 

         d) Statement P is False and Statement Q is True 

73       Modernization project is carried out which can include any combination of 
         _______, _________ and __________ . 
         a) migration, employment, creation 
         b) selection, creation, redevelopment 
         c) employement, infrastructure, transformation 
         d) migration, transformation, redevelopment 
74       The selection criteria for evaluation have the following dimensions to be 
         satisfied simultaneously : 
         a) technical, operational, financial 
         b) utility, performance, output units 
         c) financial, economical, performance 
         d) modularity, funcionality, utility 
75       Information    system    control   assures    the  _______,     _______and      ______    of 
         information system activities. 
         a) precision, requirements, functionality 
         b) precision, utility, modularity 
         c) accuracy, validity, functionality 
         d) accuracy, validity, proprietary