MIS Study Guide 2026
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📋 MIS Exam Format at a Glance
📚 MIS Topics to Study (33)
✍️ Sample MIS Questions & Answers
1. In a relational database, a foreign key is used to:
A foreign key in one table references the primary key of another table, enforcing referential integrity between related records.
2. A company's CIO wants a real-time dashboard showing KPIs across all departments. Which system is most appropriate?
An EIS (also called ESS) is designed to give executives summarized, real-time KPI views drawn from multiple organizational systems.
3. The practice of outsourcing IT infrastructure and services over the internet, paying only for resources consumed, best describes which computing model?
Cloud (utility) computing delivers IT resources on demand over the internet with pay-per-use pricing.
4. What is the role of an ERP consultant during implementation?
ERP consultants provide specialized expertise in system configuration, best practices, and implementation methodology to guide successful deployments.
5. A DSS that recommends optimal solutions rather than just presenting data is called:
A prescriptive DSS goes beyond describing or predicting situations to actively recommending optimal courses of action.
6. Which networking device operates at Layer 3 of the OSI model and directs traffic between different networks?
Routers operate at the Network layer (Layer 3) and forward packets between separate networks using IP addresses.