MIS Management Information Systems MCQ 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which type of e-commerce involves transactions between two businesses, such as a manufacturer ordering parts from a supplier online?
- B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
- C2C (Consumer-to-Consumer)
- B2B (Business-to-Business) (Correct answer)
- G2C (Government-to-Consumer)
Correct answer: B2B (Business-to-Business)
B2B e-commerce refers to electronic transactions conducted between businesses rather than between a business and individual consumers.
Question 2: In systems analysis, what does a Data Flow Diagram (DFD) primarily show?
- The physical hardware layout of a system
- How data moves through a system and its processes (Correct answer)
- The financial cost of system development
- The schedule of system implementation tasks
Correct answer: How data moves through a system and its processes
A DFD illustrates the flow of data through a system, showing processes, data stores, external entities, and data flows.
Question 3: Which cybersecurity attack tricks users into revealing credentials by disguising a malicious communication as trustworthy?
- SQL injection
- Denial-of-Service (DoS)
- Phishing (Correct answer)
- Man-in-the-middle attack
Correct answer: Phishing
Phishing uses deceptive emails or websites impersonating legitimate entities to steal credentials or personal information.
Question 4: Which term describes converting data into an unreadable format to protect it from unauthorized access during transmission?
- Hashing
- Tokenization
- Encryption (Correct answer)
- Compression
Correct answer: Encryption
Encryption transforms readable data (plaintext) into an unreadable format (ciphertext) using an algorithm and key.
Question 5: A retail chain uses real-time point-of-sale data to automatically reorder products when inventory falls below a threshold. This best describes which system integration?
- ERP with SCM integration (Correct answer)
- CRM with EIS integration
- DSS with TPS integration
- KMS with MRS integration
Correct answer: ERP with SCM integration
Integrating ERP (which captures POS/inventory data) with SCM (supply chain) enables automated reordering based on real-time stock levels.
Question 6: Which data storage approach organizes data into related tables with rows and columns, using keys to link tables together?
- Hierarchical database
- Relational database (Correct answer)
- Object-oriented database
- Network database
Correct answer: Relational database
Relational databases organize data into tables and use primary and foreign keys to establish relationships between them.
Question 7: The metric that measures the percentage of time an information system is operational and available to users is called:
- Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
- System uptime / availability (Correct answer)
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Correct answer: System uptime / availability
System availability (uptime) is the proportion of time a system is functioning and accessible, often expressed as a percentage (e.g., 99.9%).
MIS Management Information Systems MCQ 3
Which type of e-commerce involves transactions between two businesses, such as a manufacturer ordering parts from a supplier online?