Sample Questions: Information Systems

The following Information Systems sample questions aren't used in actual CLEP exams and aren’t presented here as they will be on the test. Use them to get a sense of question format and difficulty level.

Directions

Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case.

Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT true about virtual private networks?
   1. They use encryption.
   2. They use a public network such as the Internet.
   3. They transmit data at a greater speed than a local area network.
   4. They are less costly than a regular private network.
   5. They provide a way to connect to a remote computer.
2. Expert systems have been most successful when the range of the human expertise being replicated is
   1. Narrow and deep
   2. Narrow and shallow
   3. Broad and deep
   4. Broad and shallow
   5. Broad and narrow
3. Which of the following should be taken into consideration in ergonomic design?
   • I. Adapting the computer hardware to be comfortable to use
   • II. Adapting the office furniture to protect the health of the worker
   • III. Adapting the computer software to be easy to learn
   1. I only
   2. II only
   3. III only
   4. I and II only
   5. I, II, and III
4. Which of the following best describes data warehousing?
   1. Backing up an organization’s data to an offsite location
   2. Moving data that have not been accessed for some time to an alternate storage system
   3. Compiling and storing organization-wide data to assist in decision making
   4. Validating all customer data
   5. Storing all of an organization’s data in two-dimensional tables
5. Which of the following is NOT a risk associated with outsourcing information systems functions?
   1. Loss of control of functionality
   2. Loss of control of critical in-house knowledge
   3. Compromising sensitive company data
   4. Inability to easily sever the outsourcing relationship
   5. Inability to obtain expertise from outside the company
6. For TCP/IP, what Internet function does IP enable?
   1. Transfers of various file types in real time
   2. Retrieval of all e-mail types and file attachments
   3. Synchronized data packet connections
   4. Asynchronous ordering of incoming packets
   5. A unique system of addresses for message delivery
7. Which of the following is (are) true about object-oriented programming?
   • I. Once defined, a class can be reused to build different objects.
   • II. Instructions can be directly understood by the CPU without translation.
   • III. An object can contain both data and instructions.
   1. I only
   2. II only
   3. III only
   4. I and III only
   5. I, II, and III
8. Which of the following statements about EDI Credit Recommendations is FALSE?
   1. EDI documents contain the same information that would be found in paper documents.
   2. EDI provides the infrastructure for both voice and data communication.
   3. EDI standards are industry specific.
   4. EDI enables the digital transmission of invoices.
   5. EDI can be used to automate inventory replenishment.
9. Asking a group of users to evaluate the functionality of a prelaunch graphical user interface occurs during which phase of the systems development process?
   1. Analysis
   2. Design
   3. Implementation
   4. Maintenance
   5. Planning
10. A spreadsheet has values 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, in cells A1, B1, A2, and B2. Cell C1 contains the formula “= A1 + $B$1.” If the formula in cell C1 is copied to cell C2, what value is displayed in cell C2?
    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 5
    4. 6
    5. 7

Answers

1) C   2) A   3) D   4) C   5) E   6) E   7) D   8) B   9) B   10) C