It interview questions – page 3

AI systems that use neuron structures to recognize patterns in data, is

1. Genetic algorithms
2. Neural network
3. Fuzzy logic
4. Intelligent agent

AI systems that use approximate reasoning to process ambiguous data, is

1. Genetic algorithms
2. Intelligent agent
3. Neural network
4. Fuzzy logic

Which among the following outline a business vision, business/IT strategies, and technical architecture for the information systems functions

1. Strategic systems planning
2. Tactical systems planning
3. Organization planning
4. Operational for planning

Using mobile computing networks to support sales people in the field is called

1. Computer-aided manufacturing
2. Computer integrated manufacturing
3. Manufacturing information systems
4. Sales force automation

Intranets have demonstrated impressive returns, quick payback, and other strategic benefit are example of

1. Applications of extranets
2. Business value of extranets
3. Business value of intranets
4. Calendaring and scheduling

Which of the following statements is true?

1. Flow of information in a organization is always vertical
2. Alpha testing is the verification process a system goes through for the first time
3. Computers are essential for systems analysis
4. As parallel run involves two different terminals accessing a common database

Which of the following would not be a major deliverable of the structured systems analysis phase?

1. Prototype model
2. Entity relationship diagrams
3. Data flow diagrams
4. Data dictionaries

Structured design methodology is an approach to design that adheres to rules based on principles such as

1. Data flow analysis
2. Top-down refinement
3. Bottom-up design
4. All of these

During what phase, the requirements analysis is performed?

1. System analysis phase
2. System investigation phase
3. System development phase
4. System design phase

Data Definition Language (DDL)

1. Specifies for the DBMS what is required, the techniques used to process data
2. Determine how data must be structured to produce the user’s view
3. Describes how data are structured in the database
4. All of these

The big picture diagram of a system is

1. Program flowchart
2. System flowchart
3. Block diagram
4. Logic diagram

What type of software is most useful in financial planning and calculation?

1. Spreadsheet
2. Database
3. Communication
4. Graphics

The primary tool used in structured design is a

1. Program flow chart
2. Structure chart
3. Module
4. Data-flow diagram

A person who writes a programmed for running the hardware of a computer is called

1. Programmer
2. Data processor
3. System designer
4. System analyst

Performance, cost, reliability, technology, and ergonomics are examples of

1. Computer industry
2. Implementation process
3. Software
4. Hardware

Software that can control access and use of computer system is

1. Fault tolerant
2. Facility controls
3. Software piracy
4. System security monitor

Which of the following is not an advantage of the structured approach to system development?

1. User area is studied thoroughly
2. Documentation is cumulative
3. System specification is very graphic
4. It focuses on the physical aspects of the system

Decision-Table facilitates conditions to be related to

1. Operations
2. Tables
3. Actions
4. Programs

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a system?

1. It has homogeneous components
2. It operators for some purpose
3. It operates within a boundary
4. It has interacting components

A statement by statement description of a procedure is detailed in a

1. Systems flowchart
2. Written narrative
3. Procedure log
4. Record layout

The ___ is controlled by a list of software instructions.

1. ALU
2. CU
3. CPU
4. MU

A ___ instruction transfer information from memory to other devices.

1. Access
2. Response
3. Read
4. Write

___ printers are high speed printers capable of printing an entire line at a time.

1. Daisy wheel
2. Dotmatrix
3. Line
4. Impact

____ printers include all printers that print by striking an ink ribbon.

1. Impact
2. Line
3. Daisywheel
4. Dot matrix

The biggest manufacturing of workstations is

1. Sun Microsystems
2. HP
3. IBM
4. DEC

The ____  register holds machine instructions.

1. DOS
2. Bus
3. Input
4. Instruction

A CPU can directly understand ____  language.

1. Java
2. C
3. C++
4. Machine

The name of the location of a particular piece of data is its

1. Data location
2. Address
3. Memory name
4. Storage

______  registers holds the information before it goes to the decoder.

1. Address register
2. Bus register
3. Control register
4. Data register

The operation executed on data stored in registers is called ___

1. Byte operation
2. Bit operation
3. Micro operation
4. Macro operation