Mis Mid Term

1. What are the characteristics of MIS? How does MIS differ from TPS? From DSS?

2. Why should managers be interested in computer storage, scalability, and hardware capacity planning? What is Client/server systems? What are the backup systems the company should provide to protect their valuable Information systems??

3. What is complier? What are the differences between Compiler language and interpretive language ??What is object-oriented programming? Names two OOP languages. State an example for the object and class. How does it differ from conventional software development?

ANSWERS::

1) Management information systems provide managers with reports based primarily on data pulled from transaction processing systems, have an internal orientation, and have limited flexibility. Examples of management information systems include sales management, inventory control, and capital investment analysis.

Characteristics of MIS :

MIS supports the management level by providing routine summary reports and exception reports for various purposes, including planning, controlling, and decision making.

* Management information systems involve past and present organization data.

* It is suited for creating summaries and reports on all the various departmental control information.

* It is mainly for internal organization information flow.

* Management Information Systems are very complex and hence it takes a very long time to design.

* It can be used to process simple models for making structured and semi-structured decisions.

Transaction Processing Systems are used mainly to record and process day to day transactions. They are the lowest form of data acquisition in the information system hierarchy and are used at the operational level.

Decision Support Systems are systems used for deeper analysis of various processes which are done by professionals and staff. The data that is analyzed is more qualitative than...