Decision support system are essential for
Day to day operation of an organization
Providing statutory information
Top level strategic decision making
Esuring that organizations are profitable.
The general term that refers to the techniques of sorting, relating, interpreting and computing items of data in order to provide meaningful information is
Data Mining
Data Warehousing
Data processing
Database
The factor that motivates human action and contributes to effective decision making is referred to as
Meaningful information
Value of information
Precision
Accuracy
Operational information is
Haphazard
Well organized cell
Unstructured
Party structured
Volume of operational information is
Condensed
Detailed
Summarized
Irrelevant
The lower level of management is concerned with
operational information
Tactical information
Long term planning
Strategic information
Which one of the following is referred to as the 'brain' of a computer?
Monitor
CPU
UPS
Keyboard
In a hospital information system the following type information is strategic
Opening a new childrens ward
Data on new birth and deaths
Preparing patient bill
Buying an expensive digonostic system such as CAT scan
The primary storage medium for storing archival data is
Floppy dist
Magnetic disk
Magnetic tap
CD-ROM
The device through which the system accepts input for processing is called
Printer
Plotter
Mouse
