NPTEL MIS Assignments Overview
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Question 2
Statement I- An information system is a set of interrelated components that collect or retrieve, process, store, and
distribute information to support decision-making and control in an organization.
Statement II- Computers and software are technical foundation and tools for building any Information system.
a) Both statement I and statement II are True.
b) Statement I is True, and Statement II is False.
c) Statement I is False, and Statement II is True.
d) Statement I is False, and Statement II is False.
Question 3
How are information systems transforming businesses? a) By reducing costs
b) By improving efficiency and productivity
c) By enhancing decision-making
d) All of the above
Question 4
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What ethical considerations are associated with information systems? a) Privacy and data
protection
b) Intellectual property rights
c) Cybersecurity and hacking
d) All of the above
Question 5
Statement I: In an organization, all the functionalities, such as finance, manufacturing, sales, and purchase, are
interrelated.
Statement II: Enterprise resource planning is one of the backbones of management information systems.
Question 8
Match the Marketing strategies with Michael porter’s competitive forces.
IT-enabled strategies Michael porter’s competitive forces
A. Low-cost leadership –e.g. Walmart (i) Traditional competitors
B. Product differentiation –e.g. Apple, Google (ii) Substitute products and services
C. Focus on the market niche –e.g. Uber, Airbnb (iii) Customers and supplier forces
D. Strengthen customer and supplier intimacy – (iv) New market entrants
e.g.
Netflix, Amazon
Question 9
Statement I: IT flattens Organizations because, in post-industrial societies, authority increasingly relies on
knowledge and competence rather than formal positions.
Statement II: IT affects the cost and quality of information and changes the economics of information.
Question 10
Ms. Priya manages the company's budget and financial reports. Which of the business functions is she
performing?
MCQ Questions
Question 1
Identify correct statements.
1. Database system controls data redundancy
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Question 4
How does a data mart differ from a data warehouse?
Question 5
In the given table, which attribute will be eligible for the primary key? Employee (Employee_Id,
Department_Id, Salary, Name)
a) Employee_Id
b) Department_Id
c) Salary
d) Name
Question 2
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In the given table, which attribute will be eligible for a foreign key? Sales (Sales_Id, Product_Id,
Amount, Customer_Id)
a) Sales_Id
b) Product_Id
c) Amount
d) Product_Id, Customer_Id
Question 6
State True/ False
Statement I: OLAP supports multidimensional data analysis.
Statement II: In OLAP, each attribute of the information is a different dimension.
Question 8
Which technique is commonly used in predictive analytics to forecast future outcomes based on past data?
a) Regression
b) Decision trees
c) Support vector machines
d) Data visualization
Question 9
Given data on customers' past purchases, their browsing history, and demographics, your model needs to predict the
likelihood of each customer purchasing a new product. This is a: a) Regression Task
b) Classification task
c) Clustering task
d) None
Question 10
Which of the following is a predictive analytics application in retail?
a) Estimating future sales based on historical data and seasonal trends.
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Question 2
Identify the correct statements:
1. ERP systems are costly.
2. ERP Implementation in an organization does not require training.
3. ERP implementation is easy.
4. ERP provides expertise in industry-specific business processes.
a) 1,2,3
b) 1,3,4
c) 1,4
d) 1,2,3,4
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Question 3
Which of the following will not be impacted by ERP implementation?
a) Leadership style
b) Jobs and rewards Books
c) Business processes
d) Customer demands
Question 4
1. ERP systems help in automating business processes.
2. ERP implementation requires significant change management.
3. ERP systems are only used in manufacturing industries.
4. ERP systems integrate various business functions into a single system. a) 1,2,3.
b) 1,3,4
c)1,2,4
d)1,2,3,4
Question 5
Which one of the following is not an ERP Module?
a) Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
b) Manufacturing
c) Project Management
d) Operating System.
Question 6
Which of the following is not a benefit of implementing an ERP system:
a) Access to real-time data
b) Enhanced inventory control
c) Improved social media engagement
d) Streamlined business processestatement
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Question 7
Which one of the following is the first phase of ERP implementation?
a) Project Preparation
b) Feasibility study
c) Project Evaluation
d) Sustain.
Question 8
MRP is an evolution of ____________.
a) Capacity resource planning
b) Manufacturing requirement planning
c) Production capacity and control
d) Inventory management and control
Question 9
Which of the following features would be beneficial for a retail company implementing an
ERP system?
Question 10
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Assignment 4
9. CRM analytics can provide insights into which of the following areas?
a. Sales, marketing, and customer service
b. Production, inventory, and logistics
c. Human resources, finance, and IT
d. Research, development, and compliance
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Assignment 5
6. Which of the following is/ are the primary objectives of MIS for “materials
management”?
a. To maintain up-to-date stocks of all materials
b. To immediately respond to any changes in the production plan
c. To respond to changes in the demand pattern
d. All of these
7. What is the main function of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)?
a. To reduce manufacturing costs
b. To monitor stocks and determine material requirements
c. To manage human resources
d. To develop new production technologies
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b. Employee development
c. succession planning
d. all of these
a. Customer orders
b. Employee attendance
c. Goods or services purchased from suppliers
d. Marketing promotions
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QUESTION 1:
QUESTION 2:
Business strategy is a function of:
a) Competition
b) Positioning
c) Capabilities.
d) All of these
QUESTION 3:
Which infrastructure components are not required to draft information system strategy? a)
Hardware.
b) Software
c) Programmers
d) Network
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QUESTION 4:
Which of the following aspect manager needs to consider to align IT with the business objectives of
firms?
QUESTION 5:
Operational
b) Pollution
c) Learning and Growth
d) Competition
QUESTION 6:
While implementing balanced score card, managers can focus on which of the following functions to
influence present situation?
a) Customer satisfaction
b) Financial performance
c) Employee training
d) Growth forecast.
QUESTION 7:
a) Differentiation
b) Focus
c) Cost leadership
d) Niche market
QUESTION 8:
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QUESTION 9:
Which of the following Service factors required to be consider while evaluating cloud vendors?
QUESTION 10:
Who identified the three generic strategies for achieving competitive advantage? a)
Michael Porter
b) Henry Mintzberg
c) Philip Kotler
d) Peter Drucker
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2. What is Customization?
a. Changing the delivered product or service based on available raw materials
b. Changing the delivered product or service based on a user’s preference
c. Option a and b
d. None of these
5. What is Vortal?
a. It offers products to meet emergency needs
b. It offers services related to the customization of products only
c. It offers services related to sales forecasting
d. It is a portal for specialized domains
QUESTION 1:
a. Software as a Service
b. System as a Service
c. Storage as a Service
d. Security as a Service
QUESTION 2:
Identify correct statements:
1. Public clouds are cheaper compared to private clouds.
2. Public clouds are not secure compared to private cloud. s
3. Private cloud may exist off-premises and can be managed by a third party.
4. On-site private clouds are less secure compared to outsourced private cloud. a. 1,2
b. 1,3
c. 1,3,4
d. 1,2,3
QUESTION 3:
Outsourced private cloud has two security perimeters, one of which is implemented by: a)
Cloud provider
b) Web authentication provider
c) Internet access provider
d) Internet access distributer
QUESTION 4:
What is cloud bursting?
a) Failure of private cloud.
b) Failure of public cloud.
c) Public cloud failure occurs when data size increases.
d) It is a configuration that’s set up between a private cloud and a public cloud to deal with
peaks in IT demand.
QUESTION 5:
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[Link] is an online retail platform that leverages cloud computing for managing customer
relationships and developing new analytics products. What type of cloud computing service
would be most suitable for ALPHA?
a) Public cloud
b) Private cloud
c) Hybrid cloud
d) Community cloud
QUESTION 6:
a) Scalability
b) Integration
c) Ubiquitous access
d) Managed services
QUESTION 7:
a) To process data
b) To provide internet connectivity
c) To provide real-time information
d) To store large amounts of data
QUESTION 8:
What is the functionality of actuators in IoT system?
a) To increase the life cycle of devices
b) To forecast on the basis of input data
c) To change the state of devices.
d) None of these.
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QUESTION 9:
What type of data constitutes the majority of the volume of “Big Data”?
a) Structured
b) Semi-structured
c) Unstructured
d) none of the above
QUESTION 10:
QUESTION 1:
What is/are the dimension(s) of knowledge management systems?
a) Data,
b) Information
c) Knowledge
d) All of these
QUESTION 2:
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a) Cognitive events
b) Customer purchase data
c) Customer generated data.
d) Customer demographic details
QUESTION 3:
A) Portals
B) Search engines
C) Collaboration tools
D) Manual filing systems
QUESTION 4:
Which is/are the capability(s) of decision support system?
a) Retrieving information
QUESTION 5:
____________is used for locating employee expertise within the firm.
QUESTION 6:
Which of the following intelligent technique(s) is/are focussed on discovering knowledge?
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a) Data mining
b) Neutral networks
c) Expert Systems
d) Option a and b
QUESTION 7:
Which of the following is not a knowledge representation method of expert systems?
a) Object‐based
b) Frame‐based
c) Case‐based
d) Subject‐based
QUESTION 8 :
QUESTION 9:
What is/are the phase(s) of decision‐making process in decision support system?
a) Intelligence
b) Design
c) Choice
d) All of these
QUESTION 10:
Which of the following is a knowledge work systems?
a) Home Theatres
b) Printing machines
c) Speakers
d) Investment workstations
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Assignment 11
1. What is NORA?
a. The technology that can gather information about individuals from various
sources and identify non-obvious connections
b. The technology that can take information about financial expenditure from
disparate sources and find obvious relationships
c. The technology that can take information about the production of goods
and find nonobvious relationships
d. The technology that can take information about data consumption from
disparate sources and find obvious relationships
2. What are tiny objects invisibly embedded in emails and web pages to monitor
user behavior called?
a. Spyware
b. Web bugs
c. Cookies
d. Malware
7. What is the statutory grant that protects creators of intellectual property from
having their work copied by others?
a) Patent
b) Trade Secret
c) Copyright
d) Trademark
10. Which of the following are the main elements of a digital certificate?
a. Dates between which the certificate is valid
b. Number of the certificate
c. Digital signature of the certificate issuer
d. All of these
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Assignment 12
a) Domestic exporter
b) Multinational
c) Franchisers
d) Transnational
a) Standardized EDI
[Link] of the following force(s) is/ are responsible for flattening the world?
a. Outsourcing,
b. Insourcing
c. Steroids
d. All of these
a. Change management
b. Continuous improvement
c. System administration
d. All of these
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