Mangement Information System [MIS NOTES]

Question Bank


1. Identify nature of impact of MIS on people, organisation and the management style? Illustrate the positive as well as negative impact.
2. Discuss the external and internal constraint of implementing MIS in an organisation?
3. Manager has leadership role to play in an organisation. MIS provides support to manager in his functional responsibilities. Explain with example?
4. Explain the role of performance standard and “feedback” on it in effective management of business. How can feedback help in management control system?
5. Show the relationship of organisation effectiveness and management effectiveness to MIS?
6. What do you understand by goal displacement? What are the possible situations when displacement occurs?
7. Why does the organisation structure and MIS differ from company to company even though they are in same business and industry?
8. What do you understand by rational decision making? Explain different types of rational decision with examples
9. Why is more time spent in program analysis and problem definition as compared to the time spent on decision analysis?
10. Explain the role of a model in problem solving. Explain process of abstraction used for constructing the model?
11. List out different criteria to be used in decision-making?
12. Explain the support role of MIS in implementing Herbert Simon model. Identify various systems in MIS which contribute in the three phases of the model.
13. Explain with example how MIS helps to change decision making scenario from uncertainty to risk to certainty?
14. Identify systems in MIS that contribute to organisation learning?
15. Explain the following terms:
a. Rational Decision
b. Payoff Analysis
c. ‘What If’ Analysis
d. Sensitivity Analysis
e. Organisational Learning
f. Perfect rationality

16. Can quality of decision making be improved? Explain how it can be improved?
17. What are the different type of Information Systems available ?
18. What are the major information systems and subsystems applicable to a bank?
19. Differentiate between following:
a. Programmed and Non-programmed Decision
b. Structured and Unstructured Information
c. Information and Data
20. Can value of information be improved? Can information have a value which is person independent?
21. Explain the difference between data processing and information processing?
22. Consider a car manufacturing firm. Identify information in the following classes of organisation:
a. Organisational
b. Strategic
c. Planning
d. Control

23. Identify key information and knowledge in following cases:

a. Hospital out patient department(OPD)
b. 5 star hotel
c. Machine shop

24. Explain how knowledge gives competitive advantage to the organisation.
25. What are the different components of a system? Explain.
26. What are the different information system and subsystem in a bank?
27. What are the major classifications of a Decision Maker? Is the procedure of
taking decision similar in all these classes?
28. Discuss Simon’s problem solving model in detail?
29. Discuss the use of Influence Diagram and Decision Tree in detail. Illustrate with examples.
30. Describe the active based typology of Decisions giving example of each class? Discuss the hierarchy of Organizational decision level and discuss the complexity of decision that is to be taken at each level.
31. What is the role of Heuristic in modelling? Discuss the various kind of
biasness which influence a decision.
32. Why is input design important? Can it always be linked to output design?
33. Models are classified as Strategic, tactical or operational. What is the
purpose of such a qualification? Give an example for each.
34. What are the five components of a DBMS ?
35. Discuss objectives of a DBMS?
36. Discuss the three best known approaches to define a DBMS?
37. What are major sources of design information?
38. Identify 10 specific factors that should be considered in forms design?
39. Give three reasons for severe problems n the area of MIS maintenance?
40. Consider any MIS prepare a test specification for the same?
41. Identify some planning problems which can impact working a MIS?
42. Identify different types of System and explain them in detail?
43. What is the difference between Open and Closed decision making systems?
44. Draw logical model and data flow diagram for following systems:
a. Fixed Deposit System
b. Credit card bill processing ..
45. Suggest input validation in following cases:
a. Fixed Deposit System.
b. Credit card bill processing.
c. Order configured by the customer.
46. Why is the purpose of system flow chart? How is it different from DFD?
47. What is data mapping and how it is done?
48. Explain following terms:
a. Data Design
b. Process Design
c. Output Design
49. What are the components of a system? How is the system model improves from simple ‘Input-process-Output’ model to complex control model?
50. Discuss the various kinds of Decision Models in detail giving examples of
each.