University of Development Alternative

Department of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Midterm Examination, Spring-2014
Management Information System
Batch: 36, Semester: 1
Duration: 1.5 Hours Total: 30 Marks
Answer Any Five Questions.

1. a. What is management information system? 1

b. What are the key components of MIS? 2
c. Why MIS is used by the business managers? 3

2. a. What sorts of information are provided by MIS to business managers? 2

b Describe the generations of management information systems. 4

3. a. How many types of information systems are available? Define each of them. 3
b. Point out briefly about the advantages of management information systems. 3

4. a. What do you mean by system development? Explain with proper examples. 3

b. What is conversion? Describe the different ways of conversion to develop a new system. 3

5. a. What do you mean by computer system? Define different types of computer systems. 3
b. Explain the impact of information appliances in business. 3

6. a. What is super computer? 1

b. Discuss in details about the basic components of a computer system. 5

7. a. What kind of input and output technologies are used to develop a MIS system? 2
b. What is RFID? Discuss the privacy concern of RFID system. 4

8. a. What is semiconductor memory? Define RAM and ROM. 3

b. Describe the hierarchical memory system in term of speed. 3

9. a. What is computer peripheral? 1

b. How many types of enterprise applications are used in MIS? Briefly discuss each of them. 5