All Free Software Engineering MCQs with Answers
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- A. Data
- B. Software
- C. Hardware
- D. People
Explanation: People are the decision makers who use a DSS to examine alternatives and apply the results to a decision.
Correct answer: People- A. systems designer
- B. project manager
- C. systems owner
- D. external system user
Explanation: The project manager coordinates scope, schedule, budget, resources, and quality so that the system is delivered acceptably and on time.
Correct answer: project manager- A. SCM
- B. CRM
- C. Both A and B
- D. BPR
Explanation: CRM manages interactions with customers, while SCM coordinates relationships and flows involving suppliers.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. reduces costs
- B. manages risks
- C. adds value
- D. creates a new opportunity
Explanation: Monitoring performance across regions helps a bank identify deviations and potential problems early, which supports risk management.
Correct answer: manages risks- A. Management accounting
- B. Operations research
- C. Exchange commission
- D. System theory
Explanation: Management science applies mathematical and analytical techniques to decision-making, and it is commonly known as operations research.
Correct answer: Operations research- A. strategic decision making
- B. operational control
- C. knowledge level decision making
- D. management control Management
Explanation: Management control translates broader plans into task execution criteria, resource allocation, and completion standards for middle…
Correct answer: management control Management- A. The tactical level
- B. The supervisory level
- C. The strategic level
- D. The executive level
Explanation: The tactical or middle-management level converts broad strategic direction into medium-term plans and allocates resources to achieve them.
Correct answer: The tactical level1128. _____________ type of budgeting is based on estimation of total project cost by the top management?
- A. Top down
- B. Bottom up
- C. Neutral
- D. Zero-based
Explanation: Top-down budgeting begins with senior management estimating the overall project cost and then allocating amounts to lower levels.
Correct answer: Top down- A. project's risk is assessed
- B. project's feasibility is assessed
- C. system is developed at minimum cost
- D. both A and B
Explanation: A core project-management objective is delivering the system within controlled cost, schedule, and scope constraints, so minimum-cost…
Correct answer: system is developed at minimum cost- A. Henry Mintzberg, 1973
- B. Herbert Simon, 1960
- C. Blake Lves, 1955
- D. Michael Hammer, 1975
Explanation: Herbert Simon presented a widely used decision-making model in 1960, describing stages such as intelligence, design and choice.
Correct answer: Herbert Simon, 1960- A. Focus
- B. Cost leadership
- C. Linkage
- D. Information leadership
Explanation: Cost leadership aims to operate at a lower cost than competitors, allowing the business to charge competitively while earning a higher…
Correct answer: Cost leadership- A. Operational
- B. functional
- C. decision support
- D. knowledge
Explanation: Operational information supports routine activities and may be needed by personnel across departments and organizational functions.
Correct answer: Operational- A. Management, society
- B. Communicating, organizations
- C. Individuals, organizations
- D. None of these
Explanation: Information systems are used by individuals and organizations, as well as by society, to collect, store, process, retrieve and communicate…
Correct answer: Individuals, organizations- A. Machine
- B. Mindset
- C. Material
- D. Infrastructure
Explanation: Business process re-engineering changes how an organization thinks about and performs its work, so it requires a major mindset change.
Correct answer: Mindset- A. Management reporting system
- B. Management resource system
- C. Management retrieve system
- D. None of these
Explanation: MRS commonly means Management Reporting System, which supplies managers with organized reports for monitoring and decision-making.
Correct answer: Management reporting system- A. Planning
- B. Organizing
- C. Leading
- D. Controlling
Explanation: Controlling compares actual performance with established standards and takes corrective action when activities do not proceed as planned.
Correct answer: Controlling- A. information
- B. employee
- C. management
- D. capital
Explanation: In an information-systems context, information is described as the backbone because it links organizational activities and supports…
Correct answer: information- A. detailed report
- B. summary report
- C. external report
- D. exception report
Explanation: A detailed report lists individual records such as each employee's name and address.
Correct answer: detailed report- A. production chain
- B. primary chain
- C. supply chain
- D. distribution chain
Explanation: A supply chain covers procurement, transformation of materials into products and distribution to customers.
Correct answer: supply chain- A. Operational
- B. functional
- C. decision support
- D. knowledge
Explanation: Middle and top managers need decision-support information because they make tactical and strategic decisions rather than handle routine…
Correct answer: decision support