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This article contains all the previous year’s question papers on the subject: “Management Information System” from 2016 to now in the sequences as per chapter. Believe me! This article will surely help in your academic journey.
Chapter 1: Computer System
Year
Very Short Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 1
Differentiate between hardware and software.
2021 Fall Q.No. 1
What do you mean by computer software?
2020 Fall Q.No. 4
How can you say that a computer is a versatile and diligent machine?
2020 Fall Q.No. 1
Define software and its types.
2019 Spring Q.No. 1
Why DRAM needs time to time refreshing?
2019 Fall Q.No. 6
What is software prototype?
2019 Fall Q.No. 1
What is an operating system?
2018 Fall Q.No. 1
Define software and its types.
2018 Spring Q.No. 10
What is cache memory?
2017 Spring Q.No. 2
What is software? List out the types of software.
2017 Spring Q.No. 1
Define the purpose of CACHE memory?
2017 Fall Q.No. 4
How are software classified?
2017 Fall Q.No. 1
Draw the block diagram of computer.
2016 Fall Q.No. 5
What are the internet and the World Wide Web?
2016 Fall Q.No. 2
Differentiate between Dot Matrix Printer and Laser Printer.
2016 Fall Q.No. 1
What is the purpose of cache memory in a computer system?
Year
Descriptive Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 11 (b)
Explain the different types of system software?
2022 Spring Q.No. 11 (a)
Draw a block diagram of digital computer and explain the computers in brief.
2021 Fall Q.No. 16
What is computer memory? Briefly discuss the different types of memory used in computer.
2020 Spring Q.No. 1
Explain about the types of computers on the basis of working principle and speed/size.
2020 Fall Q.No. 11
Draw and explain fundamental building blocks of digital computer system
2019 Spring Q.No. 11
What is computer system? Draw block diagram of computer.
2019 Fall Q.No. 11
Draw a block diagram of digital computer and explain the components in brief.
2018 Fall Q.No. 11
Draw the functional diagram of a computing system and explain the function of each block briefly.
2018 Spring Q.No. 11
Explain about the types of computers on the basis of working principle and speed/size.
2017 Spring Q.No. 11
What is computer system? Explain the different components of computer system with block diagram.
2016 Spring Q.No. 11
Draw the architectural diagram of computer and discuss the components.
2016 Fall Q.No. 17
Draw a block diagram of digital computer and explain the components in brief.
Chapter 2: Foundation of Information System
Year
Very Short Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 3
Define data and information.
2021 Fall Q.No. 2
List the different phases of SDLC.
2021 Fall Q.No. 10
List the characteristics of MIS.
2020 Fall Q.No. 5
Differentiate between MIS and DSS.
2021 Fall Q.No. 10
List the characteristics of MIS.
2020 Fall Q.NO. 5
Differentiate between MIS and DSS
2020 Fall Q.No. 3
How data differs from information.
2020 Fall Q.No. 2
List the components of information system.
2019 Spring Q.No. 7
List potential threats to information system.
2019 Spring Q.No. 3
What are success and failure factors for implementing MIS.
2019 Fall Q.No. 5
Differentiate between Data and Information.
2019 Fall Q.No. 2
List any four benefits of MIS.
2018 Spring Q.No. 2
List the components of Information System.
2018 Spring Q.No. 1
What do you mean by MIS and What are its characteristics?
2018 Fall Q.No. 8
Define TPS.
2017 Spring Q.No. 3
Write any four characteristics of information system?
2017 Fall Q.No. 6
What do you understand by prototyping?
2017 Fall Q.No. 5
List any four benefits of MIS.
2016 Spring Q.No. 3
What do you mean by Risk Management? List out various risk management strategies.
2016 Spring Q.No. 2
List the components of Information System.
2016 Fall Q.No. 6
What is Information System Literacy?
2016 Fall Q.No. 3
What is TPS (Transaction Processing System)?
Year
Descriptive Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 12
Explain the concept of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and its stages.
2020 Spring Q.No. 2
Why organization develop Information System? Explain the stages of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
2021 Fall Q.No. 17 (b)
Briefly describe TPS with its major characteristics.
2021 Fall Q.No. 13
Differentiate between MIS and DSS? Describe the components of DSS.
2021 Fall Q.No. 11
Define information system. What are the fundamental resources of an information system? Explain.
2020 Fall Q.No. 17 (b)
What is an information System? Compare waterfall model and prototyping model of information system development.
2020 Fall Q.No. 12
Some organizations use MIS more successfully than other organizations. Mention the factors contributing to success and failure of MIS in an organizations.
2019 Spring Q.No. 12
Discuss the phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in detail.
2019 Fall Q.No. 12
Explain the concept of Sytem/Software Development Life Cylce (SDLC) and its stages.
2018 Spring Q.No. 12
Discuss the steps of System Development Life Cycle. Also, list the system development approaches and explain which is highly used for the system development and why?
2018 Fall Q.No. 12
Discuss the information system development process with reference to SDLC model.
2017 Spring Q.No. 16
Briefly explain the success and failure of MIS? Also write its imitation, benefits and challenges?
2017 Spring Q.No. 14
Discuss the system development approaches with example. Which approach is highly used for the system development and why?
2017 Fall Q.No. 12
What are the different stages of System Development Life Cycle? Expalin.
2017 Q.No. 11
List out the factors of success and failure of management information systems.
2016 Spring Q.No. 17 (b)
Explain TPS along with its transaction processing cycle.
2016 Spring Q.No. 17 (a)
Brifely explain the success and failure of MIS?
2016 Spring Q.No. 12
Discuss the information system development process with reference to SDLC model.
Chapter 3: Telecommunication and Network
Year
Very Short Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 4
What is the importance of computer network?
2021 Fall. Q.No. 9
What do you mean by Intranet and Extranet?
2021 Fall Q.No. 3
Briefly define computer network.
2022 Fall Q.No. 6
What are trends in telecommunication network?
2019 Spring Q.No. 2
What is peer to peer network?
2019 Spring Q.No. 5
Differentiate between LAN and WAN?
2019 Fall Q.No. 4
What are the business values of telecommunication network?
2018 Spring Q.No; 9
What is peer to peer network?
2018 Fall Q.No. 3
What are the trends in telecommunication networks?
2017 Spring Q.No. 5
Outline the various network topologies?
2017 Fall Q.No. 3
What is client-server network?
2016 Fall Q.No. 8
What is peer-to-peer network?
2016 Spring Q.No. 4
What is client-server network?
2016 Fall Q.No. 4
Define Bandwidth and Network Protocol?
Year
Descriptive Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 13
Explain different network topologies used in information system.
2021 Fall Q.No. 12
Define network topology. Explain any three network topologies used in computer networks.
2020 Spring Q.No. 3
What is Computer Network? Write its advantages. Explain any three types of network topologies.
2022 Fall Q.No. 13
What is network topology? Discuss about various types of network topologies.
2019 Spring Q.No. 13
Define network topology. Explain Bus, Star, and Ring topologies in detail with proper figure, advantages and disadvantages.
2019 Fall Q.No. 13
What is network topology? Explain any four types of network topology with advantages, disadvantages and figures.
2018 Spring Q.No. 13
What do you mean by Topology and explain different types of topology with proper figure, advantages and disadvantages?
2018 Fall Q.No. 15
Define a computer network. Discuss different types of network topologies used in computer network.
2017 Spring Q.No. 15
Why do we need to network the organizations? Explain business value of telecommunication and network?
2017 Fall Q.No. 13
Define Telecommunication Network. Explain network topologies used in information systems.
2016 Spring Q.No. 13 (a)
Define Internet. Explain the brief about business value of Internet.
2016 Spring Q.No. 13 (b)
Classify computer network on the basis of geographical area coverage.
2016 Fall Q.No. 15
Classify computer networks on the basis of geographical area coverage.
Chapter 4: Data Resources Management and DSS
Year
Very Short Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 7
What do you mean by data mart?
2022 Spring Q.No. 6
Differentiate between primary key and foreign key.
2021 Fall Q.No. 8
What is OLAP?
2021 Fall Q.No. 4
Define Data Mart & Data Mining.
2020 Fall Q.No. 8
Differentiate between data warehousing and data mining.
2020 Fall Q.No. 7
Differentiate between OLTP and OLAP.
2019 Spring Q.No. 6
Differentiate between Data Warehousing and Data Mining.
2019 Spring Q.No. 8
Differentiate between OLTP and OLAP.
2019 Fall Q.No. 3
Define Data Mining and Data Warehouse.
2019 Fall Q.No. 7
Differentiate between OLTP and OLAP.
2018 Spring Q.No. 3
What do you mean by Data Warehouse and Data Mining?
2018 Spring Q.No. 4
Differentiate between OLTP and OLAP.
2018 Fall Q.No. 7
Define OLAP and Where it is used.
2018 Fall Q.No. 4
What is data mining?
2017 S[romg Q.No. 6
Define the term data warehouse, data marts and data mining?
2017 Spring Q.No. 4
What is OLTPS?
2017 Fall Q.No. 9
What is OLTPS?
2017 Fall Q.No. 2
Define Data Mining and Data Warehousing?
2016 Spring Q.No. 7
What are the advantages of database management approach over traditional file system?
2016 Spring Q.No. 5
What is Data Mining?
2016 Spring Q.No. 6
Differentiate between OLTP and OLAP.
2016 Fall Q.No. 7
What do you mean by structured decision in business firm?
Year
Descriptive Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 17
“DSS plays important role to enhance the overall productivity of business farm”. Explain in terms of function and components of DSS.
2022 Spring Q.No. 14
Define Data Mining. Explain the architecture and process of DSS.
2021 Fall Q.No. 17 (a)
Write about different types of decision structures.
2020 Fall Q.No. 15
What is database management system? Given an example why an organization will be benefited using DBMS system over traditional filing system.
2019 Spring Q.No. 15
What is DSS? Explain the components, features, and business application examples.
2019 Spring Q.No. 14
What is database management system? How an organization will be benefited using DBMS system over traditional file system.
2019 Fall Q.No. 16
Discuss about Decision Support System and its importance in business organizations.
2019 Fall Q.No. 14
Define Database and Database Management System. Mention the limitations of traditional file processing system.
2018 Spring Q.No. 16
What is DSS? Explain components and business applications of DSS with examples.
2018 Spring Q.No. 14
What do you mean by DBMS and what are its advantages over traditional file system?
2018 Fall Q.No. 16
What is database management system? Given an example why an organization will be benefited using DBMS system over a traditional filing system.
2018 Fall Q.No. 13
What is DSS? Explain its components, features and business application examples.
2017 Spring Q.No. 17
What do you mean by DSS? What are the components of DSS?
2017 Spring Q.No. 12
What is database structure? Explain different types of database structures.
2017 Fall Q.No. 14
What are the problems of managing data resources in a traditional file environment? Explain.
2016 Spring Q.NO. 14
What is DSS? Explain its components, features and business applications with examples.
2016 Fall Q.No. 12
What is Microsoft Access? How does database management system work with decision support system in making a decision for executive level?
2016 Fall Q.No. 11
What are the components of decision support system? Describe how does decision support system play a role in business firm?
Chapter 5: Business Applications
Year
Very Short Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 9
Define the term E-payment?
2022 Spring Q.No. 8
What is Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
2022 Spring Q.No. 5
What is e-commerce?
2021 Fall Q.No. 7
Define ERP.
2021 Fall Q.No. 5
Differentiate between e-business and e-commerce?
2020 Fall Q.No. 9
What are the challenges of e-payment system?
2019 Fall Q.No. 8
What are the essential elements of E-commerce architecture? List them.
2019 Spring Q.No. 10
Define the term E-payment?
2018 Spring Q.No. 6
What are the objectives if SCM in a business enterprise?
2018 Fall Q.No. 9
List five scopes of e-commerce.
2018 Fall Q.No. 5
What are the challenges of e-payment system?
2018 Fall Q.No. 10
What do brokers do in e-business?
2017 Spring Q.No. 7
What do you mean by e-business and e-commerce?
2017 Spring Q.No. 10
Define ERP.
2017 Fall Q.No. 7
Differentiate between e-business and e-commerce?
2017 Fall Q.No. 8
Mention the causes of SCM failure?
2018 Spring Q.No. 5
Differentiate between e-business and e-commerce?
2016 Spring Q.No. 9
What are the major objectives of SCM in a business enterprise?
2016 Spring Q.No. 8
Define the term E-payment.
2016 Fall Q.No. 9
What is cross-functional enterprises system?
Year
Descriptive Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 15
Define CRM. Explain the phases, benefits and challenges of CRM.
2021 Fall Q.No. 14
Define CRM and its components. Explain the significance of CRM in business.
2020 Spring Q.No. 5
Customer relations and intimacy creates customer loyalty and retention in business. Such relations are maintained with the help of CRM. Explain about the life cycle of CRM, its advantages, reason for failure and trends.
2019 Spring Q.No. 16
What are cross-functional enterprise applications? Discuss about SCM (Supply Chain Management) and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) applications in business.
2019 Fall Q.No. 15
What is CRM? Explain 3 phase of CRM. Explain the benefits and challenges of CRM.
2018 Spring Q.No. 15
Explain phases of CRM with examples. Also, explain its benefits and challenges.
2018 Fall Q.No. 17
How do you define CRM? Explain different phases of CRM with example. Discuss the challenges you face in implement CRM.
2018 Fall Q.No. 14
What is ERP? What are the trends in ERP? Explain the challenges in implementing ERP in an organization.
2017 Spring Q.No. 13
What is SCM? List out the benefits and challenges of SCM.
2017 Fall Q.No. 16
What is e-commerce? Explain the essential components of e-commerce and its scope.
2017 Fall Q.No. 15
What is CRM? Explain 3 phases of CRM. Explain the benefits and challenges of CRM.
2016 Spring Q.No. 16
What is CRM? Explain its phases with example. Discuss its benefits and challenges.
2016 Spring Q.No. 15
Define E-commerce. Discuss its benefits and limitations with respect to organization, society and consumers.
2016 Fall Q.No. 16
Briefly explain trends of ERP.
2016 Fall Q.No. 13
Explain steps required to make purchasing through credit card?
Chapter 6: Functional Applications of Information System
Year
Very Short Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 10
What is PMS?
2021 Fall Q.No. 6
What do you mean by POS?
2020 Spring Q.No. 10
What is the role of Hospitality Information System? Explain.
2019 Fall Q.No. 9
What is Hospitality Information System?
2019 Fall Q.No. 10
What is CRS?
2019 Spring Q.No. 9
What is PMS?
2018 Spring Q.No. 7
What do you mean by POS?
2018 Fall Q.No. 6
Define GDS and POS.
2017 Spring Q.No. 9
Define CRS.
2017 Spring Q.No. 8
Define GDS.
2017 Fall Q.No. 10
What is Point of sale system?
2016 Fall Q.No. 10
Define GDS.
2016 Spring Q.No. 10
What is Point of sale system?
Year
Descriptive Answer Questions
2022 Spring Q.No. 16
Explain the process of Global Distribution system along with the challenges and benefits of GDS.
2021 Fall Q.No. 15 (a)
What do you mean by computer reservation system? Explain.
2021 Fall Q.No. 15 (b)
Discuss the concept of Global Distribution System.
2020 Fall Q.No. 17 (a)
What are Hospitality Information Systems? Discuss how Global Distribution System (GDS) and Property management System (PMS) are useful for hospitality enterprises.
2020 Fall Q.No. 10
What is the of computer Reservation System in hospitality enterprises?
2019 Spring Q.No. 17
What is hospitality information system? What are its characteristics? Explain any two systems required for hospitality information system.
2019 Fall Q.No. 17
Explain about GDS (global distribution system), PMS(Property Management System) and POS (Point of Sale).
2018 Spring Q.No. 17
Explain Computer Reservation System (CRS), Global Distribution System (GDS), and Property Management System (PMS) with their business value and real applications.
