Course Overview

The Information Systems and Computer Applications CLEP exam covers material that would generally be taught in a first-year undergraduate college business information systems course. InstantCert's flashcards for this subject take you from the very basics all the way to more advanced topics such as programming and networking.

Topics Covered in This Course

Information Systems and Office Application Software in Organizations

Standard office suite tools (word processors, spreadsheets, presentation packages, end-user database packages)
Basic user functions of a desktop operating system
Office systems (electronic mail, conferencing, cooperative work environments)
Web browsers
Internet and other online services and methods
Specialized systems

Hardware and Systems Technology

Devices for processing, storage, input and output, telecommunications, and networking
Functions performed by computer, telecommunications, and network hardware
Digital representation of data for storage and processing (numeric, text, images, audio, video)
Concepts of local, wide-area, and enterprise network architectures
Concept of mainframe versus client/server architectures
Operating system and network operating system functions and architectures
Wireless computing/communication devices

Information Systems Software Development

Software development methods and tools
Systems development life cycle concepts
Project management functions and roles
Types of information processing methods (batch, real-time, transaction)
User interface design
Operating system and network operating system functions and architectures

Programming Concepts and Data Management

Programming language syntax and structures (pseudocode)
Programming logic
File types and structures
Web technologies

Customer Submitted Test Results

177 users submitted test results since January, 2009
171 of those users reported a passing score (97%)


The following are a sample of the test results submitted by members who’ve taken the Information Systems and Computer Applications CLEP exam after using InstantCert’s study program. These are unfiltered, unedited results and this list is automatically updated to show the ten most recent results:

September 3, 2010 User  passed with a score of 65 out of 80
August 31, 2010 User  passed with a score of 68 out of 80
August 25, 2010 User  passed with a score of 50 out of 80
August 19, 2010 User  passed with a score of 67 out of 80
August 17, 2010 User  passed with a score of 53 out of 80
August 2, 2010 User  passed with a score of 50 out of 80
July 29, 2010 User  passed with a score of 59 out of 80
July 14, 2010 User  failed with a score of 47 out of 80
July 13, 2010 User  passed with a score of 73 out of 80
July 10, 2010 User  passed with a score of 70 out of 80

Sample Flashcards

Get a taste of the InstantCert study experience with five actual flashcards pulled from our database. Remember, you're not expected to know anything about the subject beforehand. Just read the question, think about what the answer might be (typing it is optional), and then click "Continue" when you're ready to see the answer and explanation.

Question 1 of 5

An employee at IBM (ibm.com) would probably have the domain name ________ after the "at" symbol in his work e-mail address.


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Related Exams with Overlapping Subject Matter

The following exams have a significant amount of overlap with the Information Systems and Computer Applications exam, so you should consider taking them back-to-back or studying for them at the same time. Specifically, studying for the Management Information Systems DSST at the same time as Information Systems and Computer Applications CLEP can be very advantageous, whether you're taking the Information Systems and Computer Applications exam or the MIS exam.