Management Information Systems
Number of Questions: 367
ACE Recommended Exam Value: 3 upper-level credit hours
Course Overview
The Management Information Systems DSST exam covers the material that would typically be taught in an advanced undergraduate course on management information system. InstantCert's course for
this subject starts with the basics of computer hardware, software, and networking, and works its way up to the more advanced topics of MIS.
Topics Covered in This Course
Computer Hardware
History and evolution
Terminology
Hardware components
Hardware devices
Computer Software
History and evolution of computer software and programming
Terminology
Types of software
Telecommunications and Networks
Terminology
Strategic importance to the enterprise
Components of telecommunications and networks
Network security
Topology and protocols
Business Information Systems
Electronics commerce
Types of information systems
Enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, supply chain management systems
Systems Analysis and Design
Characteristics of a system
Systems architecture
Systems development life cycle
Managing Data Resources
Data models
Database management systems
Data query and update
Business Decision Making
Knowledge management
Data warehousing
Data mining
MIS and the Organization
MIS Issues
Customer Test Results for the Management Information Systems DSST
383 users submitted test results since January, 2009371 of those users reported a passing score (97%)
The following are a sample of the test results submitted by members who’ve taken the Management Information Systems DSST 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:
| October 19, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 415 out of 500 |
| October 6, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 442 out of 500 |
| October 4, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 438 out of 500 |
| August 17, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 431 out of 500 |
| August 6, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 404 out of 500 |
| July 13, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 440 out of 500 |
| July 1, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 420 out of 500 |
| June 9, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 450 out of 500 |
| April 12, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 431 out of 500 |
| March 31, 2016 | User passed | with a score of | 430 out of 500 |
Free Sample Questions For The Management Information Systems Dantes
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Related Exams with Overlapping Subject Matter
The following exams have a significant amount of overlap with the Management Information Systems exam, so you should consider taking them back-to-back or studying for them at the same time.
Specifically, studying for the Information Systems and Computer Applications CLEP at the same time as MIS can be very advantageous, whether you're taking the MIS exam or the Information Systems
and Computer Applications exam.
