Barely Passed MIS today! Feedback.

[adoncia]

Hi everyone,
I barely passed with a 49 in MIS today.I am happy i passed because i found this subject very very difficult to study.
What i remember from the exam:
89 Questions.
Specific and general questions were:
Difference between asynchonous and synchronous systems.
How many bytes are there in one kilobyte (1000 is the right answer i think)
A question that asked about RISC another one about CISC
Components of CPU
1 question about optical fibre.
Who is responsible for making a data flow diagram (options were analyst,database administrator,programmer and one more)
Who was responsible for inventing storage program (i don't recall the names except for Bill Gates,I had no idea what this question was about)
Which system became popular in 80's and 90's (options were TPS,MIS,Strategic and Expert Systems)
Which system depends on other systems for information
A question about how entropy can be minimized
what is a database (the definition)
What is a record
Which is the smallest unit in databases (answer is Bit)
There were about half a dozen questions about Prototyping.
One question about RAD
One question about JAD
Many questions about the different Information Systems..like DSS,ESS and many about MIS.
One question about transmission protocol
One question about Fair Information Policies
One question about Intellectual Property Rights (about copyright,trademarketc )

Know all of Instantcert really well and that should be sufficient to pass.I found this subject too boring and difficult so i did not work as hard as i should have.
The last 6 sections of IC are particularly important.
Also read the flashcards on Informations Systems and Computer Applications as there were several questions that required basic knowledge.I did not read those and i think that hurt.
I hope i have been of some help.This is all that i could recall after trying really hard:o (did'nt have a pen..so made my hubby remember half the stuff on the drive back home hilarious )
I will post more if i recall anything else.
Adoncia

[Papa Georgia]

Congratulations! Thanks to you and the hubby for the feedback.

[Katterina]

Congrats and thank you for the great feedback! Ick, it does look boring.

[bceagles]

Good Brain Dump! Congrats on the Pass!

[barcotta]

This is terrific! I test on Monday and this will be tremendously helpful Thank you!!!!!!!

[Basket Weaver]

Wow, on a test like this, that was a very good job of recall; your poor husband had to listen to all that and didn't even need the test:eek: . After reading your post, I realized just how good my brain dump system worked as I could hardly remember any of the answers; one could say I forgot the material bit by bit............. Congrats, Lee

[barcotta]

Do you recall if it was necessary to memorize the order of the systems and software development life cycles? I know the order generally and can deduce the answers to multiple choice questions such as "the last step in the SDLC is..." but I want to know if it's worth my while to try to memorize the name of each step in each cycle in order. It seems from the practice tests that it may be more valuable to know the output of each phase and the activities of each phase. Please let me know what you remember in this regard. Thanks!

[adoncia]

Barcotta, no I believe you do not need to know the order of the SDLC or any other cycle.I did not see any question regarding that.But like you said,one needs to know what each phase does.Good Luck for tommorow.I am sure you will do well.
Thanks everyone else...I am glad i could be of some help.I wish i had done this kind of brain dumping for each and every exam that i took.
Lee,I too usually do not recall much after an exam,but i think what helped here was that this exam was so hard for me and i went through the questions again and again (just staring at them blankly:o )and went through the whole exam thrice.This helped me recall a lot i guess
Adoncia

[kckusek]

Hi Adoncia,

Congratulations, you are up and running again. Happy to hear it went well!!!

kckusek

[barcotta]

Terrific. Thanks for all your help. I'll study up some more tonight and cross my fingers for tomorrow. Thanks!