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A listed company's secretarial team wants a system that gathers routine transaction data from sales, purchase and accounts departments and converts it into structured periodic reports for middle management. Which description best fits the role of a Management Information System (MIS) here?

An MIS takes internal and external data, processes it into organised, timely information and supports managers in planning, control and decision-making. It is not mere storage of raw transactions, nor a replacement for human judgement, nor a security tool.

  1. AA system that only stores raw transactions without any summarisation
  2. BA system that processes internal and external data into organised information to support managerial planning, control and decision-makingCorrect
  3. CA system that replaces all human decision-making with automated rules
  4. DA system used exclusively for network firewall configuration

Explanation

An MIS collects data, processes it and presents it as information useful for planning, control and decisions at the management level. Option A describes plain data storage, which is only the input side. Option C is wrong because MIS supports, not replaces, managers.

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