The Principal Difference Between an Executive Information System (EIS) and a Decision

question 49

Multiple Choice

The principal difference between an executive information system (EIS) and a decision support system (DSS) is that an EIS:

• A) suggests to the user the best choice from among alternative courses of action whereas the DSS merely provides information that could assist in making the decision
• B) is primarily about collecting and presenting information without doing additional processing or calculations
• C) uses both external and internal data whereas a DSS does not
• D) employs decision models whereas a DSS does not

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