alleryStart learning →A decision support system helps managers by doing what?
ARecording each sale as it is transacted
BUsing interactive models of real-world processes
CPrinting the payroll for the whole workforce
DBlocking unauthorized access to the network
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Using interactive models of real-world processes
1. A decision support system helps managers make decisions using interactive computer models.
2. Those models describe real-world processes.
3. The system uses data from the internal database but looks for the specific data relating to the problem at hand.
4. Recording sales, running payroll, and blocking access belong to other systems.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 13 "Using Technology to Manage Information", section 13.3 Decision Support Systems_
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