Which system is designed to support group activities such as brainstorming and voting?

• A. Group Support System
• B. Decision Support System
• C. Executive Information System
• D. Geographic Information System

Answer: (A)

This item focuses on how information systems support collaborative group work, especially activities like brainstorming and voting. A Group Support System is built specifically to help groups gather ideas, discuss them, and make decisions together. It provides features such as electronic brainstorming, shared idea capture, threaded or chat discussions, and voting or ranking to surface opinions and reach consensus. It also often supports anonymity to encourage participation and keeps a record of ideas and decisions for later review, whether participants are co-located or dispersed. Others serve different purposes: a Decision Support System helps with data analysis and modeling for individual or small-team decisions, an Executive Information System targets high-level dashboards for top management, and a Geographic Information System handles spatial data and mapping.