ICANManagement InformationInformation Systems in Business2023

A Nigerian bank implements an Artificial Intelligence-based fraud detection system that analyses real-time transaction patterns and alerts compliance officers when anomalies are detected. This system is BEST classified as which type of information system?

ATransaction Processing System (TPS)
BManagement Information System (MIS)
CIntelligent Knowledge-Based System (Expert System)CORRECT
DOffice Automation System (OAS)
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Why the answer is C, and why the others tempt you.
An AI-based system that applies learned rules and pattern recognition to diagnose anomalies and recommend actions mimics expert human judgment, which is the defining characteristic of an Intelligent Knowledge-Based (Expert) System. A TPS merely records transactions, an MIS produces structured periodic reports, and an OAS supports clerical and administrative tasks — none of these involve expert reasoning or inference engines.
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