CISP111 midterm

Which of the following is not an example of open source software?

Excel

Which firm is best known for ERP software solutions?

SAP

Which of these is a traditional mythology used to develop, maintain, and replace information systems?

SDLC

________ are common in concurrent real time systems in which several objects operate in parallel.

a synchronous

Resource estimates may need to be revised based upon the skills of the actual person assigned to a particular _________.

activity

The overall IS plan may influence ______.

all development projects

______ is designed to support organizational functions or processes.

application software

When 2 _____'s have the same data flow name you must be careful that these flows are exactly the same.

arrow

According to DFD the data flow is always depicted by _______.

arrows

If an analystis can recognize that all of the facts must fit with every other fact the analysis is displaying _________.

attention to detail

A baseline project plan has all of the primary objective except ______

budget

Which of the following is not a feature of PERT?

budget

The overall process by which current methods are replaced with new methods are referred to as ________.

business process

The key BPMN stands for ______.

business process modeling notation

If a project has a small or narrow focus it was most likely chosen by ________.

business unit

Which of the following is not a phase in the rational unified process?

calculation

Which of the following is not a way to manage project risks?

changing the budget

If an organization is using applications through a 3rd party vendor in a remote location what type of software are they most likely using?

cloud computing

When do the executives develop a mission statement?

corporate strategic planning

Which of the following is an example of an intangible cost?

customer goodwill

A ______ is a picture of the movement of a database between external entities and the process and data stores within a system.

data flow diagram

A ______ is an end product of an SDLC phase.

deliverable

Which is the 1st activity in the project planning phase?

describing project scope, alternatives, and feasibility

_____ is the final output form the analysis phase.

description of solution

Which of the following are delivered after completion of the planning phase?

description of the system and where problems and opportunities are with a general recommendation.

Which of the following is not a useful document in the analysis process?

emails

_____ are large complex systems that consist of a series of independent system modules.

enterprise wide

Which of the following is not a possible outcome decision for a project?

evaluate

Which of the following is the first activity in the project execution phase?

executing the baseline project plan

The _______ in business process modeling shows the sequence of actions in a process.

flow

__________ is not a skill pertaining to the management activity of a project manager

forecast

________ are recognized in official documentation of the organization.

formal systems

_____ refers to the amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the start of any immediately following tasks.

free slack

Which type of project should companies not have too many of?

high risk

The term ____ is used when a project is reviewed after each stage to determine its continuance

incremental commitment

No process can have only _______ and if an object has only that it must be something.

input

_______ current system users is a more direct way of seeing how an existing system operates.

intergui

Functional decomposition is a _______ process.

iterative

A blank diagram is a dfd that is generated from an n nested decomposition's level 0?

level N

In which design phase of the SDLC are all functional features of the system chosen for development in analysis described independent of any computer platform?

logical

Which of the following is not an example of a system description?

management issues

Which of the following is not a source of requirements gathering for the systems analyst?

market conditions

A ______ clearly states what business a company is in.

mission statement

Most project management software tools support a broad range of task durations including minutes, hours, days, weeks, and ______.

months

What is the practice of us firms contracting with countries in Latin America?

near shoring

Which of the following is not a major categories of sources of software?

off shore

How does an organization break criteria for choosing off the shelf software?

organizational requirements

Which of the following is a reason why a company may outsource certain operations.

outsource non-core IT

If a company has a generic software need they should consider acquiring the software from a ______.

packaged software producer

What is not part of a decision table?

policies

What is an example of a project assumption?

potential problems

Project identification and selection is also known as ______.

preproject step

Which of the following activities happens in the SDLC planning phase?

presentation of why the system should or should not move forward

During _________, the project manager preforms several activities to assess the size, scope, and complexity of the project and to establish procedures to support subsequence activities.

project initiation

______ is a controlled process of initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project.

project management

_________is the process of defining clear activities necessary to complete activities in a single process.

project planning

Which tool enables you to quickly take basic requirements and create a limited working system?

prototype

Which of the following is not a common criteria when choosing off the shelf software?

reputation of firm

__________ need to be managed in order to be minimized.

risk

Identifying assesing and managing the risks and day to day changes that occur during a project is attributed to _______.

risk in change management

Which of the following is a firm that specializes in cloud computing?

salesforce.com

What is the primary deliverable in the initial part of the planning phase?

schedule of specific IS development projects

What is the final activity in the project identification and selection process?

selecting an IS project

Information systems planning includes all of the following steps except ______.

selection of project

A ______ diagram depicts the interactions among objects during a certain period of time.

sequence

A project scope statement can be used to _________.

serve as a contract

The critical path represents the _____ time in which a project can be completed.

shortest

Which group chooses projects that most often reflect the larger needs of the organization?

steering committee

Which of the following is an example of a project coming from a top down source?

steering committee

Which of the following is not a primary activity in project identification?

stopping projects

A _______ lists what it takes to satisfy stake holders if they use case is completed successfully.

success guarantee

A _______ in a business process modeling is a way to visually encapsulate a process.

swim lane

The _____ outlines possible alternative solutions.

system description

SDLC

system development life cycle

Who has the primary responsibility for the design and analysis of information systems?

systems analyst

Who is typically responsible for preforming the PIP process?

systems analyst

Most origination's find it beneficial to use a standard set of steps called ________ to develop and support their information systems.

systems development methodology

Managing the project team for effective team performance represents a _______ activity of a project manager.

team management

______ is/ are the process(es) that an analyst will follow to help ensure work is complete, well done, and understood by project team members.

techniques

Which of the following is not a reason a project would be removed from the project selection list?

the IS department thinks it is hard

Which of the following issues should be addressed when considering reuse?

the analysts ability when using objects

Which is a true statement regarding the SDLC?

the life cycle can be thought of as a circular process in which the end of one leads to the beginning of another.

Which of the following is a new, faster, and more flexible technique for analysis gathering requirements?

the planning game

How have organizations traditionally allocated IS resources?

through attempts to solve organizational problems

Why would an IS manager request an IS development project

to move new operating model

Which of the following is a function of the IT service firm?

to run applications to customers

What are computer programs that make it easy to use and benefit from techniques and to faithfully follow the guidelines of the overall development methodology?

tools

Which approach to planning begins with an analysis of an organizations mission?

top down planning

What refers to the amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the completion of the project?

total slack

Defining tasks in too much detail will make the management of the project ______.

unnecessary

A data flow to a data store means what?

update

Who must review the baseline project plan before it moves to the next phase of SDLC?

users, managers, development group

_________ are peer group reviews of products created via the system development process

walk through

The _______ is a document written to describe how a particular job is preformed.

work procedure

_________ is off the shelf software that can not be modified to meet the specific needs of an origination

Turnkey

Which of the following is the best known agile development methodology?

X-tream programming