SA&D

Which of the following is NOT a part of the project management process? Planning Initiating Adjoining Executing

Adjoining

Which of the below is NOT considered as the principle as per the agile manifesto? Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility. Businesspeople and developers work separately throughout the project. Working software is the primary measure of progress. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.

Businesspeople and developers work separately throughout the project.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of PERT? Uses optimistic estimate Uses realistic estimate Calculates budget for a project Uses pessimistic estimate

Calculates budget for a project

Which of the following is an organization that hosts and runs computer applications for other companies, typically on a per use or license basis? Cloud computing application provider A software analyst The Internet ERP firm

Cloud computing application provider

Keith, the VP of Engineering, decides to put Joseph in charge of a new project because of his ________ skills. The members of that time are known to have clashing personalities and frequent disagreements. Risk management Conflict management Technical problem solving Change management

Conflict management

________ is NOT a skill pertaining to the customer relations activity of a project manager. Contact point for developers Interpreting system requests Interpreting system specifications User training

Contact point for developers

Which of the following is NOT a component on the typical information systems plan? Corporation history Informational inventory The short-term plan Constraints on IS development

Corporation history

Under the five critical factors "Thrives in a culture where people feel comfortable and empowered by having many degrees of freedom" is related to which factor? Personnel Culture Size Dynamism

Culture

Which of the following is FALSE with respect to the Gantt chart and network diagram? A. Gantt charts visually show the time overlap of tasks, whereas a network diagram does not show time overlap but does show which tasks could be done in parallel. B. Some forms of Gantt charts can visually show slack time available within an earliest start and latest finish duration. C. Gantt charts visually show the duration of tasks, whereas a network diagram visually shows the sequence dependencies between tasks. D. Gantt charts visually show the time overlap of tasks, whereas a network diagram shows time overlap but does show which tasks could be done in parallel.

D. Gantt charts visually show the time overlap of tasks, whereas a network diagram shows time overlap but does show which tasks could be done in parallel.

The second activity in the ISP process is ________. Develop the logical design Develop a transition strategy and plans Describe the target situation, trends, and constraints Describe the current situation

Describe the target situation, trends, and constraints

Which is the first activity in the project planning phase? Describing project scope, alternatives, and feasibility Identifying and assessing risk Creating a preliminary budget Setting a baseline project plan

Describing project scope, alternatives, and feasibility

Which best describes facilitated reuses? Developers are mandated to reuse documentation. Developers are not required to practice reuse, but are encouraged to do so. Developers practice reuse when they desire. Developers are required to practice reuse.

Developers are not required to practice reuse, but are encouraged to do so.

When do executives develop a mission statement? At the beginning of the fiscal year During the board of director meeting During corporate strategic planning At the beginning of the project

During corporate strategic planning

What of the following is NOT a purpose for a baseline project plan? Decide if a project should be rejected A depository for information collected during initiation Resources are more quantifiable Eliminate risks

Eliminate risks

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of top management when choosing an IS project selection? Faster development Enterprise wide consideration Largest project size Strategic focus

Faster development

Georgia was contacted by the CEO to research if adding a new data center makes sense for the organization from an economic and operational stand point. Georgia agreed to perform a(n) ________. Feasibility study System enhancement study End product A systems service request

Feasibility study

________ refers to the tasks the software can perform and the mandatory, essential, and desired system features. Ease of installation Functionality Documentation Vendor support

Functionality

________ refers to the tasks the software can perform and the mandatory, essential, and desired system features. Response time Documentation Functionality Vendor support

Functionality

To construct the Gantt chart, a ________ is drawn for each activity that reflects its sequence and duration. Vertical line Horizontal line Horizontal bar Vertical bar

Horizontal bar

In choosing an off-the-shelf software solution and the supported task is generic, which type of software package would you use? Packaged software producer IT Service firms Open-source software In-house developers

Packaged software producer

What is the first phase of the SDLC method? Design Planning Analysis Maintenance

Planning

If an organization is looking at classifying a project based on the extent to which the project is viewed as improving customer service, the evaluation criteria is ________. Resource availability Potential benefits Project size Technical difficulty

Potential benefits

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Evolutionary model of the SDLC process? Planning Analysis Design Procedure

Procedure

________ is/are the process(es) that an analyst will follow to help ensure that his work is complete, well-done, and understood by project team members. Techniques Tools Methodologies Data flow

Techniques

Which of the following is NOT a reason a project would be removed from the project selection list? The IS department feels it is too difficult to implement Inconsistency with overall objectives Unnecessary Redundant functionality

The IS department feels it is too difficult to implement

________ is/are off-the-shelf software systems that cannot be modified to meet the specific, individual needs of a particular organization. Custom software Open source systems In-house designs Turnkey systems

Turnkey systems

Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of not managing risks? Inaccurate duration times Unqualified project management Failure to achieve appropriate system performance levels Inaccurate cost estimates

Unqualified project management

All of the following are types of vendor support except ________. installation software selection user training assistance after installation

software selection

Which is the fourth phase in a SDLC cycle? Maintenance Implementation Design Analysis

Implementation

The term ________ is used when a project is reviewed after each stage to determine its continuance. Project re-planning Reevaluation Incremental commitment Project continuance

Incremental commitment

All of the following are needed to calculate time present value except ________. Years from now Amount Discount rate Inflation rate

Inflation rate

To successfully orchestrate the construction of a complex information system, a project manager must have ________, leadership, and technical skills. Interpersonal Executing Initiating Planning

Interpersonal

Which Porter strategy deals with competing in an industry on the basis of products to the consumer? Product Focus Product differentiation Low cost producer Value added

Low cost producer

Projects produce ________ that are often reviewed by people outside the team. Milestones Life cycles Systems Methodologies

Milestones

________ is/are often called the third approach to systems development, after the process-oriented and data-oriented approaches. Objects Inheritance Object-oriented analysis and design Participatory design

Object-oriented analysis and design

Which document outlines all work required to complete the project? Feasibility document Baseline project plan Business plan Project scope document

Project scope document

Which of the following is a criticism of the software development life cycle? Life-cycle reliance has created a lack of documentation for the system. The life-cycle is too short to create meaningful applications. There it too much feedback in between phases causing the projects to take too long to complete. Reliance on the life-cycle approach has forced dynamic processes into time phases doomed to fail.

Reliance on the life-cycle approach has forced dynamic processes into time phases doomed to fail.

What is the final activity in the project identification and selection process? Delete the project Producing the IS project Implementing the IS project Selecting an IS project

Selecting an IS project

________ is the software reuse step that involves making software assets available for others to use. Component based development Designed reuse Storage Abstraction

Storage

Which of the following is NOT a consideration during the assessing technical feasibility stage? System size System cost System complexity System target hardware

System cost

Joshua is working on the Baseline Project Plan. He is working on the outline of alternative solutions to be included in the ________ portion of the project plan. Introduction Feasibility assessment Management issues System description

System description

Who has the primary responsibility for the design and analysis of information systems? Applications developer Systems analyst Software engineer Employees

Systems analyst