System's Analysis Exam 2

If group members work alone in the beginning of the project and then pool the ideas with guidance, they are participating in ________.

A nominal group technique

Project identification and selection is also known as ________.

A preproject step

Resource estimates may need to be revised based upon the skills of the actual person (or people) assigned to a particular ________.

Activity

An effective way to gather information about the system from users is ________.

Asking them questions

What is the term that describes the best estimate of a project's scope, benefits, cost, and resources?

Baseline project plan

Why is PIP challenging?

Because it turns a vague system request into a project description

Which option identifies the point at which benefits equal costs?

Break-Even analysis

All of the following are included in the baseline project report except ________.

Conclusion

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a network diagram?

Connecting arrows are not used.

________ is NOT a skill pertaining to the technical problem solving activity of a project manager.

Contact point for payroll team

________ is/are the rate at which money can be borrowed.

Cost of Capital

Which of the following is NOT a part of project initiation?

Create a project budget

What information do the objectives cover in an interview guide?

Data collection questions

All of the following are tangible benefits except ________.

Decreased flexibility

A ________ is an end product of an SDLC phase.

Deliverable

Which is the first activity in the project planning phase?

Describing project scope, alternatives, and feasibility

Which feasibility category deals with identifying financial benefits associated with the project?

Economic

What of the following is NOT a purpose for a baseline project plan?

Eliminate Risks

Which of the following is an example of a tangible benefit?

Error reduction in data entry

Which of the following is NOT a component of PERT?

Evolution

________ and ________ are the two types of prototypes.

Evolutionary; throwaway

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

Executing the Baseline Project Plan

A common legal and contractual development in new application development is ________.

Expanding software licenses

Failure to integrate the new system with the old system is an example of ________.

Failure to assess and manage risks

A network diagram depicts a Gantt chart. (T/F)

False

A project with high risk may not be conducted.

False

Analysts only use systems requirements to determine future needs.

False

Business process reengineering is a management fad that disappeared in the 1990s.

False

Creative design and development is a part of the marketing Web-based system costs. (T/F)

False

Every project uses all of the project initiation activities.

False

Evolutionary prototyping is used to model parts of the system, and if it is unsuccessful you throw away the system.

False

In project initiation, the developer performs several activities to assess the size, scope, and complexity of the project and to establish procedures to support subsequent activities.

False

In the eXtreme Programming Planning Game, the business reviews progress in the Commitment phase.

False

Interpreting system requests and specifications is not a skill required as part of the customer relations activity for a project manager.

False

It is better to gather information from people, because they are always reliable.

False

Open ended questions have a pre-specified answer.

False

Operational feasibility deals with project duration. (T/F)

False

Small projects do not have any risk.

False

Small projects do not have any risk. (T/F)

False

A ________, which is conducted by the project manager, involves determining if the information system makes sense for the organization from an economic and operational standpoint.

Feasibility Study

Which of the following is NOT a factor in determining legal and contractual feasibility?

Financial Budgets

________ is NOT a skill pertaining to the management activity of a project manager.

Forecasting

________ are recognized in official documentation of the organization.

Formal systems

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

Free Slack

The baseline project plan has all of the primary objectives except ________.

Helps provide the budget

A Gantt chart is the graphical representation of a project that shows each task as a ________ bar whose length is proportional to its time for completion.

Horizontal

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

Horizontal Bar

What is a possible outcome of NGT?

Ideas for a new system

What is the first step in the BPR effort?

Identify the key processes.

If a systems analyst is questioning everything, they are showing the ________ characteristic.

Imperitance

Which of the following is a primary way to gather information?

Interviewing

Which part of the baseline project report contains an outline of the recommended course of action?

Introduction

Which of the following is a FALSE statement regarding the Project Scope Statement?

It is a description of the alternative solution.

Which of the following is NOT a fact about JAD?

It was started in the late 1970s by Google.

Which of the following is a guideline for presentation design in making an effective presentation?

Keep it simple

Influencing the activities of others toward the attainment of a common goal through the use of intelligence, personality, and abilities refers to the ________ activity of a project manager.

Leadership

Getting projects completed through the effective utilization of resources is a ________ activity of a project manager.

Management

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

Market Conditions

All of the following are examples of computer-based documents except ________.

Memos

________ is NOT a skill pertaining to the conflict management activity of a project manager.

Monitoring

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

Months

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

Observing

A new hardware purchase is classified as a(n) ________.

One-Time cost

Which feasibility is concerned with the project attaining its desired objectives?

Operational Feasability

Tasks that are ________ in scope will provide a clear sense of the status of the project or of the interdependencies between tasks.

Optimal

Which of the following is an example of a procurement IS cost?

Organizational Disruptions

All of the following are part of project planning except ________.

Organizing the Team

What typically does the first day entail in the JAD?

Overview of major problems

What is an example of a project assumption?

Potential Problems

Which option below is NOT an issue that occurs when analyzing work procedures?

Procedures that match information collected from interviews

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

Project Management

What is the next step taken after project initiation?

Project Planning

The project charter will never include which of the following?

Project budget

During ________, the project manager performs several activities to assess the size, scope, and complexity of the project and to establish procedures to support subsequent activities.

Project initiation

Which of the following is NOT a contemporary method of collecting system requirements?

Reading user manuals

All of the following are documents that are helpful in understanding future systems, except ________.

Reports from future organizational studies

The following is NOT an example of a type of feasibility study.

Resource Feasability

Which of the following is FALSE with respect to resource estimation activity?

Resource estimates may need not be revised based upon the skills of the actual person (or people) assigned to a particular activity.

At the end of the project planning phase, ________ of the Baseline Project Plan is conducted to double-check all information in the plan.

Review

Each organization has to decide its acceptable project mix of ________.

Risks

Which type of feasibility deals with project duration?

Schedule Feasability

Which of the following is NOT true during the first 48 hours after an interview?

Schedule a follow up interview.

Which type of feasibility deals with project duration?

Schedule feasibility

What is the primary disadvantage of a group interview?

Scheduling

All of the following are categories of feasibility except ________.

Scope

If you are entering diagrams into a CASE tool during a JAD, you are probably the ________.

Scribe

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

How many activities are involved in the project initiation phase?

Six

Nodes not on the critical path contain ________ time and allow the project manager some flexibility in scheduling.

Slack

Which of the following is a disadvantage of closed ended questions?

Some answers do not fit in the given answers.

Which of the following is NOT true with respect to determining project standards and procedures?

Specifies the budget and resource allocation

Which of the following is NOT a consideration during the assessing technical feasibility stage?

System Cost

Which of the following is NOT an example of a recurring cost?

System conversion

Who is typically responsible for performing the PIP process?

System's Analyst

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

Team Management

Which of the options below means the organization has the ability to build the requested system?

Technical Feasability

________ are used by project managers to depict resource utilization by task.

Textual Reports

Which of the following is NOT source of information for deliverables?

The News

Which of the following is NOT a common source used to find out about the current issues in a system?

The new systems analyst

The first page of the interview guide contains all of the following except ________.

The outcome of the interview

In systems analysis, which of the following is NOT a component you need to understand?

The size of the budget

Which term below means that money available today is worth more than the same amount tomorrow?

Time Value of Money

Which of the following is NOT an example of an economic cost-benefit analysis technique?

Time value of money

What is the primary purpose of JAD?

To gather systems requirements simultaneously

Which of the following is NOT a way informal systems develop?

Top management does not mandate it.

________ refers to the amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the completion of the project.

Total Slack

An example of a project manager leadership activity is helping the team work towards a common goal.

True

As analyst you want to pick normal and abnormal conditions when observing employees.

True

BPR advocates believe radical increases in the quality of business processes can be accomplished with IT.

True

Building an economic case for a project is an open ended activity. (T/F)

True

Determining requirements for an Internet-based system is not different than for other applications.

True

Development of an executive support system is an example of risky project.

True

In an interview, once you skip a question you can return to it.

True

In some organizations, the project manager is a very experienced systems analyst, whereas in others, both junior and senior analysts are expected to take on this role, managing parts of a project or actively supporting a more senior colleague who assumes the project manager role.

True

JAD stands for joint application design and is an intense, highly structured process.

True

Logic and timing are the rules by which data are transformed and manipulated.

True

Problem solving is a skill required in the conflict management activity for a project manager. (T/F)

True

Systems development projects are undertaken for two primary reasons: to take advantage of business opportunities and to solve business problems.

True

Systems development projects are undertaken for two primary reasons: to take advantage of business opportunities and to solve business problems. (T/F)

True

Task cards are grouped together is a step in the agile method.

True

The most widely used method for cost estimation is COCOMO. (T/F)

True

The project charter is a short (typically one page), high-level document prepared for the customer that describes what the project will deliver and outlines many of the key elements of the project.

True

When projects are across departments with different objectives, it may be difficult to get parties to agree on the direction of the project. (T/F)

True

With throwaway prototyping there is never an intention to create a working system.

True

What makes all projects feasible?

Unlimited resource and infinite time

Which of the following is NOT true about project closedown?

Unnatural termination of a project can never happen.

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

Unnecessarily Complex

Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of not managing risks?

Unqualified Project Management

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for better cost estimation?

Update estimates at the end of the project

Which of the following is a less risky approach to the technical parts of a project?

Using standard technology

________ are peer group reviews of products created via the systems development process.

Walk-Throughs

Which of the following is an example of an open ended question?

What is the main issue with the current computer system?

When are forms most useful to the analyst?

When they contain organizational data

Which of the following is a situation in which prototyping is useful for requirements determination?

When tools and data are rapidly available to working systems

Which of the following is NOT a question asked to determine if project initiation and planning has ended and analysis has begun?

Who is going to pay for PIP?

________ is the process of dividing the project into manageable tasks and logically ordering them to ensure a smooth evolution between tasks.

Work breakdown structure

________ is NOT a common skill pertaining to the leadership activity of a project manager.

Working on assigned activities