MIS 306 Final
Ralph wants to illustrate how a system interacts with the environment. The best solution for him would be to use a ________:
use case
Destination would be described on a use case in which of the following areas?:
Major outputs
many things can cause risk on a project
true
Projects can be classified by: size, cost, purpose, length, programming language and hardware platform.
False
Ramona is preparing an economic feasibility study. She is calculating the payback period. She is calculating:
Break-even point
Extreme Programming (XP) is BEST characterized as:
A method for stressing customer satisfaction
Austin is a systems analyst. Which of the follow people might be the most valuable to him in developing a use case for an accounts payable system upgrade?
Amy, a team manager in the accounts payable department
Kallie is creating use cases, data flow diagrams and entity relationship diagrams. In what phase of the SDLC would she do this?
Analysis
Michaela is a systems analyst who is determining business requirements. What would most likely be the SDLC phase for her?
Analysis
Wayne is a senior director of finance. His company only recently came under Sarbanes-Oxley regulations and is the project sponsor to become compliant. He realizes that examining the as-is system may not be much help as the regulations are so radical that a major analysis and design project must be completed to make the company compliant. He is leaning towards: ______________
Business Process Reengineering
Chang is working on "How will this system work". What SDLC phase is he in?
Design
PCM Incorporated will need to purchase new servers for a system. This would be a:
Development cost
Linda is a clerk in the accounting department. She was interviewed by David and is excited about the proposed system that will utilize electronic funds transfer. This would be an example of ______.
Intangible benefit
Rocky is dealing one-on-one with users and business managers (including some that have little experience with technology). He is demonstrating what system analyst skill?
Interpersonal
Agile development is a group of programming-centric methodologies that focus on:
Streamlining the SDLC
Because the cost can be immense, _________ is one of the most critical steps in implementation.
Testing
Marta has asked the users of a system to picture themselves performing the processes and to write down those processes in a sequential order. She should get a good idea of ________.
The major steps for each use case
which is probably not true about use cases
They illstrate what starts (or triggers) an event
Developing navigation methods, database and file specifications and what architecture to use would occur in the design phase of the SDLC.
True
Parallel methodology is BEST characterized as
a series of versions
jona's project is to take a fairly straight-forward manual process and make it an electronic process. This will make the processing more efficient. Which of the following requirements analysis strategies is she using?
business process automation
which is propably not true about biulding use cases
major costs are analyzed
Determining business requirements is generally done in the planning phase of the SDLC.
false
Systems analysts are generally experts in business, finance and application development. False
false
The science (or art) of project management is setting a schedule and sticking to it no matter what - even if that includes working weekends and adding staff to reach the deadline on time False
false
after conducting the feasibility analysis in the planning phase, if it is determined that the orgnazaition will use the new system
false
during the analysis phase, requirements are written
false
projects can be classified by size, cost, purpose, cost
false
Which of the following is probably NOT a step for writing a use case?
identify the analyst
which is true about IT projects
most it departments face a demand for It Projects
Which of the following is probably NOT a part of most use cases?
secondary actor
The V-model pays more explicit attention to ___________: Testing
testing
Garrett has been told by management that his project MUST be completed on time. His best estimates are more than two weeks after the absolute deadline. Which technique could he use to get a functional system on time?
timeboxing
The science (or art) of project management is in making ___________ of size, time and cost. Trade-offs
trade-offs
A Use Case is a formal way of representing how a business system interacts with its environment.
true
A critical success factor for project management is to start with a realistic assessment of the work that needs to be accomplished
true
Online loan companies (like LendingTree) attempt to return quotes for loans within an hour. With more traditional banks, getting a quote on a loan may take weeks to a month.
true
The question 'Can we build it' is asked in the planning phase.
true
a work plan is a dynamic schedule that records and keeps track of all the tasks that need to be accomplished over the course of the project
true
each use case contains a fairly complete descirption
true
systems analysts skills include: technology, team efoort
true
the SDLC is the process of determining how an information system runs
true
Omar is an analyst building a use case. Which of the following project roles might be the most important in terms of getting information about building the use case?
users