CIS 3150 (Q1 +Q2)

An example of a functional requirement is _________

a) Access to the customer order system

The primary actor in a use case is generally:

a) An external user of the system

Myles is studying a system to lessen the number of complaints about the Help Desk. He has formally studied the service counter at Wal-Mart, Target and Kohl's department stores; as well as listened in to complaint phone calls to a hotel booking site. He is trying to see how other organizations work at lessening complaints and also how they handle complaints. This would be what type of analysis?

Informal benchmarking

What is probably NOT a part of a Use Case? a) Name b) Number c) Trigger d) Major inputs e) Statement of business value

e) Statement of business value

6. Which is generally NOT true of non-functional requirements?

e) Systems may need to have actual expenses from global operations

Which would generally NOT be taken into consideration for project portfolio management in an organization?

The number of financially feasible projects

The line between analysis and design is sometimes very blurry. One reason is that _____:

e) the deliverables are really the first step in the design of the new system

System prototyping is BEST characterized as:

A 'Quick and Dirty' system

Throwaway prototyping is BEST characterized as:

A method for exploring design alternatives

Parallel methodology is BEST characterized as:

A series of versions

Which is NOT a purpose of the requirements definition?

Create cost/benefit analysis

The authors suggest that an analyst is 'very much like a ____________' and business users are like elusive suspects.

Detective

Which of the following might result in version 1; version 2 (etc.) of a system?

Iterative Development

Which is probably NOT true about building use cases? a) Analysts are involved b) Users are involved c) Major processes are analyzed d) Major costs are analyzed e) External or internal triggers are analyzed

Major costs are analyzed

. Which is a true statement about IT projects?

Most IT departments face a demand for IT projects that far exceed the ability to do them.

Which of the following project roles would serve as a primary point of contact for a project?

Project sponsor

. Which is NOT suggested for IT development projects?

Projects need to give a positive return on investment within four years

RAD is an acronym for:

Rapid Application Development

Which of the following project roles would focus on stakeholder requirements?

Requirements analyst

A critical success factor in project management is to:

Start with a realistic assessment of the work that needs to be done

8. According to the authors, in moving "from here to there", an analyst needs:

Strong critical thinking skills

1. The outcome of the analysis phase is the:

System proposal document

. Which of the following project roles would insure that the system conforms to information systems standards?

Systems analyst

Which of the following project roles would identify how technology can improve business processes?

Systems analyst

The V-model pays more explicit attention to

Testing

5. Which is NOT true for systems analysts?

They are the project sponsors for system proposals

Which is NOT true of use cases? a) They are formal ways of representing how a business system interacts with its environment b) They illustrates the activities that are performed by the users of the system c) They can be thought of as an external or functional view of a business process d) They illustrate what starts (or triggers) an event, all the people that are involved, and how the system provides value e) They sometimes are called 'business scenarios' (although 'use case' is generally preferred)

They illustrate what starts (or triggers) an event, all the people that are involved, and how the system provides value

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? a) Users b) Programmers c) Other analysts d) Project Sponsor e) Equipment vendors

a) Users

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?

b) Amy, a team manager in the accounts payable department

Another outcome of the planning phase is the:

b) Project plan

Which of the following is probably NOT a part of most use cases? a) Primary Actor b) Secondary Actor c) Major inputs descriptions d) Major steps performed e) Identification of the trigger

b) Secondary Actor

Which of the following will probably NOT be at a system walkthrough? a) User representatives b) Management representatives c) Computer Center director d) Key decision makers e) Analyst who prepared the system proposal

c) Computer Center director

. An example of a nonfunctional requirement is ____________

c) System can be used in any of 100 offices worldwide

3. The outcome of the design phase is the:

c) System specification document

Which of the following is probably NOT a step for writing a use case? a) Identify the use case b) Identify the major steps within each use case c) Identify elements within steps d) Identify the analyst e) Confirm the use case

d) Identify the analyst

2. The outcome of the planning phase is the:

d) System request document

9. Use cases are used to more fully delineate _____.

d) System requirements

A 'temporal' trigger might be which of the following:

d) The date changes to the first day of the month

. Which is NOT an attribute of a systems analyst?

e) Selecting which projects to approve

7. Which is NOT a requirements analysis strategy?

e) Understanding of screen design, layout and navigation