MIS

The systems analyst plays a key role in SDLC as someone who analyzes the business situation, identifies opportunities for improvements and designs an information system to implement the improvements.

True

Use Cases give more detail about requirements.

True

which of the following is not an incorporate special technique for Rapid Application Development

V-Model

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

Systems analyst

Joint Application Development is proven to reduce scope creep because participants understand the process of identifying requirements.

True

Logical process models describe processes without suggesting how they are conducted.

True

New requirements are added to the project after the original project scope was defined and 'frozen'. This is called scope creep.

True

System compatibility refers to the idea that two systems can work together with the ability to share hardware, software, and data.

True

The Throwaway Prototyping methodology is not the best method for creating release version 1.0 for users.

True

The goal of the Analysis Phase is to develop a clear understanding of the new system's requirements.

True

The job of a system analyst is often challenging due to lack of consideration by management, end-user mistakes and demands, the constantly changing technological environment, and unrealistic deadlines.

True

The most commonly used requirements gathering technique is the interview.

True

It is very difficult to address changing requirements once a project begins.

True

Define Joint Application Development (JAD).

A and B

A nonfunctional requirement should be:

All of the above

Which would normally NOT be a reason for a project?

An open source platform has just come on the market

The JAD method is often used during the _______ phases of SDLC.

Analysis

Which was NOT given as a method for determining business requirements?

Benchmarking

Moderate changes to existing processes falls under the _________ analysis.

Business Process Improvement (BPI)

All of the following are strengths of Questionnaires as a requirements technique except:

Can see what is being done

What is the first step to staffing?

Determine the average number of staff needed for the project

Which of the following is NOT a step included in the basic process of analysis?

Exclude relevant information from the past

Generally 'system requirements' are developed in the analysis phase and evolve to more technical 'business requirements' in the design phase.

False

One must wait a long time before there is "visible" evidence of the new system is a strength of the waterfall methodology.

False

One of the final activities of an analyst is to determine the business requirements for the new system

False

Parallel Methodology is the project methodology that takes the longest to complete.

False

Systems Analysis and Design projects are almost always effective, with less than 5% of all projects canceled or abandoned.

False

The most commonly used requirements elicitation technique is NOT the interview.

False

To get to more depth in understanding the as-is system, document analysis and observation generally are more beneficial as compared to interviews and JAD sessions.

False

When compared to a systems analyst, the business analyst will not identify how the system will provide business value.

False

Which is an example of a Functional Requirement

Information the system should provide as the user performs a tas

State a characteristic of electronic JAD or e-JAD.

Members can contribute anonymously

Which one of these does NOT cause risk?

None of the above

RAD is an acronym for:

Rapid Application Development

When asking "Are the project sponsors, users, or organizational managers anxious to see progress?" one is considering the

Schedule visibility

A critical success factor in project management is to:

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

The V-model pays more explicit attention to ___________:

Testing

Which is NOT true for systems analysts?

They are the project sponsors for system proposals

A system request document describes the business reasons for building a system and the value that the system is expected to provide.

True

Each use case contains a fairly complete description of all the activities that occur in response to a trigger event.

True

Each use case has a name and a number.

True

Extreme Programming (XP) emphasizes customer satisfaction and teamwork

True

Functional requirements specify the support the system will provide to the user in fulfilling his/her work tasks.

True

Generally beginning analysts should avoid unstructured interviews and likewise should avoid "winging it".

True

Which of the following is NOT a part of the use case

experiments

Which of the following is a temporal trigger of a Use Case?

library book is due

Which of the following is done in design phase

present to steering committee

A requirements definition statement is a straightforward text report that simply lists the functional and nonfunctional requirements in an outline format.

true

Nonfunctional requirements can be defined as the quality attributes, design, and implementation constraints, and external interfaces which a product must have.

true

the actor of a use case can be another software system or a hardware device that interacts with the system to achieve a useful goal.

true