Week 5 Post Test

What are the basic aspects for structuring work processes in organizations?

-Allocating funds for training -Allocating funds for positive infrastructure -Defining how people assign meaning to events

What are the steps involved in preparing the technical aspects of the new system for operations?

-Install the software -Buy and install any needed hardware -Convert the data from the as-is system to the to-be system

Which of the following is an advantage of client-server architectures?

-They are reliable -They can support many different types of -clients and servers They are scalable

Which of the following are approaches to integration testing?

-User interface testing -Use scenario testing -Data flow testing -System interface testing

What are the correct order of steps of creating a physical data flow diagram?

1. Add implementation references 2. Draw a human-machine boundary 3. Add system-related data stores, data flows, and processes. 4. Update the data elements in the data flows 5. Update the metadata in the CASE repository

Consider the following steps: 1. Organize the interface using the ISD and site map. 2. Examine the DFDs and use cases to develop use scenarios. 3. Do an interface evaluation. 4. Design interface standards. 5. Create an interface design prototype. What is the correct order of steps for the user interface design process?

2.Examine the DFDs and use cases to develop use scenarios. 1. Organize the interface using the ISD and site map. 4. Design interface standards. 5. Create an interface design prototype. 3. Do an interface evaluation.

Which of the following is an example of capacity requirements?

A transaction will require the transmission of 300 K of data.

Which of the following steps are involved in the change management plan?

Assessing the cost and benefit models of potential adopters Revising management policies Enabling people to adopt through training Motivating adoption

Which of the following types of test is used for normal unit testing?

Black-box

Jack is going over financial numbers for a proposed project. Which of the following system analyst skills is he exhibiting currently?

Business

Joan's project is to take a fairly straightforward manual process and make it an electronic process. This will make the processing more efficient. Which of the following requirements analysis strategies will she use?

Business process automation

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

Consider the following description: A type of input validation that is used when an extra digit is added to a coded field to make sure the entered data is correct (like Social Security Numbers). What type of input validation is described in the given statement?

Check digit check

Paul is interviewing Ming. He first explains why he is there and what he wants to accomplish in the interview. This would be done in which step of the interview process?

Conducting the interview

Consider the following statement: A type of input validation that is used when all combinations of data are valid (like birth year is prior to marriage year). Which type of input validation is described in the given statement?

Consistency check

Andre has a diagram that shows only one process and external entities. Which of the following diagrams is he developing?

Context

What is the fourth step in the user interface design process?

Create an interface design prototype

What makes systems integration so difficult?

Finding ways to bring the data produced by the different packages and legacy systems

Which of the following are categorized as a NoSQL database?

Graph databases Document-oriented databases Extensible record stores Wide column stores

Consider the following statement: They are poor at helping users recognize precise numeric values and should be replaced by or combined with tables when precision is important. Which type of reports are referred to in the given statement?

Graphs

Hamid has selected one middle manager from each department that will be affected by the updated system and one lower-level manager from each department, along with a few senior staff as well as the project sponsor for a JAD session. He is trying to: _________

Have a broad mix of organizational levels in the JAD session

Which of the following activities are involved in project assessment?

Identify mistakes in the project and understand the causes of those mistakes Project team review with a focus on performance improvement System review of the costs that were initially used in starting the analysis

What are the steps for writing use cases?

Identify the use cases. Identify the major steps within each use case. Identify elements within steps. Confirm the use case.

Michael, a systems analyst, is preparing a closed wiki site for Northstate Bank. He has written permission from eight other companies to view their internal wiki sites, and also has approval from his manager and the project team to use these other sites for ideas and structure. This would be a form of:

Informal benchmarking

Consider the following example: 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. Which of the following terms related to economic feasibility is referred to in the given example?

Intangible benefit

Generally, most errors (defects) are found in which two testing periods?

Integration and system testing

Which of the following are general types of navigation controls for help topics?

Intelligent agent Table of contents Index Text search

Amy is planning on talking with a clerk and a manager in the accounts payable area, a manager in the procurement department, and two vendors. She is probably doing

Interview

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?

Intrepersonal

Which of the following statements are true about a use case?

It describes how an event triggers actions performed by the system and the user It helps analysts develop a more detailed understanding of the new system's functional requirements It depicts a set of activities performed to produce some output results

Which of the following methodologies will be most appropriate if you have a system project with somewhat unclear requirements, somewhat unfamiliar technologies that is complex, reasonably reliable, a short time schedule, and high schedule visibility?

Iterative

What are the disadvantages associated with an n-tiered architecture?

Its configuration puts a greater load on the network. It is much more difficult to program and test software

Which of the following data flow diagrams shows all the major processes at the first level of numbering (i.e., processes numbered 1 through 3), the data stores, external entities, and data flows among them?

Level 0

Jack is developing an ERD for a small dental practice office patient record system. The dental practice has three dentists, six hygienists, and many patients. A patient is always assigned to the same dentist for all appointments. In particular, he is working on the relationship between dentists and patients. Should it be:

One to many with a modality of not null

Which of the following are examples of relational database management system (RDBMS) software?

Oracle Microsoft SQL Server MySQL

What is the second step in the user interface design process?

Organize the interaface using the ISD and site map.

Consider the following project characteristics: The business need is common The skills are not strategic The time frame is short The given project characteristics influenced the choice of which system acquisition strategy?

Packaged system

Which of the following methodologies will be most appropriate if you have a system project with clear requirements, very familiar technologies, not all that complex, reasonably reliable, a short time schedule, and the schedule visibility is not important?

Parallel

Rafael, Fraud Unit Manager, has just received an interview report from Stefano, a systems analyst. Rafael was interviewed by Stefano, and was asked to make corrections and clarifications to the interview report. In what interview phase would this occur?

Post-interview follow-up

Vanessa has a data flow diagram with an item called 'Register for Class'. The item refers to which of the following?

Process

Marta wants to collect facts and opinions from a wide range of geographically dispersed people quickly and with the least expense. She would probably want to use:

Questionnaire

Which of the following tests ensures that all modules and programs work together without error?

System

Which of the following lists indicates the correct sequence of deliverables in a system specification document?

System Acquisition Weighted Alternative Matrix, Interface Design, Physical Data Model, Data Storage Design

Which of the following requirements can be defined as the extent to which the system will operate with other systems?

System integration

Becky is a systems analyst for Laswell Consulting. She is attending a three day intensive workshop on developing applications in php. What systems analyst skill is she working on?

Technical

Andrew, an analyst for PaxMedia Inc., has just learned that the business rules for a system he has been working on have changed. This means that _____.

The ERD components will have to be modified

When will you use the custom development strategy?

The business need is unique

What is the problem with using packaged systems?

The company has to accept the functionality that is provided by the system

Which of the following statements is true regarding a parallel conversion style?

The users have to enter data into both systems

Which of the following methodologies might be most appropriate if you have a system project with: unclear user requirements, unfamiliar technologies, very complex, must be reliable, a short to medium time schedule, and the schedule visibility is somewhat important?

Throwaway prototyping

Which of the following methodologies will be most appropriate if you have a system project with unclear user requirements, unfamiliar technologies, somewhat complex, needs to be reliable, time is not an issue, and the schedule visibility is somewhat important?

Throwaway prototyping

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

What is the goal of acceptance testing?

To confirm that the system is complete and meets the business needs

Which of the following tests focuses on a program or program module that performs a specific function that can be tested?

Unit

What is the fourth step in creating a physical data flow diagram?

Update the data elements in the data flows

Barton is an analyst developing a use case. Which of the following will probably be on his use case?

Use case name A use case number Source for the major inputs Type of trigger

Which of the following methodologies will be most appropriate if you have a system project with clear requirements, very familiar technologies, not at all that complex, must be reliable, a somewhat longer schedule, and the schedule visibility is not important?

V-model

Which of the following methodologies might be most appropriate if you have a system project with: clear requirements; very familiar technologies; not all that complex; reasonably reliable; a very long time schedule and the schedule visibility is not important?

Waterfall

Which of the following normal forms requires that the data model does not contain attributes that have repeating values for a single instance of any entity and that the data model leads to entities containing attributes that are dependent on the whole identifier?

2NF

Consider the following example: The Customer Service personnel will be able to read and create items in the customer file but cannot change or delete items.

Access control requirements

When putting individual components together for a structure chart you will need to identify the kinds of processes in a process model. What are those basic kinds of processes?

Afferent Central Efferent

Which of the following methodologies will be most appropriate if you have a system project with unclear requirements, very familiar technologies, not all that complex, reasonably reliable, a short time schedule, and the schedule visibility is somewhat important?

Agile development

Acceptance testing is generally done in which of the following stages?

Alpha Beta

Michaela is a systems analyst who is determining business requirements. What would most likely be the SDLC phase for her?

Analysis

What are the suggestions related to the designing of navigation controls to prevent the user from making mistakes?

Creating secondary menus when there are many similar choices on a menu Limiting choices Labeling commands and actions appropriately

Consider the following project characteristics: -The business need is unique -There is a desire to build in-house skills -The time frame is flexible The given project characteristics influenced the choice of which system acquisition strategy?

Custom development

Amy has created a context diagram. What one DFD component is probably not shown?

Data store

Chang is working on "How will this system work". What SDLC phase is he in?

Design

Kallie is creating use cases, data flow diagrams and entity relationship diagrams. In what phase of the SDLC would she do this?

Design

What is the second step in creating a physical data flow diagram (DFD)?

Draw a human-machine boundary

Consider the following example: A team of developers and customers are in close communication which involves frequent communication, simplicity, feedback, and courage. Which of the following methodologies is described in the given example?

Extreme programming

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

Which data flow diagram will have processes with one decimal place (like 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3) and might have flows coming in or going out that are not illustrated?

Level 1

Which data flow diagram will have sub-processes with numbers (like 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3) and also have flows coming in (or going out) that are not illustrated?

Level 2

Which of the following requirements can be defined as expected business changes to which the system should be able to adapt?

Maintainability

Which of the following elements provide basic information for the use case?

Name Number Trigger

Maria is working for the Minneapolis Dance Troop (MDT) and wants a database that can support text, numbers, video, and audio. Which of the following types of databases will she probably use?

NoSQL

Marco is working for iTunes and needs to have a database that can store complex data. Which type of database will be the best choice for him?

Object

The interview process has gone well. There are a few things that need clarification and what really happens when specific financial analysts use the system. Which of the following will be the best way to verify what will happen?

Observation of how the analysts do their work

Blaine is using a requirements eliciting technique that begins with non-threatening questions, avoids abbreviations, groups items into logically coherent sections, and might best be used with outside users. He probably is using:

Questionnaires

Omar is creating an order database for a multiple-site car dealership. The data will be fairly simple: names, addresses, city, state, zip code, make of car, model, style, color, etc. Probably the best choice for him would be a _____________ database.

Relational

Which of the following statements are true about an entity relationship diagram (ERD)?

Special symbols are added to the diagram to communicate high-level business rules Lines are drawn between entities to represent relationships among the data Similar kinds of information are listed together.

When will you use the packaged system acquisition strategy?

The project has a project manager who can coordinate the vendor's efforts

Which of the following is an example of multilingual requirements?

The system will operate in English, French, and Spanish

Which of the following is an example of nonfunctional requirement?

The system will run on Android mobile devices

Consider the following steps: a. Add implementation references b. Update the metadata in the CASE repository c. Draw a human-machine boundary d. Add system-related stores, data flows, and processes e. Update the data elements in the data flows Which step will be considered as the third step in creating a physical data flow diagram?

d. Add system-related data stores, data flows and processes

Anthony is working on the cardinality of doctors and patients in a large urban hospital. With the large number of doctors with varying specialties and patients that may have more than one aliment, he thinks the relationship might be noted as:

many to many