MGT 4052 Ch 1 Practice

A person in which of these project roles would focus on stakeholder requirements?

Requirements analyst

Becky is a systems analyst for Laswell Consulting. She is attending a 3-day intensive workshop on developing applications in Python. What systems analyst skill is she working on?

Technical

What tasks and roles do a systems analyst complete?

Understanding what to change Knowing how to change it Convincing others of the need to change Serving as a change agent

Ramona is preparing an economic feasibility study. She is determining the point at which cumulative benefits exceed culumative costs. What is she determining?

Break-even point

TJ's spreadsheet incidates that total cumulative benefits are $182,000 and total cumulative costs are $120,000. The ROI would be:

About 51.7%

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

Analysis

Michaela is determining business requirements. Which would be the most likely SDLC phase for this work?

Analysis

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

Analytical

Jonas'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 associated with this kind of work?

Business Process Automation

Moderate changes to existing processes falls under _________ analysis.

Business Process Improvement

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. Which of the following requirements analysis strategies is associated with this kind of work?

Business Process Reengineering

A person in which of these project roles would analyze the key business aspects of the system?

Business analyst

Which of the following project roles would probably make a presentation about the objectives of a proposed project and its benefits to executives who will benefit directly from the project?

Champion

Chang is working on 'How will this system work?'. Which would be the most likely SDLC phase for this work?

Design

Goldbuzz Incorporated will need to purchase new servers for a system. Which kind of cost would this be?

Development cost

Which phase is generally the longest and most expensive part of the development process?

Implementation

Linda is a key user 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 a(n) ______.

Intangible benefit

Rocky is dealing one-on-one with users and business managers (including some that have little experience with technology). Which skill will he need most obviously?

Interpersonal

What are some of the common methods for determining business requirements ?

Interviewing Observation Document Analysis Questionnaires and surveys

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:

Interviews

Which of these project activities would typically be done by the users?

Make decisions that influence the project Perform hands-on activities for the project Be assigned specific tasks to perform (with clear deadlines) Have some official roles on the project team

George Burdell is doing an economic analysis in which he expresses future cash flows in today's dollars. What is he doing?

Net present value analysis

Alice is calculating whether a system will lower costs or increase revenues. Which would be the most likely SDLC phase for this work?

Planning

A person in which of these project roles would serve as a primary point of contact for a project?

Project Manager

Which of these in an outcome of the planning phase?

Project Plan

Ramya is preparing an economic feasibility study. She calculates total benefits minus total costs and divides that answer by the total costs. What is she calculating?

Return on investment

The outcome of the analysis phase is the:

System proposal document

Which of these in an outcome of the planning phase?

System request document

The outcome of the design phase is the:

System specification document

A person in which of these project roles would identify how technology can improve business processes?

Systems Analyst

A person in which of these project roles would insure that the system conforms to information systems standards?

Systems analyst

What do systems analysts do?

They create value for an organization. They enable the organization to perform work better. They do things and challenge the current way that an organization works. They play a key role in information systems development projects.

Which would normally be part of the justification for a project?

When a business need has been identified A consultant has suggest a new customer relationship management system. An existing system just isn't working properly and the workaround is tedious To support a new business initiative