MIS exam 5 ch 13

A(n) ________ is the model or blueprint for an information system solution and consists of all the specifications that will deliver the functions identified during systems analysis.

systems design document

Which of the following may occur when systems are created rapidly, without a formal development methodology?

testing and documentation may be inadequate

Possible functions of BPM tools include all of the following except:

testing the security of business processes.

Unit testing:

tests each program separately.

System testing:

tests the functioning of the system as a whole in order to determine if discrete modules will function together as planned.

The oldest method for building information systems is:

the systems life cycle

Compared to the use of proprietary components, web services promise to be less expensive and less difficult to implement because of:

their ability to enable communication among different systems using universal standards

The entire system-building effort is driven by:

user information requirements

In order, what are the first three steps in BPM?

1. identifying processes for change, 2. analyzing existing processes, 3. designing the new process.

________ development focuses on rapid delivery of working software by breaking a large project into a series of small sub-projects that are completed in short periods of time using iteration and continuous feedback.

Agile

______ provide(s) a methodology and tools for dealing with the organization's ongoing need to revise and optimize its numerous business processes.

Business process management

Which of the following is more powerful than rationalization of procedures?

Business process redesign

Which of the following statements about CASE is not true?

CASE provides hardware and software tools

Groups of objects are assembled into software components for common functions, which can be combined into large-scale business applications, in which type of software development?

Component-based development

Transferring data from a legacy system to the new system would be defined by which system design specifications?

Conversion

Which of the following is not a top priority in mobile application development?

Designing for keyboard data entry

What is the purpose of responsive web design?

It allows one website to serve different platforms, such as tablets, PCs, and mobil phones.

Which type of systems development is characterized by significantly speeding up the design phase and the generation of information requirements and involving users at an intense level?

JAD

What is the greatest barrier to successful business process change?

Organizational culture

Which conversion process introduces the system first to a limited portion of the organization?

Pilot study strategy

The process of creating workable information systems in a very short period of time is called:

RAD

The idea that the achievement of quality control is an end in itself describes a main concept of:

TQM

What is the primary driving factor for firms in selecting domestic outsourcing firms to build system solutions?

To take advantage of technical skills the firm does not have

In which type of systems building are the development stages organized so that tasks in one stage are completed before the tasks in the next stage begin?

Traditional

Which of the following statements about mobile web apps is true?

Users access mobile web apps through their mobile device's web browser.

A native mobile app is:

a standalone application that does not use a browser

End user development:

allows end users to develop simple information systems

In a parallel conversion strategy, the new system:

and the old are run together for a time

In the traditional systems life cycle, end users:

are limited to providing information requirements and reviewing the technical staff's work.

The four kinds of structural organizational change enabled by IT, in order from least to most risky, are:

automation, rationalization, redisgning, and paradigm shift

BPM software provides tools that help businesses do all of the following except:

capture and identify information system requirements for a new system.

Object-oriented modeling is based on the concepts of:

class and inheritance

_____ is the process of changing from the old system to the new system.

conversion

Organizational software packages often include ______ features that allow the software to be modified to meet organizational requirements.

customization

To understand and define the contents of data flows and data store, system builders use

data flow diagrams

In an object-oriented development framework for a university, how would the classes Degree, Mathematics, and Physics be related?

degree is a superclass to mathematics and physics

A "responsive design" for mobile applications is a design that responds to a user's:

digital device and screen size

In automation:

employees are enabled to perform their tasks more efficiently

A systems analysis includes a(n) ________ that is used to determine whether the solution is achievable, from a financial, technical, and organizational standpoint.

feasability study

As a technical project manager, you have decided to propose implementing a prototyping methodology for a small web-based design project. What is the order of steps you will follow in this project?

identify user requirements, develop the prototype, revise and enhance the prototype

________ provide(s) a detailed statement of the information needs that a new system must satisfy; identifies who needs what information, and when, where, and how the information is needed.

information requirements

A systems building approach in which the system is developed as successive versions, each version reflecting requirements more accurately, is described to be:

iterative

Changes in hardware, software, documentation, or production to a production system to correct errors, meet new requirements, or improve processing efficiencies are termed:

maintenance

Object-oriented development could potentially reduce the time and cost of writing software because:

objects are reusable

A(n) ______ is an organizational change that involves rethinking the nature of the business and the nature of the organization itself.

paradigm shift

An upscale organic foods grocery chain is implementing an information system that will enable it to add same-day home delivery of groceries to its customers. This is an example of:

paradigm shift

______ describe the transformation occurring within the lowest level of the data flow diagrams

process specifications

In object-oriented development:

processing logic resides within objects

During the ______ stage of system development, system specifications that were prepared during the design stage are translated into software code.

programming

You are an IT project manager for an advertising firm......

prototyping

Acceptance testing:

provides the final certification that the new system is ready to be used in a production setting.

A bank has reworked its mortgage application process so that several steps are handled by computer software, and some steps are combined to reduce bottlenecks in processing. The goal is to gradually improve its efficiency over time. This is an example of:

rationalization of procedures

In the direct cutover conversion strategy, the new system:

replaces the old one on an appointed day.

A software package evaluation process is often based on a series of questions sent to vendors, called a(n):

request for proposal

Which process develops a detailed description of the functions that a new information system must perform?

requirements analysis

Systems design:

shows how the new system will fulfill the information requirements.

To show each level of a system's design, its relationship to other levels, and its place in the overall design structure, structured methodologies use:

structure charts

In what stage of systems development are design specifications created?

systems design