3301 QUESTIONS
Changes made to a system to evolve its functionality to changing business needs or technologies.
Adaptive maintenance
An organization's information system needs may result from ____________.
All of the above
During which SDLC phase would generating alternative initial designs most likely be done?
Analysis
The type of data error where additional characters are added to a field is called ___________.
Appending
Software modules that have been tested, documented, and approved to be included in the most recently created version of a system.
Baseline modules
Guidelines that list the instructions to construct an executable system from the baseline source code.
Build routines
___________ refers to a human-computer interaction method where users enter explicit statements into a system to invoke operations.
Command language interaction
With reference to the Iteration Planning Game, when will programmers accept responsibility for tasks and balance their workloads?
Commitment
___________ is a technique for showing users where they are in a Web site by placing a series of "tabs" on a Web page that shows users where they are and where they have been.
Cookie crumbs
Changes made to a system to repair flaws in its design, coding, or implementation.
Corrective maintenance
Which of the following technologies has disrupted the belief that managers must make all the decisions?
Decision support tools
___________ is a formal method of designing and representing human-computer dialogues using box and line diagrams.
Dialogue diagramming
Which of the following is the least expensive installation method?
Direct
A ___________ is a menu positioning method that places the access point of the menu near the top line of the display; when accessed, menus open by dropping down onto the display.
Drop-down menu
__________ is a component of a software package or application in which training and educational information is embedded.
Electronic performance support system
During project initiation and planning, you should precisely define all benefits and costs related to a particular project
FALSE
The Explanation of Services is a short document prepared for the customer that describes what the project will deliver and outlines all work required to complete the project.
FALSE
The Statement of Work clearly outlines the objectives and constraints of the project for the development group
FALSE
The Systems Service Request reflects the best estimate of the project's scope, benefits, costs, risks, and resource requirements, given the current understanding of the project.
FALSE
The Agile Methodologies focus on the role that an individual performs rather than focusing on the individual
False
With reference to the characteristics required for a systems analyst during requirements determination, the impertinence characteristic specifies that every fact must fit with every other fact.
False
Which of the following is the official way a system works as described in organizational documentation?
Formal system
__________ is a single point of contact for all user inquiries and problems about a particular information system or for all users in a particular department.
Help desk
___________ refers to graphical pictures that represent specific functions within a system.
Icon
Which of the following is the property that occurs when entity types or object classes are arranged in a hierarchy and each entity type or object class assumes the attributes and methods of its ancestors?
Inheritance
During the analysis phase, which of the following has as its primary purpose the collection of system requirements simultaneously from the key people involved with the system?
JAD
The ease with which software can be understood, corrected, adapted, and enhanced.
Maintainability
Changes made to a system to fix or enhance its functionality.
Maintenance
A measurement of error occurrences that can be tracked over time to indicate the quality of a system.
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
The validation test that tests for the existence of data items in all fields of a record is called a ___________.
Missing data test
___________ is a human-computer interaction method where symbols are used to represent commands or functions.
Object-based interaction
Which of the following is NOT a recommended guideline for making an effective presentation of a walkthrough?
Organize your presentation so that like elements or topics are scattered throughout the material in random fashion.
A guideline for designing Help screens is to use lists to break down information into manageable pieces. This guideline relates to ___________.
Organizing
Changes made to a system to add new features or to improve performance.
Perfective maintenance
Changes made to a system to avoid possible future problems.
Preventive maintenance
Which of the following is NOT a traditional method of collecting system requirements?
RAD
The part of a decision table that links conditions to actions is the section that contains the ________.
RULES
Agile software development values ____________.
Responding to change over following a plan
____________ is an approach to systems development based on building complete systems through assembling software components, each of which models generic business functions.
Service-Oriented Architecture
When displaying tables and lists, which of the following is a true statement?
Similar information displayed in multiple columns should be sorted vertically.
Which of the following is the most obvious end product of the systems development life cycle?
Software
A person responsible for controlling the checking out and checking in of baseline modules for a system when a system is being developed or maintained.
System librarian
Assessing project feasibility is a required activity for all information systems projects.
TRUE
Assume your local veterinarian records information about each of his patients on patient medical history forms; the collection of medical history forms is represented on a data flow diagram as a data store.
TRUE
Economic feasibility is the process of identifying the financial benefits and costs associated with a development project
TRUE
Planning, neutrality, listening, reviewing notes within a 48- hour period, and seeking diverse views are all guidelines for effective interviewing.
TRUE
Project initiation focuses on activities that will help organize a team to conduct project planning
TRUE
Project planning focuses on defining clear, discrete activities and the work needed to complete each task
TRUE
Proper and insightful project planning, including determining project scope as well as identifying project activities, can easily reduce time in later project phases
TRUE
The Statement of Work can be used as the basis of a formal contractual agreement outlining firm deadlines, costs, and specifications
TRUE
The Statement of Work is a document prepared for the customer during project initiation and planning that describes what the project will deliver and outlines generally at a high level all work required to complete the project
TRUE
The culmination of the feasibility analyses form the business case that justifies the expenditure of resources on the project
TRUE
The major outcomes and deliverables from project initiation and planning are the Baseline Project Plan and the Statement of Work
TRUE
The objective of project initiation and planning is to transform a vague system request document into a tangible project description
TRUE
The objective of the project planning process is the development of a Baseline Project Plan and a Statement of Work
TRUE
White level use cases might serve as an enterprise goal whereas kite level use cases might serve as a goal for one business unit.
TRUE
True statements regarding the SDLC include each of the following except ____________.
The life cycle is sequential
In terms of movement scaling, ___________ is an interaction device that has little or no usability problems.
Touch Screen
Which of the following is not a typical project planning activity?
Training systems analysts on a CASE tool.
The process whereby actual users test a completed information system, the end result of which is the users' acceptance of it is called ___________.
acceptance testing
In OO analysis & design, a(n) ________ shows the conditional logic for the sequence of system activities needed to accomplish a business process.
activity diagram
The analysis technique that finds the amount of time required for the cumulative cash flow from a project to equal its initial and ongoing investment is referred to as ____________.
break-even analysis (BEA)
A form is a _____________.
business document that contains some predefined data and may include some areas where additional data are to be filled in
The overall process by which current methods are replaced with radically new methods is referred to as _________.
business process reengineering
The diagram that shows the scope of the system, indicating what elements are inside and which are outside the system, is called a _________.
context diagram
During logical design, the project team ____________
describes the functional features of the system chosen for development in the previous phase
The purpose of ____________ is to identify the financial benefits and costs associated with the development project
economic feasibility
All of the following are general guidelines for the design of forms and reports except ___________.
extraneous information should be used to provide additional information as needed
Invoices and mailing labels are examples of forms.
false
When designing forms and reports, the first activity is to ____________.
gain an understanding of the intended user and task objectives by collecting initial requirements during requirements determination
When displaying text in a system-related item such as form, report, and help screens, you should do each of the following except _____________.
hyphenate words between lines
In the implementation phase this plan lays out a strategy for moving from the old system to the new, from the beginning to end of the process.
installation plan
The use of small simple images to allow a Web page to more quickly be displayed best describes _____________.
lightweight graphics
In a walkthrough meeting, the ____________ reviews the work product in terms of future maintenance activities.
maintenance oracle
The ____________ section of the Baseline Project Plan outlines a number of managerial concerns related to the project.
management issues
The focus placed on forms and reports during logical design is ____________.
on the content and layout design of the forms and reports.
The purpose of ____________ is to gain an understanding of how key stakeholders within the organization view the proposed system.
political feasibility
Graphically representing the processes that capture, manipulate, store, and distribute data between a system and its environment and among components within a system best describes _________.
process modeling
A new system or the renovation of existing systems, user perceptions, and management commitment to the system are examples of which of the following risk factors?
project structure
When selecting tables versus graphs, you should use tables for _____________.
reading individual data values
Which of the following depicts the interactions among objects during a certain period of time?
sequence diagrams
The type of testing that does not execute the code is called _________.
static testing
Tests performed during alpha testing that are designed to try to break the system are __________.
stress testing
During the analysis phase, the project team ____________
studies the organization's current procedures and the information systems used to perform organizational tasks
__________ is a documentation that is intended primarily for those who will install and administer a new system and contains information about the network on which the system will run, software interfaces for peripherals such as printers, troubleshooting, and setting up user accounts.
system administrator's guide
Each of the following is a true statement except _____________.
systems inputs and outputs are produced during the systems implementation and operation phase of the systems development life cycle.
A savings of $3,000 resulting from a data entry error correction would most likely be classified as a(n) ____________.
tangible benefit
DFD completeness is _________.
the extent to which all necessary components of a data flow diagram have been included and fully described
If, in a decision table, Rules 2, 4, and 6 are indifferent conditions, then ________.
the number of rules is reduced by condensing Rules 2, 4, and 6 into one rule
When comparing observation to document analysis as methods of collecting system requirements, _________.
the observees (interviewees) may or may not be involved and committed
Testing each module alone in an attempt to discover any errors that may exist in the module's code is referred to as __________.
unit testing
In OO analysis & design, a(n) ________ is a depiction of a system's behavior or functionality under various conditions as the system responds to requests from users.
use case
Written or other visual information about an application system, how it works, and how to use it is known as __________.
user documentation
Prototyping is most useful for requirements determination when _________.
user requirements are not well understood
