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    Systems design:

         


    A. describes what a system should do to meet information requirements.
    B. shows how the new system will fulfill the information requirements.
    C. identifies which users need what information, where, when and how.
    D. is concerned with the logical view of the system solution.
    Score: 4/4

    
      

    You are an IT project manager for an advertising firm. The firm wishes to create an online tool
    that will be used to survey focus group reactions to products in development. The most
    important consideration for the firm is being able to offer the tool as soon as possible as a new
    corporate service. However, you know that many of the senior managers that are business
    owners of this project have difficulty in understanding technical or software development
    issues, and are likely to change their requirements during the course of development. What
    development method would be most successful for this project?

         


    A. RAD
    B. JAD
    C. end-user development
    D. prototyping
    Score: 0/4

    
     
    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?

         


    A. Develop the prototype; use the prototype; revise and enhance the
    prototype.
    B. Identify user requirements, develop the prototype, use the prototype,
    revise and enhance the prototype.
    C. Define the requirements, develop solutions, select the best prototype,
    and implement the prototype.
    D. Define the requirements, develop the prototype, revise and enhance
    the prototype.
    Score: 4/4

    
        

    In the direct cutover conversion strategy, the new system

         


    A. is tested by an outsourced company.
    B. replaces the old one at an appointed time.
    C. and the old are run together.
    D. is introduced in stages.
    Score: 4/4

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    Enabling organizations to make continual improvements to many business processes and to use
    processes as the fundamental building blocks of corporate information systems is the goal of
         
    A. BPM.
    B. BPR.
    C. reengineering.
    D. work flow management.
    Score: 4/4

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    " 

    CASE tools automate

         


    A. the tedious and error-prone portions of analysis and design.
    B. code generation.
    C. testing.
    D. all of the above.
    Score: 4/4

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    '

    The oldest method for building information systems is

         


    A. component-based development.
    B. prototyping.
    C. object-oriented development.
    D. the systems development lifecycle.
    Score: 4/4
    §
     '

    The most common form of IT-enabled organizational change is automation.

         


    True True
    Score: 4/4

    (
        

    In automation

         


    A. business processes are simplified.
    B. business processes are reorganized to cut waste and eliminate
    repetitive, paper-intensive tasks.
    C. standard operating procedures are streamlined to remove bottlenecks.
    D. employees are enabled to perform their tasks more efficiently.
    Score: 4/4

    c) 
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    In object-oriented development

         


    A. the class is used as the basic unit of systems analysis and design.
    B. an object is a collection of data that is acted on by external processes.
    C. processing logic resides within objects.
    D. a strict, step-by-step development process is essential.
    Score: 0/4

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    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

         


    A. structure charts.
    B. Gantt and PERT charts.
    C. process specifications.
    D. data flow diagrams.
    Score: 0/4

    c 
     '
    '

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

         


    A. input
    B. database
    C. manual procedures
    D. conversion
    Score: 4/4

    c 
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    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?

         


    A. RAD
    B. JAD
    C. prototyping
    D. end-user development
    Score: 4/4

    c 
        ' 

    An entire information system is broken down into its subsystems by using

         


    A. high-level data flow diagrams.
    B. low-level data flow diagrams.
    C. process specifications.
    D. structured diagrams.
    Score: 4/4

    c! 
       

    A structure chart is a bottom-up chart, showing each level of design, its relationship to other
    levels, and its place in the overall design structure.

         


    False False
    Score: 4/4

    c% 
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    When systems are created rapidly, without a formal development methodology

         


    A. end users can take over the work of IT specialists.
    B. the organization quickly outgrows the new system.
    C. hardware, software, and quality standards are less important.
    D. testing and documentation may be inadequate.
    Score: 4/4

    c& 
    ' + '

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

         


    A. rationalization, automation, reengineering, and redesigning.
    B. rationalization, automation, reengineering, and paradigm shift.
    C. automation, rationalization, reengineering, and paradigm shift.
    D. automation, redesigning, restructuring, and paradigm shift.
    Score: 4/4

    c§ 
    , '#
    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?

         


    A. object-oriented development
    B. component-based development
    C. structured methodologies
    D. RAD
    Score: 0/4

    c( 
    -
    

    Determining methods for feedback and error handling would be defined by which category of
    system design specifications?

         


    A. training and documentation
    B. user interface
    C. manual procedures
    D. security and controls
    Score: 0/4

    ) 
    
    

    System testing

         


    A. includes all the preparations for the series of tests to be performed on
    the system.
    B. tests the functioning of the system as a whole in order to determine if
    discrete modules will function together as planned.
    C. tests each program separately.
    D. provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a
    production setting.
    Score: 4/4

    c 
      

    In a parallel conversion strategy, the new system

         


    A. is tested by an outsourced company.
    B. replaces the old one at an appointed time.
    C. and the old are run together.
    D. is introduced in stages.
    Score: 4/4

     
    
     .

    Changes in hardware, software, documentation, or production to a production system to correct


    errors, meet new requirements, or improve processing efficiencies are termed

         


    A. compliance.
    B. production.
    C. maintenance.
    D. acceptance.
    Score: 4/4

     
    M 
      

    Management should control the development of end-user applications by

         


    A. developing a formal development methodology.
    B. requiring cost justification for end-user IS projects.
    C. establishing standards for user-developed applications.
    D. both B and C.
    E. both A and B.
    Score: 0/4

     
     
    '

    In what stage of systems development are design specifications created?

         


    A. systems analysis
    B. systems design
    C. testing
    D. conversion
    Score: 4/4

    ! 
    /#*  

    Object-oriented modeling is based on the concepts of

         


    A. objects and relationships.
    B. classes and objects.
    C. class and inheritance.
    D. objects and inheritance.
    Score: 4/4

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