Deck 12: Systems Development: Investigation and Analysis

Question 1

The systems development team, is responsible for determining the information system objectives and delivering a system that meets those objectives.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Information systems planning translates strategic and organizational goals into systems development initiatives.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The traditional systems development efforts are associated strictly with large projects.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Mission critical factors are factors that are essential to the success of certain functional areas of an organization.

Question 5

Proper planning can guarantee that projects will not fall behind schedule, go over budget, or not meet expectations.

Question 6

An individual systems developer is typically assigned to work as a member of an extreme programming team.

Question 7

A systems analyst is responsible for modifying or developing programs to satisfy user requirements.

Question 8

A problem with the traditional systems development life cycle is that formal end-of-phase reviews do not occur. Thus, it is very difficult to contain the scope of the project, and the project never seems to end.

Question 9

Prototyping begins by creating a preliminary model of a major subsystem or a scaled-down version of the entire system.

Question 10

Any systems development effort in which business managers and users assume a primary role is called an individual user application.

Question 11

CASE tools are used by the project manager to determine the critical path of the project.

Question 12

Extreme programming uses pairs of programmers who work together to design, code, and test parts of the systems they develop.

Question 13

System users and system stakeholders are essentially the same set of people.

Question 14

A project manager is a person that performs all of the system development roles, including systems analyst, programmer, and technical specialist.

Question 15

An operational prototype is capable of accessing real data files, editing input data, making necessary computations and comparisons, and producing real output.

Question 16

The bigger the project, the more likely that poor planning will lead to significant problems.

Question 17

System development efforts arise only from the highest levels of the organization and are always planned for months in advance.

Question 18

Managers and employees in all functional work areas shun working on systems development projects.

Question 19

The overall approach of systems development is the same for mobile devices compared to traditional system development projects with no significant differences.

Question 20

Getting users and stakeholders involved in systems development is critical to the success of most systems development efforts.

Question 21

A professional who specializes in analyzing and designing business systems is called a(n) ____.

A) systems analyst
B) project manager
C) individual systems developer
D) programmer

Question 22

_____ takes an iterative approach to the systems development process.

A) Rapid application development
B) Prototyping
C) Traditional systems development
D) None of the above

Question 23

______ systems are more pivotal in continued operation and goal attainment than others.

A) Online transaction processing
B) Order processing
C) Mission critical
D) Batch processing

Question 24

Feasibility analysis assess the technical, economic, legal, operational, and schedule feasibility of a project.

Question 25

The _____ system development approach requires cooperation and frequent face-to-face meetings with all project participants as they modify, refine, and test how the system meets users' needs and what its capabilities are.

A) prototyping
B) extreme programming
C) agile development
D) none of the above

Question 26

The systems maintenance form is a document that is filled out by someone who wants the IS department to initiate systems investigation.

Question 27

The primary outcome of systems analysis is a prioritized list of system requirements.

Question 28

The capability maturity model can be used to measure the maturity of the software development process in an organization.

Question 29

The IS plans translates strategic and organizational goals into system development initiatives.

Question 30

____ requires unbiased and careful questioning of whether system elements are related in the most effective ways.

A) Causal analysis
B) Creative analysis
C) Critical analysis
D) Data flow analysis

Question 31

This factor is likely to affect the quality of the systems development effort ____.

A) the degree of change associated with the project
B) whether the project is a continuous change effort or a reengineering effort
C) the ability to manage change associated with the project
D) all of the above

Question 32

________ is an iterative systems development approach developed by IBM and includes a number of tools and techniques that are typically tailored to fit the needs of a specific organization.

A) Rational Unifed Process
B) Crystal methodologies
C) Scrum
D) Adaptive software development

Question 33

The ______ consists of all project activities that, if delayed, would delay the entire project.

A) Gantt chart
B) project deadline
C) PERT tasks
D) critical path

Question 34

______ is a systems development approach that stresses agile, incremental development with a team of a dozen or fewer people who perform all systems development activities.

A) agile development
B) scrum development
C) lean software development
D) feature-driven development

Question 35

A CSF is a factor that is critical to the success of a manager's area of the business.

Question 36

The data flow diagram is a technique to show the relationships among data entities.

Question 37

______ involves investigating new approaches to existing problems.

A) Critical success factors
B) Critical analysis
C) Mission critical systems
D) Creative analysis

Question 38

All members of the system investigation team must be co-located to ensure a successful start to the project.

Question 39

The primary outcome of systems investigation is a systems investigation report, also called a feasibility report.

Question 40

The overall purpose of systems investigation is to determine user, stakeholder, and organizational needs.

Question 41

Based on _____, managers make decisions regarding the initiation of each system investigation for potential IS projects.

A) the overall IS plan
B) the organization's needs and goals
C) the estimated value and priority
D) all of the above

Question 42

_____ is a collection of system descriptions, parameters, and objectives developed during the analysis phase.

A) CASE repository
B) Data store
C) Application flowchart
D) Data dictionary

Question 43

A data flow diagram models ______.

A) objects
B) associations
C) activities
D) all of the above

Question 44

______ are people who, either themselves or through the organization they represent, ultimately benefit from the systems development project.

Question 45

During the _____ phase of the systems development life cycle, people attempt to answer the questions "What must the information system do to solve the problem?"

A) systems investigation
B) systems implementation
C) systems design
D) systems analysis

Question 46

____ is an assessment of whether the hardware, software, and other system components can be acquired or developed to solve the problem.

A) Economic feasibility
B) Legal feasibility
C) Technical feasibility
D) Schedule feasibility

Question 47

______ are factors that are essential to the success of certain functional areas of an organization.

Question 48

The primary outcome of the systems analysis phase is ____.

A) identified sources of data for the new system
B) case diagrams to be used in system design
C) data models needed to build the new system
D) a prioritized list of system requirements

Question 49

______ is a technique used to describe how data can flow between objects.

A) entity relationship model
B) data flow diagram
C) application flowchart
D) grid chart

Question 50

____ is a measure whether the project can be put into action or operation.

A) Economic feasibility
B) Legal feasibility
C) Operational feasibility
D) Schedule feasibility

Question 51

Data flow diagrams ____.

A) are used to model data entities and their relationships
B) describe the activities that accomplish a business task
C) are quite complicated and seldom used or understood by nontechnical people
D) all of the above

Question 52

____ starts by clarifying the overall goals of the organization and determining how the existing or proposed information system helps meet them.

A) systems implementation
B) systems investigation
C) systems design
D) systems analysis

Question 53

The systems steering committee ____.

A) consists of middle level managers from the IS department
B) never includes end users
C) might suggest a change in project focus
D) none of the above

Question 54

During the ____ phase of the system development process, potential problems and opportunities are identified and considered in light of the goals of the business.

A) systems implementation
B) systems analysis
C) systems design
D) systems investigation

Question 55

The system analysis concludes with a formal system analysis report that includes ____.

A) identification of the strengths and weaknesses of the existing system
B) functional requirements for the new system
C) organizational requirements for the new system
D) all of the above

Question 56

Entity-relationships models are used to perform ____.

A) activity analysis
B) process modeling
C) problem analysis
D) data modeling

Question 57

Data collection begins by identifying the various sources of data, including both ______ sources.

A) numeric and alphanumeric
B) classified and non-classified
C) internal and external
D) financial and non-financial

Question 58

During each ____________________ of the prototyping approach, requirements and alternative solutions to the problem are identified and analyzed, new solutions are designed, and a portion of the system is implemented.

Question 59

The translation of strategic and organizational goals into system development initiatives is called ____________________.

Question 60

The purpose of the ______ phase of the traditional system development process is to ensure that the system operates as intended and to modify the system so that it continues to meet changing business needs.

Question 61

Interviews, direct observation, and questionnaires are tools and techniques used in data ____________________

Question 62

Experienced systems developers prefer a software development approach that will catch errors _____ in the project life cycle.

Question 63

The term _______________ development describes any systems development project in which business managers and users assume the primary effort.

Question 64

Determining the ____________________ involves an analysis of existing and future laws to determine the likelihood of legal action against the systems development project and possible consequences.

Question 65

Most mobile devices use a(n) ______ interface.

Question 66

A(n) ____________________ is a graphical tool for planning, monitoring, and coordinating projects.

Question 67

A(n) ______ is a professional who specializes in analyzing and designing business systems.

Question 68

______ tools automate many of the tasks required in the systems development effort and encourage adherence to the software development life cycle.

Question 69

____________________ is an approach to systems development that combines the logic of the system development life cycle with the power of the object-oriented modeling and programming.

Question 70

A formalized approach called _______________ creates three time estimates for each project activity

Question 71

With the object oriented systems analysis, a class is used to describe different types of ______.

Question 72

____________________ is the amount of time a project activity can be delayed without delaying the entire project.

Question 73

A(n) ______ is a critical date for the completion of a major part of the information system project such as program design, coding, or testing.

Question 74

The ____________________ consists of all activities that, if delayed, would delay the entire project.

Question 75

____________________ uses pairs of programmers who work together to design, test, and code parts of the system they develop.

Question 76

Because the IS plan takes a(n) ______ approach to using information systems within the organization, the requirements for a system analyzed in terms of the IS plan are more likely to be compatible with future systems development initiatives.

Question 77

____________________ is an approach to requirements analysis that asks users, stakeholders, and other managers what they want and expect from the new or modified system.

Question 78

The purpose of the ______ phase of the traditional system development process is to answer the questions "How will the information system do what it must do to obtain the solution?"

Question 79

The use case diagram is technique associated with ______ systems analysis.

Question 80

Determining the ____________________ determines whether the project makes financial sense and whether predicted benefits offset the cost and time needed to obtain them.