Deck 13: Acquiring Information Systems and Applications

Question 1

The _____ approach to systems development uses specialized tools to automate many of the tasks in the systems development life cycle.

A) integrated computer-assisted software engineering
B) joint application design
C) rapid application development
D) prototyping

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Computer-aided software engineering tools provide which of the following disadvantages?

A) produce initial systems that are more expensive to build and maintain
B) require more extensive and accurate definition of user requirements
C) difficult to customize
D) difficult to use with existing systems
E) all of the above

Answer 2

E

Question 3

An application service provider is a vendor who assembles the software needed by an enterprise and packages the software with outsourced development, operations, maintenance, and other services.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of the following are advantages of the buy option for acquiring IS applications?

A) many different types of off-the-shelf software are available
B) software can be tried out
C) saves time
D) company will know what it is getting
E) all of the above

Question 5

The feasibility study addresses which of the following issues?

A) economic feasibility
B) technical feasibility
C) behavioral feasibility
D) all of the above

Question 6

Computer-aided software engineering tools provide which of the following advantages?

A) can produce systems with longer effective operational lives
B) can produce systems that more closely meet user requirements
C) can speed up the development process
D) can produce systems that are more adaptable to changing business conditions
E) all of the above

Question 7

The _____ is a set of long-range goals that describe the IT infrastructure and identify the major IT initiatives needed to achieve the goals of the organization.

A) IT operational plan
B) application portfolio
C) IT strategic plan
D) user information requirements
E) IT mission

Question 8

In joint application design, systems analysts interview or directly observe potential users of the new system individually to understand each user's needs.

Question 9

The IT planning process begins with an analysis of the organization's IT infrastructure.

Question 10

Evaluating the benefits of IT projects is more complex than evaluating their costs for which of the following reasons?

A) benefits are harder to quantify
B) benefits are often intangible
C) IT can be used for several different purposes
D) probability of obtaining a return from an IT investment is based on the probability of implementation success
E) all of the above

Question 11

The goals of the _____ are to link corporate strategy and IT strategy, approve the allocation of resources for the MIS function, and establish performance measures for the MIS function and see that they are met.

A) CEO
B) CIO
C) IT operational committee
D) IT steering committee
E) Board of Directors

Question 12

The _____ approach to systems development defines an initial list of user requirements, then develops the system in an iterative fashion.

A) integrated computer-assisted software engineering
B) joint application design
C) rapid application development
D) prototyping
E) systems development life cycle

Question 13

Advantages of Rapid Application Development include which of the following?

A) active involvement of users in the development process
B) faster development process
C) system better meets user needs
D) reduction in training costs
E) all of the above

Question 14

The main advantage of rapid application development is the active involvement of users in the development process.

Question 15

A typical IS operational plan contains which of the following elements?

A) mission of the IS function
B) summary of the information needs of the functional areas and of the entire organization
C) IS function's estimate of its goals
D) application portfolio
E) all of the above

Question 16

Leasing can be attractive to small and medium-size organizations that cannot afford major investments in software.

Question 17

IT applications can be developed in which of the following ways?

A) build the system in-house
B) buy an application and install it
C) lease software from an application service provider
D) outsource it
E) all of the above

Question 18

____ feasibility determines if the hardware, software, and communications components can be developed and/or acquired to solve the business problem.

A) Technical
B) Economic
C) Organizational
D) Behavioral