Deck 6: Foundations for Systems Design

Question 1

The objective of design activities is to describe in detail the components of the final solution system that will serve as a blue print for construction.​

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The key question to answer with the design of the user interface activity is,"How will the users interact with the system?"​

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Model building is a unique to Systems Analysis.​

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A big part of describing the environment is identifying and defining all the types of computing devices that will be required.​

Question 5

Prototypes and mock-ups are most useful in doing the design of the software classes.​

Question 6

Another name for the data model is the domain model.​

Question 7

User interface design requires both analysis and design.​

Question 8

It is just as important to have heavy user involvement during analysis as it is during design.​

Question 9

In user interface design the detailed screen layouts should be done after the devices have been decided.​

Question 10

One of the first steps in designing the application components is to divide the software into subsystems.​

Question 11

Defining the technology architecture is part of the activity to Design the application components.

Question 12

During analysis,analysts build models to represent the real world and to understand the desired business processes with the information used in those processes.​

Question 13

Package diagrams are used primarily when designing the software classes.​

Question 14

The majority of new systems today must be integrated into existing networks without disrupting existing applications.

Question 15

Designing a single user interface is now the exception,not the norm.​

Question 16

Completeness control is an integrity control that identifies when a value in a field is too large or too small.​

Question 17

Cowboy coding is one of the newer techniques programming,often used with Agile techniques.​

Question 18

The primary purpose of integrity controls is to track external activity.

Question 19

The output of the design activities is a set of diagrams and documents that describe the solution system.​

Question 20

Since the design activities all interact with each other,it really doesn't matter which activity occurs first.​

Question 21

Which is NOT an objective of integrity controls?​

A)Allow only valid business transactions
B)​Ensure that transactions are recorded completely
C)​Protect the assets of the organization
D)Ensure a stable functioning operating environment

Question 22

Database design is somewhat of a stand-alone activity because each database runs under its own DBMS.​

Question 23

An objective of security controls is to maintain a stable operating environment for users.

Question 24

What is the name of a general control technique used to ensure that entered data is correct?​

A)Data validation contro 
B)​Data access control
C)​Data acceptance control
D)​Data completeness control

Question 25

Symmetric key encryption uses a public key and a private key.​

Question 26

A design class diagram is also called a data model.​

Question 27

Security design and encryption issues are addressed during database design.

Question 28

Which user is known to the system and is authorized to access all or certain parts of it?​

A)Authorized user
B)​Registered user
C)Valid user
D)Authenticated  user

Question 29

A ____ is an institution's name and public key,which is encrypted and certified by a third party.​

A)private key
B)​digital certificate
C)​certifying authority
D)​digital key

Question 30

What is a control that checks the value of a field to ensure that it is within the correct range?​

A)Answer control
B)Completeness control
C)​Value limit control
D)​High-low control

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects the risk of fraud?​

A)Separation of dutie 
B)​Monitoring
C)​Asset reconciliation
D)​Authorization of users

Question 32

Which of the following can be classified as privileged users?​

A)System programmers, application programmers, and system administrators
B)Technical users and security personnel
C)​System operators and clerks
D)​Administrators and accountants

Question 33

A user who has special security and access to a system,such as the right to assign passwords,is called a ____.​

A)supervisor user
B)​database administrator
C)​privileged user
D)​technical user

Question 34

Three types of users that are considered in the design of a security system are ____.​

A)manager user, technical user, and clerical user
B)​technical user, authorized user, and privileged user
C)​unauthorized user, registered user, and privileged user
D)​supervisor user, administration user, and operational user

Question 35

Using digital signatures is primarily a technique to ____.​

A)verifying who sent a document
B)​allow for remote signatures on official documents
C)​electronically send a signature
D)digitize (scan) a signed document

Question 36

An integrity control that verifies the data in one field against the data in other fields is called a ____ control.​

A)completenes
B)​field combination
C)value
D)​data validation

Question 37

What is the name of the control mechanism that is used to ensure that all necessary information for a transaction has been entered?​

A)Secure control
B)​Total control
C)​Comprehensive control
D)Completeness control

Question 38

Database design often requires someone with analysis skills since many decisions must be made about the field sizes and characteristics.

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT considered a design model?

A)Package diagram
B)​Sequence diagram
C)​User interface screen layouts
D)Activity diagram

Question 40

When the data is encrypted with the public key in asymmetric encryption,it is decrypted with a(n)____ key.​

A)asymmetric
B)​private
C)​public
D)​symmetric

Question 41

The domain model is always used as an input to which design activity?​

A)User Interface Design
B)​Security and controls design
C)​Database design
D)​Application Component Design

Question 42

Which is not a model normally produced as part of application component design?​

A)package diagram
B)component diagram
C)​deployment diagram
D)​design class diagram

Question 43

Which of the following really is both an analysis (discovery)and a design process (solution).​

A)Environment design
B)​System interface design
C)​Database design
D)​User interface design

Question 44

A storyboard is useful for what?​

A)Requirements definition
B)Design of the user interface
C)​Design of the software classes
D)​Describing the user environment

Question 45

The design activity key question,"How will this system interact with other systems..." is part of which design activity?​

A)Describe the environment
B)​Design the application components
C)​Design the interfaces
D)​Design security controls

Question 46

Limiting user access to the system is considered what type of design activity?​

A)User interface design
B)​Security and controls design
C)​Describing the environment
D)​Application components design

Question 47

The design activity key question,"What internal structure for each application component will ensure efficient construction..." is part of which design activity?​

A)Describe the environment
B)​Design the application components
C)​Design the user interface
D)​Design the software classes

Question 48

A deployment diagram is most useful for which design activity?​

A)Describing the environment
B)Designing application components
C)​Designing the user interface
D)​Designing software classes

Question 49

Which of the following is a type of model used in user interface design?​

A)Communication diagram
B)​Class diagram
C)​Activity Diagram
D)​System sequence diagram

Question 50

Build or buy questions are usually addressed during which design activity?​

A)Describe the environment
B)​Design the application components
C)​Design the software classes
D)​Design the database

Question 51

What are two key elements of describing the environment?​

A)Programming language and operating system environment
B)​Communication protocols and security methods
C)​Hardware configuration and DBMS's
D)​External systems and technology architecture

Question 52

An application component can be thought of as a(n)__________.​

A)subsystem
B)​purchased package
C)​middleware software
D)​unit of software

Question 53

According to an Agile iterative development process in which iteration would implementation activities normally start?​

A)Pre-project activities
B)​First iteration
C)​Second iteration
D)Sometime after the first iteration

Question 54

Which design activity that pervades all other design activities?​

A)Environment design
B)Database design
C)Security and controls design
D)​Interface design

Question 55

When describing the interfaces to external systems,which is not one of the important issues?​

A)Message formats
B)​Error handling
C)​Network addresses
D)​Programming languages

Question 56

Which of the following is not one of the design activities included in the Design System Components core process?​

A)Design the user interface
B)​Design the security controls
C)​Describe the environment
D)​Design the software methods

Question 57

According to an Agile iterative development process in which iteration would design activities normally start?​

A)Pre-project activities
B)​First iteration
C)​Second iteration
D)​Sometime after the first iteration

Question 58

Which of the following is NOT considered an analysis model?​

A)Class diagram
B)State machine diagram
C)​User interface screen layouts
D)​Activity diagram

Question 59

The objective of Implementation is to​

A)complete the specifications
B)​integrate the application components
C)install a new system
D​build a new system

Question 60

A major comparison between analsys and design can be stated as:​

A)analysis includes users, design does not
B)​analysis builds models, design does not
C)​analysis is complex, design is simpler
D)analysis is understanding, design is solution

Question 61

Explain how a digital certificate works.

Question 62

In ____________________ encryption,the same key encrypts and decrypts the data.

Question 63

A(n)____________________ is the list of users who have rights to access the system and data.​

Question 64

List and describe the six primary analysis models (used in this text).

Question 65

A(n)______ control is a control that rejects invalid inputs,prevent unauthorized outputs,and protects data and programs against tampering.​

Question 66

A control that protects the assets of an organization against all threats,primarily external threats is called ______ control.​

Question 67

A control that checks the value of a field to ensure that it is within the correct range is a(n)_______ control.​

Question 68

____________________ is the process of identifying a user to verify that he or she can have access to the system.​

Question 69

A knowledge of all the computing devices accessed by clients is required for which design activity?​

A)Describing the environment
B)​Designing the application components
C)​Designing the user interface
D)Designing the software classes

Question 70

A model of fraud that states that opportunity,motivation,and rationalization must all exist for fraud to occur is called the ________.​

Question 71

A(n)______ control restricts which persons or programs can add,modify or view information.

Question 72

List four of the six primary design models that are used for systems design (used in this text).​

Question 73

The encoding of a message with a private key is called ____________________.​

Question 74

List the five primary activities that are included as part of systems design.​

Question 75

Which is NOT an objective of integrity controls?​

A)Allow only valid business transactions
B)​Protect the assets of the organization
C)Ensure that transactions are recorded completely
D)​Ensure a stable functioning operating environment

Question 76

A well-defined unit of software built to perform some specific tasks is called a(n)_____________.​

Question 77

An integrity control that verifies the data in one field against the data in other fields is called a ____ control.​

A)completeness
B)​field combination
C)​value
D)​data validation

Question 78

Software methods are usually identified in which design model?​

A)Deployment diagram
B)State-machine diagram
C)System sequence diagram
D)​Design class diagram

Question 79

_______ is the process of allowing or restricting a specific user's access to specific resources.​

Question 80

A primary model used in software design is which of the following?​

A)Component model
B)Deployment model
C)System sequence diagram
D)Design class diagram