Deck 17: Building Software to Support an Agile Organization

Question 1

What breaks a project into tiny phases,and developers cannot continue on to the next phase until the first phase is complete?

A) RAD methodology
B) Agile methodology
C) Waterfall methodology
D) Extreme programming

Answer 1

D
Explanation: This is the definition of extreme programming.

Question 2

Which of the following describes agile?

A) Fast and efficient
B) Small and nimble
C) Lower cost
D) All of these

Answer 2

D
Explanation: All of these describe agile.

Question 3

What is a set of policies,procedures,standards,processes,practices,tools,techniques,and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges?

A) SDLC
B) Methodology
C) Waterfall
D) Agile

Answer 3

B
Explanation: This is the definition of methodology.

Question 4

Which methodology aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software components developed by an iterative process with a design point that uses the bare minimum requirements?

A) RAD methodology
B) Agile methodology
C) Waterfall methodology
D) Extreme programming

Question 5

What is the implementation phase in the SDLC?

A) Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals.
B) Involves analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system.
C) Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system.
D) Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system.

Question 6

Which phase of the SDLC gathers business requirements?

A) Plan
B) Analysis
C) Test
D) Design

Question 7

What is the systems development life cycle?

A) Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals.
B) Involves analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system.
C) Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system.
D) The overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance.

Question 8

What emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system to accelerate the systems development process?

A) RAD methodology
B) Agile methodology
C) Waterfall methodology
D) Extreme programming
This is the definition of RAD.

Question 9

What is the analysis phase in the SDLC?

A) Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals.
B) Involves analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system.
C) Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system.
D) Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system.

Question 10

What is the design phase in the SDLC?

A) Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals.
B) Involves analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system.
C) Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system.
D) Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system.

Question 11

What is the success rate for a project using the waterfall methodology?

A) 1 in 10
B) 2 in 10
C) 4 in 10
D) 8 in 10

Question 12

What is the overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance?

A) Systems development life cycle
B) Project management
C) Systems management
D) Project development life cycle
This is the definition of the SDLC.

Question 13

What is an activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance?

A) RAD methodology
B) Agile methodology
C) Waterfall methodology
D) Extreme programming

Question 14

Which of the following is a business-related consequence of successful software?

A) Increased revenues
B) Damage to brand reputation
C) Incurred liabilities
D) All of these

Question 15

Which of the following is an issue related to the waterfall methodology?

A) Flaws in accurately defining and articulating the business problem.
B) Managing costs, resources, and time constraints.
C) Assumes users can specify all business requirements in advance.
D) All of these.

Question 16

Which of the following is a fundamental of the RAD methodology?

A) Focus initially on creating a prototype that looks and acts like the desired system.
B) Actively involve system users in the analysis, design, and development phases.
C) Accelerate collecting the business requirements through an interactive and iterative construction approach.
D) All of these.

Question 17

What consists of a series of tiny projects?

A) Waterfall methodology
B) Iterative development
C) Agile methodology
D) All of these

Question 18

Which of the following represents the phases in the SDLC?

A) Plan, analyze, design, test, maintain, develop, implement
B) Analyze, plan, design, test, develop, maintain, implement
C) Plan, analyze, design, develop, test, implement, maintain
D) Analyze, plan, develop, design, test, implement, maintain

Question 19

Which of the following is a business-related consequence of software failure?

A) Decreased productivity
B) Damage to brand reputation
C) Incurred liabilities
D) All of these

Question 20

Which of the following is not a primary form of agile methodology?

A) RAD
B) SDLC
C) RUP
D) Scrum

Question 21

Which of the following is not one of the tenets in the Agile Alliance's manifesto?

A) Satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
B) Do not allow changing requirements, especially late in development.
C) Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
D) All of these.

Question 22

Which methodology uses small teams to produce small pieces of deliverable software using sprints,or 30-day intervals,to achieve an appointed goal?

A) Scrum
B) XP
C) RUP
D) RAD

Question 23

Which of the following is not one of the primary principles an organization should follow for successful agile software development?

A) Slash the budget.
B) Keep requirements to a minimum.
C) Test and deliver infrequently.
D) Assign non-IT executives to software projects.

Question 24

A prototype is a smaller-scale representation or working model of the users' requirements or a proposed design for an information system.

Question 25

The ______________ phase involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals.

Question 26

Traditional business risk models typically ignored software development,largely because most organizations considered the impact from software and software development on the business to be minor.

Question 27

The traditional waterfall methodology is a sequential,activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance.

Question 28

Preventing liabilities is a business-related consequence of failed software.

Question 29

Which methodology is owned by IBM?

A) Scrum
B) XP
C) RAD
D) RUP

Question 30

Which methodology ends each day or begins with a stand-up meeting to monitor and control the development effort?

A) Scrum
B) XP
C) RUP
D) RAD

Question 31

Which gate in the RUP methodology provides a rough order of magnitude?

A) Inception
B) Elaboration
C) Construction
D) Transition

Question 32

____________ revenues are a business-related consequence of successful software.

Question 33

Planning,___________,design,development,testing,implementation,and maintenance are the seven phases in the SDLC.

Question 34

The implementation phase involves taking all of the detailed design documents from the design phase and transforming them into the actual system.

Question 35

Which of the following is not one of the four gates in the RUP methodology?

A) Inception
B) Collaboration
C) Construction
D) Transition

Question 36

Which gate in the RUP methodology includes building and developing the project?

A) Inception
B) Elaboration
C) Construction
D) Transition

Question 37

How many days is a typical sprint in the Scrum methodology?

A) 2 days
B) 10 days
C) 30 days
D) 90 days

Question 38

The _________ phase involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system.

Question 39

Which methodology provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates?

A) Scrum
B) XP
C) RAD
D) RUP

Question 40

The ___________ phase involves performing changes,corrections,additions,and upgrades to ensure the system continues to meet the business goals.

Question 41

Define the relationship between the systems development life cycle and software development methodologies.

Question 42

Compare the waterfall methodology and the agile methodology.

Question 43

___________ creep occurs when developers add extra features that were not part of the initial requirements.

Question 44

Explain why software problems are business problems.

Question 45

The _________ methodology aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software components developed by an iterative process with a design point that uses the bare minimum requirements.

Question 46

Failure to manage __________ scope is one of the primary reasons for project failure.

Question 47

The ___________ methodology is a sequential,activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance.

Question 48

Summarize the different software development methodologies.

Question 49

The rapid application development methodology emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working __________ of a system to accelerate the systems development process.

Question 50

List and describe each phase in the systems development life cycle.

Question 51

An error found during the ___________ phase is the most expensive to fix.

Question 52

____________ creep occurs when the scope of the project increases.

Question 53

Identify the business benefits associated with successful software development.