Midterm (Ch.1-7)

A logical grouping of objects that have the same attributes and behaviors is known as ____

Object Class

Attempts to make systems development less of an art and more of a science are usually referred to as ____

Systems Engineering

In which phase of the SDLC is the description of the recommended solution converted into logical and then physical system specifications?

Design Phase

In which phase of the SDLC is the information system coded, tested, installed, and supported in the organization?

Implementation

Most organizations find it beneficial to use a standard set of steps, called ____, to develop and support their information systems.

Systems development methodology

Systems development methodologies and techniques which are based on objects rather than data or processes are known as ____

Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD)

The first procedural, or third generation, computer programming languages did not become available until the beginning of the ____

1960s

The structure that encapsulates attributes and methods that operate on those attributes is called a(n) ____

Object

There are five factors that separate agile from traditional approaches to systems development. The factor "Criticality" describes which of the following agile methods factors?

Untested on safety-critical products

Under eXtreme Programming, ____ and ____ are intimately related parts of the same process.

Coding and testing

What is the first phase in the Systems Development Life Cycle?

Planning

Which is the fourth phase in a SDLC cycle?

Implementation

____ is/are the final output from the analysis phase?

Description of the alternative solution

____ would be classified as software designed to support the payroll function.

Application software

What is one action that can happen if a company outsources all of their IT?

The IT employees are fired

How does an organization rank criteria for choosing off the shelf software?

Importance depends on the organization's requirements

What is the practice of a company running a computer application for another organization?

Outsourcing

If a company has a generic software need, they should consider acquiring its software from a(n) ____.

Packaged software producer

Together, SAP and Oracle control about 36 percent of the ____ market.

ERP

____ is the software reuse step that involves making the reusable asset understandable to developers who want to use it in their systems.

Recontextualization

The document sent to vendors asking them to propose hardware and software that will meet the requirements of your new system is called a ____.

Request for proposal

If an organization is using applications rented from a third party vendor running in a remote location, they are most likely using what type of software system?

Cloud computing

All of the following are ways of validating purchased software information, except ____.

Asking the manufacturer if they feel their software is best

The software reuse approach that allows individuals to find or develop reusable assets on their own, and has few, if any, organizational rewards for reusing assets best describes ____.

Ad hoc reuse

The most expensive and extensive reuse approach is ____.

Designed reuse

What is a result of the reuse of object classes?

Reduced rework

Choose the list that represents the top three countries that are used for outsourcing as of 2014.

India, China, and Malaysia

Intuit's QuickBooks is an example of what type of software?

Pre-packaged software

Is NOT a skill pertaining to the risk and change management activity of a project manager?

Team-building

Is a controlled process of initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project?

Project management

Which of the following is the first activity in the project execution phase?

Executing the Baseline Project Plan

How many activities are involved in the project initiation phase?

Six

The ____ is a systems analyst with a diverse set of skills-management, leadership, technical, conflict management, and customer relationship-who is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project.

Project manager

At the end of the project planning phase, ____ of the Baseline Project Plan is conducted to double-check all information in the plan.

Review

Which of the following is NOT a component of PERT?

Evolution

COCOMO stands for ____.

Constructive Cost Model

is NOT a common skill pertaining to the leadership activity of a project manager.

Working on assigned activities

What is the next step taken after project initiation?

Project planning

To successfully orchestrate the construction of a complex information system, a project manager must have ____, leadership, and technical skills.

Interpersonal

Defining tasks in too much detail will make the management of the project ____.

Unnecessarily complex

is the process of dividing the project into manageable tasks and logically ordering them to ensure a smooth evolution between tasks.

Work breakdown structure

A ____ clearly states what business a company is in.

Mission Statement

If a project is selected what is the most likely next step?

the project will be funded

The SDLC planning phase consists of which activity?

Project selection

The second activity of the ISP process is ____.

describe the situation, trends, and constraints

The third activity of the ISP process is ____.

Develop a transition strategy and plans

What is a large network or networks?

Internet

What is the first phase of the SDLC method?

Planning

Which group chooses projects that most often reflect the larger needs of the organization?

Steering Committee

Which of the following does a company NOT need to understand in order to build effective information systems?

It's current IS project list

Which of the following factors does NOT have any influence on the selection of a potential project?

The IS manager list

Which of the following is NOT a primary activity in project identification?

Stop current projects

Which of the following is NOT an output in the value chain?

Costs

Which of the following is an example of the project coming from a top-down source?

A project identified by a steering committee

Which of the following is an unknown that should be addressed when designing an Internet application?

Connection speed , User, and Access Method

Project identification and selection is also known as ____.

Pre-Project step

Which of the following is not a part of project initiation?

Create a project budget

Which type of feasibility deals with project durations?

Schedule feasibility

Which type of project should companies not have too many of?

High risk

Which of the following is not a consideration during the assessing technical feasibility phase?

System cost

Why is PIP challenging?

Because it turns a vague system request into a project description

Which role in the walkthrough normally has done all or some of the work presented?

Presenter

Which document outlines all work required to complete the project?

Project scope document

All of the following are part of project planning except ____?

Organizing a team

Which feasibility category deals with identifying financial benefits associated with the project?

Economic

A new hardware purchase is classified a(n)?

One-time cost

Which of the following is NOT a way to manage project risks?

Changing the budget

Failure to integrate the new system with the old system is an example of ____?

Failure to assess and manage risks

.____ is the rate which money can be borrowed?

Cost of capital

Which of the following is NOT an example of a recurring cost?

System Conversion

The second phase in the SDLC is ____.

Analysis

What is the end result of a JAD?

Detailed documents of the current system

Where are JAD sessions normally held?

Off site

Which of the following is NOT a form of close-ended questions?

Essay

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a group interview?

It is a waste of an analyst's time to interview a group

Which of the following is a disadvantage of closed ended questions?

the answer might not fit the answers given

Which of the following is an example of an open ended question?

What is the main issue with the current computer system?

An effective way to gather information about the system from users is_.

by asking them questions

If you are entering diagrams into a CASE tool during a JAD, you are probably the __.

Scribe

If you organize and run the JAD session, you are most likely the __.

Session leader

The __ is a document written to describe how a particular job is performed.

Business process

__ and __ are the two types of prototypes.

Evolutionary and throwaway

__ are recognized in official documentation of the organization.

Formal systems

__ current system users is a more direct way of seeing how an existing system operates.

Observing

A_ is a diagram of process logic where the logic is reasonably complicated.

Decision Table

A_is used in both conventions for sources/sinks and has a name that states w the external agent is, such as Customer, Teller, EPA Office, or Inventory Control System.

Square

A data flow to a data store means ____.

Update

A(n) ____ in business process modeling is a decision point.

Activity

According to the DFD conventions, the data flow is always depicted by a(n) ____.

Arrow

As seen from the clouds, as if flying in a plane at 35,000 feet, refers to which level according to Cockburn?

White

At the ____ level of DFDs, new data flows may be added to represent data that are transmitted under exceptional conditions. These data flows typically represent error messages or confirmation notices.

Lowest

BPMN stands for ____.

Business Process Modeling Notation

Both the white and ____ levels provide a summary of the use case goals.

Kite

Functional decomposition is a(n) ____ process of breaking the description of a system down into finer and finer detail, which creates a set of charts in which on process on given chart is explained in greater detail on another chart.

Iterative

No process can have only ____. It would be making data from nothing (a miracle). If an object has only outputs, then it must be a source.

Outputs

The lowest level of a DFD is called a ____ data flow diagram.

Primitive

____ is the time period during which an object performs an operation.

Activation