What is the process of understanding and specifying in detail what the information system should accomplish?

1802 Quiz Review

Week 1

1.Every system has system boundary between itself and the environment.

2.The database is designed using information from the class diagram. True

3.To design the database schema, information from which diagram is the most

important? Class diagram

4.What is usually the end result of an iteration? A piece of working code

5.The purpose of a class diagram is to document the information requirements in

the new system

6.The primary output of Core Process One and which issued to get project approval

is called System Vision Document

7.One approach to the SDLC can be described using five core processes. False

8.The SDLC means the System Design Life Cycle. False

9.Moore’s Law is the theory that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit

doubles about every two years.

10.A development process where the system is grown piece by piece is called

iterative development.

11.When a system is partitioned into pieces, each piece is referred to as a Subsystem

12.Overall functional testing is included in which Core Processes? 6

13.List the three components that are included in a System Vision Document.

Business benefits.

14.A business professional who uses analysis and design techniques to so solve

business problems using technology is called a System analyst.

15.Performing in-depth fact finding to understand details is done as part of which

Core Process. 3

16. What is the purpose of an iteration recap? To review the project processes.

• 1. 

  Systems ____ means specifying in detail how the many components of the information system should be physically implemented

  • A. 

    Design

  • B. 

    Specification

  • C. 

    Analysis

  • D. 

    Administration

• 2. 

  The most important role of a systems analyst in business is ____.

  • A. 

    Technical understanding of information systems

  • B. 

    Problem solving

  • C. 

    Knowing what data needs to be stored and used

  • D. 

    Special programming skills

• 3. 

  ____ refers to the division of a system into processes or subsystems.

  • A. 

    System design

  • B. 

    Data management

  • C. 

    Programming

  • D. 

    Functional decomposition

• 4. 

  An automation boundary is best described as the separation between the ____.

  • A. 

    System and its environment

  • B. 

    Automated part of a system and the manual part of a system

  • C. 

    Manual part of a system and its environment

  • D. 

    Automated part of a system and its environment

• 5. 

  Changes in software development, technology, and business practices have created many new career opportunities for analysts, including ____.

  • A. 

    Sales and support of ERP software

  • B. 

    Auditing, compliance, and security

  • C. 

    Web development

  • D. 

    All of the above

• 6. 

  A technique that seeks to alter the nature of the work done in a business function, with the objective of radically improving performance, is called ____.

  • A. 

    Business process reengineering

  • B. 

    Strategic planning

  • C. 

    Information systems strategic planning

  • D. 

    Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

• 7. 

  A description of the integrated information systems needed by the organization to carry out its business functions is called ____.

  • A. 

    Business process re-engineering

  • B. 

    Application architecture plan

  • C. 

    Technology architecture plan

  • D. 

    Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

• 8. 

  A description of the hardware, software, and communications networks required to implement planned information systems is called ____.

  • A. 

    Information systems strategic planning

  • B. 

    Applications architecture planning

  • C. 

    Technology architecture plan

  • D. 

    Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

• 9. 

  Rocky Mountain Outfitters would like to further distribute business applications across multiple locations and computer systems, reserving the data center for Web server, database, and telecommunications functions. This is an example of ____.

  • A. 

    Applications architecture planning

  • B. 

    Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

  • C. 

    Technology architecture planning

  • D. 

    Strategic planning

• 10. 

  Which of the following is an example of a technique used to complete specific system development activities?

  • A. 

    Project planning

  • B. 

    Integrated development environment (IDE)

  • C. 

    Application service provider (ASP)

  • D. 

    Supply chain management (SCM)

• 11. 

  Which of the following is the analyst’s approach to problem solving?

  • A. 

    Verify that the benefits of solving the problem outweigh the costs, then research and understand the problem.

  • B. 

    Develop a set of possible solutions, then verify that the benefits of solving the problem outweigh the costs.

  • C. 

    Verify that the benefits of solving the problem outweigh the costs, then define the requirements for solving the problem.

  • D. 

    Implement the solution, then define the details of the chosen solution.

• 12. 

  The last step of the analyst's approach to problem solving is ____.

  • A. 

    Decide which solution is best, and make a recommendation

  • B. 

    Monitor to make sure that you obtain the desired results

  • C. 

    Verify that the benefits of solving the problem outweigh the costs

  • D. 

    Implement the solution

• 13. 

  A knowledge management system ____.

  • A. 

    Indexes all the knowledge contained within an organization

  • B. 

    Supports the storage of and access to documents within an organization

  • C. 

    Is another term for a library system

  • D. 

    Requires a very large amount of online storage space

• 14. 

  Skills in a nontechnical area such as interviewing and team management are called ____.

  • A. 

    Inherent skills

  • B. 

    Technical skills

  • C. 

    Hard skills

  • D. 

    Soft skills

• 15. 

  An example of a project phase in a predictive project  is ____.

  • A. 

    Gathering information about the user's needs

  • B. 

    Performing a project cost/benefit analysis

  • C. 

    Planning the project

  • D. 

    Drawing the system interface

• 16. 

  The primary objective of the analysis phase is to ____.

  • A. 

    Analyze the capabilities and structure of the previous system

  • B. 

    Prioritize the alternatives for a new system

  • C. 

    Determine the basic structure and approach for the new system

  • D. 

    Understand and document the users' needs and requirements

• 17. 

  The problem domain is the part of systems development that refers to the ____.

  • A. 

    Problems associated with the computing environment

  • B. 

    Area of the user's business for which a system is being developed

  • C. 

    Problems of the organization of the company

  • D. 

    Area of the industry that results in more intense competition

• 18. 

  That portion of the new information system that satisfies the user's business needs in the problem domain is referred to as the ____.

  • A. 

    System procedure

  • B. 

    Application

  • C. 

    Network

  • D. 

    User interface

• 19. 

  The ____ phase begins only after the new system has been installed and put into production, and it lasts throughout the productive life of the system.

  • A. 

    Analysis

  • B. 

    Design

  • C. 

    Implementation

  • D. 

    Support

• 20. 

  Users are typically more involved in the project during which two phases?

  • A. 

    Analysis and design

  • B. 

    Planning and analysis

  • C. 

    Design and implementation

  • D. 

    Analysis and implementation

• 21. 

  The first official activity of the project team as it initiates the project planning phase is to ____.

  • A. 

    Define the business problem

  • B. 

    Staff the project team

  • C. 

    Develop a cost/benefit analysis

  • D. 

    Write a project proposal

• 22. 

  The term “____” describes a planned undertaking that produces a new information system.

  • A. 

    Systems development project

  • B. 

    Phase

  • C. 

    Systems development life cycle (SDLC)

  • D. 

    Design phase

• 23. 

  Most new information systems must communicate with other, existing systems, so the design of the method and details of these communication links must be precisely defined. These are called ____.

  • A. 

    Models

  • B. 

    System interfaces

  • C. 

    Help desks

  • D. 

    Design interfaces

• 24. 

  The term “____” means that work activities are done once, then again, and yet again.

  • A. 

    EXtreme programming (XP)

  • B. 

    Iteration

  • C. 

    Agile modeling

  • D. 

    Unified Process (UP)

• 25. 

  A(n) ____ in system development is a collection of guidelines that help an analyst complete a system development activity or task.

  • A. 

    Iteration

  • B. 

    Model

  • C. 

    Technique

  • D. 

    Tool

Which one of the following can be best described as understanding and specifying in detail what an information system should do?

What is the role of System Analyst how collect the information of system during development?

Is a business professional who uses analysis and design techniques to solve business problems using information technology?

What are the different methods used for system analysis?