Week 1 quiz
1. (TCO 1) Software designed to support the payroll function
would best be classified as
application software.
system software.
design software.
analysis software.
a decision support system.
Question 2. (TCO 1) The process of breaking the description
of a system down into its smaller components best defines
coupling.
cohesion.
decomposition.
modularity.
scaling.
Question 3. (TCO 1) Analytical skills
help you work with end users as well as other
analysts and programmers.
help you understand the potential and the
limitations of information technology.
help you manage projects, resources, risk, and
change.
enable you to understand the organization and
its functions to identify opportunities and problems and to analyze and solve
problems.
promote an understanding of the different
types of information systems.
Question 4. (TCO 1) A centralized database that contains all
diagrams, forms, and report definitions, data structure, data definitions,
process flows and logic, and definitions of other organizational and system
components best describes
information safe.
code generator.
repository.
data generator.
project database.
Question 5. (TCO 3) A description of the alternative
solution recommended by the analysis team is provided during the
systems planning and selection phase.
systems design phase.
systems analysis phase.
systems implementation and operation phase.
systems alternative selection phase.
Question 6. (TCO 3) In which SDLC phase is the information
system coded, tested, and installed in the organization?
Systems planning and selection
Systems replacement
Systems analysis
Systems design
Systems implementation and operation
Question 7. (TCO 3) Building a scaled-down version of the
desired system best describes
prototyping.
agile methodologies.
joint application design.
reengineering analysis.
rapid application development.
Question 8. (TCO 3) The practice of turning over
responsibility of some or all of an organization’s information systems
applications and operations to an outside firm is referred to as
realignment.
downsizing.
outsourcing.
time sharing.
system reassignment and deployment.
Question 9. (TCO 3) Which of the following are common
criteria to consider when selecting off-the-shelf software?
Flexibility
Vendor viability
Functionality
Cost
All of the above
Question 10. (TCO 3) The document sent to vendors asking
them to propose hardware and software that will meet the requirements of your
new system is called a
requirements statement.
request for proposal (RFP).
baseline project plan.
business case.
systems service request.
Week 2 quiz
Question 1. (TCO 2) Which of the following project
management activities is associated with project initiation?
Estimating resources and creating a detailed
resource plan
Describing project scope, alternatives, and
feasibility
Establishing a relationship with the customer
Identifying and assessing risks
Closing down the project
Question 2. (TCO 2) Developing an understanding of the
content and complexity of the project is the purpose of
developing a project charter activity of the
project planning phase.
setting a Baseline Project Plan activity of
the project planning phase.
determining project standards and procedures
activity of the project planning phase.
describing the project scope, alternatives,
and feasibility activity of the project planning phase.
closing down the project activity of the
project planning phase.
Question 3. (TCO 2) The process of dividing the project into
manageable tasks and logically ordering them to ensure a smooth evolution
between tasks defines
task division.
work breakdown structure.
work structuring.
project division.
critical path scheduling.
Question 4. (TCO 2) The third phase of the project
management process in which the plans created in the prior phases are put into
action is
project planning.
project development.
project initiation.
project execution.
project close down.
Question 5. (TCO 2) Ensuring that all contractual terms of
the project have been met is done during
conducting postproject reviews.
closing the customer contract.
setting a baseline project plan.
communicating the project status.
project implementation.
Question 6. (TCO 2) A scheduling technique where the order
and duration of the sequence of activities directly affect the completion date
of a project refers to
sequencing strategy.
Gantt scheduling.
critical path scheduling.
activity scheduling.
task management.
Question 7. (TCO 2) Automated tools available to help you
manage a development project are referred to as
diagram generators.
project management software.
systems development software.
desktop publishing software.
utility software.
Question 8. (TCO 2) Which of the following is one of the
three primary activities associated with identifying and selecting IS
development projects?
Preliminary investigation of the system
problem or opportunity
Identification of potential development
projects
Requirements determination
Generate alternative initial designs
Requirements structuring
Question 9. (TCO 2) The analysis technique that finds the
amount of time required for the cumulative cash flow from a project to equal
its initial and ongoing investment is referred to as
return on investment (ROI).
break-even analysis (BEA).
net present value (NPV).
future value (FV).
currency rate analysis (CRA).
Question 10. (TCO 2) A benefit derived from the creation of
an information system that can be measured in dollars and with certainty is
a(n)
intangible benefit.
qualitative benefit.
tangible benefit.
operational benefit.
profitable benefit.
Week 3 quiz
Question 1. (TCO 3) Questioning everything best describes
the impertinence characteristic a systems analyst needs
during requirements determination.
the impartiality characteristic a systems analyst needs
during requirements determination.
the relaxing of constraints characteristic a systems analyst
needs during requirements determination.
the attention to
details characteristic a systems analyst needs during requirements
determination.
the reframing
characteristic a systems analyst needs during requirements determination.
Question 2. (TCO 3) Which of the following is a traditional
method of collecting systems requirements?
Business process reengineering
Observations
Joint application design
Rapid application development
Prototyping
Question 3. (TCO 3) Questions in interviews and on
questionnaires that have no prespecified answers are
nonspecific questions.
closed-ended questions.
open-ended questions.
investigative questions.
exploratory questions.
Question 4. (TCO 3) Good interview guidelines consist of
phrasing the question to illicit the response.
typing your notes within two weeks of the
interview.
establishing expectation levels about the new
system.
seeking a variety of perspectives from the
interviews.
using as much time as you need.
Question 5. (TCO 3) The typical participants in a JAD
include
a session leader.
a scribe.
a sponsor.
systems analysts.
All of the above
Question 6. (TCO 4) Because data-flow diagrams concentrate
on the movement of data between processes, these diagrams are often referred to
as
process models.
data models.
flow models.
flow charts.
logic models.
Question 7. (TCO 4) Data in motion, moving from one place in
a system to another, best describes a
data store.
process.
source.
data flow.
relationship.
Question 8. (TCO 4) Which of the following would be
considered when diagramming?
The interactions occurring between sources and
sinks
How to provide sources and sinks direct access
to stored data
How to control or redesign a source or sink
What a source or sink does with information or
how it operates
None of the above
Question 9. (TCO 4) The origin and destination of data,
sometimes referred to as external entities, defines
source.
data store.
data flow.
process.
predecessor.
Question 10. (TCO
4) On a data-flow diagram, a rectangle with rounded corners represents a(n)
data store.
process.
action stub.
data flow.
source.
Week 4 quiz
1.Question :(TCO 5) Which of the following is a true
statement?
Data characteristics are dynamic.
A data model explains the transient form of an
organization.
An information system design based on a data
orientation, rather than a process or logic orientation, should have a longer,
useful life.
Data flow paths are permanent.
A data model graphically represents the
processes that capture, manipulate, store, and distribute data between a system
and its environment and among components within a system.
Question 2. (TCO 5) A detailed, logical, and graphical
representation of the entities, associations, and data elements for an
organization or business area best describes a(n)
logic model.
data-flow diagram.
entity-relationship diagram or E-R diagram.
structure chart.
data tree.
Question 3. (TCO 5) A collection of entities that share
common properties or characteristics best defines
entity type.
entity instance.
entity occurrence.
entity collection.
data set.
Question 4. (TCO 5) An association between the instances of
one or more entity types that is of interest to the organization best defines
an occurrence.
a relationship.
a natural connection.
a cardinality.
an entity link.
Question 5. (TCO 5) The number of entity types that
participate in a relationship refers to
cardinality.
an association.
a count.
a degree.
normalization.
Question 6.(TCO 5) A relationship between instances of two
entity types is a
unary relationship.
binary relationship.
ternary relationship.
multiple occurrence.
partnership occurrence.
Question 7. (TCO 5) If entity B is a mandatory participant,
then
the minimum cardinality of the relationship is
two.
the minimum cardinality of the relationship
cannot be defined.
the minimum cardinality of the relationship is
one.
the minimum cardinality of the relationship is
optional.
the join level is not null.
Question 8. (TCO 6) During which of the following steps will
you bring the current phase to a close, prepare a report and presentation to
management concerning continuation of the project, and get ready to move the
project into design?
Designing the human interface
Requirements determination
Project initiation and planning
Alternative generation and selection
Requirements structuring
Question 9. (TCO 6) Which of the following is a true
statement regarding midrange alternatives?
Midrange alternative design strategies often
do not involve computer technology; instead they focus on making paper flows
more efficient or reducing redundancies in current processes.
Midrange alternative design strategies
represent compromise solutions.
Functionality is the primary focus of midrange
alternative design strategies.
Midrange alternative design strategies provide
all the required functionality users demand with a system that is minimally
different from the current system.
Midrange alternative design strategies provide
all the desired features using advanced technologies that often allow the
system to expand to meet future requirements.
Question 10. (TCO 6) The most conservative solutions in
terms of the effort, cost, and technology involved in developing a new system
are the
low-end solutions.
high-end solutions.
midrange solutions.
constraint-dependent solutions.
requirements-dependent solutions.
Week 5 quiz
1. Question :(TCO 7) Which of the following is an example of
a form?
Invoice
Pie chart
Mailing labels
An electronic spreadsheet
Weekly sales summaries by region and
salesperson
Question 2. (TCO 7) Which of the following best describes a
business document that contains only predefined data?
Electronic spreadsheet
Turn-around document
Form
Report
Coupon
Question 3. (TCO 7) The major deliverables associated with
the human interface design stage are
process models.
the baseline project plan and structure
charts.
logic models.
design specifications.
program specifications.
Question 4. (TCO 7) Providing a current date that identifies
when the form or report was generated corresponds to the form and report
guideline of
balance the layout.
IN design an easy navigation system.
include meaningful information.
use meaningful titles.
None of the above
Question 5. (TCO 7) Which of the following is a guideline
for displaying text?
Use double spacing if space permits.
Do not hyphenate words between lines.
Left-justify text and leave a ragged right
margin.
Display text in mixed upper and lowercase, and
use conventional punctuation.
All of the above
Question 6. (TCO 7) Entering invalid data into a field
describes
transposing.
transcripting.
appending.
truncating.
hashing.
Question 7. (TCO 7) If you would like the user to be able to
trace back to where they once started, it would be necessary to utilize
cookie crumbs.
site markers.
network page markers.
object-oriented language design.
Hansel and Grettel design.
Question 8. (TCO 5) A data model that represents data in the
form of tables or relations is called a(n)
hierarchical database model.
network database model.
relational database model.
hybrid database model.
object-oriented database model.
Question 9. (TCO 5) An attribute that appears as a nonkey
attribute in one relation and as a primary key attribute (or part of a primary
key) in another relation is a
foreign key.
candidate key.
pointer.
relationship key.
marker.
Question 10. (TCO 5) All of the following are types of file
organizations except
indexed.
sequential.
hashed.
logical.
None of the above
Week 6 quiz
1.Question :(TCO 9) This plan lays out a strategy for moving
from the old system to the new.
Systems service request
Installation plan
Training plan
Testing plan
Conversion guide
Question 2. (TCO 9) Testing each module alone in an attempt
to discover any errors that may exist in the module’s code is referred to as
unit testing.
system testing.
stub testing.
singular testing.
a walkthrough.
Question 3. (TCO 9) The purpose of acceptance testing is to
determine if new requirements must be added to
the newly completed system.
determine if the system meets user
requirements.
determine if the system meets its objectives.
test a completed information system using
simulated data.
test a completed information system using real
data.
Question 4. (TCO 9) Changing over from the old information
system to a new one by turning off the old system as the new one is turned on
best describes
phased installation.
single location installation.
parallel installation.
direct installation.
rotation installation.
Question 5. (TCO 9) Which of the following is a type of
system documentation?
Data-flow diagrams
Quick reference guide
Release description
System administrator’s guide
Acceptance sign-off
Question 6. (TCO 9) A component of a software package or
application in which training and educational information is embedded best
defines
resident expert.
computer-aided instruction.
electronic tutorial.
electronic performance support system.
electronic encyclopedia.
Question 7. (TCO 9) Changes made to a system to evolve its
functionality to changing business needs or technologies is referred to as
ive maintenance.
adaptive maintenance.
preventive maintenance.
perfective maintenance.
environmental maintenance.
Question 8. (TCO 9) Which of the following influences most
of the costs associated with maintaining a system?
Maintenance personnel
Documentation quality
Number of latent defects
Number of customers
Tools
Question 9. (TCO 9) A measurement of error occurrences that
can be tracked over time to indicate the quality of a system best defines
consistency ratio.
mean time between failures.
error tracking.
regression analysis.
software metrics.
Question 10. (TCO
9) Tests performed during alpha testing that are designed to try to break the
system are
stress tests.
performance tests.
recovery tests.
security tests.
stub tests.
Week 7 quiz
Question 1. (TCO 8) The object-oriented development life
cycle consists of
analysis, design, and implementation phases.
identification, planning, design, and
implementation phases.
selection, analysis, design, and
implementation phases.
identification, design, and implementation
phases.
design and implementation phases.
Question 2. (TCO 8) Referencing use-case modeling, an
external entity that interacts with the system best defines
player.
actor.
source.
target.
event.
Question 3. (TCO 8) A type of use-case relationship that
adds new behaviors or actions is a(n)
generalized relationship.
extends relationship.
recursive relationship.
abstract relationship.
complex relationship.
Question 4. (TCO 8) An entity that has a well-defined role
in the application domain and has state, behavior, and identity defines
object.
attribute.
actor.
class.
component.
Question 5. (TCO 8) A type of message in which the caller
has to wait for the receiving object to finish executing the called operation
before it can resume execution itself is a(n)
synchronous message.
simple message.
asynchronous message.
half-duplex message.
packet.
Question 6. (TCO 8) Which of the following is a true
statement?
The developer-as-artist systems development
era was marked by a lack of documentation and development tools and by a high
degree of dependence on the developer for the continued ongoing operation of
the system he or she had created.
During the developer-as-engineer systems
development era, principles from engineering were applied to development.
The agile methodologies era favors close
cooperation between developers and clients.
All of the above
Question 7. (TCO 8) According to the agile software
development manifesto, the 17 anarchists came to value
individuals and interactions over processes
and tools.
working software over comprehensive
documentation.
customer collaboration over contract
negotiation.
responding to change over following a plan.
All of the above
Question 8. (TCO 8) An agile process is recommended when
your project involves
unpredictable or dynamic requirements.
responsible and motivated developers.
customers who understand the process and will
get involved.
All of the above
None of the above
Question 9. (TCO 8) An agile methodology is recommended for
each of the following except
unpredictable or dynamic requirements.
responsible and motivated developers.
customers who understand and will get
involved.
a large development team, exceeding 100 or
more people.
small development projects.
Question 10. (TCO 8) Which of the following is an eXtreme
Programming advantage?
More communication among developers
Higher levels of productivity
Higher-quality code
Reinforcement of the other practices in
eXtreme Programming
All of the above
