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38) Which of the following is a technique used to create websites that will conform to the screen
resolution of the user?
A) Native design
B) Responsive design
C) End-user design
D) Multi-platform design
E) Mobile development
AACSB: Information Technology
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39) Which of the following is not a typical tool or technique used in responsive design?
A) Flexible layouts
B) Flexible images
C) Detecting user screen resolution
D) Table-based layouts
E) Media queries to optimize design
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40) A detailed list of questions submitted to external vendors to determine how well they meet
the organization’s specific requirements is called:
A) a feasibility study.
B) process specifications.
C) a systems analysis.
D) a case study.
E) a request for proposal.
AACSB: Application of Knowledge
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41) End user development is useful primarily for creating:
A) enterprise systems.
B) user interfaces.
C) conventional programs.
D) mobile apps.
E) simple programs.
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42) Native apps are inexpensive to develop because they use the capabilities of the mobile
device.
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43) Systems analysts typically gather facts about existing systems by examining the
programming code and using the system themselves.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
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44) One problem with prototyping is that the systems constructed may not be able to handle large
quantities of data in a production environment.
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45) End-user-developed solutions take longer to complete than conventionally programmed
applications.
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46) In one form of outsourcing, a company creates the software for its system, but operates the
software on a vendor’s computers.
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47) It is important for all systems development activities to be placed in sequential order.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
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48) A prototype is the final working version of an information system.
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49) Identify and describe the main five systems development approaches.
AACSB: Application of Knowledge; Written and Oral Communication
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50) What are the advantages and disadvantages of prototyping? Describe the steps in
prototyping. Give at least two circumstances under which prototyping might be useful.
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51) Identify four types of rapid-cycle systems development. Why is rapid-cycle development a
trend in current software development?
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52) What is the difference between a mobile website and a mobile web app?
AACSB: Application of Knowledge; Written and Oral Communication
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53) Why is developing applications for mobile platforms so different from development for PC
applications?
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54) In object-oriented development, an object:
A) combines data with processes.
B) contains data that any other object can access or act upon.
C) is designed to process any data input.
D) can only interact with other objects of the same class.
E) is used to hold a collection of processes of the same class.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
LO: 12.3: What are the principal methodologies for modeling and designing systems?
55) The term structured, when discussing structured methodologies, refers to the fact that:
A) the finished software is highly documented.
B) the development process is highly documented.
C) the techniques are step by step, with each step building on the previous one.
D) a defined hierarchy of objects and classes are used to structure the programming.
E) programming objects are organized into structured classes.
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56) The primary tool for representing a system’s component processes and the flow of data
between them is the:
A) data dictionary.
B) process specifications diagram.
C) user documentation.
D) data flow diagram.
E) Gantt chart.
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57) To show each level of a system’s design, its relationship to other levels, and its place in the
overall design structure, structured methodologies use:
A) structure charts.
B) Gantt charts.
C) process specifications diagrams.
D) data flow diagrams.
E) PERT charts.
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58) An entire information system is broken down into its main subsystems by using:
A) high-level data flow diagrams.
B) low-level data flow diagrams.
C) process specifications.
D) structured diagrams.
E) Gantt charts.
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59) In an object-oriented development framework for a university, how would the classes
Degree, Mathematics, and Physics be related?
A) Degree would be a sister class to Mathematics and Physics.
B) Degree is a superclass to Mathematics and Physics.
C) Mathematics and Physics would be ancestors to Degree.
D) Degree would be a subclass to Mathematics and Physics.
E) Degree, Mathematics, and Physics would be three separate classes.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
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60) Object-oriented modeling is based on the concepts of:
A) objects and relationships.
B) classes and objects.
C) class and inheritance.
D) objects and inheritance.
E) tables and relationships.
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61) Object-oriented development could potentially reduce the time and cost of writing software
because:
A) object-oriented programming requires less training.
B) iterative prototyping is not required.
C) objects are reusable.
D) a single user interface object can be used for the entire application.
E) end users are responsible for creating the early prototypes.
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62) Groups of objects are assembled into software components for common functions, which can
be combined into large-scale business applications, in which type of software development?
A) Object-oriented development
B) Component-based development
C) Structured methodologies
D) RAD
E) End-user development
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63) ________ provides software tools to automate development methodologies and reduce the
amount of repetitive work in systems development.
A) XML
B) CAD
C) JAD
D) RAD
E) CASE
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64) ________ describe the transformation occurring within the lowest level of the data flow
diagrams. They express the logic of each process.
A) Structure charts
B) DFDs
C) Component procedures
D) Gantt charts
E) Process specifications
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LO: 12.3: What are the principal methodologies for modeling and designing systems?
65) Which of the following is an online development environment?
A) JAD
B) CASE
C) RAD
D) PaaS
E) SDLC
AACSB: Application of Knowledge
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66) Which of the following is not a typical CASE tool?
A) Report generators
B) Analysis tools
C) Data dictionaries
D) Code generators
E) Debugging tools
AACSB: Application of Knowledge
LO: 12.3: What are the principal methodologies for modeling and designing systems?
67) According to the chapter case, which of the following is not one of the problems created by
the Great Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) booking tool, Choose and Book?
A) Assigning wrong specialists to appointments
B) Confusing interface
C) Appointment booking errors
D) Lack of paper trail
E) Improper handling of referrals
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68) Objects are grouped into hierarchies, and hierarchies into classes.
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69) Component-based development uses structured methodologies.
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70) CASE tools facilitate the creation of clear documentation and the coordination of team
development efforts.
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71) PaaS are online development environments that enable developers to quickly write customer-
or employee-facing web applications.
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72) What qualities of object-oriented development make this method especially suitable for
Internet applications?
AACSB: Analytical Thinking; Written and Oral Communication
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73) What does the word “structured” mean in the term “structured methodologies”?
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