24) What are the basic steps in the prototype methodology?
25) What are the basic steps in the ABC methodology?
1) Most entrepreneurs need to hire custom programmers to write accounting programs.
2) For most enterprises it is more cost-effective to hire programmers to write custom software
programs for all of their accounting functions.
3) Most accounting systems today are built using an ABC methodology.
4) The baseline stage of the ABC methodology involves customizing the off-the-shelf accounting
system to meet the enterprise’s specific needs.
5) Requirements for customizing a baseline accounting system may come from the end users.
6) Initial project feasibility analysis is usually summarized in a one-page document consisting of
three sections: Issue/Opportunity, Rationale, and Cost.
7) One activity included in the analysis phase of SDLC is developing budgets.
8) Problem analysis involves analyzing cause and effects of a problem experienced with the
current system.
9) The main reasons for project failure relate to activities that were not properly addressed in the
first phase of the SDLC, the planning of the new system project.
10) Database modeling consists of preparing a pictorial representation of the accounting
database.
11) Design feasibility includes operational, economic, technical, schedule, cultural, and risk
feasibility of the proposed IT architecture for the new system.
12) Economic feasibility assesses the probability of successful implementation and use of the
new system, including any legal considerations.
13) Risk feasibility assess the probability of successful implementation and use of the new
system, including any legal considerations.
14) When a system can no longer be maintained, no longer satisfies enterprise requirements, or
fails to address new opportunities, it will be replaced with a new system, and a new system
development life cycle begins.
15) ________ involved analyzing user requirements for the new system.
16) ________ consists of preparing a pictorial representation of the accounting database.
17) According to Weatherbe’s PIECES framework for problem analysis, a problem that affects
revenues or costs is a(n) ________ problem
18) ________ software is an example of using the ABC methodology for large-scale enterprises.
19) ________ feasibility evaluates whether the current IT personnel and enterprise users can
operate the new system hardware and software.
20) The ________ stage of the ABC methodology focuses on an off-the-shelf accounting system
that contains features common to most accounting systems.
21) A ________ analysis identifies any difference between the specifications of the baseline
accounting system and the enterprise-specific user requirements.
22) According to Weatherbe’s PIECES framework for problem analysis, a problem that relates to
system issues, such as system availability, is classified as a(n) ________ problem.
Match the category in Weatherbe’s PIECES framework with the appropriate definition.
A) A problem that impacts business operations
B) A problem that pertains to the proficiency of the current system
C) A problem that relates to confidentiality, integrity (accuracy and completeness), or
availability of data
D) A problem that impacts revenues (benefits) or costs
E) A problem that relates to security of the system
F) A problem that relates to system problems, such as system availability
23) Performance problem
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
24) Information problem
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
25) Economic problem
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
26) Control problem
Diff: 1
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
27) Efficiency problem
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
28) Service problem
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
Match the design feasibility name to the appropriate definition.
A) Evaluates whether the new system deliverables can be delivered by the required due dates
B) Assesses the probability of successful implementation and use of the new system, including
any legal considerations
C) Assesses whether the new system IT architecture can interact with the existing IT architecture
that will remain in use
D) Analyzes the costs and benefits of the new system
E) Considers whether the environment of the enterprise is conducive to the changes and
adaptations required by the new system
F) Evaluates whether the current IT personnel and enterprise users can run the new system
hardware and software
29) Operational feasibility
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
30) Economic feasibility
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
31) Technical feasibility
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
32) Schedule feasibility
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
33) Cultural feasibility
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
34) Risk feasibility
Diff: 2
Objective: Q13.4 Is the ABC methodology the best fit for developing accounting systems?
35) Which stage of the ABC methodology of software development focuses on the features
common to most accounting systems?
A) Baseline stage
B) Analysis stage
C) Design stage
D) Customization stage
36) Which stage of the ABC methodology of software development focuses on meeting the
specific needs of the particular company?
A) Install stage
B) Build stage
C) Customization stage
D) Baseline stage
37) In the ABC methodology of software development, which stage of the baseline stage
identifies the opportunity a new system would address?
A) Plan
B) Analyze
C) Design
D) Build/Buy
38) In the ABC methodology of software development, which stage of the baseline stage collects
user requirements?
A) Plan
B) Analyze
C) Design
D) Build/Buy
39) In the ABC methodology of software development, which stage of the baseline stage are new
system models created?
A) Plan
B) Analyze
C) Design
D) Build/Buy
40) Which category in Weatherbe’s PIECES framework relates to confidentiality, integrity
(accuracy and completeness), or availability of data?
A) Information problem
B) Control problem
C) Efficiency problem
D) Performance problem
41) Which category in Weatherbe’s PIECES framework affects revenues (benefits) or costs?
A) Control problem
B) Economic problem
C) Service problem
D) Performance problem
42) In the ABC methodology of software development, which stage of the customer stage
involves reviewing and updating user requirements for the new accounting system?
A) Plan
B) Analyze
C) Install
D) Deploy
43) In the ABC methodology of software development, which stage of the customer stage is the
prototype created?
A) Plan
B) Analyze
C) Install
D) Build
44) In the ABC methodology of software development, which stage of the customer stage do
users enter data?
A) Play
B) Analyze
C) Deploy
D) Install
45) Your company is replacing the accounting system in the purchasing department. As a
member of accounting department, you are assigned to the planning committee for the project.
Your primary responsibility is to ensure the project does not go over budget. At the first planning
meeting you discover the planing committee consists of one IT developer and yourself. Prepare
an email to send to your boss requesting increasing the number of people on the planning
committee. Specify who you would like to include and why.
46) What are the advantages of using a baseline model?
47) List and define the categories in Weatherbe’s PIECES framework for problem analysis.
48) After the system design phase is complete, the system proposal is submitted to the client for
approval. What information is included in the system proposal?
49) You are a staff accountant at manufacturing firm. IT is installing an new accounting system
and would like to run the legacy system in parallel with the new system for a few weeks. Your
boss, wanting to keep costs down, wants to stop using the legacy system as soon as the new
system is installed. Prepare an email stating why the legacy system should run in parallel with
the new system.