131. A feasibility study is conducted to determine:
132. Which of the following is not a significant activity during the systems implementation phase?
133. Systems implementation is triggered by:
134. The project completion report will include all of the following except:
135. A user-directed test of the complete system in a test environment is called a(n) ____ test.
A. Unit
136. The ____ runs a subset of the system in the actual production environment.
A. unit test
137. Which of the following statements regarding systems maintenance is false?
A. It should include analysis, cost/benefit study, design, implementation, and approvals for each development
138. Which of the following is conducted as a follow up to a system’s recent implementation?
139. All of the following would be tasks of post-implementation review except:
140. The type of maintenance that is conducted to improve the performance of an application is referred to as:
141. The type of maintenance that is conducted to fix errors of an application is referred to as:
A. preventive
142. The type of maintenance that is conducted to adjust applications for changing business needs and
environmental challenges of an application is referred to as:
143. ______________________________ is the assignment of an internal function to an outside vendor.
144. A(n) ______________________________ offers a traditional outsourcing mechanism whereby it hosts,
manages, and provides access to application software and hardware over the Internet to multiple customers.
145. The purpose of the ______________________________ phase of the Information System Development
process is to develop specifications for a new or revised system.
146. ______________________________ is a Web-based model of software distribution where multiple users
may simultaneously use the software.
147. One task of the ______________________________ phase is to convert to the new or revised system.
148. Tasks of the ______________________________ phase are to conduct post-implementation review and to
perform systems maintenance.
149. As a(n) ______________________________, the accountant can become involved with any or all of the
AIS acquisition phases.
150. In particular, intricate knowledge of accounting and information technology helps the accountant be
successful in the role of ______________________________.
151. As agents of management and the board of directors, ______________________________ ensure that the
acquisition team has followed the organization’s standard procedures for systems acquisition and that the
process has been efficient and effective.
152. ______________________________ review the acquisition cycle and assess if and how internal controls
have been impacted.
153. A problem has a(n) ______________________________ feasible solution if it can be solved with existing
154. If the payback and internal rate of return estimates are sufficient to allow the development project to
proceed it is said to have ______________________________ feasibility.
155. ______________________________ reflects a set of procedures conducted to generate the specifications
for a new (or modified) information system or subsystem.
156. The logical specification, physical requirements, and budget and schedule are all part of the systems
analysis deliverable called a(n) ______________________________.
157. Similar to the developer of an industrial park, an organization’s management or IT
______________________________ approves a systems development project for further systems
development.
158. The systems analysis team conducts a(n) ______________________________ which provides quantitative
and certain qualitative information concerning each of the system alternatives.
159. The ______________________________ analysis or study is performed before an effectiveness analysis
because the data are relatively easy to obtain and are more objective than the data on effectiveness.
160. A(n) ______________________________ cost is one that is directly attributable to the system or the
system change.
161. ______________________________ costs are associate with but not directly attributable to the system or
162. A(n) ______________________________ cost is one that can be reasonably quantified, such as software
purchase and insurance.
163. A(n) ______________________________ cost is one that cannot be reasonably quantified, such as
productivity losses caused by low employee morale.
164. ______________________________ are incurred only once to get the system operational.
165. A(n) ______________________________ benefit is one that is directly attributable to the system or the
system change, such as reduced personnel costs.
166. ______________________________ benefits are not directly attributable to the system or the system
change.
167. ______________________________ benefits are those that can be reasonably quantified, such as reduced
equipment costs and increased revenues.
168. ______________________________ benefits are those that cannot be reasonably quantified, such as those
that result from having improved information.
169. Structured system design is a set of procedures performed to convert the
______________________________ into a design that can be implemented on the organization’s computer
system.
170. Defining requirements such as the amount of data to be stored, functional layouts for computer inquiry
screens and reports, and processing response times are part of developing the
______________________________ for the selected design.
171. A(n) ______________________________ is a firm providing information processing services, including
hardware and software for a fee.
172. A(n) ______________________________ is a document sent to vendors that invite submission of plans
for providing hardware, software, and services.
173. A computer system’s ______________________________ is the quantity of work performed in a period of
time.
174. A(n) ______________________________ is a representative user workload, processed on each vendor’s
proposed system configuration, to obtain comparative throughput measures.
175. Interviews that are conducted with personnel outside the organization are called
______________________________.
176. The ______________________________ documents the system design and summarizes the
implementation, training, and test plans.
177. Systems operation includes systems maintenance and ______________________________.
178. ______________________________ reflects a set of procedures performed to complete the design
contained in the approved systems design document and to test, install, and begin to use the new or revised
information system.
179. In the ______________________________ approach to systems implementation, both the new and old
systems operate together for a period of time.
180. Of the three approaches to systems implementation presented in the text, the
______________________________ approach is the riskiest.
181. With the ______________________________ approach to systems implementation, the new system either
is implemented one subsystem at a time or is introduced into one organizational unit at a time.
182. When implementing ______________________________ systems, it is often capacity or cost prohibitive
to take the parallel approach.
183. The direct approach is also known as the ______________________________ or
______________________________ approach.
184. The ______________________________ approach forces the users to learn the new system because the
old system is not available to fall back on.
185. The ______________________________ approach is also referred to as the phased approach.
186. As a(n) ______________________________, the accountant could be the person who initiates the AIS
acquisition cycle because (s)he will be in a prime position to recognize deficiencies and incompatibilities
related to the existing AIS.
187. The ______________________________ summarizes the implementation activities and provides
documentation for operating the new system and for conducting the post-implementation review and systems
maintenance.
188. The two main inputs that trigger systems implementation are the ______________________________ and
the ______________________________.
189. The user, the programmer, and another member of the programming team do a(n)
______________________________ of the module specifications and the test plan to determine that the test
plan is adequate; then the programmer codes the program.
190. The removal of program errors is called ______________________________.
191. Making program changes, correcting errors in the programs, and adding enhancements to the programs is
called systems ______________________________.
192. The ______________________________ verifies the new system against the original specifications.
193. A user-directed test of the complete system in a test environment is called a(n)
______________________________ test.
194. The ______________________________ test runs a subset of the system in the actual production
environment.
195. The ______________________________ is an examination of a working system, conducted soon after the
system’s implementation.
196. ______________________________ is the modification of existing applications.
197. ______________________________ maintenance is performed to fix errors.
198. ______________________________ maintenance is conducted to improve the performance of an
application.
199. ______________________________ maintenance adjusts applications to reflect changing business needs
and environmental challenges.
200. The ______________________________ should describe operating procedures for both manual and
automated procedures.
201. Briefly discuss application service providers (ASP) and Software as a Service (SaaS).
202. Discuss four ways that an accountant is often involved with the AIS acquisition?