Use cases are the primary drivers for all of the UML diagramming techniques.
Content awareness is the user interface design principle that requires that the screen
design make it clear to the user what content is being displayed.
Rather than attempting to teach the users all the features of the system, training should
instead focus on the much smaller set of activities that users perform on a regular basis
and ensure that users are truly expert in those.
The attributes that change in a behavior state machine must appear in the object
attribute list.
Daniel has just been assigned as the project manager. To motivate his team properly,
Daniel’s first step is to award bonuses to team members.
Look-up files store core information that is important to the business and to the
application, and are usually kept for long periods of time with new records appended to
the end of the file.
The physical architecture layer addresses how the software will execute on specific
computers and networks.
The use case Take Order has a temporal trigger if it begins when a customer calls to
place an order.
Enhancements suggested by users to make the system easier to use are given higher
priority than bug fixes.
When creating a CRUD matrix, you should use the letter U to represent Underline.
In extreme programming programmers pair up to write the code.
Using typical industry standards for estimating project time schedules, the estimated
analysis phase would be 10 person-months for a systems project where the planning
phase was completed in 7.5 person-months.
A menu bar is often a second-level menu that pops up, floats over the screen, and
disappears after one use.
The three fundamentally different strategies for the analysis phase (business process
automation, business process improvement, and business process reengineering) are
stand-alone strategies and should not be combined in the analysis process.
In a deployment diagram, typically a node is labeled with a stereotype, with the
stereotype representing the type of node (e.g., web server, database server, mobile
device).
The multiplicity zero or more is signified by the notation 0..*.
The Enhanced Unified Process goes beyond building the system and includes
maintaining the system.
A significant drawback of a printed report is the inability of the information to be
further manipulated (i.e., sorted).
In the Enhanced Unified Process, the production phase focuses exclusively on
supporting workflows.
Generalization/specialization cohesion addresses the sensibility of the inheritance
hierarchy.
The guideline for crafting documentation that when followed permits the user to
quickly scan text to find the information needed is “use e-prime style”.
Dynamic binding is one of the basic characters of object-oriented systems.
Implementation is the development of all parts of the system, including the software
development, documentation creation, and new operating procedures generation.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications are small single-function software
packages that are inexpensive and easy to install and have only minor problems and
fast, easily recognizable benefits.
Verification and validation through a walkthrough is to uncover and correct errors or
faults in the evolving specification.
When the timeframe for implementation is short, it is best to consider custom
development.
A class diagram is a dynamic model that shows how the classes and relationships
change over time.
A solid line without arrows between an actor and a use case in a use case diagram
represents a one-way flow of communication from the actor to the use case.
Observation is a powerful tool for gathering information about the As-Is system and
may be necessary because managers often do not remember how they work and how
they allocate their time.
A guard condition is a Boolean expression, which allows a transition to occur only if a
condition is satisfied.
Project assessment is not usually performed, yet it can be an important component of
organizational learning.
White-Box testing is used when complexity of the system under testing is high.
When classes share a many-to-many relationship, it is common to create a(n)
associattion class that has its own attributes and methods.
Project management is the process of planning and controlling the development of a
system within a specified time frame at a minimum cost with the right functionality.
Virtually all of the quality models differentiate functional and non-functional
requirements.
The project manager develops ideas and suggestions for how to improve business
processes, designs new business processes, and identifies the business value the new
system will create.
User participation should be promoted throughout the development process to make
sure that the final system will be accepted and used.
One of the guidelines for designing user interfaces for social media website is to make
sure you understand the difference between push and pull approaches. The push-based
approach is __________.
a. you have to click buttons to get information
b. the server sends information to users periodically
c. the user has to come to the social media website to find information
d. the user setup an agent program to get information from the website
e. the server collects information for the user and store in the server and the user can
access it at any time.
_____ value can be quantified during the project initiation phase.
a. Expected
b. Tangible
c. Intangible
d. Real
e. Salvage
The person charged with actually planning and implementing the change necessary to
support the implementation of a new system is known as a _____.
a. change agent
b. potential adopter
c. project manager
d. project sponsor
e. systems analyst
A relational database may be optimized for _____.
a. data type and storage efficiency
b. relational type
c. speed of access
d. storage efficiency
e. storage efficiency and speed of access
A server in the client-server architecture performs which of the following application
functions?
a. application logic and data storage
b. application logic and presentation logic
c. data access logic and presentation logic
d. data access logic and data storage
e. data storage logic and presentation logic
A concept map is essentially a node-and-arc representation, where the nodes represent
the individual requirements and the arcs represent the _______________ among the
requirements.
a. relationships
b. data flow
c. constraints
d. conditions
e. communications
The cloud can contain the firm’s IT infrastructure, IT platform, and software.
_______________ refers to the cloud providing the computing hardware to the firm as
a remote service.
a. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
b. Platform as a service (PasS)
c. Software as a service (SaaS)
d. Utility as a service (UaaS)
e. Computing as a service (CaaS)
The process of building new systems by combining packaged software, existing legacy
systems, and new software written to integrate everything together is called _____.
a. customization
b. formal methodology
c. outsourcing
d. systems integration
e. workaround
In which phase of the SDLC is the system specification developed?
a. analysis
b. design
c. implementation
d. planning
e. system delivery
There are three key roles in any major organizational change, the sponsor of the change,
the change agent, and ___________.
a. potential adopters
b. customers
c. users
d. project mangers
e. vendors
Sarah would like to give the interviewee more control over the interview and to gather
rich information. She should ask _____ questions.
a. closed-ended
b. inappropriate
c. open-ended
d. opinion
e. probing
The following are all strengths of a custom development design strategy EXCEPT
_____.
a. builds technical skills
b. greater creativity
c. greater flexibility
d. lower risk
e. none of these
Krug’s three design principles are also important to design the user interfaces of mobile
computing systems, especially the first one: ________________ .
a. give the mobile context
b. remove all “fluff” from the site
c. try to linearize the content of the application
d. using the unique features from the device
e. “Don”t make me think”!
Developing an information system is similar to building a house because you have to
a. start with a basic idea of what is needed
b. create simple drawings of what is needed and allow the customer to provide feedback
c. develop a detailed set of blueprints
d. actually build the project, often with some changes directed by the customer
e. all of the above
A(n) _____ occurs when data are stored redundantly in a database and only some of the
instances are updated when a change is needed.
a. error
b. update anomaly
c. data integrity concern
d. storage efficiency
e. none of these
The primary goal of the systems analyst is to _____.
a. acquire a working tool
b. create a wonderful system
c. create value for the organization
d. establish the phases of the SDLC
e. identify opportunities for improvement
Data may be stored in the following formats _____.
a. databases
b. entities
c. entities and files
d. files
e. files and databases
Understanding why an information system should be built and determining how the
project team will build it is part of the _____ phase of the SDLC.
a. analysis
b. system request
c. gathering
d. initiating
e. planning
Polymorphism is made possible through ________________ :
a. static binding
b. dynamic binding
c. initialization
d. messaging
e. information hiding
Which one in the following is NOT in the state of the system testing?
a. Requirements Testing
b. Usability Testing
c. Security Testing
d. Performance Testing
e. System Interface Testing
During a change management process the potential adopters that would readily accept a
new system are normally _____%.
a. 5-10
b. 20-30
c. 40-50
d. 50-60
e. 60-70
A(n) _____ check ensures that the numeric data entered is within the correct minimum
or maximum values.
a. check digit
b. completeness
c. consistency
d. format
e. range
In the Enhanced Unified Process, the Inception Phase involves several workflows
including _________.
a. analysis
b. design
c. implementation
d. all of these
e. none of these
In which phase of the SDLC is the system proposal developed?
a. analysis
b. design
c. implementation
d. planning
e. system delivery
A mini-table that contains values from one or more columns in a table and the location
of the values within the table is called a(n) _____.
a. index
b. interfile cluster
c. intrafile cluster
d. raw data calculation
e. volumetric
The external behavior of a system is described by _____.
a. functional models
b. structural models
c. behavioral models
d. interaction diagrams
e. statechart diagrams
Peter is the vice president of accounting and finance. For the past year he has solely
provided the resources necessary to get the just-in-time accounting system through the
planning and analysis phases of the SDLC. Other managers have openly stated that the
JIT system is not worth the investment. The SEC has just placed Peter under
investigation for insider trading and the board has asked him to resign. This project is
failing _____ feasibility analysis.
a. organizational
b. champion
c. functional
d. economic
e. technical
During an interview, the following question is asked; “How many times during a typical
week does a customer complain about inadequate service following a sale?” This
question is an example of a (n) _____ question.
a. Opinion-generating
b. Eye-opening
c. open-ended
d. closed-ended
e. probing
_____ feasibility is determined by identifying costs and benefits associated with the
system.
a. Economic
b. Functional
c. Organizational
d. Intangible
e. Technical
A _____ object is an instance of a class that sends a request to an instance of another
class for an operation to be executed.
a. client
b. server
c. contract
d. requester
e. CRC
Text analysis is one of the four approaches to aid the analysis in identifying a set of
candidate objects for the structural model. Textual analysis is an analysis of the text in
the ___________________.
a. business models
b. use case descriptions
c. class diagrams
d. activity diagrams
e. use case diagrams
In the Enhanced Unified Process, the Production Phase involves several workflows
including __________.
a. analysis
b. design
c. implementation
d. all of these
e. none of these
What are the issues related to security in the cloud?
Discuss the factors that might encourage an organization to adopt a server-based
architecture as opposed to a client-server-based architecture.
What can be done when the skills needed for a project are not found in the staff that is
available for the project?
What is a walkthrough?
Identify the seven steps involved in conducting the economic feasibility.
Why should the object persistent classes be dependent on the associated problem
domain classes instead of the other way around?
Explain the system review part of project assessment.
What are the six User Interface Design Principles? Identify each principle and provide a
description for each.
What are some of the multilingual issues that you may face when developing for a
global audience?
Describe sequence diagrams.
Mark has been asked to develop a conversion strategy for a soon-to-be-completed
systems project. Only three marketing managers will sporadically use the new system, a
small marketing advisory system. The conversion must be completed in less than a
week. The organization has not fully budgeted the IS departments requested conversion
costs. Identify the three characteristics for a conversion strategy and make a
recommendation to Mark on the conversion modules process to be used.
Why is testing so important in object-oriented systems when we are using patterns,
frameworks, class libraries, and components that have all be tested before?
Explain the distinction between two-tiered, three-tiered, and n-tiered client-server
architectures. What is the chief advantage of a multi-tiered architecture as compared to
a two-tiered architecture? What are the limitations?
What is the purpose of the different layers?
Explain the term Indexing.
Explain the difference in the way Structured Query Language processes data compared
to traditional programs.
Explain the concept of object diagrams. How do they differ from class diagrams?
Define the following terms: class, attribute, and operation. Give examples of each.