Systems development is? ________.
the process of creating and maintaining information systems
Which of the following is NOT one of the key roles in information systems development that you will have as a future business? manager?
You will not have a key role in information systems development unless you work in the IT department.
Systems development is difficult and risky because? ________.
many projects are never finished
Which of the following statements about requirements in the systems development process is? incorrect?
Determining requirements is exclusively a technical task undertaken by programmers and hardware specialists.
Which of the following is NOT one of the five phases in the SDLC process? model?
Obtain approvals and budget
Which of the following correctly sequences some of the phases in the SDLC process? model?
Component? design, implementation, and then maintenance
Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in the systems definition phase of the SDLC process? model?
Execute project tasks.
Which of the following statements about the? users' role in the SDLC process is NOT? accurate?
Because users are not IT? professionals, they have no role in the SDLC process.
All of the following characteristics accurately describe the requirements phase EXCEPT? ________.
it is the least important phase in the systems development process
Requirements include all of the following factors EXCEPT? ________.
the name of the project manager responsible for the? project's success
The components design phase of the SDLC process involves? ________.
performing design work for each of the five components of an information? system: hardware,? software, data/database,? procedures, and? people/job descriptions
During hardware design? work, ________.
the team determines specifications for the hardware it needs and the source of that hardware
Which of the following is NOT one of the typical tasks performed during the implementation? phase?
Design components.
Which of the following statements about system testing is NOT? accurate?
To keep an SDLC project on? schedule, the project manager might change the acceptance criteria for those parts of the system that fail in testing.
During the system maintenance? phase, who identifies a problem or a need for? change?
Users
What is the relationship between the system maintenance phase and the system definition phase of the? SDLC?
Feedback? (problems and needs for? change) during the system maintenance phase leads to the start of another system definition? phase, hence beginning a new cycle of the SDLC process.
Which of the following statements is correct regarding problems with the SDLC? process?
Many large projects live in a fantasy world of budgets and timelines.
What does it mean when a project is said to be suffering from analysis? paralysis?
Projects that spend too much time documenting requirements are sometimes said to be in analysis paralysis.
In the? _____ phase of? development, IT professionals work with system users to collect information about what they want the system to do.
analysis
Which of the following is a responsibility of the systems implementation? team?
They build and program the system
Which of the following is considered to be part of the maintenance phase of systems? development?
evaluation of the system to determine if further improvements need to be made
Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of the testing phase of systems? development?
It occurs before the system is installed by the implementation team.
Which of the following is the last stage in the systems development life? cycle?
maintenance
Which of the following is true of procedure design?
Developing procedures for failure recovery operations is a typical task in procedure design.
Which of the following is the primary purpose of the requirements phase of the systems development life cycle?
Determining the functions and features of a new system
Which of the following is a disadvantage of building prototypes?
Prototypes can be expensive to create.
Which of the following is part of the implementation stage of an MIS design?
Build system components.
Which of the following is the first step in the system definition phase of the systems development life cycle?
Defining system goals and scope
Which of the following statements is true of information systems projects in organizations?
Information systems projects have a high failure rate.
__________ states that adding more people to a late project makes the project later.
Brooks' Law
What is analysis paralysis?
Projects that spend too much time documenting requirements
Which of the following serves as the output of the first phase and serves as the inputs to the requirements analysis phase?
A project plan based on the new system's design
You work as a software developer for a leading provider of Internet security systems. You have been given the responsibility of solving a high-priority system failure.
Which of the following actions is the most efficient solution for this problem?
Developing a patch that could be applied to all copies of the product
Which of the following is a characteristic of a comprehensive test plan?
It should ensure the execution of every single line of program code.
Which of the following is the last phase of the systems development life cycle?
Maintenance
As the manager of a team of 10 members, Mindy is required to provide a solution to complete a project in progress within an impending deadline. The solution Mindy provides causes diseconomies of scale.
Which of the following solutions proposed by Mindy ca
Triple the staff size of the team and complete the project within the deadline.
You are a developer working on the implementation phase of the systems development life cycle.
Which of the following is a task you will perform?
Construct a database and fill it with data.
Which of the following is a task of the Components phase of design?
Determine software specifications.
The process of creating and maintaining information systems is known as __________.
System Development
An organization develops a new information system to replace its existing system. It shuts down the old system completely and replaces it with the new one.
Which of the following types of implementation is being used in this scenario?
Plunge installation
Which of the following is true about the challenges in determining the requirements of a system development?
Requirements change during the course of development.
Which of the following statements is true about assessing the feasibility of projects?
Technical feasibility refers to whether existing information technology is likely to be able to meet the needs of the new system.
Which of the following is the input to the component design phase of the systems development life cycle?
Approved user requirements
Jason works as a systems analyst in an IT firm and is part of a systems development team that is comprised of business analysts, programmers, testers, and so on. He just completed assessing the feasibility of the project and has been asked to move on to t
requirements analysis
Which of the following is the most critical factor in designing the different components of a system?
The accuracy of the user requirements
Your analytical team just informed you that the results of their feasibility studies exposes weakness in terms of the legalities of how the new system was originally intended to be used. You know that this means that the project did not pass the test for?
organizational
As a system development team? manager, you know that your team needs to be heavy in? ________ during the requirements definition phase.
business analysts and systems analysts
Your analytical team just informed you that the results of their feasibility studies exposes weakness in terms of how long it will take to get the project completed because according to projections the company will be financially broke before the project
schedule
With regard to system? conversion, which of the following system conversion implementations involves the organization implementing the entire system on a limited portion of the? business?
Pilot conversion
Often when an organization enters the design? phase, nobody knows all of the? __________ that concern a particular feature. It is good advice to those organizations to do their best to avoid analysis paralysis.
requirements
You are a newly hired? manager, and you attend your first meeting. You soon realize that the topic of discussion is the identification and documentation of the features and functions of a new information system. From your college BCIS? class, you recall t
requirements analysis
As a system development team? manager, you know that your team needs to be heavy in? ________ during the integrated testing and conversion phase.
software testers and business users
?Typically, IS personnel prioritize system problems according to their severity. They fix? ________ items as soon as? possible, and they fix? ________ items as time and resources become available.
high-priority; low-priority
You have been trying to create a development? team, and in the last meeting your employees tell you that the team lacks in people who can make educated and experienced connections between the business world and the technical world. You realize that you ne
business analysts
Which of the following is NOT one of the phases of the? SDLC?
Project plan
Which SDLC process phase provides the list of approved user? requirements?
The requirements analysis phase
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as typical personnel on an information systems development? team?
Data analysts
You are a newly hired? manager, and you attend your first meeting. You soon realize that the topic of discussion is hardware? design, the software? design, the design for the data to be? collected, and designing the processes for guiding the system. From
component design
Which SDLC process phase processes feedback into a new system? definition?
The maintenance phase
Your analytical team just informed you that the results of their feasibility studies exposes weakness in terms of the? organization's existing IT not being likely to be able to meet the needs of the new system. You know that this means that the project di
technical
Your analytical team just informed you that the results of their feasibility studies exposes weakness in terms of the financial capabilities of the organization. You know that this means that the project did not pass the test for? ________ feasibility.
cost
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the major challenges to systems? development?
Economies of scale
During the design of an MIS? system, all of the following are steps of the Components phase EXCEPT which? one?
Build system components
Which SDLC process phase provides the design for the five components of an information? system?
the component design phase
Which of the following is NOT a type of feasibility? test?
Operational feasibility
Which SDLC process phase provides the completed? system?
the implementation phase
Which of the following is NOT a feature or benefit of? prototypes?
The low cost of prototypes makes them a must for every project.
You have been trying to create a development? team, and in the last meeting your employees tell you that the team lacks in people who can understand your business? needs, strategies, and goals in order to help the business implement systems to accomplish
Business analysts
You are a newly hired? manager, and you attend your first meeting. You soon realize that the topic of discussion is that a project plan is being created by using input from experienced management regarding what the new system definition looks like. From y
system definition
As a system development team? manager, you know that your team needs to be heavy in? ________ during the design and implementation phase.
programmers, software? testers, and database designers