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Traditional business risk models typically ignored software development, largely because most organizations considered the impact from software and software development on the business to be minor

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TRUE

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Preventing liabilities is a business-related consequence of failed software

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FALSE

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The implementation phase involves taking all of the detailed design documents from the design phase and transforming them into the actual system

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FALSE

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The traditional waterfall methodology is a sequential, activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance

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TRUE

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A prototype is a smaller-scale representation or working model of the users' requirements or a proposed design for an information system

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TRUE

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Outsourcing is a common approach using the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain the organization's information technology systems

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FALSE

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In-sourcing is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house

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FALSE

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Offshore outsourcing is using organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems

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TRUE

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Human resources is the most common outsourced function

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FALSE

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Project milestones are any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project

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FALSE

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Project deliverables represent key dates when a certain group of activities must be performed

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FALSE

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In the past, outsourcing was often used tactically, as a quick-fix, short-term solution to a particular need or problem which did not form part of an overall business strategy

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TRUE

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1. Which of the following is a business-related consequence of successful software

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A. Increased revenues

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2. Which of the following is a business-related consequence of failing software

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D. All of the above

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3. What is the systems development life cycle

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D. The overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance

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4. What is the overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance

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A. Systems development life cycle

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5. Which of the following represents the phases in the SDLC

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C. Plan, analysis, design, develop, test, implement, maintain

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6. What is the analysis phase in the SDLC

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B. Involves analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system

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7. Which phase of the SDLC gathers business requirements

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B. Analysis

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8. What is a business requirement

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B. The specific business requests the system must meet to be successful

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9. What is the design phase in the SDLC

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C. Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system

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10. What is the implementation phase in the SDLC

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D. Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system

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11. What is a set of policies, procedures, standards, processes, practices, tools, techniques, and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges

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B. Methodology

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12. Which of the following is an issue related to the waterfall methodology

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D. All of the above

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13. What consists of a series of tiny projects

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B. Iterative development

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14. Which methodology aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software components developed by an iterative process with a design point that uses the bare minimum requirements

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B. Agile methodology

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15. Which of the following describes agile

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D. All of the above

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16. Which of the following is not a primary form of agile methodology

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B. SDLC

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17. What is an activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance

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C. Waterfall methodology

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18. What emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system to accelerate the systems development process

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A. RAD methodology

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19. What breaks a project into tiny phases, and developers cannot continue on to the next phase until the first phase is complete

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D. Extreme programming

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20. What is the success rate for a project using the waterfall methodology

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A. 1 in 10

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21. Which of the following is a fundamental of the RAD methodology

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D. All of the above

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22. Which methodology provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates

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D. RUP

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23. Which of the following is not one of the four gates in the RUP methodology

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B. Collaboration

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24. Which gate in the RUP methodology expands on the agreed-upon details of the system, including the ability to provide an architecture to support and build it

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B. Elaboration

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25. Which gate in the RUP methodology includes building and developing the project

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C. Construction

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26. Which methodology is owned by IBM

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D. RUP

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27. Which methodology uses small teams to produce small pieces of deliverable software using sprints, or 30-day intervals, to achieve an appointed goal

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A. SCRUM

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28. Which methodology ends each day or begins with a stand-up meeting to monitor and control the development effort

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A. SCRUM

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29. How many days is a typical sprint in the Scrum methodology

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C. 30 days

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30. What is a common approach using the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain the organization's information technology systems

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A. In-sourcing

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31. What is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house

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B. Outsourcing

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32. What is it called when a company uses organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems

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D. Offshore outsourcing

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33. Which of the following is a benefit an organization can receive from outsourcing

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D. All of the above

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34. Which of the following is the primary reason why companies outsource

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A. Tap outside sources of expertise

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35. Which of the following is the least common reason why companies outsource

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D. Better manage the costs of internal processes

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36. What is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements

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A. Project management

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37. What are the three primary variables (or triple constraints) in any project

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C. Time, cost, scope

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38. What is the number one reason that IT projects fall behind schedule or fail

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C. Poor planning or poor project management

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39. Which of the following is a characteristic of a successful project

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D. All of the above

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40. What is a project

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A. A temporary activity undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result

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41. What are project deliverables

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C. Any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project

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42. What is a project manager

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D. An individual who is an expert in project planning and management

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43. Which of the following does a project manager perform

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D. All of the above

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44. What is an internal department that oversees all organizational projects

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C. Project management office

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45. The PMI develops procedures and concepts necessary to support the profession of project management. Which of the following is not one of the three areas it focuses on

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C. Change in business goals during project planning (management)

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46. Who are individuals and organizations actively involved in the project or whose interests might be affected as a result of project execution or project completion

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B. Project stakeholders

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47. Who is the person or group who provides the financial resources for the project

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C. Executive sponsor

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48. What are project constraints

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A. Specific factors that can limit options

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49. What are project assumptions

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B. Factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration

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50. What is a project charter

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D. A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities

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51. An organization must identify what it wants to do and how it is going to do it. What does the "what" part of this question focus on

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D. All of the above

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52. An organization must identify what it wants to do and how it is going to do it. What does the "how" part of this question focus on

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C. Analysis of project risks

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53. Which of the following is not a technique for choosing strategic projects

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D. Develop a project plan

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54. What is project scope

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D. Defines the work that must be completed to deliver a product with the specified features and functions

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55. What are project objectives

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A. Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success

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56. What do SMART criteria for successful objective creation include

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B. Specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic, time framed

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57. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a well-defined project plan

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A. Prepared by the project manager

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58. What is the most important part of the project plan

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C. Communication

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59. What is a graphical network model that depicts a project's tasks and the relationships between those tasks

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B. PERT chart

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60. What is the logical relationship that exists between the project tasks, or between a project task and a milestone

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C. Dependency

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61. What is a simple bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar

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A. Gantt chart

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62. What type of chart typically displays the critical path

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B. PERT chart

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63. What is the critical path

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C. The path from start to finish that passes through all the tasks that are critical to completing the project in the shortest amount of time

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65. Which of the following includes a common reason why change occurs

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D. All of the above

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66. Which of the following is not a guideline for effectively dealing with change management

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D. Stop change

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67. What is the outsourcing option that includes the most remote location and indirect customer control

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C. Offshore outsourcing

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68. What is the outsourcing option that includes the closest location and direct customer control

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A. Onshore outsourcing

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69. All of the following are challenges of outsourcing, except:

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D. Reduced frustration and expense related to hiring and retaining employees in an exceptionally tight job market

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70. Which of the following is an outsourcing challenge caused by contract length

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D. All of the above

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64. In a Gantt chart tasks are listed __________ and the project's time frame is listed ____________.

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A. Vertically, horizontally

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