IS Quiz 12 – Flashcards

You are an IT project manager for an advertising firm. The firm wishes to create an online survey tool that will be used to survey focus group reactions to products in development. The most important consideration for the firm is being able to offer the tool as soon as possible as a new corporate service. However, you know that many of the senior managers that are business owners of this project have difficulty in understanding technical or software development issues, and are likely to change their requirements during the course of development. What development method would be most successful for this project? SDLC Prototyping JAD RAD End-user development

In an object-oriented development framework for a university, how would the classes Degree, Mathematics, and Physics be related? Degree would be a sister class to Mathematics and Physics. Mathematics and Physics would be ancestors to Degree. Degree would be a subclass to Mathematics and Physics. Degree, Mathematics, and Physics would be three separate classes. Degree is a superclass to Mathematics and Physics.

A systems analysis includes a ________ that is used to determine whether the solution is achievable from a financial, technical, and organizational standpoint. test plan feasibility study GANTT chart conversion plan risk analysis

Which of the following is the biggest risk in using end-user development to create a new information system? Hardware is unable to support the new system. The system may not be able to scale up to handle larger amounts of data. End users are overly taxed and become reluctant to use the system. The system doesn't adequately reflect user needs. The software used may create inaccurate information.

Users prefer systems that: are able to provide optimum hardware and software efficiency. are oriented to facilitating organizational tasks and solving business problems. are cloud-based. work with existing DBMS. are capable of storing much more data than they need.

Which of the following is not one of the main variables that project management seeks to control? Scope Quality End-users Cost Time

According to the chapter case, the Girl Scouts' conversion strategy of first introducing the modules for ordering cookies and then introducing the modules for transmitting orders and instructions to the cookie factory and shipper is called a(n) ________ strategy. parallel incremental conversion indirect cutover phased approach direct cutover

Transferring data from a legacy system to the new system would be defined by which system design specification category? Manual procedures Input Conversion Database Software development and programming

Acceptance testing: includes all the preparations for the trials. tests each program separately. rolls system tests out to separate business divisions for independent results. provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting. tests the functioning of the system as a whole.

The systems design step comes before: conversion. a feasibility study. implementation. systems analysis. requirements analysis.

System testing: includes all the preparations for the series of tests to be performed on the system. tests each program separately. provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting. tests the functioning of the system as a whole. rolls system tests out to separate business divisions for independent results.

The process of creating workable information systems in a very short period of time is called: end-user development. JAD. prototyping. SDLC. RAD.

An information systems plan includes all the following except: portfolio analysis. key business processes. management strategy. financing. applications' role in strategy.

Which of the following is not one of the unique considerations in developing applications for a mobile platform? Bandwidth constraints Keyboard configuration Multiple mobile platforms User gestures Reduced screen space

Which of the following is a technique used to create websites that will conform to the screen resolution of the user? Mobile development Responsive design Multi-platform design End-user design Native design

The term structured, when discussing structured methodologies, refers to the fact that: the finished software is highly documented. programming objects are organized into structured classes. the development process is highly documented. the techniques are step by step, with each step building on the previous one. a defined hierarchy of objects and classes are used to structure the programming.

Which is the first step in developing a new information system? Programming Defining the problem Gathering information requirements Feasibility study Developing alternative solutions

To show each level of a system's design, its relationship to other levels, and its place in the overall design structure, structured methodologies use: PERT charts. process specifications diagrams. data flow diagrams. structure charts. Gantt charts.

Which process develops a detailed description of the functions that a new information system must perform? PERT chart Feasibility study Requirements analysis Test plan development Systems design

Object-oriented development could potentially reduce the time and cost of writing software because: objects are reusable. object-oriented programming requires less training. a single user interface object can be used for the entire application. end users are responsible for creating the early prototypes. iterative prototyping is not required.