MIS 411 Ch 1 and 2 Quiz – Flashcards
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What is the difference between systems analysis and systems design?
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Systems analysis is to determine the "what" the new system should do. It is discovery and understanding. Systems design is to determine "how" the new system should be built. It is structure and architecture.
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What is the purpose of systems analysis and why is it important?
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The purpose of systems analysis is to enable the system developer to understand the user's requirements. Without a good analysis of the user's needs and requirements the new system will be inadequate in its solution or erroneous in its implementation
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What is the purpose of a system vision document?
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The System Vision Document is a brief statement that describes the overall objective of the new system. Its purpose is to provide basic information about the need and solution approach to assist the client in deciding whether to approve a development project.
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Usually the final step in a given iteration is to deploy part of the system (T/F)
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False
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What is the purpose of an iteration cap?
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To review the project processes
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Detailed design is the thought process of how to program each_____?
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Use case
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An information system consists of
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Software, database, and manual processes
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List the three components that are included in a system vision document
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1. Problem description 2. System capabilities 3. Business benefits
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To design the database schema, information from which diagram is the most important?
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Class diagram
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An information system development process that emphasizes flexibility to embrace change is called_______
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Agile development
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Method signatures are included in which diagram
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Design class diagram
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Those activities that enable a person to describe in the detail the system that solves the need is called_____
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systems design
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Systems analysis is sometimes referred to as "understanding and specification" (T/F)
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True
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SDLC stands for what?
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Systems Development Life Cycle
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The diagram that is most effective in describing the internal steps of a use case is_____
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a workflow diagram
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The boxes on a class diagram can be thought of as a particular_____
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set of objects
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Iterative development is the same as agile development (T/F)
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False
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During analysis activities the project team builds two types of diagrams: Use case and Package (T/F)
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False
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_____ requirements describe the dependability of a system such as service outages and incorrect processing
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Reliability
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When observing business processes, it is not necessary to observe all the processes at the same level of detail (T/F)
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True
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A series of formulas that describe technical aspects of a system is a(n) ______model
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Mathematical
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A decision point within an activity diagram may be shown with an activity symbol (T/F)
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True
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Two benefits of researching vendor solutions include _____ and ______
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helping analysts discover state of the art solutions, helping users generate new ideas for business functions
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It is a good idea to observe user processes so that the analyst will know exactly how to build the functions into the new system (T/F)
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False
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What does FURPS+ mean?
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Functional, Usability, Reliability, Performance, Security Requirements, + other constraints (design, implementation requirements, interface requirements, physical requirements)
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A representation of some aspect of the system being built is a_______
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model
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The P in FURPS stands for
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Performance Requirements
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Asking about error conditions usually is done in later interviews after the analyst understands and documents the basic processing requirements (T/F)
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False
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Beginning analysts often underestimate how much there is to learn about the work the users perform (T/F)
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True
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Which of the following items is NOT a part of the application architecture?
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Virtual Private Networks
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______requirements describe how access to the software application will be controlled and data will be protected
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Security
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If the analysts understand the major business processes, it is not usually necessary to create a comprehensive list of all business processes (T/F)
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False
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Questions that encourage discussion are called_______questions
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Open ended
