INSS301
Quiz 4
Q1.What is the difference between the design phase and the analysis phase?
a.The analysis phase follows the design phase and examines the requirements developed during the design phase
b.The design phase creates the code from the logical requirements developed in the analysis phase
c.Analysis and design belong to the same phase and create an iterative process between the two activities
d.The design phase takes the requirements developed in the analysis phase and creates a design from them
Answer: D
Q2. What is the systems development life cycle?
A)Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals
B)Involves analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system
C)Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system
D)The overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance
Answer: D
Q3.What is the critical path?
A.The path from resource to task that passes through all critical components of a project plan
B.The path between tasks to the project's finish that passes through all critical components of a project plan
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
D.The path from start to finish that passes through all the tasks that are critical to completing the project in the longest amount of time
Answer C
Q4.Which phase involves end-users and IT specialists working together to gather, understand, and document the business requirements for the proposed system?
A)Analysis phase
B)Design phase
C)Development phase
D)Testing phase
Answer: A
Q5. Which of the following is not a step performed during the prototyping process?
A)Identify basic requirements
B)Develop technical architecture
C)Users reviewing
D)Revise and enhance the prototype
Answer: B
Q 6.What is a sequential, activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance?
A)RAD methodology
B)Agile methodology
C)Waterfall methodology
D)Extreme programming
Answer: C
Q 7. If you the end user participated on a team responsible for defining a prototype for a proposed application, what phase in the SDLC would you be working in?
a.Analysis
b.Design
c.Planning
d.Development
Answer A
Q 8.US Steel is planning to hire a vendor from Mexico City, they would be using _____ outsourcing.
a.Offshore
b.Onshore
c.Nearshore
d.Exterior
Answer C
Q9. Boeing has just developed a new plane. They allow only a select group of pilots to use the new system so that you could determine if it was working correctly, what type of implementation method would you be following?
a.Pilot implementation
b.Parallel implementation
c.Plunge implementation
d.Phase implementation
Answer A
Q10. Which of the following occurs when developers and end users add extra features that were not part of the initial requirements?
a.Scope creep
bFeature creep
c.Milestone
d.Rolling stone
Answer B
Q11. What end product in the prototyping process becomes the blueprint or technical design for the final system?
a.RFP
b.RAD
c.Milestones
d.Prototype
Answer D
Q12. What is project scope?
A.Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success
B.Products, services, or processes that are not specifically a part of the project
C.Any measurable, tangible, or verifiable outcome, result or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project
D.The work that must be completed to deliver a product with the specified features and functions
Answer D
Q13. What is the implementation phase in the SDLC?
A)Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals
B)Involves analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system
C)Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system
D)Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system
Answer: D
Q14. Who is the person or group who provides the financial resources for the project?
A.Project manager
B.Project stakeholders
C.Executive sponsor
D.All of these
Answer C
Q 15.Which of the following systems development techniques requires IT specialists that are in-house to develop business applications?
a.Outsourcing
b.Insourcing
c.Netsourcing
d.Selfsourcing
Answer B
Q16.What is the difference between the implementation phase and the maintenance phase?
a.The implementation phase creates the physical design (code) and tests it; the maintenance phase places it into operations
b.The implementation phase monitors new systems to ensure that they are working properly; the maintenance phase makes minor adjustments when needed to meet existing business goals
c.The maintenance phase monitors new systems to ensure that they are working properly; the implementation phase makes minor adjustments when needed to meet new business goals
d.The maintenance phase monitors and adjusts new and existing systems; the implementation phase places new systems into operation
Answer d
Q17. Which of the following occurs when the scope of the project increases beyond its original intentions?
aScope creep
b.Feature creep
c.Milestone
d.Rolling stone
Answer A
Q18. Which activity is performed during the implementation phase?
A)Build a help desk
B)Support system changes
C)Build the database and programs
D)None of the above
Answer: D
Q19. Which person leads the SDLC?
a.End user
bProject manager
c.Programmer
d.IT Administrator
Answer B
Q20. BookrUS.com has designed a new web-based system to replace the current system. They decide to implement the new system while the existing system continued to run, what type of implementation method would you be following?
a.Pilot implementation
b.Phase implementation
cParallel implementation
d.Plunge implementation
Answer C
Q 21.The SDLC contains 7 phases. Which phase builds a technical blueprint of how the proposed system will work?
a.Design
b.Planning
c.Analysis
d.Development
Answer A
Q22. What breaks a project into tiny phases where developers cannot continue on to the next phase until the first phase is complete?
A.RAD methodology
B.Agile methodology
C.Waterfall methodology
D.Extreme programming
Answer D
Q23. Mr. Lee, A system analyst with General Motors is working with an IT development team to design and create an information system that had fuzzy requirements, what activities should Mr. lee complete in the requirements phase?
a.Design the system model
b.Develop the technical architecture
c.Develop a prototype
d.Each of these activities should be completed in this phase
Answer C
Q24. Which of the following methodologies emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes?
a.SDLC
b.Waterfall modeling
c.Project scoping
dRapid application development (RAD)
Answer d
Q25. If you were constructing a legal document for your software vendor that stipulated needed requirements, schedules, costs, acceptance criteria, and assessment metrics, what would you be creating?
a.RFP
b.Critical milestones
c.Critical success factors (CSF)
d.Service level agreement (SLA)
Answer d
Q 26 What is the number-one reason IT projects fall behind schedule or fail?
A.Change in business goals during the project
B.Lack of support from business management
C.Poor planning or poor project management
D.Change in technology during the project
Answer C
Q 27.In a Gantt chart, tasks are listed ______, and the project's time frame is listed ______.
A.Vertically; horizontally
B.Horizontally; vertically
C.Vertically; vertically
D.Horizontally; horizontally
Answer A