Information Systems Analysis
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Course Introduction
Information Systems Analysis focuses on the systematic process of investigating and understanding organizational requirements in order to design and implement effective information systems. The course covers methods for gathering and documenting user requirements, modeling business processes, and analyzing data flows within an organization. Students will explore tools and techniques such as data flow diagrams, use case analysis, and entity-relationship modeling to support the development of information systems that meet business needs. Emphasis is placed on aligning technology solutions with organizational goals, enhancing decision-making processes, and ensuring system reliability and efficiency.
Recommended Textbook Systems Analysis and Design 4th Edition by
Alan Dennis
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Chapter 1: The Systems Analyst and Information Systems Development
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Q1) Robert is doing an economic analysis using today's dollar values.He is doing:
A)Cash flow analysis
B)Return on investment analysis
C)Break-even point analysis
D)Net present value analysis
E)Internal rate of return analysis
Answer: D
Q2) The key person in the SDLC is the systems analyst who analyzed the business situation,identifies opportunities for improvements and design an information system to implement the improvements.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Rodger is working on 'why build the system'.He is in what SDLC phase?
A)Planning
B)Analysis
C)Design
D)Implementation
E)Testing
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Project Selection and Management
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Q1) In today's organizations,an approval committee must review and monitor project progress to ensure project continuance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In most IT departments,the demand for IT projects is generally about the same as the department's ability to supply them.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Why is it a good plan to mix various types of projects into the portfolio of projects (like risk,size,cost,purpose,etc.)?
Answer: A good portfolio of projects will have the most appropriate mix of projects for the organization's needs.The committee acts as a portfolio manager,with the goal of maximizing benefits versus costs and balancing other important factors of the portfolio.
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Chapter 3: Requirements Determination
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Q1) You have found documentation from 1994 on an accounts payable system.In asking the project sponsor,you find out the system has not changed since then.Therefore,you should rely on the documentation that you found almost exclusively.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) (continued)In doing a technology analysis for the Tri-City College interactive forum,Kara has heard about Content Management Systems (CMS).While several in the campus IT staff have used interactive forums,no one in the IT department has used one.How might Kara gain insights into Content Management Systems? Which requirement gathering techniques would you suggest to Kara?
Answer: First might be online 'observation' and research of what a CMS is - how it is used.She might also find online forums and help about CMS.She might be able to phone interview people on other campuses that have used similar CMS systems.She might find a vendor that will give a demonstration of their CMS system.
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Chapter 4: Systems Analysis and Design
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Q1) The primary actor in a use case is generally:
A)An external user of the system
B)The Project Sponsor
C)The Champion
D)The Project manager
E)The Systems Analyst
Q2) Which of the following is probably NOT a step for writing a use case?
A)Identify the use case
B)Identify the major steps within each use case
C)Identify elements within steps
D)Identify the analyst
E)Confirm the use case
Q3) Vanessa is a manager in the department that has requested an updated system.Chad is the systems analyst who has been working with Vanessa on the project.He interviewed her (and others in her department);he developed a set of requirements for the project;he has created use cases for the project.What might be Vanessa's duty now that Chad has created the use cases?
Q4) How an external user triggers an event is described in a use case.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Process Modeling
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Q1) An external entity is:
A) An activity of a function that is performed for some specific business reason
B) A single piece of data within a system
C) A collection of data within a system
D) A person, organization or system that is external to the system
E) A combination of function and the data it acts upon
Q2) Every process on a DFD must have at least one input data flow.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Every process has a unique identification number,a name and a description. A)True B)False
Q4) What are the four symbols used in data flow diagrams?
Q5) What is the relationship between context diagrams and level 0 diagrams.
Q6) Data Flow diagramming is a tool for doing process modeling. A)True B)False
Q7) A 'black hole' error on a DFD is when a process has inputs but no outputs.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 6: Data Modeling
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Q1) A(n)_____ entity is an entity at the "1" end of a relationship or an entity with an identifier that describes only the entity.
A)dependent
B)incomplete
C)independent
D)intersection
E)non-identifying
Q2) In an entity called STUDENT,you might find attributes of PROFESSOR-ID,Last-Name,First-Name and CLASSROOM.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following software packages does NOT provide data modeling capabilities?
A)ERwin
B)Visual Basic
C)Oracle Designer
D)Visible Analyst Workbench
E)Visio
Q4) What is the relationship between ERDs,DFDs and CASE tools?
Q5) You have an entity called STUDENT.What attributes might you have?
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Chapter 7: Moving Into Design
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Q1) Letting technology drive a business can be dangerous.
A)True
B)False
Q2) For efficiency purposes,it is wise to___________ when there is a basic software need to be satisfied.
A)Implement a company-wide project team to handle a custom software scripting
B)Purchase a packaged system
C)Design a blueprint and contract an outside vendor to develop a program
D)Make do with the current software package
E)Utilize a professional consultant to develop a system of servers7
Q3) The letter "D" in CRUD matrix stands for:
A)Delete
B)Deny use
C)Deliver
D)Document
E)Denormalize
Q4) In the analysis phase,architecture decisions are made and written up in the 'hardware and software specifications'.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Architecture Design
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Q1) The primary hardware components of a system consist of:
A)Client Computers
B)Servers
C)Network
D)A and B
E)A,B and C
Q2) Joseph is an IT director at a large multinational,multibillion dollar-a-year corporation that is responsible for the distribution of highly specialized and often times custom parts.He has been charged with creating a hardware profile to dictate the performance requirements of the company's next mainframe system.Acting as a consultant to Joe,what kinds of performance requirements are important to develop an appropriate hardware profile? What are the key issues for each of these requirements that could be recommended to the corporations's CTO.
Q3) Which of the following is an advantage of client-server architectures?
A)They are scalable
B)They can support different types of systems
C)It is easy to separate different logic functions
D)Reliability
E)All of the above
Q4) Describe the difference between a thick and a thin client.
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Chapter 9: Dennis/wixom/roth
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Q1) This report is a good choice when users want an overview of the information but not all the information.
A)Detail report
B)Summary report
C)Exception report
D)Turnabout report
E)Graphs
Q2) Content Awareness is probably the single most important factor in making a screen simple to use.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is NOT true regarding the aesthetics design principle in user interface design?
A)Interfaces should be works of art
B)Interfaces need to be functional
C)Interfaces need to be inviting to use
D)In many cases, 'less is more' is true
E)Some 'white space' is valuable on forms as compared forms that are too dense
Q4) Compare and contrast the user interface design principles of layout and aesthetics.
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Chapter 10: Program Design
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Q1) A high-level diagram that shows the various components of a program is called an audit chart.
A)True
B)False
Q2) There are two symbols that describe special types of control in a structure chart.They are a curved arrow and a diamond.These symbols represent _____ and _____.
A)connector, conditional line
B)control, subordinate
C)library module, conditional line
D)loop, conditional line
E)loop, connector
Q3) Which is NOT true of structure charts?
A)They show sequence
B)They show the user interface
C)They show couples
D)They show selection
E)They emphasize structure and reusability
Q4) What is the difference between transaction structures and transform structures on a structure chart?
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Chapter 11: Data Storage Design
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Q1) The best design for accessing data faster is generally the most efficient storage as well.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Data storage components are designed and developed by the programming staff in the Implementation phase of the SDLC.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Legacy databases might include ________ and ______________
A)Master files and transaction files
B)Audit files and look-up files
C)Hierarchical databases and network databases
D)Tree databases and leaf databases
E)Red databases and Green databases
Q4) Microsoft Access is an end-user DBMS.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the difference between MIS,DSS,and EIS?
Q6) What is the difference between files and relational databases?
Q7) What is the best way to optimize storage efficiency in a relational database?
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Chapter 12: Moving Into Implementation
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Q1) The authors describe "writing programs" as:
A)A fun, creative activity
B)A tedious process
C)A very mathematical and logical process
D)An excellent learning process for end-users
E)Answers B and C
Q2) The two basic types of documentation are: portfolio documentation and assessment documentation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A program is not considered finished until:
A)It has been used successfully for six months
B)The cost of developing the program 'breaks-even' with the benefits of the program
C)The ROI is positive
D)It has passed its testing
E)It 'dies' and is replaced by a newer version
Q4) Alpha tests come before Beta tests.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Transition to the New System
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Q1) The philosophy 'build it and they will come' is probably only true in the movies,not in new systems being introduced in organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which is NOT a common training approach for introducing a new system?
A)classroom training
B)computer-based training (CBT)
C)one-on-one training
D)mentoring
E)sending employees to a nearby college or university to take a class
Q3) The three major steps in preparing the technology are: (a)install the hardware;(b)install the software;and (c)convert the data.
A)True
B)False
Q4) One challenge of being a change agent is to make the benefits of adopting the system more attractive to reluctant users.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the major differences between project team review and system review?
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Chapter 14: the Movement to Objects
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Q1) The UML use case diagram is typically used to summarize the set of use cases (from the traditional SDLC)for a logical part of the system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Brett Bradanini and Tim O'Sullivan are 'students'.In this case,Brett and Tim would be considered:
A)concrete classes
B)abstract classes
C)instances of students
D)polymorphism of students
E)encapsulation of students
Q3) The Protocol State Machine is one of the four fundamental UML diagrams.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Class diagrams have four parts: class name at the top;attributes in the middle,actors in the bottom and boundaries drawn around them.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is inheritance? Give an example.
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