Information Systems Project Management Test
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Course Introduction
Information Systems Project Management focuses on the methodologies, tools, and techniques essential for planning, executing, and managing projects within the context of information systems. The course covers key concepts such as project life cycles, resource allocation, risk management, budgeting, scheduling, and quality assurance. Emphasis is placed on the specific challenges related to managing IT projects, including stakeholder communication, team coordination, and the use of project management software. Students gain practical experience through case studies and project simulations, preparing them to deliver successful information systems solutions on time and within budget.
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Modern Systems Analysis and Design 7th Edition by Jeffrey A. Hoffer
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Chapter 1: The Systems Development Environment
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Q1) Which of the following grew out of the convergence of the increased speed and turbulence of doing business in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the ready availability of high-powered,computer-based tools to support systems development and easy maintenance?
A)JAD
B)RAD
C)Object-oriented programming
D)CASE
Answer: B
Q2) A description of the current system identifying where problems or opportunities are with a general recommendation on how to fix,enhance,or replace the current system is a product of the design phase.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) RAD is becoming less and less a legitimate way to develop information systems.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Origins of Software
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Q1) Open source software is different because it is freely available,not just the final product but the source code itself.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) ________ is the software reuse step that involves making software assets available for others to use.
Answer: Storage
Q3) Off-the-shelf software systems that cannot be modified to meet the specific needs of a particular organization are sometimes called:
A)custom software systems
B)in-house developed systems
C)turnkey systems
D)standard systems
Answer: C
Q4) The three basic software reuse steps are ________,________,and ________.
Answer: abstraction,storage,recontextualization
Q5) Together,SAP and Oracle control about 42 percent of the ________ market. Answer: ERP
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Chapter 3: Managing the Information Systems Project
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Q1) ________ is a controlled process of initiating,planning,executing,and closing down a project.
Answer: Project management
Q2) Briefly explain the process of managing an information systems project.
Answer: A project is a planned undertaking of a series of related activities to reach an objective that has a beginning and an end.Project management is a controlled process of initiating,planning,executing,and closing down a project.The individual responsible for the project and project management is the project manager.The project manager is an individual with a diverse set of skills.Management,leadership,technical,conflict management,and customer relationship are necessary skills that the project manager should have.Also,the project manager is responsible for initiating,planning,executing,and closing down a project.
Q3) Which of the following is not a project closedown phase?
A)conducting post project reviews
B)closing the customer contract
C)closing down the project
D)communicating the project status
Answer: D
Q4) A ________ is the shortest time in which a project can be completed.
Answer: critical path
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Chapter 4: Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects
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Q1) "We are in the business of designing,fabricating,and selling to retail stores high-quality wood furniture" is what kind of statement?
A)business statement
B)mission statement
C)goal statement
D)corporate policy
Q2) A location-to-function matrix identifies which organizational units are located in or interact with a specific business function.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A generic information systems planning methodology that identifies and defines IS development projects based on solving operational business problems or taking advantage of some business opportunities defines:
A)democratic planning
B)bottom-up planning
C)top-down planning
D)foundation planning
Q4) Define and briefly discuss corporate strategic planning.
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Q5) ________ and ________ are the two general classes of Internet EC applications.
Chapter 5: Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects
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Q1) During project initiation and planning,you should precisely define all benefits and costs related to a particular project.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is an element of project planning?
A)establishing management procedures
B)establishing a relationship with the customer
C)estimating resources and creating a resource plan
D)establishing the project management environment and project workbook
Q3) ________ is the process of assessing the degree to which a proposed system solves business problems or takes advantage of business opportunities.
Q4) Briefly define walkthrough and describe the role of each participant.
Q5) The Systems Service Request reflects the best estimate of the project's scope,benefits,costs,risks,and resource requirements,given the current understanding of the project.
A)True B)False
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Q6) ________ is the process of identifying the financial benefits and costs associated with a development project.
Chapter 6: Determining System Requirements
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Q1) ________ is a repetitive process in which analysts and users build a rudimentary version of an information system based on user feedback.
Q2) The primary purpose of using JAD in the analysis phase is to collect systems requirements simultaneously from the key people involved with the system.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Referencing eXtreme programming,the ________ is a stylized approach to development that seeks to maximize fruitful interaction between those who need a new system and those who build it.
Q4) As a systems analyst,it is part of your job to create a document for a missing work procedure.
A)True B)False
Q5) Throw-away prototyping preserves the prototype that has been developed. A)True B)False
Q6) ________ are technologies that enable the breaking of long-held business rules that inhibit organizations from making radical business changes.
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Chapter 7: Structuring System Process Requirements
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Q1) To determine the number of rules required for the decision table,you would:
A)add the number of values for each condition to the number of values for every other condition
B)multiply the number of conditions by two
C)add the number of values for each condition to the number of values for every other condition,then subtract 1
D)multiply the number of values for each condition by the number of values for every other condition
Q2) If your DFD contains data flows that do not lead anywhere,it is not:
A)gap proof
B)a primitive diagram
C)complete
D)consistent
Q3) ________ is the extent to which information contained on one level of a set of nested data flow diagrams is also included on other levels.
Q4) ________ on a DFD have unique names.
Q5) Learning the mechanics of drawing ________ is important.
Q6) A ________ represents data at rest,which may take the form of many different physical representations.
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Chapter 8: Structuring System Data Requirements
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Q1) An E-R model with attributes is prepared during:
A)design
B)project identification and selection
C)analysis
D)project initiation and planning
Q2) The goal of conceptual data modeling is to capture as much of the meaning of data as possible.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The primary deliverable from the conceptual modeling step within the analysis phase is a(n):
A)state-transition diagram
B)E-R diagram
C)context data flow diagram
D)decision tree
Q4) A ________ is the set of all data types and range of values that an attribute can assume.
Q5) Relationships are labeled with verb phrases.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Designing Databases
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Q1) One property of a relation is that entries in a given column are from the same set of values.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A ________ is a value a field will assume unless an explicit value is entered for that field.
Q3) If an associative entity exists,then:
A)a separate relation C is created;the primary key of relation C is a composite key consisting of the primary key for each of the two entities in the relationship B)the primary keys of relation A and relation B are designated as functionally dependent attributes
C)secondary keys are used to establish the relationship D)place the primary key of either entity in the relation for the other entity or do this for both entities
Q4) A named two-dimensional table of data is a:
A)network
B)tree structure
C)relation
D)tuple
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Chapter 10: Designing Forms and Reports
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Q1) A ________ is a business document that contains only predefined data;it is a passive document used only for reading or viewing.
Q2) Research conducted on the usage of color found that:
A)color had positive effects on user task performance and perceptions when the user was under time constraints for the completion of a task
B)color is universally better than no color
C)the benefits of color are apparent regardless of the presentation format of the information
D)limiting the number and amount of color is not a good idea
Q3) When designing forms and reports,the system characteristic addresses:
A)issues related to experience,skills,motivation,education,and personality
B)social issues such as the user's status and role,lighting,sound,task interruptions,temperature,and humidity
C)job activities that differ in the amount of information that must be obtained from or provided to the user
D)the platform in which the system is constructed influencing interaction styles and devices
Q4) Identify nine common errors that occur when designing the layout of Web pages.
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Chapter 11: Designing Interfaces and Dialogues
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Q1) Context-sensitive interaction is a highly intuitive human-computer interaction method whereby data fields are formatted in a manner similar to paper-based forms.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A ________ validation test checks to see if the value combinations of two or more data fields are appropriate or make sense.
Q3) A formal method for designing and representing human-computer dialogues using box and line diagrams is referred to as:
A)interface design
B)dialogue diagramming
C)state-transition diagramming
D)entity-relationship diagramming
Q4) The ________ common property of windows and forms in a graphical user interface environment requires users to resolve the request for information before proceeding.
Q5) ________ is a technique for showing users where they are in a Web site by placing a series of "tabs" on a Web page that shows users where they are and where they have been.
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Chapter 12: Designing Distributed and Internet Systems
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Q1) An advantage to using file servers on local area networks is the ability to use thin clients.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A computing server where data analysis functions primarily reside best defines:
A)file server
B)analytical server
C)dedicated server
D)application server
Q3) The biggest driver for developing new types of systems is:
A)electronic and mobile commerce
B)corporate mergers
C)downsizing
D)CASE tools
Q4) A data warehouse is a subject-oriented,integrated,time-variant,nonvolatile collection of data used in support of management decision making.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How do operational and informational systems differ?
Q6) What is a database engine? What is a client?
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Chapter 13: System Implementation
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Q1) Briefly identify the tasks associated with closing down the project.
Q2) During recovery testing,the analysts try to break the system.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A release description is an example of user documentation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following statements is true regarding testing?
A)The coding process should be completed,and then the testing process can begin.
B)Once coding has begun,the testing process can begin and proceed in parallel.
C)The testing process is performed first,then the coding process begins.
D)None of the above.
Q5) During an inspection test,exactly what the code does is investigated.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ________ and user documentation are the two basic types of documentation.
Q7) The focus of integration testing is on the interrelationships among modules.
A)True
B)False
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Q8) Identify several types of user documentation.
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Chapter 14: Maintaining Information Systems
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Q1) ________ refers to changes made to a system to avoid possible future problems.
Q2) Many similarities exist between the SDLC and the activities within the maintenance process.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ________ and ________ are two special-purpose tools that are primarily used to maintain older systems that have incomplete documentation or that were developed prior to CASE use.
Q4) An advantage to the functional maintenance organizational structure is that the maintenance group knows or has access to all assumptions and decisions behind the system's original design.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Over time,the MTBF should rapidly decrease after a few months of system use.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Perfective maintenance evolves the system to solve new problems or take advantage of new opportunities.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Use
Cases
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Q1) The Process boundary is represented as a box that includes all of the relevant use cases.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An extension is invoked only if its ________ condition is encountered.
Q3) Which of the following defines a set of behaviors or functions in a use case that follow exceptions to the main success scenario?
A)Success Guarantee
B)Extension
C)Exemption
D)Preconditions
Q4) People who have a vested interest in the system being developed are called ________.
Q5) The fish and black levels are sometimes referred to as the ________ level.
Q6) There are 4 different levels of detail.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Summary use cases do not include ________.
Q8) Things that must be true before a use case can start are called ________. Page 17
Q9) A use case is initiated by a ________.
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Chapter 16: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Activity
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Q1) Discuss when it is appropriate to use activity diagrams in a project.
Q2) A(n)________ shows the conditional logic for the sequence of system activities needed to accomplish a business process.
Q3) A(n)________ clearly shows parallel and alternative behaviors.
Q4) An activity diagram should only be used when it adds value to the project.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In an activity diagram,the fast lane represents the organizational unit responsible for a certain action.
A)True
B)False
Q6) An activity diagram cannot be used to show the logic of a use case. A)True
B)False
Q7) An activity diagram shows the conditional logic for the sequence of system activities needed to accomplish a business process.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Sequence Diagrams
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Q1) Types of interaction diagrams include:
A)state diagrams
B)sequence diagrams
C)data flow diagrams
D)component diagrams
Q2) Sequence diagrams represent dynamic models of interactions between objects.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sequence diagrams represent dynamic models of how objects change their states in response to events.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sequence diagrams can be presented in:
A)instance or generic form
B)logical or physical form
C)sequential or nonsequential form
D)specific or nonspecific form
Q5) A ________ is a type of message in which the caller has to wait for the receiving object to finish executing the called operation before it can resume execution itself.
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Chapter 18: Business Process Modeling
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Q1) Business Process Modeling Notation is much more simple than data flow diagrams.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In business process modeling,a gateway is a decision point.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A business process can only come from certain business functions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The symbol for an activity is:
A)a square
B)a circle
C)an arrow
D)a rectangle with rounded edges
Q5) In business process modeling,a trigger that initiates the start of a project is called an
Q6) A gateway can be exclusive or inclusive.
A)True
B)False
Q7) A flow shows the ________ of action in a process.
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Chapter 19: Objected-Oriented Analysis and Design: Object
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Q1) An aggregation expresses a Part-of relationship between a component object and an aggregate object.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The technique of hiding the internal implementation details of an object from its external view is called incorporation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An object class is a logical grouping of objects that have the same attributes and behaviors.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following provides an external interface to a class?
A)constructor
B)operation
C)view
D)association
Q5) An ________ is a relationship between object classes.
Q6) What is an operation? Briefly describe three types of operations.
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