Systems, Roles, and Development Methodologies, 8e (Kendall/Kendall)
Chapter 1 Systems, Roles, and Development Methodologies
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) Which of these systems processes large amounts of data for routine transactions?
A) transaction processing systems
B) decision support systems
C) expert systems
D) management information systems
Answer: A
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2) Which of these is the most personalized?
A) transaction processing systems
B) decision support systems
C) expert systems
D) management information systems
Answer: B
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3) Which of these systems allows management to think about strategic problems?
A) transaction processing systems
B) strategic support system
C) executive support systems
D) management information systems
Answer: C
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4) Which of these is NOT a benefit to mounting or improving an application on the Web?
A) Increasing user awareness of the availability of a service, product, industry, person, or
group.
B) Improving the usefulness and usability of the interface design.
C) Creating a system that can extend globally rather than remain local, thus reaching people
in
remote locations without worry of the time zone in which they are located.
D) Limiting user access to standard business hours only.
Answer: D
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5) Which of these software packages are NOT open source software (OSS)?
A) Microsoft Windows Vista
B) Mozilla Firefox web browser
C) Apache web server
D) a Linux operating system
Answer: A
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6) Which of these characteristics is most important to a systems analyst?
A) communicator
B) problem solver
C) programmer
D) project manager
Answer: B
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7) Which of these statements concerning the systems development life cycle is true?
A) Designing the system is the first step in the SDLC.
B) No phase can occur until the previous phase is completed.
C) Although each phase is presented discretely, it is never accomplished as a separate step.
D) There is widespread agreement that the SDLC is composed of seven phases.
Answer: C
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8) During which phase of the SDLC should the analyst determine the who, what, where,
when
and how of the current system?
A) Determining Human Information Requirements
B) Analyzing System Needs
C) Designing the System
D) Implementing and Evaluating the System
Answer: A
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9) In which phase of the SDLC are data flow diagrams constructed?
A) Determining Human Information Requirements
B) Analyzing System Needs
C) Designing the System
D) Testing and Maintaining the System
Answer: B
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10) During which phase of the SDLC would a programmer develop an FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions)?
A) Analyzing System Needs
B) Designing the System
C) Developing and Documenting Software
D) Implementing and Evaluating the System
Answer: C
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11) During which phase of the SDLC is the analyst concerned with determining problems
within
the organization?
A) Identifying Problems, Opportunities, and Objectives
B) Determining Human Information Requirements
C) Analyzing System Needs
D) Implementing and Evaluating the System
Answer: A
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12) In which phase of the SDLC is the analyst most heavily involved in user training?
A) Designing the System
B) Developing and Documenting Software
C) Testing and Maintaining System
D) Implementing and Evaluating the System
Answer: D
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13) System maintenance must be performed to
A) correct software errors.
B) add capabilities to the software.
C) incorporate new business requirements to the software.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
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14) Which of these is not an approach taken by the analyst when adopting CASE tools?
A) communicating more effectively with users
B) expediting the local area network
C) increasing productivity
D) integrating the work done during life cycle stages
Answer: B
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15) An encyclopedia that is used to store all project information is called
A) a data dictionary.
B) an upper CASE tool.
C) a CASE repository.
D) a lower CASE tool.
Answer: C
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16) Which of the following is not a dimension used to categorize an open source
community?
A) Programming style
B) Environment
C) User community
D) Licensing
Answer: A
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17) Which of the following is not an advantage of mounting an application on the Web?
A) It is easy to create a Web site that different cultures can relate to.
B) the possibility of 24-hour access for users
C) increasing awareness of the availability of a service, product, person, industry or group
D) standardizing the design of the interface
Answer: A
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18) Enterprise resource planning systems integrate
A) different cultures across the globe in an ecommerce environment.
B) legacy systems into an extranet.
C) information systems existing on different management levels.
D) resources so that capital expenditures are minimized.
Answer: C
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19) Designing systems for wireless handheld devices is called
A) small scale systems.
B) wcommerce.
C) mcommerce.
D) enterprise resource planning.
Answer: C
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20) When program software is distributed free with the code or computer instructions
available
for anyone to modify is called
A) freeware.
B) code independent software.
C) a distributed system.
D) open source software
Answer: D
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21) When groups need to work together to make semi-structured or unstructured decision,
a
solution is to use a(n)
A) executive support system.
B) group decision support system.
C) expert system.
D) knowledge work system.
Answer: B
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22) A standardized language in which a system is broken down into a use case model is
called
A) artificial intelligence.
B) a distributed system.
C) the unified modeling language.
D) multiview.
Answer: C
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23) Which of the following is not one of the fundamental components of the agile
approach?
A) Pressure.
B) Values.
C) Principles.
D) Core practices.
Answer: A
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24) Which of the following is not one of the four values of the agile approach?
A) Communication.
B) Expertise
C) Simplicity
D) Courage
Answer: B
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25) Which of the following is a human need taken into account when considering the
human-
computer interaction?
A) The hardware that the system will run on.
B) The pleasing, aesthetic and enjoyable aspects of using the system.
C) The amount of training that will be required.
D) The kind of monitoring that will take place for compliance.
Answer: B
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1.2 True/False
1) A management information system departs from the traditional transaction processing
system
in that it emphasizes the support of decision making in all its phases.
Answer: FALSE
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2) Knowledge work systems use common software tools to manipulate but not create new
information.
Answer: FALSE
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3) Computer supported collaborative work might include groupware for teams via
networked
computers.
Answer: TRUE
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4) User involvement throughout the systems project is of little importance in the successful
development of business information systems.
Answer: FALSE
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5) The three primary roles of the systems analyst are as consultant, supporting expert, and
change agent.
Answer: TRUE
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6) When analysts are hired specifically from outside the business to address information
systems
issues within a business, they are acting as supporting experts.
Answer: FALSE
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7) Each phase of the system development life cycle is accomplished as a discrete, separate
step.
Answer: FALSE
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8) The first phase that the analyst enters into is that of determining information
requirements for
the particular users involved.
Answer: FALSE
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9) A systems proposal is prepared after the analysis of system needs.
Answer: TRUE
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10) Structured techniques like the structure charts and pseudocode are chiefly useful during
the
system evaluation and implementation phase.
Answer: FALSE
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11) During the life cycle of an information system, more time is spend in system
maintenance
than it took to design and develop the system.
Answer: TRUE
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12) CASE tools have the potential of increasing systems analysts' productivity.
Answer: TRUE
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13) CASE tools allow the user to easily draw and modify diagrams.
Answer: TRUE
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14) It is the drawing of diagrams rather than in their modification that CASE tools excel over
the
use of templates.
Answer: FALSE
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15) Upper CASE tools store data in an encyclopedia called a CASE repository.
Answer: TRUE
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16) A disadvantage of using lower CASE tools is that time to maintain systems is increased.
Answer: FALSE
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17) Code generators create error free computer programs.
Answer: TRUE
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18) Object oriented techniques are used when systems must change rapidly in response to
dynamic business environments.
Answer: TRUE
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19) The four values of the agile approach are communication, simplicity, feedback and
courage.
Answer: TRUE
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20) One of the advantages of ecommerce is creating a system that can extend globally.
Answer: TRUE
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21) ERP is a method for developing Web sites for a single user group.
Answer: FALSE
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22) Mcommerce systems are developed for handheld wireless devices.
Answer: TRUE
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23) Open source software is distributed for free and then users pay for updates to the
software.
Answer: FALSE
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24) The open source software community is a monoculture, a single unified community.
Answer: FALSE
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25) The human-computer interaction takes into account human frustrations and feelings.
Answer: TRUE
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1.3 Fill-in-the-Blank
1) Decision makers are beginning to understand that ________ is not just a byproduct of
conducting business, but a critical factor in determining the success or failure of a business.
Answer: information
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2) ________ are computerized information systems developed to process large amounts of
data
for routine business transactions such as payroll and inventory.
Answer: Transaction processing systems
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3) ________ are intended to bring a group together to solve a problem with the help of
various
supports such as polling, questionnaires, brainstorming, and scenario creation.
Answer: Group decision support systems
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4) An ________, also called a knowledge based system, effectively captures and uses the
knowledge of an expert for solving a particular problem experienced in an organization.
Answer: expert system
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5) When analysts perform any activities in the systems development life cycle and are
present in
the business for an extended period of time, they are acting as ________.
Answer: change agents
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6) The most prominent quality of an analyst is that of a ________.
Answer: problem solver
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7) ________ are situations that the analyst believes can be improved through the use of
information systems.
Answer: Opportunities
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8) The ________ summarizes what has been found during the systems analysis phase,
provides
cost/benefit analyses of alternatives, and makes recommendations on what should be done.
Answer: systems proposal
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9) The ________ contains input and output layouts, file specifications, and processing details
for
programmers.
Answer: program specifications packet
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10) ________ involves training users to use the system and planning for the smooth
conversion
of the old system to the new one.
Answer: Implementation
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11) One important justification for CASE tools is to increase analyst ________.
Answer: productivity
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12) ________ tools generate computer code.
Answer: Lower CASE
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13) The ________ is the layer of the computer that is between humans and the computer.
Answer: human computer interaction
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14) ________ are available 24/7 and extend globally.
Answer: Web-based Technologies or Ecommerce Applications
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15) ________ is the integration of many information systems existing on different
management
levels and within different functions.
Answer: Enterprise resource planning
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16) Wireless ecommerce is referred to as ________.
Answer: mcommerce
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17) Software that is distributed free along with the program source code is called ________.
Answer: open source software
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18) The ________ is based on values, principles, and core practices.
Answer: agile approach
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19) The most comprehensive and responsible role that the systems analyst takes on is that
of an
________.
Answer: agent of change
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20) The ________ is a phased approach to analysis and design that holds that systems are
best
developed through the use of a specific cycle of analyst and user activities.
Answer: systems development life cycle
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21) An online manual or Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) would be developed during the
________ phase.
Answer: Developing and Documenting Software
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22) After the system is installed, it must be ________, meaning that the computer programs
must
be
modified and kept up to date.
Answer: maintained
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23) By requiring people, software, and hardware to function in concert, ________ support
users
in accomplishing a broader spectrum of organizational tasks than transaction processing
systems,
including decision analysis and decision making.
Answer: management information systems
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24) ________ help executives organize their interactions with the external environment by
providing graphics and communications technologies in accessible places such as
boardrooms or
personal corporate offices.
Answer: Executive support systems (ESS)
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25) ________ is an approach that is intended to facilitate the development of systems that
must
change rapidly in response to dynamic business environments.
Answer: Object-oriented analysis and design
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1.4 Short Answer
1) List the three primary roles of the systems analyst.
Answer: The three primary roles of the systems analyst are consultant, supporting expert,
and
agent of change.
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2) Describe how a transaction processing system is different from a decision support system.
Answer: A transaction processing system is used for large amounts of routine transactional
data
(company inventory or payroll), while decision support systems offers personalized data to
an
individual or group that is designed to support decision making in all its phases.
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3) List four of the seven phases of the systems development life cycle.
Answer: Identifying problems, opportunities, and objectives - Determining human
information
requirements - Analyzing system needs - Designing the recommended system - Developing
and
documenting software - Testing and maintaining the system - Implementing and evaluating
the
system
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4) Describe the differences between upper CASE tools and lower CASE tools.
Answer: Upper CASE tools allow the analyst to create and modify the system design, while
lower CASE tools are used to generate the program code itself.
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5) Describe a situation in which an analyst would choose to use object-oriented systems
analysis
and design, rather than the systems development life cycle.
Answer: Students should describe a situation in which the system to be designed must
change
rapidly in response to dynamic business environments or are undergoing continuous
maintenance, adaptation and redesign.
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