MIS 380 TEST 1 MCQ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW
The complex organizational process through which computer-based
information systems are developed and maintained best defines:
A) joint application design
B) prototyping
C) information systems analysis and design
D) none of the above Ans✓✓✓C
Which of the following requires a systems development method that
uses a data orientation and is concerned with understanding relationships
among data so data can be accessed and summarized in a variety of ways
that are fairly predictable?
A) management information system
B) decision support system
C) transaction processing system
D) expert system Ans✓✓✓A
An iterative process of systems development in which requirements are
converted to a working system that is continually revised through close
collaboration between an analyst and users best defines:
,A) Joint Application Design
B) prototyping
C) Participatory Design
D) systems development life cycle Ans✓✓✓B
Which of the following is based on an iterative, incremental approach to
object-oriented systems development and has inception, elaboration,
construction, and transition phases?
A) RAD
B) eXtreme Programming
C) RUP
D) JAD Ans✓✓✓C
A structured process in which users, managers, and analysts work
together for several days in a series of intensive meetings to specify or
review system requirements best describes:
A) Agile Methodologies
B) JAD
C) RAD
D) object-oriented analysis and design Ans✓✓✓B
, The practice of turning over responsibility of some to all of an
organization's information systems applications and operations to an
outside firm is referred to as:
A) realignment
B) outsourcing
C) time sharing
D) downsizing Ans✓✓✓B
A system that integrates individual traditional business functions into a
series of modules so that a single transaction occurs seamlessly within a
single information system rather than several separate systems is:
A) open source software
B) an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
C) a decision support system (DSS)
D) a managed module application system (MMAS) Ans✓✓✓B
Which of the following is a true statement regarding in-house
development?
A) In-house development of information systems has progressively
become a smaller piece of all the systems development work that takes
place in and for organizations.
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW
The complex organizational process through which computer-based
information systems are developed and maintained best defines:
A) joint application design
B) prototyping
C) information systems analysis and design
D) none of the above Ans✓✓✓C
Which of the following requires a systems development method that
uses a data orientation and is concerned with understanding relationships
among data so data can be accessed and summarized in a variety of ways
that are fairly predictable?
A) management information system
B) decision support system
C) transaction processing system
D) expert system Ans✓✓✓A
An iterative process of systems development in which requirements are
converted to a working system that is continually revised through close
collaboration between an analyst and users best defines:
,A) Joint Application Design
B) prototyping
C) Participatory Design
D) systems development life cycle Ans✓✓✓B
Which of the following is based on an iterative, incremental approach to
object-oriented systems development and has inception, elaboration,
construction, and transition phases?
A) RAD
B) eXtreme Programming
C) RUP
D) JAD Ans✓✓✓C
A structured process in which users, managers, and analysts work
together for several days in a series of intensive meetings to specify or
review system requirements best describes:
A) Agile Methodologies
B) JAD
C) RAD
D) object-oriented analysis and design Ans✓✓✓B
, The practice of turning over responsibility of some to all of an
organization's information systems applications and operations to an
outside firm is referred to as:
A) realignment
B) outsourcing
C) time sharing
D) downsizing Ans✓✓✓B
A system that integrates individual traditional business functions into a
series of modules so that a single transaction occurs seamlessly within a
single information system rather than several separate systems is:
A) open source software
B) an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
C) a decision support system (DSS)
D) a managed module application system (MMAS) Ans✓✓✓B
Which of the following is a true statement regarding in-house
development?
A) In-house development of information systems has progressively
become a smaller piece of all the systems development work that takes
place in and for organizations.
