MIS 380 - EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3, 4) QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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information systems analysis and design Ans✓✓✓The complex
organizational process whereby computer-based information systems are
developed and maintained.
Application Software Ans✓✓✓Computer software designed to support
organizational functions or processes
systems analyst Ans✓✓✓- The organizational role most responsible for
the analysis and design of information systems.
- determines how people, methods, and technology work together to best
improve the business
- bridges technology and organization
systems thinking Ans✓✓✓- Looking not just at discrete parts of an
organizational situation, but also at the continually changing interactions
among the parts.
- identifying problems and designing, selecting, and implementing a
solution
systems development methodology Ans✓✓✓A standard process
followed in an organization to conduct all the steps necessary to analyze,
design, implement, and maintain information systems.
, O = f(I,P,S) Model of a system Ans✓✓✓inputs -> process
process -> storage -> process
process -> outputs
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Ans✓✓✓The traditional
methodology used to develop, maintain, and replace information
systems.
SDLC Phases Ans✓✓✓1. Planning
2. Analysis
3. Design
4. Development
5. Testing
6. Implementation
7. Maintenance
planning phase Ans✓✓✓- establishes a high-level plan of the intended
project and determines project goals
- determining the scope of the proposed system
analysis phase Ans✓✓✓- thoroughly studying the organizations current
procedures and the information systems used to perform organizational
tasks
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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information systems analysis and design Ans✓✓✓The complex
organizational process whereby computer-based information systems are
developed and maintained.
Application Software Ans✓✓✓Computer software designed to support
organizational functions or processes
systems analyst Ans✓✓✓- The organizational role most responsible for
the analysis and design of information systems.
- determines how people, methods, and technology work together to best
improve the business
- bridges technology and organization
systems thinking Ans✓✓✓- Looking not just at discrete parts of an
organizational situation, but also at the continually changing interactions
among the parts.
- identifying problems and designing, selecting, and implementing a
solution
systems development methodology Ans✓✓✓A standard process
followed in an organization to conduct all the steps necessary to analyze,
design, implement, and maintain information systems.
, O = f(I,P,S) Model of a system Ans✓✓✓inputs -> process
process -> storage -> process
process -> outputs
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Ans✓✓✓The traditional
methodology used to develop, maintain, and replace information
systems.
SDLC Phases Ans✓✓✓1. Planning
2. Analysis
3. Design
4. Development
5. Testing
6. Implementation
7. Maintenance
planning phase Ans✓✓✓- establishes a high-level plan of the intended
project and determines project goals
- determining the scope of the proposed system
analysis phase Ans✓✓✓- thoroughly studying the organizations current
procedures and the information systems used to perform organizational
tasks
