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Systems Analysis and Design: An Object-Oriented Approach with UML.
7th Edition
By David P. Tegarden, Binny Samuel, Roman Lukyanenko, Alan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom
,Chapter 1 Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design
Multiple Choices
1. The process of understanding how an information system can support business needs, design the
system, build it, and deliver it to users is the .
a. analysis phase of the SDLC
b. object oriented approach
c. rule for creating a CASE tool
d. systems development life cycle
e. waterfall development methodology
Answer: d
2. The person that identifies opportunities for improvements and designs an information system to
implement them is called a(n) .
a. computer programmer
b. end-user
c. systems analyst
d. systems specialist
e. technical writer Answer: c
3. The primary goal of the systems analyst is to .
a. acquire a working tool
b. create a wonderful system
c. create value for the organization
d. establish the phases of the SDLC
e. identify opportunities for improvement Answer: c
,4. Developing an information system is similar to building a house because you have to
a. start with a basic idea of what is needed
b. create simple drawings of what is needed and allow the customer to provide feedback
c. develop a detailed set of blueprints
d. actually build the project, often with some changes directed by the customer
e. all of the above
Answer: e
5. The four phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle are .
a. analysis, gathering, modeling, and diagramming
b. construction, installation, testing, and converting
c. initiating, planning, controlling, and implementing
d. planning, analysis, design, and implementation
e. system request, feasibility, staffing, and construction
Answer: d
6. Understanding why an information system should be built and determining how the project
team will build it is part of the phase of the SDLC.
a. analysis
b. system request
c. gathering
d. initiating
e. planning
Answer: e
7. The is generated by the department or person that has an idea for a new information
system.
a. economic feasibility analysis
b. requirements document
c. project charter
d. system request
e. project plan
Ans: d
, 8. The project sponsor is the .
a. lead systems analyst on the project team
b. person or department that requested the system
c. lead computer programmer charged with writing the code for the system
d. project team leader in charge of developing the system
e. any of these choices may fill the role of the project sponsor
Answer: b
9. Feasibility analysis examines several questions, including “ ?”
a. Can it be built (technical feasibility)
b. Do we have the right people to build it (organizational feasibility)
c. If we build it, can our computers handle the load (operational feasibility)
d. Can we get afford it (economic feasibility)
e. all of these
Answer: a
10. The project plan is the document that is used to .
a. describe how the project team will go about developing the proposed system
b. outline the tasks to be addressed in developing the proposed system and develop a time
estimate for each task.
c. outline the technical, economic, and organizational feasibility of the proposed system
d. summarize the business need and explain how the proposed system supports that need and
creates value
e. all of these
Answer: a
11. In which phase of the SDLC is the project plan developed?
a. analysis
b. design
c. implementation
d. planning
e. reconstruction
Ans: d
Systems Analysis and Design: An Object-Oriented Approach with UML.
7th Edition
By David P. Tegarden, Binny Samuel, Roman Lukyanenko, Alan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom
,Chapter 1 Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design
Multiple Choices
1. The process of understanding how an information system can support business needs, design the
system, build it, and deliver it to users is the .
a. analysis phase of the SDLC
b. object oriented approach
c. rule for creating a CASE tool
d. systems development life cycle
e. waterfall development methodology
Answer: d
2. The person that identifies opportunities for improvements and designs an information system to
implement them is called a(n) .
a. computer programmer
b. end-user
c. systems analyst
d. systems specialist
e. technical writer Answer: c
3. The primary goal of the systems analyst is to .
a. acquire a working tool
b. create a wonderful system
c. create value for the organization
d. establish the phases of the SDLC
e. identify opportunities for improvement Answer: c
,4. Developing an information system is similar to building a house because you have to
a. start with a basic idea of what is needed
b. create simple drawings of what is needed and allow the customer to provide feedback
c. develop a detailed set of blueprints
d. actually build the project, often with some changes directed by the customer
e. all of the above
Answer: e
5. The four phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle are .
a. analysis, gathering, modeling, and diagramming
b. construction, installation, testing, and converting
c. initiating, planning, controlling, and implementing
d. planning, analysis, design, and implementation
e. system request, feasibility, staffing, and construction
Answer: d
6. Understanding why an information system should be built and determining how the project
team will build it is part of the phase of the SDLC.
a. analysis
b. system request
c. gathering
d. initiating
e. planning
Answer: e
7. The is generated by the department or person that has an idea for a new information
system.
a. economic feasibility analysis
b. requirements document
c. project charter
d. system request
e. project plan
Ans: d
, 8. The project sponsor is the .
a. lead systems analyst on the project team
b. person or department that requested the system
c. lead computer programmer charged with writing the code for the system
d. project team leader in charge of developing the system
e. any of these choices may fill the role of the project sponsor
Answer: b
9. Feasibility analysis examines several questions, including “ ?”
a. Can it be built (technical feasibility)
b. Do we have the right people to build it (organizational feasibility)
c. If we build it, can our computers handle the load (operational feasibility)
d. Can we get afford it (economic feasibility)
e. all of these
Answer: a
10. The project plan is the document that is used to .
a. describe how the project team will go about developing the proposed system
b. outline the tasks to be addressed in developing the proposed system and develop a time
estimate for each task.
c. outline the technical, economic, and organizational feasibility of the proposed system
d. summarize the business need and explain how the proposed system supports that need and
creates value
e. all of these
Answer: a
11. In which phase of the SDLC is the project plan developed?
a. analysis
b. design
c. implementation
d. planning
e. reconstruction
Ans: d
