ITC 761 Questions and Answers 2024
Systems design:
a. translates system specifications into software program code.
b. identifies the information requirements for a system.
c. determines whether a solution is feasible from a financial and organizational standpoint.
d. is concerned with the logical view of the system solution.
e. shows how the new system will fulfill the information requirements. ** Answ** e. shows
how the new system will fulfill the information requirements
Compared to the use of proprietary components, web services promise to be less expensive and
less difficult to implement because of:
a. their ability to enable communication among different systems using universal standards.
b. their use of custom programming.
c. their ability to integrate seamlessly with legacy systems.
d. the ubiquity of the Internet.
e. the ability to reuse web services components. ** Answ** a. their ability to enable
communication among different systems using universal standards.
Groups of objects are assembled into software components for common functions, which can be
combined into large-scale business applications, in which type of software development?
a. Agile development
b. Structured methodologies
c. Object-oriented development
d. RAD
e. Component-based development ** Answ** e. Component-based development
What is the most significant barrier to successful business process change?
a. Organizational culture
b. Usability of implemented solution
c. Poor choice of technology
,d. Selecting the correct process to change
e. Ineffective project management ** Answ** a. Organizational culture
Which type of systems development is characterized by significantly speeding up the design
phase and the generation of information requirements and involving users at an intense level?
a. Traditional
b. JAD
c. Prototyping
d. RAD
e. End-user development ** Answ** b. JAD
What is the purpose of responsive web design?
a. It enables websites to customize design according to user preferences.
b. It allows one website to serve different platforms, such as tablets, PCs, and mobile phones.
c. It enables websites to customize content based on user location and preferences.
d. It enables different people to responsively program the system.
e. It allows websites to respond quickly to changing user needs. ** Answ** b. It allows one
website to serve different platforms, such as tablets, PCs, and mobile phones.
In what stage of systems development are design specifications created?
a. Systems analysis
b. Testing
c. Conversion
d. Implementation
e. Systems design ** Answ** e. Systems design
Possible functions of BPM tools include all of the following except:
a. automating business processes.
b. designing new processes.
c. identifying and document business processes.
d. completing a systems analysis study.
, e. integrating existing systems to support business processes improvements. ** Answ** d.
completing a systems analysis study.
A bank has reworked its mortgage application process so that several steps are handled by
computer software, and some steps are combined to reduce bottlenecks in processing. The goal is
to gradually improve its efficiency over time. This is an example of:
a. six sigma.
b. TQM.
c. rationalization of procedures.
d. paradigm shift.
e. automation. ** Answ** c. rationalization of procedures.
Unit testing:
A) includes all the preparations for the series of tests to be performed on the system.
B) tests the functioning of the system as a whole in order to determine if discrete modules will
function together as planned.
C) involves testing the entire system with real-world data.
D) provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting.
E) tests each program separately. ** Answ** E) tests each program separately
System testing:
A) includes all the preparations for the series of tests to be performed on the system.
B) tests the functioning of the system as a whole in order to determine if discrete modules will
function together as planned.
C) tests each program separately.
D) provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting.
E) tests the information requirements of a system. ** Answ** B) tests the functioning of the
system as a whole in order to determine if discrete modules will function together as planned.
Acceptance testing:
A) includes all the preparations for the series of tests to be performed on the system.
Systems design:
a. translates system specifications into software program code.
b. identifies the information requirements for a system.
c. determines whether a solution is feasible from a financial and organizational standpoint.
d. is concerned with the logical view of the system solution.
e. shows how the new system will fulfill the information requirements. ** Answ** e. shows
how the new system will fulfill the information requirements
Compared to the use of proprietary components, web services promise to be less expensive and
less difficult to implement because of:
a. their ability to enable communication among different systems using universal standards.
b. their use of custom programming.
c. their ability to integrate seamlessly with legacy systems.
d. the ubiquity of the Internet.
e. the ability to reuse web services components. ** Answ** a. their ability to enable
communication among different systems using universal standards.
Groups of objects are assembled into software components for common functions, which can be
combined into large-scale business applications, in which type of software development?
a. Agile development
b. Structured methodologies
c. Object-oriented development
d. RAD
e. Component-based development ** Answ** e. Component-based development
What is the most significant barrier to successful business process change?
a. Organizational culture
b. Usability of implemented solution
c. Poor choice of technology
,d. Selecting the correct process to change
e. Ineffective project management ** Answ** a. Organizational culture
Which type of systems development is characterized by significantly speeding up the design
phase and the generation of information requirements and involving users at an intense level?
a. Traditional
b. JAD
c. Prototyping
d. RAD
e. End-user development ** Answ** b. JAD
What is the purpose of responsive web design?
a. It enables websites to customize design according to user preferences.
b. It allows one website to serve different platforms, such as tablets, PCs, and mobile phones.
c. It enables websites to customize content based on user location and preferences.
d. It enables different people to responsively program the system.
e. It allows websites to respond quickly to changing user needs. ** Answ** b. It allows one
website to serve different platforms, such as tablets, PCs, and mobile phones.
In what stage of systems development are design specifications created?
a. Systems analysis
b. Testing
c. Conversion
d. Implementation
e. Systems design ** Answ** e. Systems design
Possible functions of BPM tools include all of the following except:
a. automating business processes.
b. designing new processes.
c. identifying and document business processes.
d. completing a systems analysis study.
, e. integrating existing systems to support business processes improvements. ** Answ** d.
completing a systems analysis study.
A bank has reworked its mortgage application process so that several steps are handled by
computer software, and some steps are combined to reduce bottlenecks in processing. The goal is
to gradually improve its efficiency over time. This is an example of:
a. six sigma.
b. TQM.
c. rationalization of procedures.
d. paradigm shift.
e. automation. ** Answ** c. rationalization of procedures.
Unit testing:
A) includes all the preparations for the series of tests to be performed on the system.
B) tests the functioning of the system as a whole in order to determine if discrete modules will
function together as planned.
C) involves testing the entire system with real-world data.
D) provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting.
E) tests each program separately. ** Answ** E) tests each program separately
System testing:
A) includes all the preparations for the series of tests to be performed on the system.
B) tests the functioning of the system as a whole in order to determine if discrete modules will
function together as planned.
C) tests each program separately.
D) provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting.
E) tests the information requirements of a system. ** Answ** B) tests the functioning of the
system as a whole in order to determine if discrete modules will function together as planned.
Acceptance testing:
A) includes all the preparations for the series of tests to be performed on the system.
