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Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the methodologies and best practices used in the analysis and design of information technology projects. Students will learn how to gather and interpret requirements, model business processes, and create effective system specifications using various tools and techniques such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Data Flow Diagrams (DFD). Emphasis is placed on project life cycles, feasibility studies, stakeholder analysis, and system architecture design. Through practical assignments and case studies, students gain the skills needed to effectively plan, analyze, and design IT solutions that meet organizational needs and adapt to changing technological landscapes.
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Modern Systems Analysis and Design 7th Edition by Jeffrey A. Hoffer
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Chapter 1: The Systems Development Environment
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Q1) The systems development life cycle is a sequentially ordered set of phases.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) All of the following are types of CASE tools EXCEPT:
A)Diagramming Tools
B)Display and Report Generators
C)Debuggers
D)Analysis Tools
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is a true statement regarding the SDLC phases?
A)The life cycle is a sequentially ordered set of phases.
B)It is not possible to complete some activities in one phase in parallel with those of another phase.
C)The SDLC is not iterative.
D)The life cycle can be thought of as a circular process in which the end of the useful life of one system leads to the beginning of another project to develop a new version of or replace an existing system.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Origins of Software
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Q1) Which of the following software criteria refers to the tasks the software can perform and the mandatory,essential,and desired system features?
A)cost
B)vendor viability
C)functionality
D)flexibility
Answer: C
Q2) One of the top three reasons for choosing to go with cloud computing is:
A)having internal IT staff run the application
B)hosting the application internally
C)having IT staff install and upgrade
D)freeing internal IT staff
Answer: D
Q3) The choice to acquire software from outside sources should be made:
A)at the beginning of the analysis phase
B)at the middle of the analysis phase
C)at the end of the analysis phase
D)at the end of the design phase
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Managing the Information Systems Project
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Q1) Which of the following is not a project closedown phase?
A)conducting post project reviews
B)closing the customer contract
C)closing down the project
D)communicating the project status
Answer: D
Q2) A ________ is the shortest time in which a project can be completed.
Answer: critical path
Q3) ________ is the first phase of the project management process in which activities are performed to assess the size,scope,and complexity of the project and to establish procedures to support later project activities.
Answer: Project initiation
Q4) If an activity's optimistic time is 4 weeks,its realistic time is 6 weeks,and its pessimistic time is 8 weeks,then its estimated time would be 6 weeks.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q5) In OOSAD,during a single iteration,multiple ________ can be completed.
Answer: components
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Chapter 4: Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects
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Q1) An ________ is Internet-based communication to support business activities within a single organization.
Q2) Organizations that have Intranets dictate what applications will run over the Intranet and the speed and quality of the hardware connected to the Intranet.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a true statement regarding ISP?
A)During ISP,the current and future information needs of an organization are modeled.
B)Strategies and project plans to migrate the current information systems and technologies to their desired future state are developed.
C)ISP is a top-down process that takes into account the outside forces (industry,economic,relative size,geographic region,etc. ).
D)All of the above.
Q4) ________ refers to the level of technical difficulty to successfully complete the project within given time and resource constraints.
Q5) Briefly discuss three generic competitive strategies.Provide an example of each.
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Chapter 5: Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects
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Q1) ________ is the ratio of the net cash receipts of the project divided by the cash outlays of the project.
Q2) A document prepared for the customer during project initiation and planning that describes what the project will deliver and outlines generally at a high level all work required to complete the project is the:
A)Information Systems Plan
B)Project Scope Statement
C)Mission Statement
D)Baseline Project Plan
Q3) Management,operation,and planning personnel are examples of start-up costs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Referencing a walkthrough,the coordinator reviews the work product in terms of future maintenance activities.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The ________ is the concept of comparing present cash outlays to future expected returns.
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Q6) ________ are costs resulting from the ongoing evolution and use of a system.
Chapter 6: Determining System Requirements
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Q1) During requirements determination,challenging yourself to look at the organization in new ways corresponds to the systems analyst characteristic of ________.
Q2) Referencing eXtreme programming,which of the following is the final phase of the Planning Game?
A)exploration
B)design
C)commitment
D)steering
Q3) ________ are the structured,measured set of activities designed to produce a specific output for a particular customer or market.
Q4) When comparing observations and document analysis:
A)the time required to conduct observations compared to document analysis is low
B)the observee is not known to the interviewer
C)the potential audience of the observation method is limited
D)with document analysis,a clear commitment is discernible
Q5) ________ describes a project that has bogged down in an abundance of analysis work.
Q6) A ________ is the trained individual who plans and leads Joint Application Design sessions.
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Chapter 7: Structuring System Process Requirements
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Q1) Functional decomposition is an iterative process of breaking the description of a system down into finer and finer detail.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A fork in a data flow means that exactly the same data go from a common location to two or more different processes,data stores,or sources/sinks.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is considered when diagramming?
A)the interactions occurring between sources and sinks
B)how to provide sources and sinks direct access to stored data
C)how to control or redesign a source or sink
D)none of the above
Q4) The diagram that shows the scope of the system,indicating what elements are inside and which are outside the system,is called a:
A)context diagram
B)level-2 diagram
C)referencing diagram
D)representative diagram
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Chapter 8: Structuring System Data Requirements
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Q1) Relationships are labeled with verb phrases.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Employee identification number,name,address,and skill are attributes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A ternary relationship is the equivalent of three binary relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Conceptual data modeling for an Internet-based electronic commerce application differs significantly from the process followed when analyzing the data needs for other types of applications.
A)True
B)False
Q5) An entity instance is a single occurrence of an entity type.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Referencing an employee entity,an employee's skills are a multivalued attribute.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Designing Databases
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Q1) Define each of the following terms: relation,functional dependency,foreign key,and normalization.
Q2) A well-structured relation contains data about two or more entities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If for every valid value of A the value of B is determined by the value of A,then B is functionally dependent on A.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A relation is said to be in second normal form when its nonprimary key attributes do not depend on each other.
A)True
B)False
Q5) When using the sequential file organization,the addition of rows requires rewriting the file.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ________ is the process of splitting or combining normalized relations into physical tables based on affinity of use of rows and fields.
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Chapter 10: Designing Forms and Reports
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Q1) When designing textual output,you should use single spacing wherever possible.
A)True
B)False
Q2) To assess usability,information can be collected by:
A)observation
B)interviews
C)keystroke capturing D)all of the above
Q3) When displaying text,a person should:
A)right justify text
B)hyphenate words between lines
C)use double spacing if space permits
D)use obscure abbreviations and acronyms
Q4) When should you use tables? When should you use graphs?
Q5) When designing the layout of Web pages,making sure that standard design items behave in accordance to major interface design standards is the recommendation for the ________ error.
Q6) When designing the layout of Web pages,making sure your site is continuously updated so that users feel that the site is regularly maintained and updated is the recommendation for the ________ error.
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Chapter 11: Designing Interfaces and Dialogues
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Q1) A human-computer interaction method where explicit statements are entered into a system to invoke operations refers to:
A)command language interaction
B)natural language interaction
C)machine language interaction
D)object-based interaction
Q2) The first step to becoming an effective GUI designer requires:
A)being able to program competently using a third-generation language
B)becoming an expert user of the GUI environment
C)understanding the available resources and how they can be used
D)both B and C
Q3) Transition diagramming is a formal method for designing and representing human-computer dialogues using box and line diagrams.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When comparing input devices,a touch screen is the most preferred for data entry.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Designing Distributed and Internet Systems
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Q1) What is a data warehouse? What are the four steps to building a two-level data warehouse architecture?
Q2) Software building blocks that are used to assure that common system capabilities like user interfaces and printing are standardized as well as modules for facilitating the data exchange between clients and servers best describes:
A)firmware
B)a software patch
C)a database management system
D)an application program interface
Q3) When comparing file server and client/server architectures,the file server architecture requires greater coordination between the client and server.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Differentiate between file server and client/server architectures.
Q5) Private network refers to the cabling,hardware,and software used to connect workstations,computers,and file servers located in a confined geographical area.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: System Implementation
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Q1) Testing managers are responsible for developing test plans,establishing testing standards,integrating testing and development activities in the life cycle,and ensuring that test plans are completed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Who is responsible for ensuring that coding,testing,and installation are properly planned and executed?
A)programmers
B)management
C)systems analysts
D)end-users
Q3) The process whereby actual users test a completed information system,the end result of which is the users' acceptance of it,best describes:
A)acceptance testing
B)alpha testing
C)beta testing
D)system testing
Q4) Briefly identify the four types of installation.
Q5) Identify several types of user documentation.
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Chapter 14: Maintaining Information Systems
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Q1) ________ refers to changes made to a system to avoid possible future problems.
Q2) Which of the following is not a cost element of maintenance?
A)defects
B)documentation
C)personnel
D)time
Q3) Documentation and testing thoroughness may suffer due to a lack of a formal transfer of responsibility is a disadvantage associated with the ________ maintenance organizational structure.
Q4) One way to distinguish maintenance from new development is that maintenance reuses most existing system modules in producing the new system version.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the role of CASE in maintenance?
Q6) The maintenance phase's primary deliverables are finalized design specifications. A)True
B)False
Q7) To measure maintenance effectiveness,what three factors must be measured?
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Chapter 15: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Use
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Q1) ________ is the least amount promised to a stakeholder by a use case.
Q2) An association between two use cases where one adds new behaviors or actions to the other best describes:
A)the external relationship
B)the inclusive relationship
C)the include relationship
D)the extend relationship
Q3) Use cases written at the blue,or sea,level focus on ________ goals.
Q4) White level use cases might serve as an enterprise goal whereas kite level use cases might serve as a goal for one business unit.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A use case is initiated by a ________.
Q6) Level has to do with the level of detail at which a use case is being written. A)True B)False
Q7) Both the ________ and ________ levels provide a summary of the use case goals.
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Q9) Summary use cases do not include ________.
Q10) The fish and black levels are sometimes referred to as the ________ level.
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Chapter 16: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Activity
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Q1) An activity diagram cannot be used to show the logic of a use case.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss when it is appropriate to use activity diagrams in a project.
Q3) A(n)________ clearly shows parallel and alternative behaviors.
Q4) An activity diagram can be used for all of the following except:
A)to show the links between objects
B)to depict the flow of control from activity to activity
C)model work flow and business processes
D)help in use case analysis
Q5) In an activity diagram,the fast lane represents the organizational unit responsible for a certain action.
A)True
B)False
Q6) An activity diagram clearly shows parallel and alternative behaviors.
A)True
B)False
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Q7) A(n)________ shows the conditional logic for the sequence of system activities needed to accomplish a business process.
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Chapter 17: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Sequence Diagrams
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Q1) Sequence is a type of interaction diagrams.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A sequence diagram depicts the interactions among objects during a certain period of time.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following depicts the interactions among objects during a certain period of time?
A)class diagrams
B)data flow diagrams
C)sequence diagrams
D)collaboration diagrams
Q4) A message in which the sender does not have to wait for the recipient to handle the message best describes:
A)synchronous message
B)simple message
C)asynchronous message
D)half-duplex message
Q5) Define sequence diagram.
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Chapter 18: Business Process Modeling
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Q1) A business process can only come from certain business functions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In business process modeling,a way to encapsulate a process is called a(n):
A)swimlane
B)fastlane
C)lane
D)none of the above
Q3) Gateways are typically ________.
Q4) An event is a trigger that starts a process in business process modeling.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In Business Process Modeling Notation,a gateway is represented by a diamond.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The symbol for an activity is:
A)a square
B)a circle
C)an arrow
D)a rectangle with rounded edges
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Chapter 19: Objected-Oriented Analysis and Design: Object
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Q1) What is an operation? Briefly describe three types of operations.
Q2) An association between the instances of one or more entity types that is of interest to the organization best defines:
A)occurrence
B)relationship
C)coupling
D)cardinality
Q3) Which of the following provides an external interface to a class?
A)constructor
B)operation
C)view
D)association
Q4) An aggregation expresses a Part-of relationship between a component object and an aggregate object.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ________ is the technique of hiding the internal implementation details of an object from its external view.
Q6) An ________ is a relationship between object classes.
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