Systems Development Life Cycle
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Course Introduction
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), guiding students through the fundamental concepts, methodologies, and phases involved in developing effective information systems. Key topics include requirements gathering, system design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance. Students will analyze real-world case studies to understand best practices and common challenges in system development, while gaining hands-on experience with tools and documentation used throughout the SDLC process. Emphasis is placed on project management, quality assurance, and adapting to evolving organizational needs. By the end of the course, students will be equipped to participate in or manage system development projects from inception to completion.
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Systems Analysis and Design 4th Edition by
Alan Dennis
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Chapter 1: The Systems Analyst and Information Systems Development
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Q1) User frustration with a proposed system would fall under intangible costs.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Zoltan is worried about the company using the new system.This would be considered part of:
A)Technical feasibility
B)Economic feasibility
C)Risk feasibility
D)Hardware feasibility
E)Organizational feasibility
Answer: E
Q3) Rodger is working on 'why build the system'.He is in what SDLC phase?
A)Planning
B)Analysis
C)Design
D)Implementation
E)Testing
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Project Selection and Management
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Q1) The "V-model" of the waterfall method is BEST characterized as:
A)A 'Quick and Dirty' system
B)A series of versions
C)A method for exploring design alternatives
D)A method for stressing customer satisfaction
E)More explicit testing
Answer: E
Q2) Throwaway prototyping is BEST characterized as:
A)A 'Quick and Dirty' system
B)A series of versions
C)A method for exploring design alternatives
D)A method for stressing customer satisfaction
E)More explicit testing
Answer: C
Q3) What is the difference between systems prototyping and throwaway prototyping methodologies?
Answer: Systems prototyping generally leads to a functional system;while throwaway prototyping generally leads to understanding the user requirements and design considerations more quickly.
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Chapter 3: Requirements Determination
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Q1) During an interview,the interviewee expresses a strong opinion on a topic,like "SOA will not work here".What should you do? How would you approach this?
Answer: This is an opinion - ask probing questions like "why not"? Find out his understand of SOA (he may not fully understand it's benefits);Keep the discussion open and non-threatening.
Q2) You have found documentation from 1994 on an accounts payable system.In asking the project sponsor,you find out the system has not changed since then.Therefore,you should rely on the documentation that you found almost exclusively.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) To create the requirements definition,the project team first should consider the kinds of functional and non-functional requirements that they will collect about the system. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Systems Analysis and Design
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Q1) Arianna is an analyst studying credit card fraud.She is working on developing a use case for when a stolen credit card is used.The trigger would be:
A)Customer starts to buy gas
B)Alarm is activated for stolen credit card use
C)Gas attendant asks for customer's driver's license
D)When the card-holder reports the card as stolen
E)When car pulls into gas station
Q2) Use cases illustrate the activities that are performed by the designers of the system.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Major Steps Performed section on a use case will give the _________
A)Name of the user for each step
B)What triggers each step
C)Where the processes will run (such as manual processes, client-server processes, etc.)
D)The telecommunications infrastructure requirements for that step
E)Information for each step
Q4) What are the most common ways to gather information for use cases?
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Chapter 5: Process Modeling
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Q1) A process model is an informal way of showing the external entities,event triggers,inputs and outputs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A data flow is:
A) An activity or a function that is performed for some specific business reason
B) A single piece of data
C) A collection of data
D) A trigger to a use case
E) A person, organization or system outside of the system
Q3) What are the four symbols used in data flow diagrams?
Q4) External entities in a DFD are shown as circles.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Processes should be named with a verb and ending with a noun (like Calculate Sales Tax).
A)True
B)False
Q6) What is the relationship between level 0 and level 1 DFD diagrams?
Q7) What is the relationship between context diagrams and level 0 diagrams.
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Chapter 6: Data Modeling
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Q1) Normalizing data models is a five step process: not-normalized;create first normal form (1NF);create second normal form (2NF);create third normal form (3NF);create fourth normal form (4NF)and finally create the fully normalized form (5NF).
A)True
B)False
Q2) On an ERD _________________:
A)Processes are listed alphabetically with relationship connections drawn between processes
B)Data elements are listed alphabetically with a cross listing to the processes that manipulate them
C)Data elements are described as singular (1:1); plurals (1:N); or didactic (M:N)
D)Data elements are grouped in a hierarchical structure that is uniquely identified by number
E)Data elements are listed together and place inside boxes called entities.
Q3) The authors suggest that creating ERDs is pretty tough to do.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the relationship between ERDs,DFDs and CASE tools?
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Chapter 7: Moving Into Design
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Q1) Requests for Proposals (RFPs)serve what purpose?
A)Integrate systems with one another
B)Create synergy amongst staff members
C)Solicit information from providers
D)Engage mobile computers with mainframe technology
E)Develop morale amongst managers
Q2) Systems Integration refers to:
A)The process of synching all computers to the mainframe
B)The delivery of systems to the final destination office
C)Combining packaged software,the legacy system and new software
D)Adding the original hard drives to a newer system
E)Creating a new software to monitor power consumption
Q3) In a custom software case,all parts of the system need to be completely customized and scripted to the company's specifications including ancillary software to the current system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What types of influences are there on determining the type of installation to pursue with relation to resources and the acquisition of a new system?
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Chapter 8: Architecture Design
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Q1) The current generation of system users expect a(n)_________ to access the system.
A)GUI
B)Web-based interface
C)ERP
D)A or B
E)None of the above
Q2) The infrastructure cost of client-server architectures is high due to the advancement in processing power of today's personal computers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Client-server architecture attempts to balance the processing between the client and the server by allowing the client to host the presentation logic and the server is responsible only for the data access logic and application logic.
A)True
B)False
Q4) There are four advantages associated with client-server architecture.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Dennis/wixom/roth
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Q1) Bob is designing input screens for a re-designed system for the shipping and inventory department.For order forms,he puts Zip code first (as the database will take the zip code and look up the city and state);for receiving forms,he puts them in the order of city,then state,then zip code.His design choices will help experienced users be more productive.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Using textboxes for input of limited items (like age,gender,month/day/year)is recommended over radio buttons,or list-boxes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A scroll bar for input allows the user to easily input text and numbers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research has shown that many detailed paper reports are not read thoroughly,not read at all,or only scanned.What should analysts do to verify the use of output reports?
Q5) An upper level marketing manager wants to review the overall sales and marketing efforts of the company.What type of report might work best here and why?
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Chapter 10: Program Design
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Q1) In a structure chart,the element that communicates that a message or a system flag is being passed from one module to another is known as a(n)_____.
A)conditional line
B)connector
C)control couple
D)data couple
E)loop
Q2) What is the difference between transaction structures and transform structures on a structure chart?
Q3) Program Design
A)Is left to programming / development staff (not systems analysts)
B)Is done in the implementation phase of the SDLC
C)Is done with CASE tools that automate the various process models, data models and user interface design into Visual Basic code
D)Is done by analysts and then the design is passed on to programmers to code
E)Consists of icons, metaphors and structures
Q4) An afferent process is an input process on a structure chart.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Data Storage Design
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Q1) A relational database that is used extensively in data warehousing is a multidimensional database.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One activity in the data storage design activity is to update the CRUDE matrix.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Mike is an analyst doing data storage design activities.He will probably want to make sure that the DFDs and the ERDs balance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Informix is a pure OODBMS package.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the difference between end-user databases and enterprise databases (and give at least one end-user database product and at least one enterprise database)?
Q6) Data marts are larger,aggregated legacy databases.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Moving Into Implementation
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Q1) Myles is a systems analyst on a new project that involves significant programming.What is Myles doing while the programming is going on?
Q2) Thorough testing is the hallmark of professional software developers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Paul is a user in the marketing department.He has been selected to help test a new customer relationship management system.He will probably perform his testing in which test phase?
A)Unit tests
B)Integration tests
C)Systems tests
D)Acceptance tests
E)Evaluation tests
Q4) The critical path is the fine line between the alpha test and the beta test as you change from test data to real production data.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Bruce is a senior project manager.What activities should he be doing in the programming / development phase?
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Chapter 13: Transition to the New System
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Q1) Once the project team has installed the system and performed the change management activities,the system is officially turned over to:
A)the users
B)the operations group
C)management
D)vendors
E)consultants
Q2) After a system is installed and running,the process is done - nothing else will need to happen if the system was properly analyzed,designed and implemented.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following conversion options is the most risk-filled?
A)the parallel conversion style
B)the direct conversion style
C)the simultaneous conversion style
D)the perpendicular conversion style
E)none of these
Q4) How can careful training help adoption of a new system?
Q5) What is system maintenance?
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Chapter 14: the Movement to Objects
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Q1) Which is NOT one of the four dominant UML diagramming techniques?
A)Use case diagrams
B)Class diagrams
C)Encapsulation diagrams
D)Sequence diagrams
E)Behavioral state machine diagrams
Q2) The Object-Oriented Approach is considered as an 'exciting enhancement to systems analysis and design'.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the four fundamental UML diagrams is created first?
A)Use case diagrams
B)Class diagrams
C)Sequence diagrams
D)Behavioral state diagrams
E)Encapsulation diagram
Q4) Classes inherit the attributes and methods from the subclasses underneath them.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is polymorphism? Give an example.
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