isds 406 ch. 13
Plans to handle potential business disruption due to technical problems during
conversion are covered in the:
a) System back-out plan
b) Conversion disruption plan
c) Alignment alteration plan
d) Business Contingency Plan
e) Help Desk plan - correct answer ✔d
Which is NOT a post-implementation activity?
a) system support
b) system maintenance
c) system request
d) project assessment
e) providing help desk and telephone support for users - correct answer ✔c
One of the problems with a parallel conversion is:
a) there is a higher risk
b) the old hardware might fail
c) there is a lower risk
d) the users have to enter data into both systems
e) there is an abrupt conversion - correct answer ✔d
The two types of conversion modules are:
a) whole-system and waterfall
, b) waterfall and phased
c) modular conversion and whole-system
d) pilot and modular
e) parallel and modular - correct answer ✔c
Considering conversion style, conversion locations, and conversion modules,
the most risky approach is probably:
a) direct, simultaneous, whole-system
b) direct, phased, whole-system
c) direct, pilot, modular
d) parallel, simultaneous, modular
e) parallel, phased, modular - correct answer ✔a
It has been a busy project experience for Omar. During the analysis phase, he
encountered some negative feedback from users. During design, his best
user-interface analyst left for a new position and a novice user-interface
designer took over. And during the coding, the team had to rely on some off-
shore developers who had trouble understand the programming
specifications. To get the system running as expected, the testing time was
reduced. Which of the following conversion approaches might be the safest
approach for Omar and the project team?
a) direct, whole-system, simultaneous conversion
b) parallel, pilot site, simultaneous conversion
c) direct, phased, simultaneous conversion
d) direct, pilot and phased conversion
e) parallel, modular and top-down conversion - correct answer ✔b
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