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Characteristics of a Good Systems Analyst
1. Impertinence: - Statement: You should question everything. - Correct Answer: D) You should question everything.
2. Reframing: - Statement: You must challenge yourself to look at the organizati...
System Analysis & Design - Chapter 6 Guaranteed Success
Characteristics of a Good Systems Analyst
1. Impertinence:
- Statement: You should question everything.
- Correct Answer: D) You should question everything.
2. Reframing:
- Statement: You must challenge yourself to look at the organization in new ways.
- Correct Answer: A) You must challenge yourself to look at the organization in new ways.
3. Impartiality:
- Statement: Your role is to find the best solution to a business problem or opportunity.
- Correct Answer: B) Your role is to find the best solution to a business problem or opportunity.
Requirements Determination Deliverables
4. Primary Deliverables:
- Statement: What are the primary deliverables from requirements determination?
- Correct Answer: D) all of the above (sets of forms, reports, and job descriptions; transcripts of
interviews; notes from observation and analysis documents).
Systems Development Challenges
5. Term for Bogged Down Projects:
- Statement: What term refers to projects bogged down in analysis work?
- Correct Answer: B) analysis paralysis.
,Techniques for Efficient Analysis
6. Techniques to Keep Analysis Minimal:
- Statement: What technique keeps the analysis effort minimal yet effective?
- Correct Answer: A) JAD (Joint Application Design).
7. Traditional Methods of Collecting Requirements:
- Statement: What are traditional methods of gathering systems requirements?
- Correct Answer: D) all of the above (individual interviews, observing workers, group interviews).
8. Traditional Method of Collecting Requirements:
- Statement: Which of the following is a traditional method of collecting systems requirements?
- Correct Answer: B) Group interviews.
Types of Interview Questions
9. Open-Ended Questions:
- Statement: What type of questions have no pre-specified answers?
- Correct Answer: C) open-ended questions.
10. Advantage of Open-Ended Questions:
- Statement: What is an advantage of open-ended questions in interviews?
- Correct Answer: C) previously unknown information can result.
11. Closed-Ended Questions:
- Statement: What type of questions require respondents to choose from specified responses?
- Correct Answer: B) closed-ended questions.
,12. Advantage of Closed-Ended Questions:
- Statement: What is an advantage of interviews based on closed-ended questions?
- Correct Answer: A) Interviews based on closed-ended questions do not necessarily require a large
time commitment, so more topics can be covered.
13. Rating Questions:
- Statement: Rating a response or idea on a scale is classified as what type of question?
- Correct Answer: C) closed-ended question.
Best Practices in Interviewing
14. Good Interview Guidelines:
- Statement: What constitutes good interview guidelines?
- Correct Answer: D) seeking a variety of perspectives from the interviews.
15. Group Interviewing:
- Statement: Interviewing several key people at once refers to what?
- Correct Answer: B) group interviewing.
16. Disadvantages of Group Interviewing:
- Statement: What is a disadvantage of group interviewing?
- Correct Answer: D) Scheduling group interviews can be a problem.
Techniques for Idea Generation
17. Facilitated Idea Generation Process:
- Statement: A process that supports idea generation by groups where members initially work alone is
what technique?
- Correct Answer: D) nominal group technique.
, Importance of Direct Observation
18. Reason for Observing End Users:
- Statement: Why is directly observing end users important?
- Correct Answer: C) People often do not have a completely accurate appreciation of what they do or
how they do it.
Analysis of Documents
19. Useful Documents for Future Requirements:
- Statement: Which documents are useful in understanding possible future system requirements?
- Correct Answer: D) all of the above (written work procedures, current information system
descriptions, reports generated by current systems).
20. Identifying System Problems Through Document Analysis:
- Statement: What can document analysis help identify?
- Correct Answer: D) all of the above (problems with existing systems, irregular processing
circumstances, reasons for current system designs).
21. Definition of Written Work Procedure:
- Statement: What does a written work procedure describe?
- Correct Answer: B) describes how a particular job or task is performed, including data and
information that are used and created in the process of performing the job.
22. Handling Duplication of Effort:
- Statement: What should be done if written procedures reveal duplication of effort?
- Correct Answer: B) call the duplication to the attention of management as an issue to be resolved
before system design can proceed.
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