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CNIT 280 EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
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CNIT 280 EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
When does project initiation begin?
ANSWER✔✔ When someone in the organization identifies some business need
and value that can be gained from using IT
Who is the primary point of contact for the project?
ANSWER✔✔ Project sponsor
What is the reason prompting the project?
ANSWER✔✔ Business need
What are business requirements?
ANSWER✔✔ Descriptions of what the information system will do (functionality,
features, and capabilities)
What is business value?
ANSWER✔✔ Benefits the system will create for the organization (tangible and
intangible)
What are special issues?
ANSWER✔✔ Issues relevant to the implementation of the system and decisions
made by the committee about the project
What is technical feasibility?
ANSWER✔✔ Can we successfully design, develop, and install the new system?
(Project size, technical feasibility, familiarity with the functional area)
What is organizational feasibility?
ANSWER✔✔ If the system is developed, will it be used? Do business goals align
with the system?
What is economic feasibility (or cost-benefit analysis)?
ANSWER✔✔ The financial risks associated with the project
, What is a context diagram?
ANSWER✔✔ Shows input and outputs of the system, shows project scope
What is design?
ANSWER✔✔ Making things better for people
What are information systems about?
ANSWER✔✔ People, Processes, Data, Hardware, Software
What is a model?
ANSWER✔✔ An artifact represented through a modeling language, a tool that
serves as an abstraction
What is the purpose of a model?
ANSWER✔✔ A model describes a system through the various diagram types
How does a model help the information systems analyst work at a higher level
of abstraction?
ANSWER✔✔ By hiding or masking details, bringing out the big picture, or by
focusing on different aspects of the prototype
What do functions refer to in a system?
ANSWER✔✔ The functionality of a system as a whole
What do structures refer to in a system?
ANSWER✔✔ Elements of a system
What do behaviors refer to in a system?
ANSWER✔✔ How the structures or components of a system achieve their purpose
What is a methodology?
ANSWER✔✔ A formalized approach to implementing the SDLC
What is process-centered methodology?
ANSWER✔✔ Emphasizes process models at the core of the system concept
What is data-centered methodology?
ANSWER✔✔ Emphasizes data models at the core of the system concept
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