ISDS-406 Midterm
How many steps does Planning phase have? and what are they? - correct
answer ✔Planning phase has five steps: 1) identify opportunity, 2) analyze
feasibility, 3) develop workplan, 4) staff project, and 5) control and direct
project.
How many steps does Design phase have? - correct answer ✔1) Design
strategy 2) Architecture and interface design 3) Database and file
specifications 4) Program design.
A use case is a description of how a system interacts with its environment by
illustrating the activities that are performed by the users of the system and the
system's responses. ( True or False) - correct answer ✔True
A data store is a collection of data that is stored in some way (which is
determined later when creating the physical model) True or False - correct
answer ✔True
Which one of these are not one of the four stages of the Systems
Development Life Cycle?
A) Planning
B) analysis
C) design
D) implementation
E) none of the above - correct answer ✔Answer: none of the above
What skills does a system analyst need to have? - correct answer ✔They
need to understand what to change, how to change it and convince others of
the need for change
,What are the 6 major skills categories of a Systems Analyst? - correct answer
✔Technical, Business, Analytical, Interpersonal, Management, Ethical
What is BPM? - correct answer ✔Business Process Management is a
methodology used by organizations to improve end-to-end business
processes
What is a requirements definition? - correct answer ✔A straightforward text
report that lists the functional and nonfunctional requirement in outline format
What are all the requirement analysis strategies? - correct answer ✔Problem
Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Duration Analysis, Activity-Based Costing,
Informal Benchmarking, Outcome Analysis, Technology Analysis, Activity
Elimination
What are the four stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle? - correct
answer ✔Planning, analysis, design, and implementation
What ways does an organization identify and initiate projects? - correct
answer ✔1. Identify if a project will deliver value to the business and create a
request with the basic information
2. Make a feasibility analysis: technical, economic, and organizational
What is the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)? - correct answer ✔It's
the process of determining how an information system can provide needs,
designing, and delivering a system to a user
What is the primary goal of a new system? - correct answer ✔To make sure
the system creates value, it does not have to look pretty.
,What is the difference between a Level 0 Diagram and a Level 1 Diagram? -
correct answer ✔Level 0 Diagram shows external entities and the major
processes with which they interact. Adds stored data via the data stores.
While Level 1 Diagram shows the internal processes that comprise a single
process on the level 0 diagram. Shows how information moves to and from
each of these processes.
How many phases does the Planning phase have? What are they? - correct
answer ✔Two; Project initiation and Project Management.
Which requirements elicitation technique requires the most user time, effort,
and coordination to complete?
a. Interview
b. Document Analysis
c. Questionnaire
d. JAD Session - correct answer ✔d. JAD Session
-Extensive, structured group process
-Facilitator required
-Requires coordination
-Directly involves project sponsor, key managers, and key users with systems
analysts
Level 1 processes always have one parent number "dot" unique number (1.1,
1.2, 1.3, etc.) (True/False) - correct answer ✔False; only when the diagram
is decomposed into a child diagram is that format followed.
Four stages of Systems Development Life Cycle - correct answer ✔Planning,
Analysis, Design, and Implementation
, What does the planning phase entail? - correct answer ✔Prepare system
request, Perform preliminary feasibility analysis, set up project plan, including
work plan and staffing plan.
What is the role of the project sponsor? - correct answer ✔To provide
interest and motivation in pushing the system's success forward. May also
provide a bridge between end users and system developers.
What are the three categories of the feasibility analysis? - correct answer
✔Technical feasibility (can we build it?), Economic feasibility (will it provide
business value?), and Organizational feasibility (if we build it, will it be used?)
Which of the following is true about systems analysts?
A. They work with a combination of business and technical people.
B. They primarily work on technical issues with programmers to develop new
systems.
C. They primarily work with business analysts and rarely see technical work. -
correct answer ✔A. They work with a combination of business and technical
people.
What are the ways you can manage risk? - correct answer ✔Avoidance,
Reduction, Transfer, Acceptance
What is a best practice for motivating people on the project team? - correct
answer ✔Provide awards/recognition -Monetary Rewards is not
recommended because employees start to expect a reward every time they
do a task and it usually will not improve motivation.
How many steps does Planning phase have? and what are they? - correct
answer ✔Planning phase has five steps: 1) identify opportunity, 2) analyze
feasibility, 3) develop workplan, 4) staff project, and 5) control and direct
project.
How many steps does Design phase have? - correct answer ✔1) Design
strategy 2) Architecture and interface design 3) Database and file
specifications 4) Program design.
A use case is a description of how a system interacts with its environment by
illustrating the activities that are performed by the users of the system and the
system's responses. ( True or False) - correct answer ✔True
A data store is a collection of data that is stored in some way (which is
determined later when creating the physical model) True or False - correct
answer ✔True
Which one of these are not one of the four stages of the Systems
Development Life Cycle?
A) Planning
B) analysis
C) design
D) implementation
E) none of the above - correct answer ✔Answer: none of the above
What skills does a system analyst need to have? - correct answer ✔They
need to understand what to change, how to change it and convince others of
the need for change
,What are the 6 major skills categories of a Systems Analyst? - correct answer
✔Technical, Business, Analytical, Interpersonal, Management, Ethical
What is BPM? - correct answer ✔Business Process Management is a
methodology used by organizations to improve end-to-end business
processes
What is a requirements definition? - correct answer ✔A straightforward text
report that lists the functional and nonfunctional requirement in outline format
What are all the requirement analysis strategies? - correct answer ✔Problem
Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Duration Analysis, Activity-Based Costing,
Informal Benchmarking, Outcome Analysis, Technology Analysis, Activity
Elimination
What are the four stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle? - correct
answer ✔Planning, analysis, design, and implementation
What ways does an organization identify and initiate projects? - correct
answer ✔1. Identify if a project will deliver value to the business and create a
request with the basic information
2. Make a feasibility analysis: technical, economic, and organizational
What is the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)? - correct answer ✔It's
the process of determining how an information system can provide needs,
designing, and delivering a system to a user
What is the primary goal of a new system? - correct answer ✔To make sure
the system creates value, it does not have to look pretty.
,What is the difference between a Level 0 Diagram and a Level 1 Diagram? -
correct answer ✔Level 0 Diagram shows external entities and the major
processes with which they interact. Adds stored data via the data stores.
While Level 1 Diagram shows the internal processes that comprise a single
process on the level 0 diagram. Shows how information moves to and from
each of these processes.
How many phases does the Planning phase have? What are they? - correct
answer ✔Two; Project initiation and Project Management.
Which requirements elicitation technique requires the most user time, effort,
and coordination to complete?
a. Interview
b. Document Analysis
c. Questionnaire
d. JAD Session - correct answer ✔d. JAD Session
-Extensive, structured group process
-Facilitator required
-Requires coordination
-Directly involves project sponsor, key managers, and key users with systems
analysts
Level 1 processes always have one parent number "dot" unique number (1.1,
1.2, 1.3, etc.) (True/False) - correct answer ✔False; only when the diagram
is decomposed into a child diagram is that format followed.
Four stages of Systems Development Life Cycle - correct answer ✔Planning,
Analysis, Design, and Implementation
, What does the planning phase entail? - correct answer ✔Prepare system
request, Perform preliminary feasibility analysis, set up project plan, including
work plan and staffing plan.
What is the role of the project sponsor? - correct answer ✔To provide
interest and motivation in pushing the system's success forward. May also
provide a bridge between end users and system developers.
What are the three categories of the feasibility analysis? - correct answer
✔Technical feasibility (can we build it?), Economic feasibility (will it provide
business value?), and Organizational feasibility (if we build it, will it be used?)
Which of the following is true about systems analysts?
A. They work with a combination of business and technical people.
B. They primarily work on technical issues with programmers to develop new
systems.
C. They primarily work with business analysts and rarely see technical work. -
correct answer ✔A. They work with a combination of business and technical
people.
What are the ways you can manage risk? - correct answer ✔Avoidance,
Reduction, Transfer, Acceptance
What is a best practice for motivating people on the project team? - correct
answer ✔Provide awards/recognition -Monetary Rewards is not
recommended because employees start to expect a reward every time they
do a task and it usually will not improve motivation.
