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25 Cards in this Set
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Which of these systems processes large amounts of data for routine transactions? |
A. Transaction processing systems |
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Which of these is the most personalized? |
B. Decision support systems |
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Which of these systems allows management to think about strategic problems? |
D. Executive support systems |
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Which of these is not considered to be a primary role of a systems analyst? |
C. Programmer |
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Which of these characteristics is most important to a systems analyst? |
B. Problem solver |
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Which of these statements concerning the systems development life cycle is true? |
C. Although each phase is presented discretely, it is never accomplished as a separate step. |
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During which phase of the SDLC should the analyst determine the who, what, where, when, and how of the current system? |
A. Determining Information Requirements |
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In which phase of the SDLC are data flow diagrams constructed? |
B. Analyzing System Needs |
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During which phase of the SDLC are structure charts most useful? |
C. Developing and Documenting Software |
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During which phase of the SDLC is the analyst concerned with determining problems within the organization? |
A. Identifying Problems, Opportunities, and Objectives |
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In which phase of the SDLC is the analyst most heavily involved in user training? |
D. Implementing and Evaluating the System |
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System maintenance must be performed to: |
D. All of the above |
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Which of these is not an approach taken by the analyst when adopting CASE tools? |
B. Expediting the local area network |
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An encyclopedia that is used to store all project information is called a(n): |
C. repository. |
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An advantage of software reverse engineering is: |
A. maintenance time is reduced. |
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Which of the following methodologies uses rich pictures that capture organizational narratives? |
C. Soft Systems |
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Which of the following is not an advantage of mounting an application on the Web? |
A. It is easy to create a Web site to which different cultures can relate. |
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Enterprise resource planning systems integrate: |
C. information systems existing on different management levels. |
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Designing systems for wireless handheld devices is called: |
C. mcommerce. |
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Program software distributed free with the code or computer instructions available for anyone to modify is called: |
D. open source software. |
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When groups need to work together to make semistructured or unstructured decisions, a solution is to use a(n): |
B. group decision support system. |
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An object-oriented approach to systems development that includes a method of development as well as software tools is called: |
A. rapid application development. |
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A standardized language in which a system is broken down into a use case model is called: |
C. the unified modeling language |
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Which of the following is not one of the fundamental components of extreme programming? |
A. Pressure |
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Which of the following is not one of the four values of extreme programming? |
B. Expertise |