Practice Midterm Isds 552

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1) The information technology is to support information systems; the task of information systems is to support
________.
A) information technology B) computer systems
C) human enterprise D) network systems

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C) human enterprise

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2) In an accounting system, how the database stores invoices and payments, how it retrieves them, and how the
integrity of data is insured are all related to ________.
A) design B) requirements C) implementation D) analysis

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A) design

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3) Thus far, a successful area of B2B has been supply-chain management (SCM).

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True

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4) Information is an organized collection of data that allows its recipient to minimize the understanding of data.

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False

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5) Two of the most promising technologies in the effort to achieve interoperability are Web services and XML.

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True

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6) Mass market software programs are special-purpose products that are targeted at end-users.

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False

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7) To say that somebody is "in a class of his own" really means that a person is so unique that he cannot be
generalized into a class.

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True

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8) Information systems are composed of ________.
A) computer objects B) any object C) virtual objects D) real objects

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C) virtual objects

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9) UML models are not compatible with object-oriented languages.

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False

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10) An object cannot consist of more objects.

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False

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11) The same object cannot be described by several states simultaneously.

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False

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12) Human body is an example of a(n) ________ relationship.
A) generalization B) aggregation C) composition D) public class

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C) composition

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13) A Gantt chart is the same as network diagram.

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False

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14) A better-known example of agile methods, and one of the earliest ones, is Extreme Programming (XP).

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True

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15) ________ helps participants in the development understand, communicate, and verify the features of the
product.
A) Design B) Analysis C) Review D) Modeling

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D) Modeling

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16) The size of a project is a often a deciding factor in selecting or shaping the methodology.

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True

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17) Functional decomposition is a technique to discover the most atomic procedures from large-grain functions
through a process of successive breakdowns.

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True

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18) The waterfall method views development activities as predefined stage(s) of software development such as
________.
A) system investigation B) system analysis and design
C) a feasibility study D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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19) ________ are deployed to model requirement gathering.
A) UML B) Use cases
C) Functional requirements D) SDLC

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B) Use cases

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20) The main device for capturing functional requirements and modeling them is UML.

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False

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21) Reliability requirements generally relate to issues such as availability and accuracy.

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True

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22) An activity diagram models the ________.
A) business stakeholder's view B) owner's view
C) either A or B D) programmer's view

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C) either A or B

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23) If a piece of software can be updated and enhanced with relative ease, then the software is ________.
A) fast B) reliable C) maintainable D) user friendly

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C) maintainable

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24) Which of the following is NOT one of the elicitation techniques for gathering requirements?
A) interviews B) modeling C) document analysis D) quality assurance

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D) quality assurance

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25) Business rules must be verifiable by the stakeholders.

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True

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26) A ________ is an area of related activities that operate on a set of shared rules and concepts.
A) problem domain B) solution space C) business domain D) solution domain

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C) business domain

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27) The reason for automating business processes is to reduce costs and increase reliability of the system.

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True

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28) Business domains can change as a result of human decision that results in ________.
A) streamlining B) restructuring organization
C) improving profit D) high competition

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C) improving profit

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29) A ________ is a directory of supporting domain documents.
A) domain analysis B) domain boundary C) domain dictionary D) domain catalog

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D) domain catalog

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30) There is an officially approved or industry-standard set of terms to describe the type of concepts in domain dictionary.

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False

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31) A ________ is what the successful completion of a use case achieves.
A) behavior B) goal C) scenario D) system objective

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B) goal

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32) Even when an entity indirectly interacts with the information system, it is qualified to be an actor.

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False

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33) If the customer finds all desired items, brings them to the checkout counter, pays for them, and carries them out, then a normal flow has occurred.

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True

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34) A use case diagram is a ________.
A) meta-model of use cases B) none of the above
C) narrative of use cases D) specification of use cases

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A) meta-model of use cases

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35) The initial use case modeling helps to scope the system and verify its boundaries.

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True

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36) Components of a use case are tightly integrated and cannot be understood properly without each other.

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True

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37) Initial use cases give us ________ picture of the system behavior.
A) a complete B) an incomplete
C) Either A or B can be true. D) Neither A nor B are true.

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B) an incomplete

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38) An extending use case needs an independent trigger.

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False

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39) Vertical division is necessary if the use case has too many complementary steps.

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False

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40) Health Insurance Provider is the ________ for the Verify Insurance Plan use case.
A) primary actor B) scenario C) goal D) supporting actor

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D) supporting actor

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41) In an ATM use case, the bank customer is clearly the primary actor because the customer ________.
A) achieves the desired goal B) interacts with the system
C) initiates the action D) all of the above

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D) all of the above

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42) In Checkout Groceries, if the customer pays by cash, then ________.
A) sub-flows need to be created B) normal flow applies
C) execution steps are required D) alternate steps are required

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B) normal flow applies

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43) A class diagram is the most widely used tool in modeling for object-oriented development.

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True

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44) Association describes how instances of one class cooperate with instances of another class.

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True

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45) An information system object does not interact with outside entities to provide services.

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False

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46) "dateOfBirth" is a correct name for ________.
A) an object B) an attribute C) a class D) a operation

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B) an attribute

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47) To discover class candidates we should ________.
A) identify nouns that serve as grammatical objects B) identify verbs
C) neither A nor B D) both A & B

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A) identify nouns that serve as grammatical objects

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48) Specialization is creating a ________ from an existing class by defining elements that are too specific for the
parent class.
A) superclass B) subclass C) either A or B D) neither A or B

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B) subclass

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49) In the example "Public Currency payBill(amount, paymentType", payBill refers to ________.
A) visibility B) a return type C) a parameter D) a name

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D) a name

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50) ________ specify the data that must be supplied to an object to carry out a specific operation.
A) Strings B) Parameters C) Types D) Visibility

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B) Parameters

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51) Dynamic modeling is all about ________.
A) interaction B) classes
C) information systems D) structure

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A) interaction

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52) Methods and operation are the same thing.

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False

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53) In the example "orderDessert(Ice Cream, 2)", orderDessert is ________.
A) an operation B) an argument C) data D) a parameter

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A) an operation

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54) Dynamic modeling is not about communication.

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False