Exam 6: Determining System Requirements

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What is the difference between open-ended and closed-ended questions? Assume you are analyzing a classroom scheduling system.Identify two open-ended questions and two closed-ended questions you might ask.

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Open-ended questions are usually used to probe for information for which you cannot anticipate all possible responses or for which you do not know the precise question to ask.Open-ended questions might include the following: What information is currently provided by the scheduling system? What information would you like to have that the current scheduling system does not provide? Closed-ended questions provide a range of answers from which the interviewee may choose.Closed-ended questions might ask the system users to rate a response to the following questions: Does the existing system provide hourly-scheduling information in a timely manner? Is the existing system easy to use?

Which of the following is NOT a useful document in the analysis process?

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Identify four disadvantages to using prototyping as a requirements determination tool.

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The four drawbacks mentioned in the textbook are: (1)a tendency to avoid creating formal documentation of system requirements; (2)prototypes become very idiosyncratic to the initial user and difficult to diffuse or adapt to other potential users; (3)prototypes are often built as stand-alone systems,often ignoring issues of sharing data,interactions with other existing systems,and scaling up applications; and (4)checks in the SDLC are bypassed so that some more subtle system requirements might be forgotten.

What typically does the first day entail in the JAD?

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All of the following are documents that are helpful in understanding future systems,except ________.

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Which of the following is a new,faster,and more flexible technique for analysis gathering requirements?

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What is the first step in the BPR effort?

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Describe the contemporary methods for collection systems requirements.

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Which of the following is NOT a part of the guidelines for effective interviewing?

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Which of the following is NOT source of information for deliverables?

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What is the Nominal Group Technique? How is it beneficial to requirements determination?

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JADs are best held at the corporate office where everyone's office is nearby.

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When are forms most useful to the analyst?

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What can analysis of work procedure documents reveal?

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Which of the following is a primary way to gather information?

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Which of the following is NOT a reason why people sometimes do not report accurate information?

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The ________ is a document written to describe how a particular job is performed.

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The first page of the interview guide contains all of the following except ________.

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________ are recognized in official documentation of the organization.

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What is the end result of a JAD?

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