Exam 7: Systems Development

During which level of the systems analysis is it determined that inefficient procedures and practices might be causing difficulties in transforming the inputs into outputs?

A ___________ is a horizontal bar chart that includes a bar for each task to be performed.

The last phase of the RAD life cycle is evaluation.

What are the stages of the phased development methodology?

Which BPR process is the complete redesign of a system with the objective of changing its functionality?

The definition effort phase involves identifying alternative solutions, evaluating them, and selecting the one that appears best.

Reverse engineering does not change the functionality of a system.

Business process redesign has also been called reengineering.

When drawing a context diagram, only one process symbol is drawn.

A data flow diagram is a graphic representation of a system that uses four symbol shapes to illustrate how data flows through interconnected processes.

Which BPR process had its origin in business intelligence?

A__________ includes all of the persons who participate in the development of an information system.

RAD is an integrated set of strategies, methodologies, and tools that exists within an overall framework called information science.

The traditional systems development life cycle is often referred to as the waterfall approach.

A ___________ is a drawing that identifies activities and links them with arrows to show the sequence in which they are to be performed.

Reverse engineering changes the functionality of a system.

A prototyping toolkit includes separate software systems, such as electronic spreadsheets or database management systems, each capable of producing a portion of the desired system features.

__________is a measure of what the system does.

Evaluation criteria measures how well an alternative would solve the problem.

The__________ of a system is defined as the job that it performs.