Exam 12: Information System Development

Just as the system development cycle follows an organized set of activities, so does program development.

The first activity in the preliminary investigation is to ____.

A(n) ____________________ is a publication available on the Web.

A(n) ____ is an item that can contain both data and the procedures that read or manipulate that data.

During the support phase, the purpose of a meeting called the ____________________ is to find out if the information system is performing according to the users' expectations.

Differentiate between custom and packaged software.

With ____, a user stops using the old system and begins using the new system on a certain date.

After users approve a layout chart, the systems analyst develops a mockup for programmers.

Evaluating vendor proposals and then selecting the best one always is an easy task.

Demonstration copies of a product specified in a vendor proposal usually are expensive and have unlimited functionality.

In an object, each data element is called a(n) ____.

A(n) ____ is a tool that graphically shows the connections among entities in a system.

Detailed analysis sometimes is called ____ design because the systems analysts develop the proposed solution without regard to any specific hardware or software.

Figure 12-2 In a diagram such as the one pictured in Figure 12-2, a(n) ____ identifies an entity outside the scope of the system.

All activities in the system development cycle must be performed at a different time.

The purpose of ____________________ is to determine whether a system is inefficient at any point.

The system development process should have standards clearly defined.

Processing modeling sometimes is called object-oriented design.

Systems analysts and other IT professionals use several techniques to gather data and information.

The organized set of program development activities is known as the ____________________.