Exam 12: Construction

Explain the distinction between user documentation and system documentation.

System interface testing is performed at the system testing state .

When programmers or project teams set up three areas on different disk drives in which the programmers can work, these areas are for _____.

Three common types of documentation are reference documents, help systems, and procedure manuals.

Programming can be the greatest single component of any information systems development project in terms of time and cost.

When information systems projects fail, the primary reason has traditionally been _____

_____ makes it impossible to know which implementation is going to be executed until the system actually does it.

If cost is a critical issue, you should assign the best, most expensive personnel to the implementation phase; never assign entry-level personnel in an attempt to save costs.

Terms for the index and search engine can come from technical terms the analyst used in creating the system.

Omitting all forms of the verb "to be" from documentation to create a more active writing style follows the documentation guideline "use active voice."

The goal of acceptance testing is to confirm that the system is complete, meets the business needs that prompted the system to be developed, and is acceptable to the users.

System documentation consists of user's manuals, training manuals, and on-line help systems.

One has to execute the system under test to know which implementation to be used when dynamic biding is implemented in the system.

_____ allow hiding everything in a system behind a visible interface, making testing difficult.

In developing documentation use ______.

Testing Object-oriented system is same as difficult as testing non-object-oriented systems.

The type of documentation designed to describe how to perform business tasks is known as procedures manuals.

White-Box testing is used when complexity of the system under testing is high.

From an information systems development perspective, the common language today tends to be ____________, Java, SQL, C++, Objective-C, and Visual Basic.

Hall identified several cultural differences, and cultural issues add a new wrinkle in the management of developing a successful information system. From an information systems development perspective, _______________ could influence the ability of a team member to see (or not see) potential creative solutions that are out of the box or affect a team member's ability (or inability) to understand the entire problem under consideration.