Question 1

The SDLC implementation phase equates to the maintenance process of ________.

Accepted Answer

implementi

Question 2

The process of assuring that only authorized changes are made to a system defines:

Accepted Answer

A) configuration management 
B) consistency management 
C) quality management 
D) business process reengineering 
A) configuration management 
B) consistency management 
C) quality management 
D) business process reengineering

Question 3

One way to distinguish maintenance from new development is that maintenance reuses most existing system modules in producing the new system version.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The SDLC design phase is analogous to the maintenance process of:

Accepted Answer

A) obtaining maintenance requests 
B) transforming requests into changes 
C) designing changes 
D) implementing changes 
A) obtaining maintenance requests 
B) transforming requests into changes 
C) designing changes 
D) implementing changes

Question 5

A disadvantage associated with the separate maintenance organizational structure is that documentation and testing thoroughness suffers due to a lack of a formal transfer of responsibility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Adaptive maintenance evolves the system to solve new problems or take advantage of new opportunities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Reverse engineering and reengineering tools are primarily used to maintain older systems that have incomplete documentation or that were developed prior to CASE use.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Personnel having limited job mobility and lacking access to adequate human and technical resources is a disadvantage of:

Accepted Answer

A) the separate maintenance organizational structure 
B) the combined maintenance organizational structure 
C) the functional maintenance organizational structure 
D) all of the maintenance organizational structures 
A) the separate maintenance organizational structure 
B) the combined maintenance organizational structure 
C) the functional maintenance organizational structure 
D) all of the maintenance organizational structures

Question 9

Which of the following is a major activity occurring during maintenance?

Accepted Answer

A) obtaining maintenance requests 
B) transforming requests into changes 
C) designing changes 
D) all of the above 
A) obtaining maintenance requests 
B) transforming requests into changes 
C) designing changes 
D) all of the above

Question 10

When maintaining Web sites,________,________,________,________,and ________ are issues and procedures to consider.

Accepted Answer

future editions,re-r

Question 11

To measure maintenance effectiveness,what three factors must be measured?

Accepted Answer

The three factors ar

Question 12

What is the role of CASE in maintenance?

Accepted Answer

CASE can be used during maintenance to r

Question 13

Corrective maintenance repairs design and programming errors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

________ is a measurement of error occurrences that can be tracked over time to indicate the quality of a system.

Accepted Answer

Mean time

Question 15

Mean time between failures is a measurement of error occurrences that can be tracked over time to indicate the quality of a system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is a type of maintenance?

Accepted Answer

A) preventive 
B) perfective 
C) corrective 
D) all of the above 
A) preventive 
B) perfective 
C) corrective 
D) all of the above

Question 17

Which of the following maintenance organizational structures has as its advantage the formal transfer of systems between groups improves the system and documentation quality?

Accepted Answer

A) separate 
B) combined 
C) functional 
D) none of the above 
A) separate 
B) combined 
C) functional 
D) none of the above

Question 18

Adaptive maintenance modifies the system to environmental changes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following influences most of the costs associated with maintaining a system?

Accepted Answer

A) personnel 
B) documentation quality 
C) number of latent defects 
D) number of customers 
A) personnel 
B) documentation quality 
C) number of latent defects 
D) number of customers

Question 20

Software structure is a cost element of maintenance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The SDLC implementation phase equates to the maintenance process of ________.

The process of assuring that only authorized changes are made to a system defines:

One way to distinguish maintenance from new development is that maintenance reuses most existing system modules in producing the new system version.

The SDLC design phase is analogous to the maintenance process of:

A disadvantage associated with the separate maintenance organizational structure is that documentation and testing thoroughness suffers due to a lack of a formal transfer of responsibility.

Adaptive maintenance evolves the system to solve new problems or take advantage of new opportunities.

Reverse engineering and reengineering tools are primarily used to maintain older systems that have incomplete documentation or that were developed prior to CASE use.

Personnel having limited job mobility and lacking access to adequate human and technical resources is a disadvantage of:

Which of the following is a major activity occurring during maintenance?

When maintaining Web sites,,,,,and are issues and procedures to consider.

To measure maintenance effectiveness,what three factors must be measured?

What is the role of CASE in maintenance?

Corrective maintenance repairs design and programming errors.

________ is a measurement of error occurrences that can be tracked over time to indicate the quality of a system.

Mean time between failures is a measurement of error occurrences that can be tracked over time to indicate the quality of a system.

Which of the following is a type of maintenance?

Which of the following maintenance organizational structures has as its advantage the formal transfer of systems between groups improves the system and documentation quality?

Adaptive maintenance modifies the system to environmental changes.

Which of the following influences most of the costs associated with maintaining a system?

Software structure is a cost element of maintenance.

The Systems Development Environment

The Origins of Software

Managing the Information Systems Project

Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects

Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects

Determining System Requirements

Structuring System Process Requirements

Structuring System Data Requirements

Designing Databases

Designing Forms and Reports

Designing Interfaces and Dialogues

Designing Distributed and Internet Systems

System Implementation

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Use Cases

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Activity Diagrams

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Sequence Diagrams

Business Process Modeling

Objected-Oriented Analysis and Design: Object Modeling-Class Diagrams

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Exam 14: Maintaining Information Systems

The SDLC implementation phase equates to the maintenance process of ________.

The process of assuring that only authorized changes are made to a system defines:

One way to distinguish maintenance from new development is that maintenance reuses most existing system modules in producing the new system version.

The SDLC design phase is analogous to the maintenance process of:

A disadvantage associated with the separate maintenance organizational structure is that documentation and testing thoroughness suffers due to a lack of a formal transfer of responsibility.

Adaptive maintenance evolves the system to solve new problems or take advantage of new opportunities.

Reverse engineering and reengineering tools are primarily used to maintain older systems that have incomplete documentation or that were developed prior to CASE use.

Personnel having limited job mobility and lacking access to adequate human and technical resources is a disadvantage of:

Which of the following is a major activity occurring during maintenance?

When maintaining Web sites,________,________,________,________,and ________ are issues and procedures to consider.

To measure maintenance effectiveness,what three factors must be measured?

What is the role of CASE in maintenance?

Corrective maintenance repairs design and programming errors.

________ is a measurement of error occurrences that can be tracked over time to indicate the quality of a system.

Mean time between failures is a measurement of error occurrences that can be tracked over time to indicate the quality of a system.

Which of the following is a type of maintenance?

Which of the following maintenance organizational structures has as its advantage the formal transfer of systems between groups improves the system and documentation quality?

Adaptive maintenance modifies the system to environmental changes.

Which of the following influences most of the costs associated with maintaining a system?

Software structure is a cost element of maintenance.

The Systems Development Environment

The Origins of Software

Managing the Information Systems Project

Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects

Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects

Determining System Requirements

Structuring System Process Requirements

Structuring System Data Requirements

Designing Databases

Designing Forms and Reports

Designing Interfaces and Dialogues

Designing Distributed and Internet Systems

System Implementation

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Use Cases

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Activity Diagrams

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Sequence Diagrams

Business Process Modeling

Objected-Oriented Analysis and Design: Object Modeling-Class Diagrams

Filters

When maintaining Web sites,,,,,and are issues and procedures to consider.