Question 1

The types of customers to be supported by Pine Valley Furniture's new WebStore include:

Accepted Answer

A)  corporate customers. 
B)  home office customers. 
C)  student customers. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  none of the above. 
A)  corporate customers. 
B)  home office customers. 
C)  student customers. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  none of the above.

Question 2

A JAD is an inexpensive, popular requirements determination technique.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The goal with using prototyping to support requirements determination is to build the ultimate system from prototyping.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

If you encounter contradictory information about procedures from interviews, questionnaires, or observations, you should reconcile the contradictions before proceeding to other analysis tasks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Match each of the following typical JAD participants with its description.
-This individual is part of the development team; she attends the JAD session to learn from the users and managers.

Accepted Answer

A) Scribe 
B) Systems analyst 
C) Sponsor 
D) User 
E) JAD session leader
F)Manager
G)IS staff 
A) Scribe 
B) Systems analyst 
C) Sponsor 
D) User 
E) JAD session leader
F)Manager
G)IS staff

Question 6

Questions in interviews and on questionnaires asking those responding to choose from among a set of specified responses are:

Accepted Answer

A)  specific questions. 
B)  closed-ended questions. 
C)  open-ended questions. 
D)  structured questions. 
E)  stratified questions. 
A)  specific questions. 
B)  closed-ended questions. 
C)  open-ended questions. 
D)  structured questions. 
E)  stratified questions.

Question 7

Which of the following is a true statement regarding JAD?

Accepted Answer

A)  A working system is the end result of a JAD. 
B)  JAD sessions are usually conducted in the organization's conference room. 
C)  The primary purpose of using JAD in the analysis phase is to collect systems requirements simultaneously from the key people involved with the system. 
D)  A JAD session is inexpensive to conduct. 
E)  JADs benefit greatly from computer support. 
A)  A working system is the end result of a JAD. 
B)  JAD sessions are usually conducted in the organization's conference room. 
C)  The primary purpose of using JAD in the analysis phase is to collect systems requirements simultaneously from the key people involved with the system. 
D)  A JAD session is inexpensive to conduct. 
E)  JADs benefit greatly from computer support.

Question 8

Multiple choice, rating, and ranking are types of closed-ended questions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Information refinement means taking the system requirements you find during requirements determination and ordering them into tables, diagrams, and other formats that make them easier to translate into technical system specifications.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Match each of the following terms with its corresponding definition.
-The search for, and implementation of, radical change in business processes to achieve breakthrough improvements in products and services

Accepted Answer

A) Business process reengineering 
B) Closed-ended questions 
C) Disruptive technologies 
D) Formal system 
E) Informal system
F)JAD session leader
G)Key business processes
H)Open-ended questions
I)Scribe 
A) Business process reengineering 
B) Closed-ended questions 
C) Disruptive technologies 
D) Formal system 
E) Informal system
F)JAD session leader
G)Key business processes
H)Open-ended questions
I)Scribe

Question 11

Which of the following JAD participants use the system in question and provide insight into new organizational directions, motivations for and organizational impacts of systems, and support for requirements determined during the JAD?

Accepted Answer

A)  Managers 
B)  Sponsors 
C)  Session leaders 
D)  Users 
E)  Scribes 
A)  Managers 
B)  Sponsors 
C)  Session leaders 
D)  Users 
E)  Scribes

Question 12

Finding the best solution to a business problem or opportunity describes the attention to details characteristic that a systems analyst should exhibit during the requirements determination phase.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Technologies that enable the breaking of long-held business rules that inhibit organizations from making radical business changes best defines:

Accepted Answer

A)  technology barrier breakers. 
B)  reengineered technologies. 
C)  disruptive technologies. 
D)  state-of-the-art technologies. 
E)  innovative technologies. 
A)  technology barrier breakers. 
B)  reengineered technologies. 
C)  disruptive technologies. 
D)  state-of-the-art technologies. 
E)  innovative technologies.

Question 14

A first step in any BPR effort is to understand what processes need to change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Match each of the following typical JAD participants with its description.
-This person is relatively high level in the company and usually attends only at the very beginning or the end of the session.

Accepted Answer

A) Scribe 
B) Systems analyst 
C) Sponsor 
D) User 
E) JAD session leader
F)Manager
G)IS staff 
A) Scribe 
B) Systems analyst 
C) Sponsor 
D) User 
E) JAD session leader
F)Manager
G)IS staff

Question 16

Referencing a JAD session, the sponsor is the individual responsible for organizing and running a JAD session.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

If your analysis of several written procedures reveals a duplication of effort in two jobs, you should:

Accepted Answer

A)  indicate that one job be deleted from the new system. 
B)  call the duplication to the attention of management as an issue to be resolved before system design can proceed. 
C)  justify the duplication of effort. 
D)  restructure the tasks so that the duplication is removed. 
E)  not mention the duplication of effort to management. 
A)  indicate that one job be deleted from the new system. 
B)  call the duplication to the attention of management as an issue to be resolved before system design can proceed. 
C)  justify the duplication of effort. 
D)  restructure the tasks so that the duplication is removed. 
E)  not mention the duplication of effort to management.

Question 18

Match each of the following typical JAD participants with its description.
-This IS professional may attend to learn from the discussion and possibly to contribute ideas on the technical feasibility of ideas or on technical limitations of current systems.

Accepted Answer

A) Scribe 
B) Systems analyst 
C) Sponsor 
D) User 
E) JAD session leader
F)Manager
G)IS staff 
A) Scribe 
B) Systems analyst 
C) Sponsor 
D) User 
E) JAD session leader
F)Manager
G)IS staff

Question 19

Which of the following technologies disrupted the business rule that information can appear only in one place at a time?

Accepted Answer

A)  High-performance computing 
B)  Distributed databases 
C)  Expert systems 
D)  Advanced telecommunications networks 
E)  Decision support tools 
A)  High-performance computing 
B)  Distributed databases 
C)  Expert systems 
D)  Advanced telecommunications networks 
E)  Decision support tools

Question 20

Which of the following is an advantage of closed-ended questions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Interviews based on closed-ended questions do not necessarily require a large time commitment, so more topics can be covered. 
B)  Closed-ended questions enable the analysts to explore information that does not quite fit defined answers. 
C)  The analyst can obtain previously unknown information. 
D)  Closed-ended questions often put the interviewee at ease. 
E)  The interviewee has a sense of involvement and control in the interview. 
A)  Interviews based on closed-ended questions do not necessarily require a large time commitment, so more topics can be covered. 
B)  Closed-ended questions enable the analysts to explore information that does not quite fit defined answers. 
C)  The analyst can obtain previously unknown information. 
D)  Closed-ended questions often put the interviewee at ease. 
E)  The interviewee has a sense of involvement and control in the interview.

The types of customers to be supported by Pine Valley Furniture's new WebStore include:

A JAD is an inexpensive, popular requirements determination technique.

The goal with using prototyping to support requirements determination is to build the ultimate system from prototyping.

If you encounter contradictory information about procedures from interviews, questionnaires, or observations, you should reconcile the contradictions before proceeding to other analysis tasks.

Match each of the following typical JAD participants with its description. -This individual is part of the development team; she attends the JAD session to learn from the users and managers.

Questions in interviews and on questionnaires asking those responding to choose from among a set of specified responses are:

Which of the following is a true statement regarding JAD?

Multiple choice, rating, and ranking are types of closed-ended questions.

Information refinement means taking the system requirements you find during requirements determination and ordering them into tables, diagrams, and other formats that make them easier to translate into technical system specifications.

Match each of the following terms with its corresponding definition. -The search for, and implementation of, radical change in business processes to achieve breakthrough improvements in products and services

Which of the following JAD participants use the system in question and provide insight into new organizational directions, motivations for and organizational impacts of systems, and support for requirements determined during the JAD?

Finding the best solution to a business problem or opportunity describes the attention to details characteristic that a systems analyst should exhibit during the requirements determination phase.

Technologies that enable the breaking of long-held business rules that inhibit organizations from making radical business changes best defines:

A first step in any BPR effort is to understand what processes need to change.

Match each of the following typical JAD participants with its description. -This person is relatively high level in the company and usually attends only at the very beginning or the end of the session.

Referencing a JAD session, the sponsor is the individual responsible for organizing and running a JAD session.

If your analysis of several written procedures reveals a duplication of effort in two jobs, you should:

Match each of the following typical JAD participants with its description. -This IS professional may attend to learn from the discussion and possibly to contribute ideas on the technical feasibility of ideas or on technical limitations of current systems.

Which of the following technologies disrupted the business rule that information can appear only in one place at a time?

Which of the following is an advantage of closed-ended questions?

The Systems Development Environment

The Sources of Software

Managing the Information Systems Project

Systems Planning and Selection

Structuring System Requirements: Process Modeling

Structuring System Requirements: Conceptual Data Modeling

Designing the Human Interface

Designing Databases

Systems Implementation and Operation

object-Oriented Analysis and Design

Agile Methodologies

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Exam 5: Determining System Requirements

The types of customers to be supported by Pine Valley Furniture's new WebStore include:

A JAD is an inexpensive, popular requirements determination technique.

The goal with using prototyping to support requirements determination is to build the ultimate system from prototyping.

If you encounter contradictory information about procedures from interviews, questionnaires, or observations, you should reconcile the contradictions before proceeding to other analysis tasks.

Match each of the following typical JAD participants with its description. -This individual is part of the development team; she attends the JAD session to learn from the users and managers.

Questions in interviews and on questionnaires asking those responding to choose from among a set of specified responses are:

Which of the following is a true statement regarding JAD?

Multiple choice, rating, and ranking are types of closed-ended questions.

Information refinement means taking the system requirements you find during requirements determination and ordering them into tables, diagrams, and other formats that make them easier to translate into technical system specifications.

Match each of the following terms with its corresponding definition. -The search for, and implementation of, radical change in business processes to achieve breakthrough improvements in products and services

Which of the following JAD participants use the system in question and provide insight into new organizational directions, motivations for and organizational impacts of systems, and support for requirements determined during the JAD?

Finding the best solution to a business problem or opportunity describes the attention to details characteristic that a systems analyst should exhibit during the requirements determination phase.

Technologies that enable the breaking of long-held business rules that inhibit organizations from making radical business changes best defines:

A first step in any BPR effort is to understand what processes need to change.

Match each of the following typical JAD participants with its description. -This person is relatively high level in the company and usually attends only at the very beginning or the end of the session.

Referencing a JAD session, the sponsor is the individual responsible for organizing and running a JAD session.

If your analysis of several written procedures reveals a duplication of effort in two jobs, you should:

Match each of the following typical JAD participants with its description. -This IS professional may attend to learn from the discussion and possibly to contribute ideas on the technical feasibility of ideas or on technical limitations of current systems.

Which of the following technologies disrupted the business rule that information can appear only in one place at a time?

Which of the following is an advantage of closed-ended questions?

The Systems Development Environment

The Sources of Software

Managing the Information Systems Project

Systems Planning and Selection

Structuring System Requirements: Process Modeling

Structuring System Requirements: Conceptual Data Modeling

Designing the Human Interface

Designing Databases

Systems Implementation and Operation

object-Oriented Analysis and Design

Agile Methodologies

Filters