Exam 13: Systems Development: Design, Implementation, and Review

An advantage of in-house developed software is ____.

Logical and physical design can be accomplished using either the traditional approach or the object-oriented approach to systems development.

The design of a new system is broken into two phases, ____________________ design and physical design.

A legacy system ____.

During the final evaluation, vendors are asked to fully demonstrate their system in as close to actual operating conditions as possible.

One of the best approaches to evaluate hardware from different vendors is to rely on each vendor's published benchmark test results.

The system specifications are documented in a design report, which is the primary result of systems investigation.

The most cost-effective time to deal with potential errors is late in the design phase where every possibility should be considered.

A duplicate, operational hardware system that is ready for use is an example of a ____________________.

An advantage of purchasing of hardware equipment is _____.

____ is an evaluation approach that compares systems operating under the same conditions.

The process of physically placing the computer equipment on the site and making it operational is called ____.

Briefly explain the difference between integration testing and acceptance testing.

The use of virtual servers can help save energy and space.

The location of the new system needs to be made ready, a process called ____________________.

Environmental design involves systems development efforts that ____.

Briefly describe the use of the point evaluation system process for choosing the best system proposal.

______ are rules and procedures to maintain data security.

Many organizations are turning to object oriented development because of its increased flexibility.

_______________ is documentation that shows how the program can and should be used.