Exam 12: Developing Businessit Solutions

When computer-aided systems engineering methods are used, documentation can be created and changed easily, because it is stored and accessible on disk in a _______________.

New systems can be designed to use existing data files, and that is normally the case.

The four major forms of system conversion are parallel, phased, pilot, and _______________.

According to the text, _______________ maintenance includes fixing software bugs and logic errors not detected during the implementation testing period.

Systems integrators specialize in providing industry-specific hardware, software, and services from selected manufacturers.

The acronym RFP stands for:

User interface design is frequently a prototyping process with end user input.

All of the following are activities performed during the initiating/defining project management phase except:

When the systems approach to problem solving is applied to the development of information systems solutions, it is called information systems development or _______________ development.

Fast, automatic calculation of sales totals and shipping costs is an example of a _______________ requirement.

The overall process by which information systems are designed and implemented within organizations is referred to as systems _______________.

Which of the following is recognized as an idea to spur end user Web development?

Which category of feasibility study focuses on determining if reliable hardware and software, capable of meeting the needs of a proposed system, can be acquired or developed in the required time?

Systems design consists of three design activities: user interface, data design, and _______________ design.

All of the following are activities performed during the executing project management phase except:

Many Web sites have their own search engines, but very few are actually useful.

Systems integrators take over complete responsibility for an organization's computer facilities when an organization out-sources its computer operations.

A feasibility study will answer all of the following questions except:

Managers do not need to be trained on the new system as long as the end users have been trained.

Unless the operational costs of the new system are significantly less than the old system, the cost of parallel operation can be as much as four times greater than the old system alone.