Question 1

Which of the following greatly accelerates the collecting of business requirements and the development of the software?

Accepted Answer

A)  End-user involvement 
B)  Outsourcing 
C)  Insourcing 
D)  Requirements definition 
A)  End-user involvement 
B)  Outsourcing 
C)  Insourcing 
D)  Requirements definition

Question 2

Which of the following systems development techniques delegate development tasks to a third party for a specified cost, period of time, and level of service?

Accepted Answer

A)  Netsourcing 
B)  Outsourcing 
C)  Insourcing 
D)  Selfsourcing 
A)  Netsourcing 
B)  Outsourcing 
C)  Insourcing 
D)  Selfsourcing

Question 3

Which of the following is not an advantage to prototyping?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prototyping encourages active user participation 
B)  Prototyping helps resolve discrepancies among users 
C)  Prototyping gives users the final system 
D)  Prototyping helps determine technical feasibility 
A)  Prototyping encourages active user participation 
B)  Prototyping helps resolve discrepancies among users 
C)  Prototyping gives users the final system 
D)  Prototyping helps determine technical feasibility

Question 4

Which of the following activities is not part of component-based development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Learning and using new technologies to enhance existing information systems 
B)  Search existing software libraries for code that can be reused in the proposed information system 
C)  Build new software applications that can be used in other software development projects 
D)  All of these activities are part of component-based development 
A)  Learning and using new technologies to enhance existing information systems 
B)  Search existing software libraries for code that can be reused in the proposed information system 
C)  Build new software applications that can be used in other software development projects 
D)  All of these activities are part of component-based development

Question 5

Which person leads the SDLC?

Accepted Answer

A)  End user 
B)  Project manager 
C)  Programmer 
D)  IT Administrator 
A)  End user 
B)  Project manager 
C)  Programmer 
D)  IT Administrator

Question 6

_____ programming methodology breaks a project into tiny phases.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ programming methodology breaks a project into...

Question 7

If you were constructing a legal document for your software vendor that stipulated needed requirements, schedules, costs, acceptance criteria, and assessment metrics, what would you be creating?

Accepted Answer

A)  Request for proposals 
B)  Critical milestones 
C)  Critical success factors 
D)  Service level agreement 
A)  Request for proposals 
B)  Critical milestones 
C)  Critical success factors 
D)  Service level agreement

Question 8

Prototyping helps determine technical feasibility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

When do you normally end the prototyping process?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the design phase 
B)  In the development phase 
C)  When end users are happy and requirements understood 
D)  When you start developing the requirements document 
A)  In the design phase 
B)  In the development phase 
C)  When end users are happy and requirements understood 
D)  When you start developing the requirements document

Question 10

In what phase of the SDLC is the technical architecture for the proposed system defined?

Accepted Answer

A)  Planning 
B)  Design 
C)  Analysis 
D)  Development 
A)  Planning 
B)  Design 
C)  Analysis 
D)  Development

Question 11

A(n) ____________ is a factor critical to your organization's success.

Accepted Answer

critical s

Question 12

If a U.S. based company were to hire a vendor from Canada, you would be using _____ outsourcing.

Accepted Answer

A)  Offshore 
B)  Onshore 
C)  Nearshore 
D)  Exterior 
A)  Offshore 
B)  Onshore 
C)  Nearshore 
D)  Exterior

Question 13

Business requirements drive the entire system-if they are inaccurate or incomplete, the system will more likely fail.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A U.S. company using a Canadian outsourcing company would be an example of _____ outsourcing.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A U.S. company using a Canadian outsourcing...

Question 15

If you allowed, and quickly reacted to users requesting changes to software requirements, what type of software development methodology would you be following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Evolutionary prototyping 
B)  Waterfall 
C)  Iteration 
D)  Extreme programming 
A)  Evolutionary prototyping 
B)  Waterfall 
C)  Iteration 
D)  Extreme programming

Which of the following greatly accelerates the collecting of business requirements and the development of the software?

Which of the following systems development techniques delegate development tasks to a third party for a specified cost, period of time, and level of service?

Which of the following is not an advantage to prototyping?

Which of the following activities is not part of component-based development?

Which person leads the SDLC?

_____ programming methodology breaks a project into tiny phases.

If you were constructing a legal document for your software vendor that stipulated needed requirements, schedules, costs, acceptance criteria, and assessment metrics, what would you be creating?

Prototyping helps determine technical feasibility.

When do you normally end the prototyping process?

In what phase of the SDLC is the technical architecture for the proposed system defined?

A(n) ____________ is a factor critical to your organization's success.

If a U.S. based company were to hire a vendor from Canada, you would be using _____ outsourcing.

Business requirements drive the entire system-if they are inaccurate or incomplete, the system will more likely fail.

A U.S. company using a Canadian outsourcing company would be an example of _____ outsourcing.

If you allowed, and quickly reacted to users requesting changes to software requirements, what type of software development methodology would you be following?

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Exam 6: Systems Development

Which of the following greatly accelerates the collecting of business requirements and the development of the software?

Which of the following systems development techniques delegate development tasks to a third party for a specified cost, period of time, and level of service?

Which of the following is not an advantage to prototyping?

Which of the following activities is not part of component-based development?

Which person leads the SDLC?

_____ programming methodology breaks a project into tiny phases.

If you were constructing a legal document for your software vendor that stipulated needed requirements, schedules, costs, acceptance criteria, and assessment metrics, what would you be creating?

Prototyping helps determine technical feasibility.

When do you normally end the prototyping process?

In what phase of the SDLC is the technical architecture for the proposed system defined?

A(n) ____________ is a factor critical to your organization's success.

If a U.S. based company were to hire a vendor from Canada, you would be using _____ outsourcing.

Business requirements drive the entire system-if they are inaccurate or incomplete, the system will more likely fail.

A U.S. company using a Canadian outsourcing company would be an example of _____ outsourcing.

If you allowed, and quickly reacted to users requesting changes to software requirements, what type of software development methodology would you be following?

The Information Age in Which You Live

Major Business Initiatives

Databases and Data Warehouses

Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence

Electronic Commerce

Enterprise Infrastructure, Metrics, and Business Continuity Planning

Protecting People and Information

Emerging Trends and Technologies

Filters