Exam 13: Acquiring Information Systems and Applications

Which of the following systems acquisition methods requires staff to systematically go through every step in the development process and has a lower probability of missing important user requirements?

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Question 41

Which of the following systems acquisition methods is time consuming, costly, and may produce excessive documentation?

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Question 42

IT architecture focuses only on the technical aspects of information resources.

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Question 43

Which of the following systems acquisition methods saves the company's time, enables the company to select software that has been used for similar problems in other organizations, and allows the company to try out the software?

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Question 44

_____ is a software development methodology that delivers functionality in rapid iterations, usually measured in weeks.

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Question 45

A firm implements a new information system in one of its plants, assesses the new system's performance, and then implements the new system in its other plants. This is an example of __________ conversion.

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Question 46

The SDLC encourages changes to user requirements once they have been established.

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Question 47

Joint application design is used to collect user requirements.

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Question 48

A company's IT architecture includes all of the following except:

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Question 49

The information systems planning process proceeds in which order?

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Question 50

Refer to IT's About Business 13.1 -- Anniston Orthopaedics and Greenway Medical Technologies: Assuming that a contract can be reached and Anniston decides to install Greenway's software, which is the best implementation approach?

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Question 51

What are application service providers, and how does using ASPs differ from outsourcing?

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Question 52

Refer IT's About Business 13.3 - State of Virginia's Outsourcing Contract: Which of the following statements concerning the contract the State of Virginia signed with Northrop?

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Question 53

Pilot conversion is the process in which the new system is introduced in one part of the organization.

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Question 54

A firm shuts down its old COBOL legacy system and immediately starts up its new PeopleSoft ERP system. This process is called __________ conversion.

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Question 55

Systems maintenance includes debugging and updating a system.

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Question 56

How do application service providers differ from Software-as-a-Service vendors?

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Question 57

Insourcing application development is usually less time consuming and less expensive than buying or leasing.

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Question 58

The most difficult task in evaluating a vendor and a software package is to determine the vendor's financial health and "staying power."

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Question 59

Contrast agile development and the SDLC.

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Which of the following systems acquisition methods requires staff to systematically go through every step in the development process and has a lower probability of missing important user requirements?

Which of the following systems acquisition methods is time consuming, costly, and may produce excessive documentation?

IT architecture focuses only on the technical aspects of information resources.

Which of the following systems acquisition methods saves the company's time, enables the company to select software that has been used for similar problems in other organizations, and allows the company to try out the software?

_____ is a software development methodology that delivers functionality in rapid iterations, usually measured in weeks.

A firm implements a new information system in one of its plants, assesses the new system's performance, and then implements the new system in its other plants. This is an example of __________ conversion.

The SDLC encourages changes to user requirements once they have been established.

Joint application design is used to collect user requirements.

A company's IT architecture includes all of the following except:

The information systems planning process proceeds in which order?

Refer to IT's About Business 13.1 -- Anniston Orthopaedics and Greenway Medical Technologies: Assuming that a contract can be reached and Anniston decides to install Greenway's software, which is the best implementation approach?

What are application service providers, and how does using ASPs differ from outsourcing?

Refer IT's About Business 13.3 - State of Virginia's Outsourcing Contract: Which of the following statements concerning the contract the State of Virginia signed with Northrop?

Pilot conversion is the process in which the new system is introduced in one part of the organization.

A firm shuts down its old COBOL legacy system and immediately starts up its new PeopleSoft ERP system. This process is called __________ conversion.

Systems maintenance includes debugging and updating a system.

How do application service providers differ from Software-as-a-Service vendors?

Insourcing application development is usually less time consuming and less expensive than buying or leasing.

The most difficult task in evaluating a vendor and a software package is to determine the vendor's financial health and "staying power."

Contrast agile development and the SDLC.

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