Exam 12: Acquiring Information Systems and Applications

The _________ is/are a prioritized inventory of present applications and a detailed plan of projects to be developed or continued during the current year.

Containers are another step in the development of _________ technology.

Which of the following is NOT an objective of the IT strategic plan?

_________ is a disadvantage of the buy option.

Being an informed user will help you take advantage of custom development.

A _________ conversion involves shutting the old system off and turning the new system on at a certain point in time.

Adding functions after the project has been initiated causes ________.

The end product of the _________ stage is a set of system requirements.

The IT architecture encompasses both the technical and managerial aspects of information resources.

Capital One's insourcing initiative meant it had to build its reputation as a _________ company.

The _________ is/are a summary of the information needs of the individual functional areas and of the organization as a whole.

The IT steering committee is comprised of the top IT managers in an organization.

Which of the following is the correct order of the SDLC?

The _________ consists of a clear set of projects that the IS department and the functional area managers will execute in support of the IT strategic plan.

Information systems that have become outdated and no longer meet business needs are called _________ systems.

An ASP hosts both an application and a database for each customer.

Due to changes in the market,Capital One decided to ________.

Database design choices can affect an organization decades after they are made even when hardware and software is replaced; the Y2K problem was a perfect illustration of this.

The first stage of the SDLC is ________.

The _________ is a set of long-range goals that describe the IT infrastructure and identify the major IT initiatives need to achieve the organization's goals.