Test #1 - Systems Analysis, Chapter 4

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which of the following describes what the system is required to do?
|a. |Functional requirements |c. |User requirements |
|b. |General requirements |d. |Technical requirements |

____ 2. ____ requirements describe operational characteristics related to the environment.
|a. |Performance |c. |Reliability |
|b. |Technical |d. |Usability |

____ 3. ____ prototypes are not built with the intent of being fully functional, but to check the feasibility of certain approaches to the business need.
|a. |Functional |c. |Workflow |
|b. |Discovery |d. |Logical |

____ 4. A ____ model shows what the system is supposed to do in great detail, without committing to any one technology.
|a. |logical |c. |vertical |
|b. |physical |d. |horizontal |

____ 5. Which of the following is normally the most time-consuming and resource-expensive operation?
|a. |Building prototypes |c. |Reviewing existing reports |
|b. |Observing business processes |d. |Interviewing stakeholders |

____ 6. The length of an interview session generally should be ____.
|a. |until all of the outstanding questions are answered |
|b. |limited to about an hour and a half |
|c. |no longer than half a day |
|d. |no longer than one day |

____ 7. The term “____” refers to all the people who have an interest in the successful implementation of the system.
|a. |users |c. |middle managers |
|b. |clients |d. |stakeholders |

____ 8. The first item to be reviewed during a structured walkthrough is the documentation that was developed as part of the ____ phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC).
|a. |design |c. |analysis |
|b. |planning |d. |implementation |

____ 9. The objective of a structured walkthrough is to ____.
|a. |fix problems in the system |c. |find errors and problems |
|b. |inform the project leader of progress |d. |walkthrough a piece of work |

____ 10. A prototype has which of the following characteristics?
|a. |Includes work procedures, both extensive and throwaway |
|b. |Is operative and executable, is focused on a specific objective, is quickly built |
|c. |Has good look and feel, is executable, and is complete |
|d. |Is quickly built, has mock-up, and is complete |

____ 11. The type of prototype used during the analysis phase is the ____ prototype.
|a. |discovery |c. |design |
|b. |evolving |d. |functioning |

____ 12. ____ requirements are sometimes considered a subset of performance requirements.
|a. |Technical |c. |Usability |
|b. |Reliability |d. |Security |

____ 13. During a fact-finding interview, an important guideline is ____.
|a. |to minimize importance of the user participants |
|b. |to include as many users as possible |
|c. |not to waste project time by including too many analysts |
|d. |to probe to get sufficient details |

____ 14. Questions that have a simple, definitive answer are called ____ questions.
|a. |opinion |c. |open-ended |
|b. |closed-ended |d. |multiple choice |

____ 15. ____ requirements describe operational characteristics related to users.
|a. |Usability |c. |Reliability |
|b. |Technical |d. |Performance |

____ 16. ____ requirements may apply to areas such as network communications and storage.
|a. |Technical |c. |Usability |
|b. |Security |d. |Reliability |

____ 17. The purpose of joint application design (JAD) is to ____.
|a. |establish a design environment |
|b. |design a prototype |
|c. |expedite the design of the system |
|d. |expedite the investigation of system requirements |

____ 18. Questionnaires can be useful in information gathering when users ____.
|a. |are widely distributed geographically |
|b. |need prompting to respond to questions |
|c. |are not well-informed |
|d. |do not have time for interviews |