CBIS 3210 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | CBIS 3210 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
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Information Systems Analysis and Design - correct answer ✔✔The process of developing and
maintaining an information system
Application Software - correct answer ✔✔Software designed to process data and support users
in an organization. Examples include spreadsheets, word processors, and database management
systems.
System - correct answer ✔✔A group of interrelated procedures used for a business function,
with an identifiable boundary, working together for some purpose
Component - correct answer ✔✔An irreducible part or aggregation of parts that makes up a
system; also called a subsystem
Interrelated - correct answer ✔✔Dependence of one part of the system on one or more other
system parts
Boundary - correct answer ✔✔The line that marks the inside and outside of a system and that
sets off the system from its environment
Purpose - correct answer ✔✔The overall goal or function of a system
Environment - correct answer ✔✔Everything external to a system that interacts with the system
Interface - correct answer ✔✔Point of contact where a system meets its environment or where
subsystems meet each other
, Constraint - correct answer ✔✔A limit to what a system can accomplish
Decomposition - correct answer ✔✔The process of breaking the description of a system down
into small components; also known as functional decomposition
Modularity - correct answer ✔✔Dividing a system up into chunks or modules of a relatively
uniform size
Coupling - correct answer ✔✔The extent to which subsystems depend on each other
Cohesion - correct answer ✔✔The extent to which a system or subsystem performs a single
function
Systems Analyst - correct answer ✔✔The organizational role most responsible for the analysis
and design of information systems
Systems Development Methodology - correct answer ✔✔A standard process followed in an
organization to conduct all the steps necessary to analyze, design, implement, and maintain
information systems
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - correct answer ✔✔The series of steps used to mark
the phases of development for an information system
Systems Planning and Selection - correct answer ✔✔The first phase of the SDLC, in which an
organization's total information system needs are analyzed and arranged, and in which a
potential information systems project is identified and an argument for continuing or not
continuing with the project is presented
Systems Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Phase of the SDLC in which the current system is studied
and alternative replacement systems are proposed
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Information Systems Analysis and Design - correct answer ✔✔The process of developing and
maintaining an information system
Application Software - correct answer ✔✔Software designed to process data and support users
in an organization. Examples include spreadsheets, word processors, and database management
systems.
System - correct answer ✔✔A group of interrelated procedures used for a business function,
with an identifiable boundary, working together for some purpose
Component - correct answer ✔✔An irreducible part or aggregation of parts that makes up a
system; also called a subsystem
Interrelated - correct answer ✔✔Dependence of one part of the system on one or more other
system parts
Boundary - correct answer ✔✔The line that marks the inside and outside of a system and that
sets off the system from its environment
Purpose - correct answer ✔✔The overall goal or function of a system
Environment - correct answer ✔✔Everything external to a system that interacts with the system
Interface - correct answer ✔✔Point of contact where a system meets its environment or where
subsystems meet each other
, Constraint - correct answer ✔✔A limit to what a system can accomplish
Decomposition - correct answer ✔✔The process of breaking the description of a system down
into small components; also known as functional decomposition
Modularity - correct answer ✔✔Dividing a system up into chunks or modules of a relatively
uniform size
Coupling - correct answer ✔✔The extent to which subsystems depend on each other
Cohesion - correct answer ✔✔The extent to which a system or subsystem performs a single
function
Systems Analyst - correct answer ✔✔The organizational role most responsible for the analysis
and design of information systems
Systems Development Methodology - correct answer ✔✔A standard process followed in an
organization to conduct all the steps necessary to analyze, design, implement, and maintain
information systems
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - correct answer ✔✔The series of steps used to mark
the phases of development for an information system
Systems Planning and Selection - correct answer ✔✔The first phase of the SDLC, in which an
organization's total information system needs are analyzed and arranged, and in which a
potential information systems project is identified and an argument for continuing or not
continuing with the project is presented
Systems Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Phase of the SDLC in which the current system is studied
and alternative replacement systems are proposed
