WGU D033 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
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◉ Request for Proposal (RFP)
Answer: A detailed request asking preselected vendors for
specific solutions, costs, and timelines.
◉ Weighted Decision Matrix
Answer: An objective tool scoring IS options based on assigned
importance weights of features.
◉ Software License
Answer: A contract component specifying where, how, and by
whom software can be used.
◉ Payment Milestone
Answer: A contract trigger for vendor payment, ideally held until
acceptance testing completes.
◉ Force Majeure
Answer: A legal clause covering unanticipated, uncontrollable
events like natural disasters.
, ◉ Source Code in Escrow
Answer: Holding programming code with a third party to protect
the buyer if the vendor bankrupts.
◉ Waterfall Method
Answer: A linear, sequential SDLC model where each phase
finishes before the next begins.
◉ Parallel Method
Answer: An SDLC approach splitting design into sub-projects
developed simultaneously.
◉ Validation and Verification Model
Answer: An SDLC method integrating testing design early at the
requirements analysis stage.
◉ Iterative Method
Answer: An SDLC model developing, testing, and refining systems
through repeated cycles.
◉ Prototyping
Answer: Building a simple initial version of an intended system
for early end-user feedback.
◉ Spiral Method
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Request for Proposal (RFP)
Answer: A detailed request asking preselected vendors for
specific solutions, costs, and timelines.
◉ Weighted Decision Matrix
Answer: An objective tool scoring IS options based on assigned
importance weights of features.
◉ Software License
Answer: A contract component specifying where, how, and by
whom software can be used.
◉ Payment Milestone
Answer: A contract trigger for vendor payment, ideally held until
acceptance testing completes.
◉ Force Majeure
Answer: A legal clause covering unanticipated, uncontrollable
events like natural disasters.
, ◉ Source Code in Escrow
Answer: Holding programming code with a third party to protect
the buyer if the vendor bankrupts.
◉ Waterfall Method
Answer: A linear, sequential SDLC model where each phase
finishes before the next begins.
◉ Parallel Method
Answer: An SDLC approach splitting design into sub-projects
developed simultaneously.
◉ Validation and Verification Model
Answer: An SDLC method integrating testing design early at the
requirements analysis stage.
◉ Iterative Method
Answer: An SDLC model developing, testing, and refining systems
through repeated cycles.
◉ Prototyping
Answer: Building a simple initial version of an intended system
for early end-user feedback.
◉ Spiral Method
