Questions and CORRECT Answers
The specific area of the user's business need that is within the scope of the new system is called
the _______. - CORRECT ANSWER - problem domain
One technique to find the "things" that need to be included in the new system begins by starting
with a user and the use cases and then try to identify the necessary informational "things." This
technique is called the _______. - CORRECT ANSWER - brainstorming technique
One technique for finding "things" that need to be in the new system is done by the analyst starts
making lists of "things." He may do this from information and even without talking to the users
extensively. This technique is called the _______. - CORRECT ANSWER - noun
technique
When making a list of nouns to determine what are the important "things" for the new system,
there are three question that should be asked about each noun. Which of the following is one of
those questions? - CORRECT ANSWER - Should it be researched further?
A piece of information about a particular object is called a(n) _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - attribute
An example of an attribute of an object might be _______. - CORRECT ANSWER -a
social security number
An attribute whose value uniquely identifies an object is called a(n) _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - key attribute
(n) _______ is a naturally occurring association among specific things. - CORRECT
ANSWER - relationship
,The number of associations that occur among specific things in an entity relationship diagram is
called ____. - CORRECT ANSWER - cardinality
A synonym for cardinality (used with UML class diagrams) is ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER - multiplicity
____ is used to describe the relationship between two things of the same type, such as one person
being married to another person. - CORRECT ANSWER - Unary asociation
A synonym for cardinality (used with UML class diagrams) is _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - multiplicity
An attribute that contains a collection of related attributes is called a(n) _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - compound attribute
A measure of the number of links between one object and another object in a relationship is
called the _______. - CORRECT ANSWER - cadinality
In the traditional approach to system development, the system stores information about ____. -
CORRECT ANSWER - data entities
The crows feet notation on an ERD is a type of _______ constraint. - CORRECT
ANSWER - cardinality
A relationship that has a cardinality constraint of one or more is a(n) _______ relationship. -
CORRECT ANSWER - mandatory
The above cardinality constraint on the Order data entity indicates that there can be _____ . -
CORRECT ANSWER - one or many orders
, The association shown on the above image is a(n) ________ association. - CORRECT
ANSWER - unary
The domain model class diagram is used to _______ . - CORRECT ANSWER - show the
things involved in the user's work that are important
A relationship between a "sports team" and the players, coaches, and sponsor would be described
as what kind of relationship? - CORRECT ANSWER - Aggregation
Which of the following relationships would NOT be an appropriate way to describe a
relationship between an employee and his/her manager? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Association relationship
As association class is frequently required for what kind of relationship? - CORRECT
ANSWER - many to many
In UML the constraint denoted by "0..*" indicates what? - CORRECT ANSWER - an
optional relationship
Which of the following is NOT true about a UML class. - CORRECT ANSWER - It has
multiplicity
_____ is based on the idea that people classify things in terms of similarities and differences. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Generalization/Specialization
A concept that allows subclasses to share the characteristics of their superclasses is called ____. -
CORRECT ANSWER - inheritance
A class that represents a many-to-many association between two other classes is called a(n) ____
class. - CORRECT ANSWER - association