File: ch01, Chapter 1: Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design
Multiple Choices
1. 1. The process of understanding how an information system can support business
needs, design the system, build it, and deliver it to users is the _____.
a. a. analysis phase of the SDLC
b. b. object oriented approach
c. c. rule for creating a CASE tool
d. d. systems development life cycle
e. e. waterfall development methodology
f.
Ans: d
a. 2. The person that identifies opportunities for improvements and designs an
information system to implement them is called a(n) _____.
b. a. computer programmer
c. b. end-user
d. c. systems analyst
e. d. systems specialist
f. e. technical writer
Ans: c
a. 3. The primary goal of the systems analyst is to _____.
b. a. acquire a working tool
c. b. create a wonderful system
d. c. create value for the organization
e. d. establish the phases of the SDLC
f. e. identify opportunities for improvement
Ans: c
a. 4. Developing an information system is similar to building a house because you have
to
b. a. start with a basic idea of what is needed
c. b. create simple drawings of what is needed and allow the customer to
provide feedback
d. c. develop a detailed set of blueprints
e. d. actually build the project, often with some changes directed by the
customer
f. e. all of the above
Ans: e
,a. 5. The four phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle are _____.
b. a. analysis, gathering, modeling, and diagramming
c. b. construction, installation, testing, and converting
d. c. initiating, planning, controlling, and implementing
e. d. planning, analysis, design, and implementation
f. e. system request, feasibility, staffing, and construction
Ans: d
a. 6. Understanding why an information system should be built and determining how
the project team will build it is part of the _____ phase of the SDLC.
b. a. analysis
c. b. system request
d. c. gathering
e. d. initiating
f. e. planning
Ans: e
a. 7. The _____ is generated by the department or person that has an idea for a new
information system.
b. a. economic feasibility analysis
c. b. requirements document
d. c. project charter
e. d. system request
f. e. project plan
Ans: d
a. 8. The project sponsor is the _____.
b. a. lead systems analyst on the project team
c. b. person or department that requested the system
d. c. lead computer programmer charged with writing the code for the system
e. d. project team leader in charge of developing the system
f. e. any of these choices may fill the role of the project sponsor
Ans: b
a. 9. Feasibility analysis examines several questions, including “_____?”
b. a. Can it be built (technical feasibility)
c. b. Do we have the right people to build it (organizational feasibility)
d. c. If we build it, can our computers handle the load (operational feasibility)
, e. d. Can we get afford it (economic feasibility)
f. e. all of these
Ans: a
a. 10. The project plan is the document that is used to _____.
b. a. describe how the project team will go about developing the proposed system
c. b. outline the tasks to be addressed in developing the proposed system and
develop a time estimate for each task.
d. c. outline the technical, economic, and organizational feasibility of the proposed
system
e. d. summarize the business need and explain how the proposed system
supports that need and creates value
f. e. all of these
Ans: a
a. 11. In which phase of the SDLC is the project plan developed?
b. a. analysis
c. b. design
d. c. implementation
e. d. planning
f. e. reconstruction
Ans: d
a. 12. In which phase of the SDLC is the system proposal developed?
b. a. analysis
c. b. design
d. c. implementation
e. d. planning
f. e. system delivery
Ans: a
a. 13. The analysis phase of the SDLC answers which questions _____.
b. a. who will create the system and when will it be used
c. b. who will the system be for, what the system will do, when will it be used,
and where will it be used
d. c. why build the system, what the system will be, and how the system will work
e. d. why build the system, who will the system be for, when will it be used,
and how the system will work
Multiple Choices
1. 1. The process of understanding how an information system can support business
needs, design the system, build it, and deliver it to users is the _____.
a. a. analysis phase of the SDLC
b. b. object oriented approach
c. c. rule for creating a CASE tool
d. d. systems development life cycle
e. e. waterfall development methodology
f.
Ans: d
a. 2. The person that identifies opportunities for improvements and designs an
information system to implement them is called a(n) _____.
b. a. computer programmer
c. b. end-user
d. c. systems analyst
e. d. systems specialist
f. e. technical writer
Ans: c
a. 3. The primary goal of the systems analyst is to _____.
b. a. acquire a working tool
c. b. create a wonderful system
d. c. create value for the organization
e. d. establish the phases of the SDLC
f. e. identify opportunities for improvement
Ans: c
a. 4. Developing an information system is similar to building a house because you have
to
b. a. start with a basic idea of what is needed
c. b. create simple drawings of what is needed and allow the customer to
provide feedback
d. c. develop a detailed set of blueprints
e. d. actually build the project, often with some changes directed by the
customer
f. e. all of the above
Ans: e
,a. 5. The four phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle are _____.
b. a. analysis, gathering, modeling, and diagramming
c. b. construction, installation, testing, and converting
d. c. initiating, planning, controlling, and implementing
e. d. planning, analysis, design, and implementation
f. e. system request, feasibility, staffing, and construction
Ans: d
a. 6. Understanding why an information system should be built and determining how
the project team will build it is part of the _____ phase of the SDLC.
b. a. analysis
c. b. system request
d. c. gathering
e. d. initiating
f. e. planning
Ans: e
a. 7. The _____ is generated by the department or person that has an idea for a new
information system.
b. a. economic feasibility analysis
c. b. requirements document
d. c. project charter
e. d. system request
f. e. project plan
Ans: d
a. 8. The project sponsor is the _____.
b. a. lead systems analyst on the project team
c. b. person or department that requested the system
d. c. lead computer programmer charged with writing the code for the system
e. d. project team leader in charge of developing the system
f. e. any of these choices may fill the role of the project sponsor
Ans: b
a. 9. Feasibility analysis examines several questions, including “_____?”
b. a. Can it be built (technical feasibility)
c. b. Do we have the right people to build it (organizational feasibility)
d. c. If we build it, can our computers handle the load (operational feasibility)
, e. d. Can we get afford it (economic feasibility)
f. e. all of these
Ans: a
a. 10. The project plan is the document that is used to _____.
b. a. describe how the project team will go about developing the proposed system
c. b. outline the tasks to be addressed in developing the proposed system and
develop a time estimate for each task.
d. c. outline the technical, economic, and organizational feasibility of the proposed
system
e. d. summarize the business need and explain how the proposed system
supports that need and creates value
f. e. all of these
Ans: a
a. 11. In which phase of the SDLC is the project plan developed?
b. a. analysis
c. b. design
d. c. implementation
e. d. planning
f. e. reconstruction
Ans: d
a. 12. In which phase of the SDLC is the system proposal developed?
b. a. analysis
c. b. design
d. c. implementation
e. d. planning
f. e. system delivery
Ans: a
a. 13. The analysis phase of the SDLC answers which questions _____.
b. a. who will create the system and when will it be used
c. b. who will the system be for, what the system will do, when will it be used,
and where will it be used
d. c. why build the system, what the system will be, and how the system will work
e. d. why build the system, who will the system be for, when will it be used,
and how the system will work
