Chapter 14 Questions
True/False
1. The system development life cycle is an organized set of activities that guides those involved
thorough the development of information system.
2. The activities of the system development life cycle can be grouped into distinct phases;
analysis, planning, design, implementation, and support.
3. Documentation should be thought of as unimportant and should not be an ongoing part of the
development process.
4. Project management involves planning, scheduling, and controlling the individual activities
during the system development life cycle.
5. Feasibility is a measure of how suitable the development of a system will be to the organization.
6. Developing, monitoring system performance & developing detail of the system are included in
the implementation phase.
7. When you purchase software, you actually purchase an end-user license agreement, which is
the right to use the software under certain terms and conditions.
8. A benchmark test measures the time it takes to process a set number of transactions.
9. A decision table or a decision tree document processes that consist of many conditions or rules.
10. The disadvantage of prototyping is that the user is unable to actually experience the system
before it is completed.
11. Training users is not important for a system to be effective.
12. During the implementation phase, new hardware is installed and tested.
13. Performance monitoring is an activity that determines if the new system is inefficient at any
point and if the inefficiency is causing a problem.
14. Direct conversion consists of continuing to process data on the old system while some or all of
the data is also processed on the new system.
15. Phased conversion is used with smaller systems that cannot be broken down into individual
modules.
Multiple Choice. Select the most appropriate answer.
16. The collection and summarization of data and information is known as _____________.
A. Documentation
B. Analysis
C. Gauntt Chart
D. Flowcharting
17. ___________ conversion consists of running the old system alongside the new system for a
specified time period
A. Direct
C. Phased
B. Parallel
D. Pilot
18. An end-user license agreement gives you the legal right to use the software _______________.
A. Anyway you wish C. and make copies for your friends
B. under certain terms
D. None of the above
and conditions
19. Software that has already been written and is available for purchase is called
A. Vendor Software
C. Commercial off-the-shelf
B. Custom Software
D. Public Domain Software
20. A _____ is a tool that represents graphically the flow of data in a system.
A. Flowchart
C. Data Flow Diagram
B. Dictionary
D. Guantt Chart
21.__________ application software is developed for a unique way of doing business, usually
within a specific business or industry.
A. Vertical
C. General
B. Horizontal
D. Business
22.__________ is the person responsible for designing and developing an information system.
A. Programmer
C. Data Analyst
B. User
D. Systems Analyst
23._________ is not used as a technique to gather data and information.
A. Observing
C. Interviews
B. RFQ
D. Questionnaires
24.A ________ shows how other elements of the system interact with a major process.
A. Systems flowchart C. Gauntt Chart
B. Data Flow Diagram
D. Data Dictionary
25.__________ is not a test used to test the new system.
A. Acceptance test C. Systems test
B. Integration test
D. Performance test