Quiz #1

June 14, 2002

Time: 10 minutes

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1)      Which of these systems processes large amounts of data for routine transactions?

a)      knowledge systems

b)      decision support systems

c)      expert systems

d)      none of the above

2)      Which of these is not considered to be a primary role of a system analyst?

a)      agent of change

b)      programmer

c)      supporting expert

d)      consultant

3)      During which phase of the SDLC should the analyst determine the who, what, where, when, and how of the current system?

a)      Analyzing the System

b)      Designing the System

c)      Evaluating the System

d)      none of the above

4)      In which phase of the SDLC is the user interface devised?

a)      Analysis phase

b)      Study phase

c)      Design phase

d)      Test phase

5)      Which of the following is an advantage of mounting an application on the Web?

a)      the possibility of 24-hour access for users

b)      creating a system that can extend globally

c)      standardizing the design of the interface

d)      all of the above

6)      Wireless ecommerce is called:

a)      wcommerce.

b)      small scale systems.

c)      ERP.

d)      mcommerce.

7)      When program software is distributed free with its source code it is called:

a)      open source software.

b)      freeware.

c)      A distributed system.

d)      code independent software.

8)      Which level of management needs general, summarized information?

a)     

9)      Anything external to an organization’s boundaries is considered to be:

a)      irrelevant.

b)      an external entity.

c)      an environment.

d)      an associative entity.

10)  The free flow of information within a system is called:

a)      open ended flowchart.

b)      a virtual organization.

c)      enterprise system.

d)      none of the above

11)  An integrated organizational information system is called a(n):

a)      virtual system.

b)      enterprise resource planning system

c)      open system.

d)      none of the above

12)  Which management group needs quantitative information from internal resources?

a)      operations management.

b)      middle management.

c)      strategic management

d)      none of the above

13)  Which item listed below would not be among the five specific criteria for project selection?

a)      backing from management

b)      availability of resources for the project

c)      high interest in a project’s technical features among the programming staff

d)      contribution of the project toward furthering or improving organizational goals or performance

14)  How much time should be spent performing a feasibility study?

a)      only as long as needed to determine feasibility in broad terms

b)      as much time as management will allow since that is the only way to prevent project failure

c)      as much time as possible to save time in the later stages of project development

d)      feasibility studies typically comprise at least half of the total time required for a project

15)  Final project feasibility decisions are made by:

a)      the systems analysts

b)      the programming staff

c)      the clerical staff involved with the project

d)      management