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True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____ 1. The first four major phases of the predictive systems development life cycle (SDLC) are the planning phase, the analysis phase, the design phase, and the prototyping phase.

____ 2. The support phase includes maintaining and enhancing the system.

____ 3. Feasibility analysis investigates economic, organizational, technical, resource, and schedule feasibility.

____ 4. Every system must have sufficient controls to protect the integrity of the database and the application program.

____ 5. No system is successful unless the users understand it and can use it appropriately.

____ 6. Implementation is the actual construction, testing, and installation of a functioning information system.

____ 7. The most important activity of project planning is to define precisely the business problem and the scope of the required solution.

____ 8. A predictive SDLC has a high technical risk.

____ 9. Iteration assumes that no one gets the right result the first time.

____ 10. The UP is an example of an SDLC that is in the middle of the predictive versus adaptive scale.

____ 11. The spiral model is generally considered to be the first adaptive approach to system development.

____ 12. A methodolgy contains guidelines to follow for completing every activity in the systems development life cycle.

____ 13. The class diagram is used with the Information Engineering system development approach.

____ 14. Exteme Programming (XP) is a methodolgy that is iterative and adaptive and begins with users describing requirements as user stories.

____ 15. A model is a representation of an important aspect of the real world.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 16. The ____ phase begins only after the new system has been installed and put into production, and it lasts throughout the productive life of the system. a. analysis c. implementation b. design d. support ____ 17. The help desk idea is primarily associated with which project activity? a. Verification and testing c. End-user support b. Prototyping d. Analysis of work patterns ____ 18. Users are typically more involved in the project during which two phases? a. Analysis and design c. Design and implementation b. Planning and analysis d. Analysis and implementation ____ 19. The first official activity of the project team as it initiates the project planning phase is to ____. a. define the business problem c. develop a cost/benefit analysis b. staff the project team d. write a project proposal ____ 20. Most new information systems must communicate with other, existing systems, so the design of the method and details of these communication links must be precisely defined. These are called ____. a. models c. help desks b. system interfaces d. design interfaces ____ 21. The term “____” means that work activities are done once, then again, and yet again. a. eXtreme programming (XP) c. agile modeling b. iteration d. Unified Process (UP) ____ 22. A(n) ____ in system development is a collection of guidelines that help an analyst complete a system development activity or task. a. iteration c. technique b. model d. tool ____ 23. A(n) ____ program is one that has one beginning and one ending. a. iterative c. incremental b. structured d. object-oriented ____ 24. ____ programming divides more complex programs into a hierarchy of program modules. a. Incremental c. Object-oriented b. Iterative d. Top-down ____ 25. The key graphical model of the systems requirements used with structured analysis is the ____. a. flowchart b. data flow diagram (DFD) c. class diagram d. project evaluation and review technique (PERT) chart ____ 26. A(n) ____ is a thing in the computer system that is capable of responding to messages. a. entity-relationship diagram (ERD) c. tool b. model d. object ____ 27. The ____ is an object-oriented system development methodology offered by IBM’s Rational Software. a. user-centered design c. sociotechnical systems b. Unified Process (UP) d. waterfall approach ____ 28. The ____ is a critical component of any new system. a. project management application c. reverse engineering tool b. user interface d. code generator tool ____ 29. Which of the following is a refinement of structured development? a. Waterfall approach c. Information engineering (IE) b. Unified Process (UP) d. Extreme programming (XP) ____ 30. A key concept in the ____ model approach is the focus on risk. a. spiral c. risk b. Extreme programming (XP) d. agile ____ 31. The term _____ describes a planned undertaking that produces a new information system. a. unified process c. prototype b. system development project d. repository ____ 32. A(n) _____ approach to the SDLC is used when the exact requirements of a system or needs of users are not well understood. a. predictive c. incremental b. persistent d. adaptive ____ 33. A(n) _____ provides guidelines to follow for completing every activity in systems development, including specific models, tools, and techniques. a. generalization hierarchy c. system development methodology b. object-oriented analysis d. systems development life cycle ____ 34. The _____ of the object-oriented approach refers to the fact that people usually think about their world in terms of tangible objects. a. discipline c. naturalness b. multiplicity d. reuse ____ 35. In the Unified Process components such as business modeling, requirements, design, and testing are called ____. a. UP phases c. UP activities b. UP disciplines d. UP tasks

Completion Complete each statement.

36. A(n) ______is a planned undertaking that has a beginning and an end and which produces a predetermined result or product.

37. The term “______” refers to a group of related system development activities, which are grouped into categories of project planning, analysis, design, implementation, and support.

38. The portion of the new information system that satisfies users’ needs in the problem domain is called the ______.

39. The project ______phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) consists of activities to identify the scope of the new system, ensure that the project is feasible, and develop a schedule, resource plan, and budget for the remainder of the project.

40. A(n) ______includes comprehensive guidelines to follow for completing every activity in the systems development life cycle, including specific models, tools, and techniques.

41. A(n) ______SDLC approach assumes the development project can be planned and organized in advance and that the new information system can be developed according to the plan. 42. In an iterative approach, address the aspects of the project that pose the greatest ______in early project iterations.

43. The ______life cycle includes phases through which the project moves in time, but each life cycle phase includes one or more iterations involving analysis, design, and implementation for part of the system.

44. ______is an adaptive development methodology with terms and concepts based on rugby games.

45. Using a(n) ______approach to the SDLC assumes requirements and needs for the planned system are uncertain.

46. List the seven major activities that must be done during the design phase.

47. List the three major activities that occur during the support phase.

48. The project planning phase consists of five activities that are required to get the project organized. What are these activities.