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When answering questions concerning human-computer interaction (HCI)the analyst should ask questions such as,"What are the users' physical strengths and limitations?"

A) True
B) False

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The three primary roles of the systems analyst are as consultant,supporting expert,and change agent.

A) True
B) False

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The agile approach and the ________ approach both allow subsystems to be built one at a time until the entire system is complete.


A) systems development life cycle
B) unified modeling
C) try and try again
D) object-oriented

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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________ is an approach that is intended to facilitate the development of systems that must change rapidly in response to dynamic business environments.


A) Agile method
B) Systems development life cycle
C) Object-oriented analysis and design
D) Open source approach

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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The ________ summarizes what has been discovered about the users,usability,and usefulness of current systems; provides cost-benefit analyses of alternatives; and makes recommendations on what (if anything) should be done.


A) systems proposal
B) database design
C) template
D) development life cycle

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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As a systems analyst,you are an agent of change whenever you perform any of the activities in the systems development life cycle and are present and interacting with users and the business for an extended period of time.

A) True
B) False

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The first SDLC phase that the analyst enters into is that of determining information requirements for the particular users involved.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following questions would NOT be used by the analyst when determining the human information requirements of a system?


A) What needs to be done to make the system audible,legible,and safe?
B) How can the system be made within the approved budget?
C) How can the system be made pleasing or even fun to use?
D) How can the system support a user's individual work tasks and make them more productive in new ways?

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which of these software packages are not open source software (OSS) ?


A) Microsoft Windows
B) Mozilla Firefox Web browser
C) Apache Web server
D) A Linux operating system

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following do not describe how analysts use CASE tools?


A) decrease maintenance costs
B) increase productivity
C) communicate more effectively with users
D) integrate the work that they do on the system from the beginning to the end of the life cycle

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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________ tells users how to use software and what to do if software problems occur.


A) Program specifications packet
B) Software development life cycle
C) Programming guidelines
D) Documentation

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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An encyclopedia that is used to store all project information is called:


A) a data dictionary.
B) an upper CASE tool.
C) a CASE repository.
D) a lower CASE tool.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Object-oriented approaches use what industry standard for modeling object-oriented systems?


A) artificial intelligence
B) a distributed system
C) the unified modeling language
D) multi-view

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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When implementing a new system,it is always best to determine the human needs of the users involved

A) True
B) False

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Software that is distributed free along with the program source code is called:


A) closed source software.
B) open source software.
C) Microsoft Windows.
D) outsource software.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The first phase of the systems development life cycle is critical to the success of the rest of the project.

A) True
B) False

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The second phase of the systems development life cycle begins with the documentation of the software being designed.

A) True
B) False

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The phases in UML are similar to those in the SDLC.

A) True
B) False

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The design phase also includes designing ________ that will store much of the data needed by decision makers in the organization.


A) databases
B) flow charts
C) spreadsheets
D) software design models

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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User involvement throughout the systems project is of little importance in the successful development of business information systems.

A) True
B) False

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