Prelim Exam in System Analysis and Design

Which of the following does not contribute to the failure of initiatives involving system development?

________ manage the staffing, budget, reporting, and system development while making sure that deadlines are fulfilled.

A _____ is an outline of a process that keeps develop successful information systems

The software development life cycle (SDLC) has how many steps?

What information would the computer need to know in order to print or display the output times? 

When is a Cost-Benefit Analysis performed?

The tasks of scenario analysis, system design, and new system implementation all fall under this category.

Which of the following is not one of the functions of an information system?

What is a system?

Which of the following comes first in the SDLC

Fact finding is done at the ... Stage of SDLC

Which stage helps the system analyst to understand how the existing system works?

What does the RAD software process stand for?

Identify the simplest model of SDLC?

Which is the following is the most important feature of the spiral model?

What is the first step in the software development lifecycle?

What is the major drawback of the Spiral Model?

Model selection is based on __________.

When the user participation isn't involved, which of the following models will not result in the desired output?

Which of the following model will be preferred by a company that is planning to deploy an advanced version of the existing software in the market?

A ________ is a formalized approach to implementing the SDLC

Waterfall Development and Parallel Development is considered under what categories of methodology?

(UML) stands for?

It provides a common vocabulary of object-oriented terms and diagramming techniques rich enough to model any systems development project from analysis through implementation

True or False. System development methodologies are formalized approaches to implementing SDLCs

The _____ is a key person proposing development or adoption of the new information technology .

Th________________ reviews proposals from various groups and units in the organization and decides which to commit to developing.

Stakeholder analysis considers the following except for one which is?

_________ involves creating and assessing goals and expectations for a new system

The _______ is concerned with insuring that technical, economic, and organizational benefits outweigh costs and risks

__________ is the process of planning and controlling the development of a system within a specified timeframe at a minimum cost with the right functionality.

A __________ has the primary responsibility for managing the hundreds of tasks and roles that need to be carefully coordinated.

Risk” is usually _______ as the project progresses.

Assembling project team and assigning their responsibilities are done during which phase of a project management?

He basic nature of a project is a/an _____ one.

process that involves continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detail become available is termed as

A program is usually a group of

Which from the following statement(s) is/are NOT true? I. Projects have defined objectives II. Programs have a larger scope than projects III. The projects and programs in a portfolio must be directly related

Projects management is divided in _____ process groups.

TRUE or FALSE. Project management is critical to successful development of new systems