Question 1.1. (TCO 2) Benefits that can be easily quantified are known as
variable.
tangible.
intangible.
fixed.
None of the above
Question 2.2. (TCO 2) Which kind of feasibility asks how well the proposed system satisfies the identified system requirements?
Operational feasibility
Technical feasibility
Schedule feasibility
Legal feasibility
Cultural or political feasibility
Question 3.3. (TCO 2) Which of the following is NOT a suggestion for keeping people listening during a presentation?
Stop talking.
Ask a question.
Try humor.
Talk faster.
Do something unexpected.
Question 4.4. (TCO 2) Which of the following is NOT a technique for assessing economic feasibility?
Time value of money
Payback analysis
Return on investment
Net present value
All of the above are techniques for assessing economic feasibility.
Question 5.5. (TCO 2) Which of the following is NOT an approach for identifying candidate solutions?
Recognize ideas and options expressed by users.
Brainstorm possible solutions.
Only consider building the application in-house.
Seek references from other persons or organizations that have implemented similar systems.
All of these are approaches for identifying candidate solutions.
Question 6.6. (TCO 6) When you have already decided on the specific product, but that product can be acquired from different vendors or distributors, what would you use to solicit a proposal from a vendor?
A equest for proposal (RFP)
A request for quotation (RFQ)
A request for specification (RFS)
A request for design (RFD)
None of the above
Question 7.7. (TCO 6) Which of the following are examples of model-driven approaches?
Structured design, rapid application development, and CASE
Information engineering, CASE, and joint application design
Object-oriented design, joint application, and rapid application development
Structured design, information engineering, and object-oriented design
None of the above
Question 8.8. (TCO 6) Which of the following is a disadvantage of prototyping?
Prototyping encourages a return to the "code, implement, and repair" life cycle.
Prototypes are a passive model of the system.
End users don't fully understand their requirements until they see them implemented.
Errors cannot be detected as easily when a prototype is developed.
None of the above
Question 9.9. (TCO 6) In the procurement phase, which of the following is a resource used to conduct research on the technical alternatives?
Technical and professional journals
Internal standards
Information services
Trade newspapers and periodicals
All of the above
Question 10.10. (TCO 6) A model-driven and data-centered but process-sensitive technique to plan, analyze, and design information systems is known as
prototyping.
information engineering.
reverse engineering.
business process reengineering.
None of the above
Question 11.11. (TCO 6) A multiuser computer that hosts all the components of an information system is used in
distributed systems.
communication systems.
enterprise resource systems.
centralized systems.
None of the above
Question 12.12. (TCO 6) Which of the following is NOT represented in a physical data flow?
The planned implementation of an input to or output from a physical process
A database command or action, such as create, read, update, or delete
The import of data or the export of data to another information system across the network
The flow of data between two modules of subroutines within the same program
Data and data manipulation layers being placed on the server(s) and the application logic, presentation logic, and presentation being placed on the clients
Question 13.13. (TCO 6) A server that hosts services that ultimately ensure that all database updates for a single business transaction succeed or fail as a whole is known as
a database server.
a transaction server.
an application server.
a messaging server.
None of the above
Question 14.14. (TCO 6) Which of the following is NOT one of the basic types of distributed systems architecture?
Client/server architecture
File server architecture
Wireless architecture
Internet-based architecture
All of the above are basic types of distributed architecture.
Question 15.15. (TCO 6) A set of computers connected over a relatively short distance to one or more servers is known as a(n)
LAN.
WAN.
MAN.
CAN.
backbone.