Modern Systems Analysis and Design 8th Edition Valacich - Test Bank
Modern Systems Analysis and Design, 8e (Valacich/George)
Chapter 1 The Systems Development Environment
1) ________ would be classified as software designed to support the payroll function.
A) System software
B) Design software
C) Analysis software
D) Application software
Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
2) ________ is designed to support organizational functions or processes.
A) Application software
B) Design software
C) Analysis software
D) Testing software
Answer: A
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
3) What are computer programs that make it easy to use and benefit from techniques and to
faithfully follow the guidelines of the overall development methodology?
A) Tools
B) Techniques
C) Data flow
D) Methodologies
Answer: A
Difficulty: Moderate
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
4) Who has the primary responsibility for the design and analysis of information systems?
A) Systems analyst
B) Software engineer
C) Employees
D) Applications developer
Answer: A
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
1
Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.5) ________ is/are the process(es) that an analyst will follow to help ensure that his work is
complete, well-done, and understood by project team members.
A) Tools
B) Techniques
C) Data flow
D) Methodologies
Answer: B
Difficulty: Moderate
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
6) The first procedural, or third-generation, computer programming languages did not become
available until the beginning of the ________.
A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s
Answer: B
Difficulty: Difficult
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
7) Because computers were so expensive, computer memory was also at a premium, so system
developers conserved as much memory as possible for ________.
A) System design
B) System analysis
C) Data analysis
D) Data storage
Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
8) ________ are large, complex systems that consist of a series of independent system modules.
A) Supply chain management systems
B) Enterprise-wide systems
C) Customer relationship management systems
D) Transaction processing systems
Answer: B
Difficulty: Moderate
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
2
Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.9) ________ were developed to make systems developers' work easier and more consistent.
A) Data analysis tools
B) Computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools
C) Software designing tools
D) Modeling tools
Answer: B
Difficulty: Difficult
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
10) Most organizations find it beneficial to use a standard set of steps, called ________, to
develop and support their information systems.
A) Systems development methodology
B) Supply chain management systems
C) Analytical processing systems
D) Customer relationship management systems
Answer: A
Difficulty: Difficult
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
11) Which of the below is a traditional methodology used to develop, maintain, and replace
information systems?
A) Prototyping
B) OOAD
C) RAD
D) SDLC
Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
12) Information systems analysis and design is a process to develop and maintain computer-
based information systems.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: Easy
AACSB: Information Technology
LO: 1.1 Define information systems and design
Classification: Concept
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