Exam 5: IT Governance

Once the system development life cycle has determined the priority it places on IT systems, the IT governance committee will manage the development, implementation, and use of the systems.

One advantage of the interview process is efficiency.

The AICPA Trust Principles failed to include any reference to the internal control structure of the IT systems.

Business process reengineering takes place at the systems design stage of the SDLC.

To fulfill the management obligations that are an integral part of IT governance, management need not focus on:

The purpose of this analysis is to determine which of the alternative designs is the most cost effective.

Which phase of the system development life cycle includes determining user needs of the IT system?

In the detailed design phase, all of the individual steps within a process must be identified and designed.

This phase of SDLC requires the collection of data about the system and the careful scrutiny of those data to determine areas of the system that can be improved.

Typical steps within the systems analysis phase of the SDLC would not include which of the following?

During this phase of the SDLC, management should request and receive ongoing reports about the performance of the IT system.

The most common way to test software is to use which of the following?

A structure of relationships and processes to direct and control the enterprise in order to achieve the enterprise's goals by adding value while balancing risk versus return over IT and its processes is called:

A retail store chain is developing a new integrated computer system for sales and inventories in its store locations.Which of the following implementation methods would involve the most risk?

Once the systems development life cycle SDLC) is complete, it is not necessary to restart the cycle unless something is brought to the attention of the IT governance committee to indicate that another cycle is required.

The systems analysis report, which is sent to the IT governance committee, will inform the committee of all of the following, except:

The formal process that many organizations use to select, design, and implement IT systems is the:

The forms, documents, screens, or electronic means used to put data into the accounting system are called:

This type of question is completely open ended, and the respondent is free to answer in any way that he/she feels addresses the question.

The purpose of observation in the system survey is to enable the project team to gain an understanding of the processing steps within the system.