Exam 3: Project Management

Which form of analysis would you use to "sell" a systems project to a manager that is only interested in how many widgets will need to be sold before the project becomes profitable? Why?

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Question 21

Operational feasibility deals with the basic resources to consider,which are your time and that of the systems analysis team,the cost of doing a full systems study (including the time of employees you will be working with),the cost of the business employee time,the estimated cost of hardware,and the estimated cost of software or software development.

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Question 22

Economic feasibility deals with whether or not it is possible to develop a new system given the current technical resources.

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Question 23

In ecommerce systems,the data is scattered across the organization.

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Question 24

A disadvantage of buying computer hardware is the initial cost of purchasing the equipment is often very high.

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Question 25

A team leader who is concerned with the social relationships between group members is known as a task leader.

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Question 26

The value of a fishbone diagram is to systematically list all of the problems that can occur.

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Question 27

An advantage of ________ is that they allow easy identification of the order of precedence and easy determination of slack time.

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Question 28

Along with managing time and resources,systems analysts must also manage people.

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Question 29

Which of the following is clarified by the project charter?

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Question 30

PERT is an acronym for Program Evaluation and Review Technique.

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Question 31

The longest path through a PERT diagram is referred to as the ________ path.

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Question 32

A Gantt chart contains:

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Question 33

What are the three main categories of cloud computing?

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Question 34

COTS stands for commercial off-the-shelf and refers to software packages that are purchased.

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Question 35

Which of these is not an advantage of a Gantt chart?

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Question 36

Analysts should have little interest in improving worker satisfaction with the system.

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Question 37

A PERT diagram does not allow for easy identification of the critical path and thus critical activities.

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Question 38

Which of the following is not a way in which systems projects are considered to be feasible?

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Question 39

The length of the arrows in a PERT diagram has a direct relationship with the duration of the activity.

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Which form of analysis would you use to "sell" a systems project to a manager that is only interested in how many widgets will need to be sold before the project becomes profitable? Why?

Economic feasibility deals with whether or not it is possible to develop a new system given the current technical resources.

In ecommerce systems,the data is scattered across the organization.

A disadvantage of buying computer hardware is the initial cost of purchasing the equipment is often very high.

A team leader who is concerned with the social relationships between group members is known as a task leader.

The value of a fishbone diagram is to systematically list all of the problems that can occur.

An advantage of ________ is that they allow easy identification of the order of precedence and easy determination of slack time.

Along with managing time and resources,systems analysts must also manage people.

Which of the following is clarified by the project charter?

PERT is an acronym for Program Evaluation and Review Technique.

The longest path through a PERT diagram is referred to as the ________ path.

A Gantt chart contains:

What are the three main categories of cloud computing?

COTS stands for commercial off-the-shelf and refers to software packages that are purchased.

Which of these is not an advantage of a Gantt chart?

Analysts should have little interest in improving worker satisfaction with the system.

A PERT diagram does not allow for easy identification of the critical path and thus critical activities.

Which of the following is not a way in which systems projects are considered to be feasible?

The length of the arrows in a PERT diagram has a direct relationship with the duration of the activity.

Systems, roles, and Development Methodologies

Understanding and Modeling Organizational Systems

Information Gathering: Interactive Methods

Information Gathering: Unobtrusive Methods

Agile Modeling, prototyping, and Scrum

Using Data Flow Diagrams

Analyzing Systems Using Data Dictionaries

Process Specifications and Structured Decisions

Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design Using UML

Designing Effective Output

Designing Effective Input

Designing Databases

Human-Computer Interaction and Ux Design

Designing Accurate Data Entry Procedures

Quality Assurance and Implementation

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