Exam 10: Building Successful Information Systems

In the planning phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), _____ assesses an information system's costs and benefits.

In _____ of the implementation phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), an old system is stopped and a new system is implemented.

In the context of economic feasibility, which of the following statements is true of opportunity costs?

In _____ of the implementation phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), an analyst introduces an information system in only a limited area of an organization, such as a division or department.

In the context of structured systems analysis and design (SSAD) models, a _____ is a modeling tool that helps break down a complex process into simpler, more manageable, and more understandable subprocesses.

In the context of prototyping during the design phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), a _____ shows users how a particular task that was not technically feasible or appears to be unfeasible can be done.

With the _____ approach, an organization chooses an outsourcing company in any part of the world, as long as it can provide the needed services.

__________is an incremental development process that focuses on setting a minimum number of requirements and turning them into a working product.

One shortcoming of rapid application development (RAD) is _____.

In _____ of the implementation phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), as each module of a new system is converted, the corresponding part of an old system is retired.

The object-oriented approach to the analysis and design of information systems treats process and data independently and is a sequential approach that requires completing the analysis before beginning the design.

In the context of structured systems analysis and design (SSAD) models, a _____ is a tool that illustrates the logical steps in a process but does not show data elements and associations.

During the__________of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), a team assesses how a system is working and takes steps to keep the system up and running.

With the _____ approach, an organization chooses an outsourcing company in a neighboring country, such as when a U.S. organization chooses a company in Canada or Mexico.

During the _____ of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) model, an information systems designer must define the problem an organization faces, taking care not to define symptoms rather than the underlying problem.

The end result of the__________of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) model should give users and top management a clear view of what the problem is and how the information system will solve the problem.

Which of the following is an advantage of the joint application design (JAD) approach?

Which of the following approaches for developing information systems increases the risk of leaking confidential information to competitors?

Which of the following is an outcome of the design phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC)?

A(n)__________lists the completion time of a project on the x-axis and all the activities on the y-axis, which allows the systems analyst to monitor the progress of the project and detect any delay in the daily operation of the project.