Question 1

A PERT diagram is useful when:

Accepted Answer

A) activities can be done in parallel rather than sequence. 
B) there is no slack time available. 
C) the project team needs to know which activities should be done at which point in time. 
D) activities do not have any precedent activities. 
A) activities can be done in parallel rather than sequence. 
B) there is no slack time available. 
C) the project team needs to know which activities should be done at which point in time. 
D) activities do not have any precedent activities.

Question 2

________ includes all the activities required to select a systems analysis team, assign members of the team to appropriate projects, estimate time required to complete each task, and schedule the project so that tasks are completed in a timely fashion.

Accepted Answer

A) Planning 
B) Designing 
C) Estimating 
D) Scheduling 
A) Planning 
B) Designing 
C) Estimating 
D) Scheduling

Question 3

What are the five important criteria for systems project selection?

Accepted Answer

1.That the requested project be backed b

Question 4

Requirements on a problem definition include the word "not."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Judging the feasibility of a proposed systems project is usually a clear-cut decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

An advantage of PERT diagrams is the easy determination of slack time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

On a problem definition, ________ are the current situation and objectives are the desired situation.

Accepted Answer

A) facts 
B) results 
C) attitudes 
D) issues 
A) facts 
B) results 
C) attitudes 
D) issues

Question 8

Which of the following is not a difference between managing ecommerce projects and the traditional projects?

Accepted Answer

A) The data used in ecommerce is scattered all over the organization. 
B) The staff used for ecommerce has a unified set of skills. 
C) Ecommerce managers need to initially build internal and external partnerships. 
D) Security in ecommerce is a must. 
A) The data used in ecommerce is scattered all over the organization. 
B) The staff used for ecommerce has a unified set of skills. 
C) Ecommerce managers need to initially build internal and external partnerships. 
D) Security in ecommerce is a must.

Question 9

Which of the following is concerned with the current technical resources that can be upgraded or added to in order to fulfill the requests under consideration?

Accepted Answer

A) economic feasibility 
B) operational feasibility 
C) tactical feasibility 
D) technical feasibility 
A) economic feasibility 
B) operational feasibility 
C) tactical feasibility 
D) technical feasibility

Question 10

Tangible costs include losing a competitive edge, losing the reputation for being first with an innovation or the leader in a field, declining company image due to increased customer dissatisfaction, and ineffective decision making due to untimely or inaccessible information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Objectives are major independent pieces of the problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The critical path is defined as the most expensive path.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following is dependent upon determining human resources for the project?

Accepted Answer

A) economic feasibility 
B) operational feasibility 
C) tactical feasibility 
D) technical feasibility 
A) economic feasibility 
B) operational feasibility 
C) tactical feasibility 
D) technical feasibility

Question 14

Which of the following is not a desirable team member characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A) a good work ethic 
B) a readiness to take on leadership based on expertise 
C) honesty 
D) position within the organization 
E) enthusiasm for the project 
A) a good work ethic 
B) a readiness to take on leadership based on expertise 
C) honesty 
D) position within the organization 
E) enthusiasm for the project

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A ________ is a chart on which bars represent each task.

Accepted Answer

A) Gantt chart 
B) design diagram 
C) PERT diagram 
D) database design 
A) Gantt chart 
B) design diagram 
C) PERT diagram 
D) database design

Question 17

PERT diagrams occasionally need to use dummy activities to preserve the logic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In an interview, which of the following is not a way to identify a major point for a problem definition from an interview?

Accepted Answer

A) Users may communicate the same metaphors, such as saying the business is a journey, war, game, organism, machine, and so on. 
B) Users may be purposely brief when talking about the problem. 
C) Identifying an issue, topic, or theme that is repeated several times, sometimes by different people in several interviews. 
D) It may be the first thing mentioned by the user. 
E) Users may communicate importance by body language or may speak emphatically on an issue. 
A) Users may communicate the same metaphors, such as saying the business is a journey, war, game, organism, machine, and so on. 
B) Users may be purposely brief when talking about the problem. 
C) Identifying an issue, topic, or theme that is repeated several times, sometimes by different people in several interviews. 
D) It may be the first thing mentioned by the user. 
E) Users may communicate importance by body language or may speak emphatically on an issue.

Question 19

Which of the following is not an advantage of using cloud services?

Accepted Answer

A) maintenance and upgrades are performed by provider 
B) consistency over multiple platforms 
C) full control over hardware and software 
D) All of the above. 
A) maintenance and upgrades are performed by provider 
B) consistency over multiple platforms 
C) full control over hardware and software 
D) All of the above.

Question 20

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?

Accepted Answer

Break-even analysis - It can b

A PERT diagram is useful when:

________ includes all the activities required to select a systems analysis team, assign members of the team to appropriate projects, estimate time required to complete each task, and schedule the project so that tasks are completed in a timely fashion.

What are the five important criteria for systems project selection?

Requirements on a problem definition include the word "not."

Judging the feasibility of a proposed systems project is usually a clear-cut decision.

An advantage of PERT diagrams is the easy determination of slack time.

On a problem definition, ________ are the current situation and objectives are the desired situation.

Which of the following is not a difference between managing ecommerce projects and the traditional projects?

Which of the following is concerned with the current technical resources that can be upgraded or added to in order to fulfill the requests under consideration?

Tangible costs include losing a competitive edge, losing the reputation for being first with an innovation or the leader in a field, declining company image due to increased customer dissatisfaction, and ineffective decision making due to untimely or inaccessible information.

Objectives are major independent pieces of the problem.

The critical path is defined as the most expensive path.

Which of the following is dependent upon determining human resources for the project?

Which of the following is not a desirable team member characteristic?

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

A ________ is a chart on which bars represent each task.

PERT diagrams occasionally need to use dummy activities to preserve the logic.

In an interview, which of the following is not a way to identify a major point for a problem definition from an interview?

Which of the following is not an advantage of using cloud services?

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?

Systems, Roles, and Development Methodologies

Understanding and Modeling Organizational Systems

Information Gathering: Interactive Methods

Information Gathering: Unobtrusive Methods

Agile Modeling and Prototyping

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

Designing Accurate Data Entry

Quality Assurance and Implementation

Filters

Exam 3: Project Management

A PERT diagram is useful when:

________ includes all the activities required to select a systems analysis team, assign members of the team to appropriate projects, estimate time required to complete each task, and schedule the project so that tasks are completed in a timely fashion.

What are the five important criteria for systems project selection?

Requirements on a problem definition include the word "not."

Judging the feasibility of a proposed systems project is usually a clear-cut decision.

An advantage of PERT diagrams is the easy determination of slack time.

On a problem definition, ________ are the current situation and objectives are the desired situation.

Which of the following is not a difference between managing ecommerce projects and the traditional projects?

Which of the following is concerned with the current technical resources that can be upgraded or added to in order to fulfill the requests under consideration?

Tangible costs include losing a competitive edge, losing the reputation for being first with an innovation or the leader in a field, declining company image due to increased customer dissatisfaction, and ineffective decision making due to untimely or inaccessible information.

Objectives are major independent pieces of the problem.

The critical path is defined as the most expensive path.

Which of the following is dependent upon determining human resources for the project?

Which of the following is not a desirable team member characteristic?

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

A ________ is a chart on which bars represent each task.

PERT diagrams occasionally need to use dummy activities to preserve the logic.

In an interview, which of the following is not a way to identify a major point for a problem definition from an interview?

Which of the following is not an advantage of using cloud services?

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?

Systems, Roles, and Development Methodologies

Understanding and Modeling Organizational Systems

Information Gathering: Interactive Methods

Information Gathering: Unobtrusive Methods

Agile Modeling and Prototyping

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

Designing Accurate Data Entry

Quality Assurance and Implementation

Filters