Question 1

What statement links the project to the organization's overall business goals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Project milestones 
B)  Project objectives 
C)  Project scope statement 
D)  Project deliverable 
A)  Project milestones 
B)  Project objectives 
C)  Project scope statement 
D)  Project deliverable

Question 2

What is the number one reason that IT projects fall behind schedule or fail?

Accepted Answer

A)  Change in business goals during the project 
B)  Lack of support from business management 
C)  Poor planning or poor project management 
D)  Change in technology during the project 
A)  Change in business goals during the project 
B)  Lack of support from business management 
C)  Poor planning or poor project management 
D)  Change in technology during the project

Question 3

Development testing verifies that separate systems can work together passing data back and forth correctly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

SCRUM is a sequential, activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A critical path for a project is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which the project can be completed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is a set of policies, procedures, standards, processes, practices, tools, techniques, and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges?

Accepted Answer

A)  SDLC 
B)  Methodology 
C)  Waterfall 
D)  Agile 
A)  SDLC 
B)  Methodology 
C)  Waterfall 
D)  Agile

Question 7

What makes system changes to repair design flaws, coding errors, or implementation issues?

Accepted Answer

A)  Corrective maintenance 
B)  Preventative maintenance 
C)  Pilot implementation 
D)  Phased implementation 
A)  Corrective maintenance 
B)  Preventative maintenance 
C)  Pilot implementation 
D)  Phased implementation

Question 8

Outsourcing is a common approach using the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain the organization's information technology systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A joint application development session is where employees meet, sometimes for several days, to define or review the business requirements for the system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Who are individuals and organizations actively involved in the project or whose interests might be affected as a result of project execution or project completion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Project manager 
B)  Project stakeholders 
C)  Executive sponsor 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Project manager 
B)  Project stakeholders 
C)  Executive sponsor 
D)  All of the above

Question 11

What is it called when a company uses organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  In-sourcing 
B)  Outsourcing 
C)  Business process outsourcing 
D)  Offshore outsourcing 
A)  In-sourcing 
B)  Outsourcing 
C)  Business process outsourcing 
D)  Offshore outsourcing

Question 12

The rational unified process (RUP) methodology, owned by IBM, provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What assesses if the entire system meets the design requirements of the users?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alpha testing 
B)  Development testing 
C)  Integration testing 
D)  System testing 
A)  Alpha testing 
B)  Development testing 
C)  Integration testing 
D)  System testing

Question 14

A service is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which high-level programming language uses c+ and java?

Accepted Answer

A)  First generation machine language 
B)  Second generation machine language 
C)  Third generation machine language 
D)  Fourth generation machine language 
A)  First generation machine language 
B)  Second generation machine language 
C)  Third generation machine language 
D)  Fourth generation machine language

Question 16

Explain the business benefits associated with successful software development.

Accepted Answer

Software development uses the systems de

Question 17

The testing phase takes all the detailed design documents from the design phase and transforms them into the actual system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Service-oriented architecture 
B)  Service 
C)  Loose coupling 
D)  Interoperability 
A)  Service-oriented architecture 
B)  Service 
C)  Loose coupling 
D)  Interoperability

Question 19

What is a set of best practices that helps an organization to maximize the benefits of an information system, while at the same time establishing appropriate controls to ensure minimum errors?

Accepted Answer

A)  COBIT 
B)  CASE 
C)  IEEE 
D)  All of the above 
A)  COBIT 
B)  CASE 
C)  IEEE 
D)  All of the above

Question 20

What are intangible benefits?

Accepted Answer

A)  Difficult to quantify or measure. 
B)  Easy to quantify and typically measured to determine the success or failure of a project. 
C)  The measure of the tangible and intangible benefits of an information system. 
D)  A periodic reviews of actual performance versus expected performance. 
A)  Difficult to quantify or measure. 
B)  Easy to quantify and typically measured to determine the success or failure of a project. 
C)  The measure of the tangible and intangible benefits of an information system. 
D)  A periodic reviews of actual performance versus expected performance.

What statement links the project to the organization's overall business goals?

What is the number one reason that IT projects fall behind schedule or fail?

Development testing verifies that separate systems can work together passing data back and forth correctly.

SCRUM is a sequential, activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance.

A critical path for a project is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which the project can be completed.

What is a set of policies, procedures, standards, processes, practices, tools, techniques, and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges?

What makes system changes to repair design flaws, coding errors, or implementation issues?

Outsourcing is a common approach using the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain the organization's information technology systems.

A joint application development session is where employees meet, sometimes for several days, to define or review the business requirements for the system.

Who are individuals and organizations actively involved in the project or whose interests might be affected as a result of project execution or project completion?

What is it called when a company uses organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems?

The rational unified process (RUP) methodology, owned by IBM, provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates.

What assesses if the entire system meets the design requirements of the users?

A service is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

Which high-level programming language uses c+ and java?

Explain the business benefits associated with successful software development.

The testing phase takes all the detailed design documents from the design phase and transforms them into the actual system.

What is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers?

What is a set of best practices that helps an organization to maximize the benefits of an information system, while at the same time establishing appropriate controls to ensure minimum errors?

What are intangible benefits?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Emerging Trends and Technologies

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Exam 9: Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

What statement links the project to the organization's overall business goals?

What is the number one reason that IT projects fall behind schedule or fail?

Development testing verifies that separate systems can work together passing data back and forth correctly.

SCRUM is a sequential, activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance.

A critical path for a project is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which the project can be completed.

What is a set of policies, procedures, standards, processes, practices, tools, techniques, and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges?

What makes system changes to repair design flaws, coding errors, or implementation issues?

Outsourcing is a common approach using the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain the organization's information technology systems.

A joint application development session is where employees meet, sometimes for several days, to define or review the business requirements for the system.

Who are individuals and organizations actively involved in the project or whose interests might be affected as a result of project execution or project completion?

What is it called when a company uses organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems?

The rational unified process (RUP) methodology, owned by IBM, provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates.

What assesses if the entire system meets the design requirements of the users?

A service is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

Which high-level programming language uses c+ and java?

Explain the business benefits associated with successful software development.

The testing phase takes all the detailed design documents from the design phase and transforms them into the actual system.

What is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers?

What is a set of best practices that helps an organization to maximize the benefits of an information system, while at the same time establishing appropriate controls to ensure minimum errors?

What are intangible benefits?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Emerging Trends and Technologies

Filters