Question 1

Which of the following is a method for comparing alternative vendor proposals for development of an accounting information system when the vendors differ with regard to their ability to meet the project criteria?

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A) Point scoring. 
B) Resource clearing. 
C) Requirements costing. 
D) Multi-objective optimization.

Question 2

What is the first step a company should take when evaluating requests for proposals?

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A) Carefully compare proposals against the proposed AIS requirements. 
B) Determine how much of a given proposal meets the desired AIS requirements. 
C) Eliminate proposals that are missing important information or fail to meet minimum requirements. 
D) Invite vendors to demonstrate their systems.

Question 3

What are the advantages and disadvantages of custom software and of canned software for meeting application software needs?

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Question 4

According to a survey discussed in your textbook,what percentage of companies outsourced some or all of their information systems?

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A) 5%. 
B) 25%. 
C) 50%. 
D) Greater than 50%.

Question 5

Describe each of the four important principles underlying Business Process Management (BPM).

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Question 6

What guidelines should be followed when contracting with an outside developer to create custom software?

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Question 7

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing.

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Question 8

What is a benchmark problem?

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A) A difficulty encountered when attempting to bring an accounting information system up to industry best practices. 
B) A method used to compare the efficiency of alternative accounting information systems. 
C) The cost-benefit tradeoff defined by the relationship between increased costs and increased benefits from a system. 
D) A method used to test the compatibility of a new accounting information system with existing hardware and software.

Question 9

Prototyping is often appropriate when

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A) there is a low level of uncertainty. 
B) it is clear which questions need to be addressed. 
C) there is a high likelihood of failure. 
D) there are limited financial resources available.

Question 10

The basic premise of ________ is that it is easier for people to express what they like or dislike about an existing system than to imagine what they would like in a system.

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A) modified software 
B) outsourcing agreements 
C) prototyping 
D) turnkey systems

Question 11

When canned software is used for systems acquisition,the implementation and conversion phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC)

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A) involves the documentation step. 
B) requires the company to have trained IS personnel. 
C) requires the develop and test software step. 
D) involves both A and C.

Question 12

Which of the following is not a benefit of outsourcing?

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A) Access to greater expertise and more advanced technology. 
B) Ability to gain greater control. 
C) Improved development time. 
D) Lower costs.

Question 13

Benathir Donathat,director of the project committee,has received approval from management for implementation of a new accounting information system.After putting out an RFP,the committee settled on a Web-based application service provider that will manage all hardware and software required by the system,with fees based on usage.The committee decided to go with

Accepted Answer

A) canned software. 
B) a turnkey system. 
C) an outsourced system. 
D) an end-user developed system.

Question 14

Which of the following is a one-time event that can yield dramatic performance improvements?

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A) Business process reengineering (BPR). 
B) Business process management (BPM). 
C) Business process innovation (BPI). 
D) Business process diagramming (BP
D) .

Question 15

Moneka Jones is the CIO for Noela Incorporated.Moneka wants to replace the firm's existing system.However,she wants to spend as little time as possible preparing and evaluating RFPs.When preparing an RFP,Moneka should probably

Accepted Answer

A) disclose exact hardware and software specifications. 
B) disclose specific performance objectives and requirements. 
C) disclose general software requirements. 
D) disclose general performance objectives and requirements.

Question 16

Which of the following is a system that automates and facilitates business process improvements throughout the system development life cycle?

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A) Business process reengineering system (BPRS). 
B) Business process innovation system (BPIS). 
C) Business process management system (BPMS). 
D) Business process diagramming system (BPDS).

Question 17

________ and ________ are approaches to evaluating vendor proposals that do not incorporate dollar estimates of costs or benefits.

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A) Benchmark problem;point scoring 
B) Point scoring;requirements costing 
C) Requirements costing;benchmark problem 
D) Point scoring;prototyping

Question 18

Which of the following is not one of the ways in which a Business Process Management System can improve internal control?

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A) Innovative technology allows access and authorization controls to be programmed at the transaction level. 
B) Documents or transactions that require approval can be electronically routed to a manager. 
C) Process rules are used to alert users when actions must be taken. 
D) All actions and processes are monitored and documented in a process log for periodic review.

Question 19

________ is a method of comparing systems by executing an input,processing,and output task on different computer systems and evaluating the results.

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A) Benchmarking 
B) Point scoring 
C) Prototyping 
D) Requirement costing

Question 20

Describe prototyping and identify when prototyping is appropriate.Identify the steps involved in prototyping.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of prototyping.

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Exam 21: Ais Development Strategies