Test Bank for Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World 7th Edition Satzinger / All Chapters 1 – 14 / Full Complete 2023

Chapter 01: From Beginning to End: An Overview of Systems Analysis and Design
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Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World 7th Edition SatzingerTest Bank

1. An information system often includes the software, the database, and the related manual processes.
   a. True
   b. False
   ANSWER: True
   POINTS: 1
   REFERENCES: p4
2. Systems analysis is sometimes referred to as “understanding and specification.”
   a. True
   b. False
   ANSWER: True
   POINTS: 1
   REFERENCES: p4
3. Systems design consists of activities to describe the solution to the problem.
   a. True
   b. False
   ANSWER: True
   POINTS: 1
   REFERENCES: p5
4. Systems development is always a formal activity with a beginning and an end.
   a. True
   b. False
   ANSWER: False
   POINTS: 1
   REFERENCES: p6
5. The SDLC means the Systems Design Life Cycle.
   a. True
   b. False
   ANSWER: False
   POINTS: 1
   REFERENCES: p7
6. Agile Development refers to the flexibility that programmers have in taking on various assignments.
   a. True
   b. False
   ANSWER: False
   POINTS: 1
   REFERENCES: p8
7. Iterative development is the same as Agile development.

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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: p8

8. In iterative development the system is grown organically.
   a. True
   b. False
   ANSWER: True
   POINTS: 1
   REFERENCES: p8
9. The first core process is to plan the project.
   a. True
   b. False
   ANSWER: False
   POINTS: 1
   REFERENCES: p8
10. In iterative development, an iteration usually lasts about six weeks.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p10
11. The System Vision Document is usually developed before the project actually begins.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: True
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p12
12. The project plan is required to get the project approved.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p12
13. A Work Breakdown Structure is the first step in building a project schedule.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: True
    POINTS: 1

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REFERENCES: p14

14. During analysis activities the project team build two types of diagrams: Use Case diagram and Package diagram.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p17-18
15. The purpose of a workflow diagram is to document the internal steps of a use case.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: True
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p19
16. The ovals in a workflow diagram represent tasks.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: True
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p19-20
17. The database is designed using information from the class diagram.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: True
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p22
18. All the classes in the Design Class Diagram are used to define the database tables.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p24
19. A package diagram is useful to document the various subsystems in a system.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: True
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p24-25
20. Usually the final step in a given iteration is to deploy part of the system.
    a. True
    b. False

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ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: p27

21. One approach to the SDLC can be described using five core processes.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p7
22. An iteration normally only includes three or four of the core processes.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p8
23. Sometimes the activities within Core Process one are completed before the actual project starts.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: True
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p11
24. An information system consists of
    a. software, database, and manual processes
    b. software, hardware, and network
    c. software, hardware, and database
    d. applications, screens, and database
    ANSWER: a
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p4
25. A person that functions as an architect to plan, capture the vision, and understand the needs for a new system is often
    called a .
    a. programmer analyst
    b. software engineer
    c. systems analyst
    d. software developer
    ANSWER: c
    POINTS: 1
    REFERENCES: p6
26. Those activities that enable a person to describe in the detail the system that solves the need is called