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● MCQ
2). Information should come from authoritative sources. This means the information
should be ….
A.Reliable
B.Update
C.Relevant
D.Accurate
A. OAS
B. TPS
C. KWS
D. MIS
5) Which one of the following is a functional requirement?
A. Maintainability
B. Portability
C. Robustness
D. None of the mentioned
Answer: D
Answer: C
A. System request
B. System requirements document
C. System design specifications
D. Functioning IS
9) “Please explain how you make a scheduling decision.”, the previous question type
is …….. Question.
A. Open-Ended
B. Closed-Ended
C.None of the mentioned
10) A feasibility study is used to determine the proposed systems.
11) Which of the following is used when a company goes outside its organization to
develop a new system?
(A) Data flow diagram
(B) Systems flowchart
(C) Project dictionary
(D) Request for proposal
(A) Making the programmers understand how the system will function
(B) Communicating to the user, quickly, how the system, when developed, will look
like and get a feedback
(C) Giving a demo of the software, to the system manager to whom he reports
(D) Both (a) and (b)
Input
Output
Feedback
Information
21) Fact finding is done at the ... stage of SDLC
System Design
System Implementation
Requirements Analysis
D. at any time
A. Quality assurance
B. Conversion
C. Testing
D. Design
25 .In ……conversion approach; a working version of the system is implemented
in one part of the organization based on feedback, it is installed throughout
organization all alone or stage by stage.
A. Parallel
B. Phase-In Method
C. Direct Cutover
D. Pilot
D. problem solving
A. Logical Design
B. Detailed Design
A. SDLC
B. RAD
D. The Prototyping
31. Which of the following activities, does not belong to the Implementation phase
of the SDLC?
A. File conversion
B. User training
C. Program testing
A. qualitative information
B. quantitative information
C. statistical information
32.Routine things the system will do, such as reporting is considered one of its …
…. Requirements; while system usability is considered one of ……….
A. Functional/ non-functional
B. Functional/ functional
C. Non-functional/ functional
D. Non-functional/ Non-functional
A. Reliable
B. Updated
C. Relevant
D. Accurate
B. to identify the top level functions by combining many smaller components into
a single entity.
D. a machine code
A. System Analysis
B. System Implementation.
C. System Planning
D. System Design.
C. Functioning IS
D. System request
39.The most important attribute of a systems analyst is ………………..
40.The process of assessing the degree to which the potential time frame and
completion dates for all
major activities within a project meet organizational deadlines and constraints for
affecting change
A. operational
B. schedule
C. political
D. technical
A. operational
B. schedule
C. political
D. economic
A. OAS
B. MIS
C. KWS
D. TPS
45.……. is a QA level where offline software is examined for any violations of the
official coding rules.
A. Performance test
C. Routine running
D. Code Walk-through
A. Code Walk-through
C. Routine running
D. Performance tes
47.…………. support data workers, who do not usually create new knowledge but
rather analyze
information to manipulate data in some way before sharing it with the organization
A. OAS
B. TPS
C. KWS
D. MIS
B. system designers
C. systems analyst
49. In …….., trainers must meet the trainees at the same time, but not required to
be at the same place.
C. Multimedia Training
A. Users requirements
52. Which of the following is not a factor in the failure of the systems
developments projects?
A. Users requirements
B. Data
C. Process
D. All
B. Environmental
C. Competitive
D. Tactical
B. Information
C. Technology
D. Service
63. Use the new system as the same time as the old
system to compare the results. This is known as ……
A. Procedure Writing
B. Simultaneous processing
C. Parallel Operation
D. File Conversion
B. performance specification
C. design specification
D. None of these
B. System Data
C. System Procedure
D. System Record
B. Logical
C. Physical
B. Problem/Opportunity Identification
C. Design
as output. true
a. Requirements
b. Technical knowledge of development team
c. Users
d. Project types and associated risks
e. All of the above
True
False
True
False
(74) Kallie is creating use cases, data flow diagrams and entity relationship
Feasibility
Design
Planning
Analysis
Implementation
(75) Which phase is generally the longest and most expensive part of the
development process?
Implementation
Planning
Design
Analysis
Feasibility
(76) Decision-support systems use only internal information.
True
False
Expert System
(79)
The process of assessing the degree to which the potential time frame
and completion dates for all major activities within a project meet
organizational deadlines and constraints for affecting change best
describes:
Political Feasibility
Technical Feasibility
Schedule Feasibility
Operational Feasibility
Economic Feasibility
SDLC
People
Procedures
Data
Functioning IS
System request
System request
Functioning IS
(83) When the customer wants quick delivery, which model is best
suited?
Waterfall model
Prototype model
(84) Transaction processing systems are most commonly used by the
operational level of an organization.
True
False
(85) Cost feasibility study is performed during the ……. Phase.
Design
Implementation
Planning
Analysis
Expert System
Planning
Decision making
Political Feasibility
Technical Feasibility
Schedule Feasibility
Operational Feasibility
Economic Feasibility
Reliability
Analysis
preliminary investigation
System Design
System Analysis.
System Implementation
System Planning
Operational information
Tactical information
Strategic information
System Maintenance
System Development
System Testing
System Analysis
(95) Defining the business requirements is done at the ......... stage of
SDLC
System Implementation
System Design
System Analysis
A.structure chart
B.data-flow diagram
C.program flowchart
D.module
A. data-flow diagram
B. module
C. structure chart
D. program flowchart
100. Which of the following is not a factor in the failure of the systems
developments projects?
101. ________ manage the system development, assign staff, manage the
budget and reporting, and ensure that deadlines are met
A. Project managers
B. Network engineers
C. Graphic designers
D. Systems analysts
B. CASE tool
C. Phased Conversion
D. Success Factors
103. How many steps are in the program development life cycle (PDLC)?
A. 4
b. 5
C. 6
D. 10
104. A problem's _____ will answer the question, "What information will the
computer need to know in order to either print or display the output times?
A. Input
B. Output wrong
C. Purpose
D. Processing
A. Maintainability
B. Portability
C. Robustness
D. None of the mentioned
125. Programmers refer to the items needed to reach a problem's goal as the
_______
Input
Output
Processing Wrong
Purpose
A. Rectangle
B. Ellipse
C. Diamond shaped box
D. Circle
131 To avoid errors in transcription and transposition, during data entry, the System
Analyst should
(A) Provide for a check digit
(B) Provide for a hash totals
(C) Provide batch totals
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer
Answer: Option D
132. A self check digit is useful in detecting
(A) Transcription errors only
(B) Transposition errors only
(C) Random errors only
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer answer d
133. …………………………. is an important factor of
management information system.
A. System
B. Data
C. Process
D. All
discuss
A.System
134 ………………………….. level supply information to
strategic tier for the use of top management.
A. Operational
B. Environmental
C. Competitive
D. Tactical
discuss
D.Tactical
A.Rectangle
136. …………… can be defined as data that has been
processed into a form that is meaningful to the
recipient and is of real or perceive value in current
or prospective decisions.
A. System
B. Information
C. Technology
D. Service
B.Information
137. Use the new system as the same time as the old
system to compare the results. This is known as
……
A. Procedure Writing
B. Simultaneous processing
C. Parallel Operation
D. File Conversion
C.Parallel Operation
138. After the design phase the document prepared
is known as………………
A. system specification
B. performance specification
C. design specification
D. None of these
C.design specification
139. A data flow can
A. Only emanate from an external entity
B. Only terminate in an external entity
C. May emanate and terminate in an external entity
D. May either emanate or terminate in an external entity but not both
A.System Analysis
141. Which of the following is / are the
Characteristics of information?
A. Accuracy and Relevance
B. Form of information and Timeliness
C. Completeness and Purpose
D. All A, B & C
B.Logical
143. Data cannot flow between two data stores
because
A. it is not allowed in DFD
B. a data store is a passive repository of data
C. data can get corrupted
D. they will get merged
D.a, b, c, d, e and f
145. …………….. gives defining the flow of the data
through and organization or a company or series of
tasks that may or may not represent computerized
processing.
A. System process
B. System flowchart
C. System design
D. Structured System
B.System flowchart
146. In the Analysis phase, the development of the
____________ occurs, which is a clear statement of
the goals and objectives of the project.
A. documentation
B. flowchart
C. program specification
D. design
C.program specification
147. Actual programming of software code is done
during the ____________ step in the SDLC.
A. Maintenance and Evaluation
B. Design
C. Analysis
D. Development and Documentation
D.All A, B, C
151. ……………… is a tabular method for describing
the logic of the decisions to be taken.
A. Decision tables
B. Decision tree
C. Decision Method
D. Decision Data
A.Decision tables
152. The approach used in top‐down analysis and
design is
A. to identify the top level functions by combining many smaller components into a
single entity
B. to prepare flow charts after programming has been completed
C. to identify a top level function an d then create a hierarchy of lower‐level modules
and components.
D. All of the above
C.to identify a top level function an d then create a hierarchy of lower‐level modules
and components.
153. Documentation is prepared
A. at every stage
B. at system design
C. at system analysis
D. at system development
A.Actions
157. A _____ is an outline of a process that keeps
develop successful information systems
A. System Development Life Cycle
B. CASE tool
C. Phased Conversion
D. Success Factors