MULTIPLE CHOICE (Answer on green scantron with no. 2 pencil)
1) ________ were developed to make systems developers' work easier and more consistent.
A) Data analysis tools
B) Computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools
C) Software designing tools
D) Modeling tools
2) _______________ is a systems development approach characterized by short term deliverables
to the customer.
A) Agile systems development
B) Supply chain management systems development
C) Analytical processing systems development
D) Customer relationship management systems development
3) Which of the below is a traditional methodology used to develop, maintain, and replace
information systems?
A) Prototyping
B) OOAD
C) RAD
D) SDLC
4) What is the first phase in the Systems Development Life Cycle?
A) Analysis
B) Design
C) Planning
D) Procedure
5) Which of the below is NOT a true statement regarding the SDLC?
A) It is a highly linked set of phases whose products feed the activities in subsequent phases.
B) The different phases are clearly defined.
C) The relationships between phases are well specified.
D) It is a rapid method to prototype and develop an application.
6) As the _________, Barbara has the primary responsibility to articulate the business process to the
systems analyst for design of the new software development project.
A) Chief information officer
B) Primary user of the system
C) Methodology specialist
D) Business analyst
7) ________ is/are the property that occurs when entity types or object classes are arranged in a
hierarchy and each entity type or object class assumes the attributes and methods of its ancestors,
that is, those higher up in the hierarchy.
A) Inheritance
B) Objects
C) Participatory design
D) Object-oriented analysis and design
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8) ________ is the practice of turning over responsibility of some to all of an organization's
information systems applications and operations to an outside firm.
A) Outsourcing
B) Reuse
C) Nearshoring
D) Time to market
9) Which firm is best known for its Enterprise Resource Planning software solution? Hint: In class, I
mentioned that Ole Miss uses this solution.
A) SAP AG
B) Oracle
C) Microsoft
D) Google
10) Why is open-source software different than the other types of software?
A) Companies make money by offering maintenance contracts.
B) It is available via the Internet.
C) The source code is free.
D) Only major corporations offer it.
11) When an organization’s own IT personnel develops and manages the software system for their
organization it is referred to as being _____________?
A) On Prim
B) Prepackaged software
C) Off the shelf
D) Open source
12) Which of the following is a characteristic of off-the-shelf software?
A) The Code is available to see, copy, and edit freely
B) No licensing fee
C) The software is generally not highly customizable
D) It is developed by a world wide collaborative community of coders
13) Salesforce.com is an example of ___________.
A) IT service firms
B) in-house developers
C) cloud computing
D) ERP
14) ________ refers to the use of previously written software resources, especially objects and
components, in new applications.
A) Reorganization
B) Reuse
C) IT vendor support
D) Software
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