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Chapter 6: Systems Development

True/False Questions

1. The systems development life cycle is an unstructured approach for developing

information systems.

Answer: False Page: 280 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

2. Only IT majors will benefit from learning about the SDLC.

Answer: False Page: 280-283 Taxonomy: 2 Comprehension Level: Easy LO: 1

3. The third step in the SDLC is maintenance.

Answer: False Page: 281 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Medium LO: 1

4. The fifth step in the SDLC is testing.

Answer: True Page: 281 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Medium LO: 1

5. The planning phase involves determining a solid plan for developing your information

system.

Answer: True Page: 280 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

6. A critical success factor is a factor critical to your organization's success.

Answer: True Page: 281 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

7. Defining the project plan is part of the analysis phase.

Answer: False Page: 281 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Medium LO: 1

8. Building the technical architecture is part of the development phase.

Answer: True Page: 285 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

9. Project scope clearly defines the high-level system requirements.

Answer: True Page: 281 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

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10. The project plan is a written definition of the project scope and is usually no longer than

a paragraph.

Answer: False Page: 281 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Medium LO: 1

11. The project plan defines the what, when, and who questions of system development

including all activities to be performed, the individuals, or resources, who will perform the activities, and the time required to complete each activity.

Answer: True Page: 281 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Medium LO: 1

12. Adding additional features that were not part of the initial project definition is an

example of scope creep.

Answer: False Page: 281 Taxonomy: 2 Comprehension Level: Medium LO: 1

13. Project milestones represent key dates for which you need a certain group of activities

performed.

Answer: True Page: 282 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

14. The design phase involves end-users and IT specialists working together to gather,

understand, and document the business requirements for the proposed system.

Answer: False Page: 283 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Medium LO: 1

15. Business requirements are gathered in the design phase.

Answer: False Page: 282 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

16. Sign-off occurs when users and IT specialists meet to define or review the business

requirements for the system.

Answer: False Page: 282 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Hard LO: 1

17. During the development phase, you build a technical blueprint of how the proposed

system will work.

Answer: False Page: 284 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

18. Modeling is the activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design.

Answer: True Page: 284 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

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19. The analysis phase develops the detailed steps the system must perform along with the

expected results of each step.

Answer: False Page: 282 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Medium LO: 1

20. The testing phase verifies that the system works and meets all of the business

requirements defined in the analysis phase.

Answer: True Page: 285 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

21. The waterfall methodology is effective about 90% of the time.

Answer: False Page: 288 Taxonomy: 3 Analysis and Evaluation Level: Medium LO: 2

22. The waterfall methodology is the sequential implementation of the SDLC.

Answer: True Page: 288 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

23. Outsourcing is the delegation of specific work to a third party for a specified length of

time, at a specified cost, and at a specified level of service.

Answer: True Page: 290 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 3

24. A request for proposal is a formal document that describes in detail your logical

requirements for a proposed system and invites outsourcing organizations to submit bids for its development.

Answer: True Page: 292 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 3

25. Insourcing is delegating work to an industry IT specialist via a bid.

Answer: False Page: 290 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Medium LO: 3

26. Extreme programming (XP) methodology breaks the project down into many smaller

pieces or phases.

Answer: True Page: 290 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 2

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27. Extreme programming (XP) methodology enforces strict design guidelines thus

inhibiting user changes in requirements.

Answer: False Page: 290 Taxonomy: 2 Comprehension Level: Medium LO: 2

28. Agile methodology is for use with large projects with many features.

Answer: False Page: 290 Taxonomy: 3 Analysis and Evaluation Level: Easy LO: 2

29. Using the agile methodology improves customer satisfaction through early and

continuous delivery of valuable software.

Answer: True Page: 290 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 2

30. A U.S. bank doing onshore outsourcing of some of its work is using another U.S.

company.

Answer: True Page: 293 Taxonomy: 2 Comprehension Level: Easy LO: 4

31. A U.S. media company is paying a Canadian company to do its help desk support. This

would be an example of offshore outsourcing.

Answer: False Page: 294 Taxonomy: 2 Comprehension Level: Medium LO: 4

32. End-users often use tools like database and spreadsheets to develop applications for

their own needs.

Answer: True Page: 302 Taxonomy: 2 Comprehension Level: Easy LO: 3

33. End-users should develop mission critical applications so they are available sooner.

Answer: False Page: 303 Taxonomy: 3 Analysis and Evaluation Level: Medium LO: 3

34. The project scope is defined in the project scope document. This document is often

several pages in length.

Answer: False Page: 281 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

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35. Project managers define and develop project plans and track the plans to ensure that all

milestones are completed on time.

Answer: True Page: 282 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

36. Scope creep and feature creep lead to better systems development projects.

Answer: False Page: 281 Taxonomy: 3 Analysis and Evaluation Level: Easy LO: 1

37. Joint application development, a meeting between users and IT specialists, meet to

define and review business requirements for the project.

Answer: True Page: 282 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

38. Business requirements drive the entire system—if they are inaccurate or incomplete, the

system will probably fail.

Answer: True Page: 282 Taxonomy: 3 Analysis and Evaluation Level: Medium LO: 1

39. Designing the technical architecture is part of the development phase.

Answer: False Page: 284 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

40. The GUI is the interface to the database that provides data to the system.

Answer: False Page: 284 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Medium LO: 1

41. Testing is not an important phase in the SDLC.

Answer: False Page: 285 Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge Level: Easy LO: 1

42. Users are usually involved in the testing phase as they are most familiar with the

business requirements and test conditions.

Answer: True Page: 286 Taxonomy: 2 Comprehension Level: Easy LO: 1

43. Online training is excellent when employees need one-on-one time with a trainer.

Answer: False Page: 286 Taxonomy: 3 Analysis and Evaluation Level: Easy LO: 1

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