CIS321 STRUCTURED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

MAKE-UP QUIZ WEEKS 1-5

1. (TCO 1,2) An arrangement of people, data, processes, and information technology
that interact to support and improve day-to-day operations in a business, as well as
support the problem-solving and decision-making needs of management and users is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

an information system
information technology
expert system
the Internet
none of the above

2. (TCO 1,2) Any person who has an interest in existing or new information systems
is known as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

a stockholder
an end-user
a stakeholder
a network manager
none of thee

3. (TCO 1,2) An information system's sponsor and chief advocate is the:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

system user
system builder
system owner
system analyst
none of the above

4. (TCO 1,2) The person who translates system users' business requirements and
constraints into technical solutions is a:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

systems designer
systems builder
systems user
network manager
none of the above

5. (TCO 1,2) Which of the following is NOT a skill needed by a systems analyst?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

computer programming expertise

problem-solving skills
flexibility
communication skills
all of these are needed by a systems analyst

6. (TCO 4) A description of activities and services that a system must provide is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

non-functional requirement
functional requirement
prototype
physical requirement
none of these

7. (TCO 4) Which of the following phases defines the business requirements for new
systems?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

scope definition phase

systems analysis phase
requirements analysis phase
decision analysis phase
none of these

8. (TCO 4) A diagram that depicts how the system interacts with the world around it
and specifies the system inputs and outputs is a(n):
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

use case diagram

entity relationship diagram
context diagram
object diagram
none of these

9. (TCO 4) Economic feasibility asks the following question(s):

a. Is the solution technically practical? Does the staff have the technical
expertise to design and build the system?
b. Will the solution fulfill the users' requirements? To what degree? How will
the solution change the users' work environment?
c. Is the solution cost-effective?
d. Can the solution be designed and implemented within an acceptable time
period?
e. none of these
10. (TCO 4)The techniques used by systems analysts to identify or extract system
problems and solution requirements is known as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

problem analysis
requirements discovery
system requirement
preliminary investigation
none of these

11. (TCO 4) System requirements are also called:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

requirements discovery
problem analysis requirements
business requirements
preliminary requirements
none of these

12. (TCO 4) Something that the information system must do, or a property it must
have is called a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

functional requirement
nonfunctional requirement
system requirement
scope

13. (TCO 5) When looking for actors, which of the following questions is the best one
to ask?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

how
who
who
who
who

often is the system backed up?

or what provides inputs to the system?
is responsible for the budget of the system?
is responsible for training the users?
is responsible for reporting to the project stakeholders?

14. (TCO 5) A motorist stops at a self-service gas station to fill up her car, paying by
credit card at the pump. In this use case, who is the primary system actor?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

the motorist
the station owner
the credit card authorization company
the oil company
none of these

15. (TCO 10,11) Which of the following is a category of entities?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

person
place
object
concept
all of these

16. (TCO 10,11) A descriptive property or characteristic of an entity is:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

a domain
an attribute
an entity instance
an entity existence
none of the above

17. (TCO 10,11) A data type:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

defines what type of data can be stored in an attribute.

could be text, number, date, time, yes/no, value set, or image.
consists of compound attributes.
both A and B.
none of the above

18. (TCO 10,11) An attribute or group of attributes that assumes a unique value for
each entity instance is a:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

domain
key
default value
data type
none of the above

19. (TCO 10,11) What defines the minimum and maximum number of occurrences of
one entity that may be related to a single occurrence of the other entity?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

domain
concatenation
associative entity
cardinality
none of the above

20. (TCO 10,11) The number of entities that can participate in a relationship is
known as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

the domain of the relationship

the cardinality of the relationship
the degree of the relationship
the association of the relationship
none of the above

21. (TCO 10,11) The problem analysis phase model that includes only entities and
relationships but no attributes is known as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

the enterprise data model

the application data model
the context data model
does not exist, all data models must have attributes
none of the above

22. (TCO 7,8) A model that shows what a system is and what it does, but not how it
does it is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

a physical model
a logical model
a context model
both a physical and logical model
none of the above

23. (TCO 7,8) A technique for organizing and documenting the structure and flow of
data through a system's processes and or the logic, policies, and procedures to be
implemented by a system's processes is known as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

data modeling
process modeling
context modeling
operational modeling
none of the above

24. (TCO 7,8) A tool that depicts the flow of data through a system and the work or
processing performed by that system is known as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

entity relationship diagrams

decomposition, structure diagrams
data flow diagrams
use case diagrams
none of the above

25. (TCO 7,8) In data flow diagrams:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

processes are represented by rounded rectangles

data flows are represented by arrows
data stores are represented by open-ended boxes
external agents are represented by squares
all of these