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Question 1
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Which of the following is true of systems development?

Answer

It requires coordinated teamwork of both specialists and nonspecialists with business knowledge.

It has little need for human relations skills as tasks are performed by individuals, not groups. It is exclusively a technical task undertaken by programmers and hardware specialists.

It is limited to the four domains of hardware, software, data, and procedures.

10 points

Question 2

1.

The bigger the system and the longer the project, ________.
Answer

the more the requirements change the lesser are the diseconomies of scale the greater is the average contribution per worker the easier the task of scheduling

10 points

Question 3
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According to Brooks' Law, adding more people to a late project ________.

Answer

makes the project later

decreases the overall cost improves the quality of work

enhances the team's productivity

10 points

Question 4
1.

Adding more people to a late systems development project will make the project later because ________.

Answer

training new people slows down team members

allocating tasks becomes easier analyzing the system requirements becomes complex

budgeting project costs becomes complicated

10 points

Question 5
1.

As development teams become larger, the average contribution per worker ________.

Answer

decreases increases stabilizes

increases, but only marginally

10 points

Question 6
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As staff size increases, ________.

Answer

more meetings and coordination activities are required to keep everyone in sync

the average contribution per worker also increases diseconomies of scale tend to level off and eventually decrease economies of scale consistently increase almost proportionately

10 points

Question 7
1.

The ________ approach is the classical process used to develop information systems.

Answer

systems development life cycle (SDLC) rapid application development (RAD) object-oriented design (OOD)

extreme programming (XP)

10 points

Question 8
1.

The initial step in the first phase of the SDLC is to ________.

Answer

define the goals and scope of the new system assess the feasibility of the project determine the schedule and budget for the project form the project team

10 points

Question 9
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The primary purpose of the requirements analysis phase is to ________.

Answer

determine and document the specific features and functions of the new system eliminate obviously nonsensible projects before forming a project development team

identify the requisite skills needed in the IT personnel assigned to the project

investigate how much similar projects have cost in the past

10 points

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