Exam Questions Info Systems Practice Quiz Ch13

Package Title: Practice Questions

Course Title: Rainer, Introduction to Information Systems, Fifth Canadian Edition

Chapter Number: 13

Shuffle: No

Question Type: True/False

1) An organization's application portfolio is a set of recommended applications resulting from the planning and justification process in application development.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the different cost-benefit analyses that companies must take into account when formulating an IT strategic plan.

Section Reference 1: Planning for and Justifying IT Applications

2) Outsourcing is the use of outside contractors or external organizations to acquire IT services.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

3) The IT planning process begins with an analysis of the organization's IT infrastructure.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the different cost-benefit analyses that companies must take into account when formulating an IT strategic plan.

Section Reference 1: Planning for and Justifying IT Applications

4) Purchasing packaged software programs is appropriate when the organization is looking for an easy-to-use and highly customized product.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

5) Leasing software is an excellent choice for small companies that cannot afford huge IT investments and do not have the resources to manage and maintain the IT they need.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

6) The buy option is particularly attractive if the software vendor allows the company to modify the package to meet its needs.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

7) An application service provider is a vendor who assembles the software needed by an enterprise and packages the software with outsourced development, operations, maintenance, and other services.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

8) Leasing can be attractive to small- and medium-sized organizations that cannot afford significant investments in software.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

9) A request for proposal is a document that companies send to potential vendors inviting them to submit a proposal that describes their software package and how it would meet the company's needs.

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

10) A systems analyst is an IS professional who either creates a new software program or is an expert on a specific type of technology.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Enumerate the primary tasks and the importance of each of the six processes involved in the systems development life cycle.

Section Reference 1: Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle

11) The main advantage of rapid application development is the active involvement of users in the development process.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

12) In joint application design, systems analysts interview or directly observe potential users of the new system individually to understand each user's needs.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

Question Type: Multiple Choice

13) The information systems planning process proceeds in which order?

a) organization mission – organization strategic plan – IS strategic plan – new IT architecture

b) organization mission – IS strategic plan – organization strategic plan – IS operational plan

c) organization strategic plan – organization mission – IS strategic plan – new IT architecture

d) IT architecture – IS strategic plan – organization strategic plan – organization mission

e) IS development projects – IS operational plan – new IT architecture – organization mission

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the different cost-benefit analyses that companies must take into account when formulating an IT strategic plan.

Section Reference 1: Planning for and Justifying IT Applications

14) The reasons why so many IS software development projects do not deliver their potential value include all of the following EXCEPT

a) lack of sufficient planning.

b) technology compatibility problems.

c) management's failure to provide the necessary resources.

d) poorly defined project scope.

e) poor definition of user requirements.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the different cost-benefit analyses that companies must take into account when formulating an IT strategic plan.

Section Reference 1: Planning for and Justifying IT Applications

15) A typical IS operational plan contains which of the following elements?

a) the mission of the IS function

b) a summary of the information needs of the functional areas and the entire organization

c) IS function's estimate of its goals

d) an application portfolio

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the different cost-benefit analyses that companies must take into account when formulating an IT strategic plan.

Section Reference 1: Planning for and Justifying IT Applications

16) Evaluating the benefits of IT projects is more complex than evaluating their costs because

a) benefits are harder to quantify.

b) benefits are often intangible.

c) IT can be used for several different purposes.

d) the probability of obtaining a return from an IT investment is based on the probability of implementation success.

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the different cost-benefit analyses that companies must take into account when formulating an IT strategic plan.

Section Reference 1: Planning for and Justifying IT Applications

17) The _____ is a set of long-range goals that describe the IT infrastructure and identify the major IT initiatives needed to achieve the goals of the organization.

a) IT operational plan

b) application portfolio

c) IT strategic plan

d) user information requirements

e) IT mission

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the different cost-benefit analyses that companies must take into account when formulating an IT strategic plan.

Section Reference 1: Planning for and Justifying IT Applications

18) The goals of the _____ are to link corporate strategy and IT strategy, approve the allocation of resources for the MIS function, and establish performance measures for the MIS function and see that they are met.

a) CEO

b) CIO

c) IT operational committee

d) IT steering committee

e) Board of Directors

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the different cost-benefit analyses that companies must take into account when formulating an IT strategic plan.

Section Reference 1: Planning for and Justifying IT Applications

19) In the case of _____, organizations obtain a license to implement a version of the software product and are then able to further customize it to suit their needs.

a) open-source

b) software leasing

c) Software-as-a-Service (SAAS)

d) in-sourcing

e) custom development

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

20) Which of the following systems acquisition methods may eventually require maintenance assistance from the IT department, produce inadequate documentation, and result in a system with insufficient interfaces to existing systems?

a) systems development life cycle

b) prototyping

c) end-user development

d) external acquisition

e) component-based development

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

21) A _____ is sent to potential vendors inviting them to describe their product and explain how it would meet the firm's needs.

a) prototype

b) request for proposal

c) technical specification

d) request for bid

e) request for requirements

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

22) Which of the following are advantages of the buy option for acquiring IS applications?

a) many different types of off-the-shelf software are available

b) software can be tried out

c) it saves time

d) the company will know what it is getting

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

23) The feasibility study addresses which of the following issues?

a) economic feasibility

b) technical feasibility

c) behavioural feasibility

d) all of the above

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Enumerate the primary tasks and the importance of each of the six processes involved in the systems development life cycle.

Section Reference 1: Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle

24) ____ feasibility determines if the hardware, software, and communications components can be developed and/or acquired to solve the business problem.

a) Technical

b) Economic

c) Organizational

d) Behavioural

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Enumerate the primary tasks and the importance of each of the six processes involved in the systems development life cycle.

Section Reference 1: Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle

25) Which of the following is the most crucial and challenging task in evaluating a vendor and a software package?

a) identifying potential vendors

b) determining the evaluation criteria

c) evaluating vendors and packages

d) choosing the vendor and package

e) negotiating a contract

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Discuss the four business decisions that companies must make when they acquire new applications.

Section Reference 1: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications

26) _____ feasibility concerns a firm's policies and politics, power structures, and business relationships.

a) Technical

b) Economic

c) Organizational

d) Behavioural

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Enumerate the primary tasks and the importance of each of the six processes involved in the systems development life cycle.

Section Reference 1: Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle

27) In the _____ stage of the systems development life cycle, the design specifications are translated into computer code.

a) systems analysis

b) programming

c) systems design

d) prototyping

e) feasibility study

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Enumerate the primary tasks and the importance of each of the six processes involved in the systems development life cycle.

Section Reference 1: Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle

28) In ___________ conversion, a firm implements a new information system in one of its plants, assesses the new system's performance, and then implements the new system in its other plants.

a) phased

b) direct

c) parallel

d) pilot

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Enumerate the primary tasks and the importance of each of the six processes involved in the systems development life cycle.

Section Reference 1: Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle

29) The _____ method combines JAD, prototyping, and ICASE tools to produce high-quality systems.

a) traditional systems development life cycle

b) joint application development

c) rapid application development

d) none of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

30) Which of the following statements concerning the agile method is NOT correct?

a) It focuses on rapid development.

b) It requires only infrequent user contact.

c) It focuses on end goals rather than immediate needs.

d) It understands that all problems cannot be fully understood from the start.

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

31) IT applications can be developed in which of the following ways?

a) building the system in-house

b) buying an application and installing it

c) leasing software from an application service provider

d) outsourcing it

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

32) Advantages of Rapid Application Development include which of the following?

a) active involvement of users in the development process

b) faster development process

c) the system better meets user needs

d) a reduction in training costs

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

33) The _____ approach to systems development uses specialized tools to automate many of the tasks in the systems development life cycle.

a) integrated computer-assisted software engineering

b) joint application design

c) rapid application development

d) prototyping

Difficulty: Medium

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

34) Computer-aided software engineering tools provide which of the following disadvantages?

a) they produce initial systems that are more expensive to build and maintain

b) they require more extensive and accurate definition of user requirements

c) they are difficult to customize

d) they are challenging to use with existing systems

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Reflective Thinking

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

35) Computer-aided software engineering tools provide which of the following advantages?

a) they can produce systems with longer effective operational lives

b) they can produce systems that more closely meet user requirements

c) they can speed up the development process

d) they can produce systems that are more adaptable to changing business conditions

e) all of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development

36) The _____ approach to systems development defines an initial list of user requirements, then develops the system in an iterative fashion.

a) integrated computer-assisted software engineering

b) joint application design

c) rapid application development

d) prototyping

e) systems development life cycle

Difficulty: Easy

Bloomcode: Knowledge

AACSB Code: Technology

Learning Objective 1: Describe alternative development methods and the tools that augment these methods.

Section Reference 1: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development