Test Bank – Ch.18 + nan | Methodologies For Supporting Agile

Business Driven Technology, 8e (Baltzan)

Chapter 18 Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

1) The traditional waterfall methodology is a sequential, activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance.

2) Scrum is a sequential, activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance.

3) A discovery prototype is a smaller-scale representation or working model of the system to ensure it meets the user and business requirements.

4) A methodology is a set of policies, procedures, standards, processes, practices, tools, techniques, and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges.

5) Plunge implementation is a set of policies, procedures, standards, processes, practices, tools, techniques, and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges.

6) The oldest and the best known methodology is the waterfall methodology, a sequence of phases in which the output of each phase becomes the input for the next.

7) The oldest and the best known methodology is the agile methodology, a sequence of phases in which the output of each phase becomes the input for the next.

8) Prototyping is a modern design approach in which the designers and system users use an iterative approach to building the system.

9) Discovery prototyping builds a small-scale representation or working model of the system to ensure that it meets the user and business requirements.

10) Iterative development consists of a series of tiny projects. It has become the foundation of multiple agile methodologies.

11) Waterfall development consists of a series of tiny projects. It has become the foundation of multiple agile methodologies.

12) An agile methodology aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software components developed by an iterative process using the bare minimum requirements.

13) Rapid application development (RAD) methodology (also called rapid prototyping) emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system, to accelerate the systems development process.

14) Extreme programming (XP) methodology, like other agile methods, breaks a project into four phases, and developers cannot continue to the next phase until the previous phase is complete.

15) The rational unified process (RUP) methodology, owned by IBM, provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates.

16) Gate one of the rational unified process (RUP) methodology includes inception and this phase ensures that all stakeholders have a shared understanding of the proposed system and what it will do.

17) Gate two of the rational unified process (RUP) methodology is elaboration and this phase expands on the agreed-upon details of the system, including the ability to provide an architecture to support and build it.

18) Gate three of the rational unified process (RUP) methodology is construction and this phase includes building and developing the product.

19) Gate four of the rational unified process (RUP) methodology is transition and the primary questions answered in this phase address ownership of the system and training of key personnel.

20) The scrum methodology uses small teams to produce small pieces of software using a series of sprints, or 30-day intervals, to achieve an appointed goal.

21) Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.

22) The waterfall approach is a business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.

23) SOA ensures that MIS systems can adapt quickly, easily, and economically to support rapidly changing business needs.

24) SOA promotes a scalable and flexible enterprise architecture that can implement new or reuse existing MIS components, creating connections among disparate applications and systems.

25) It is important to understand that SOA is not a concrete architecture; it is thought that leads to a concrete architecture. It might be described as a style, paradigm, concept, perspective, philosophy, or representation. That is, SOA is an approach, a way of thinking, a value system that leads to decisions that design a concrete architecture allowing enterprises to plug in new services or upgrade existing services in a granular approach.

26) An SOA service is simply a business task, such as checking a potential customer's credit rating when opening a new account.

27) A service is a business task.

28) Loose coupling is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

29) Interoperability is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

30) Interoperability is a business task.

31) A service is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

32) Loose coupling is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

33) A web service is an open-standards way of supporting interoperability. Web services are application programming interfaces (API) that can be accessed over a network, such as the Internet, and executed on a remote system hosting the requested services.

34) A web service is an open-standards way of supporting interoperability.

35) Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language for documents, containing structured information.

36) Extensible Markup Language (XML) is an open-standards way of supporting interoperability.

37) A web service is a markup language for documents, containing structured information.

38) What consists of a series of tiny projects?

A) Waterfall methodology

B) Iterative development

C) Agile methodology

D) All of these

39) Which methodology aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software components developed by an iterative process with a design point that uses the bare minimum requirements?

A) RAD methodology

B) Agile methodology

C) Waterfall methodology

D) Extreme programming

40) Which of the following describes agile methodology?

A) Fast and efficient

B) Fewer features

C) Lower cost

D) All of the choices are correct.

41) Which of the following is not a primary form of agile methodology?

A) RAD

B) SDLC

C) RUP

D) scrum

42) What is an activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance?

A) RAD methodology

B) Agile methodology

C) Waterfall methodology

D) Extreme programming

43) What emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system to accelerate the systems development process?

A) RAD methodology

B) Agile methodology

C) Waterfall methodology

D) Extreme programming

44) What breaks a project into tiny phases, each of which must be completed before developers can continue on to the next phase?

A) RAD methodology

B) Agile methodology

C) Waterfall methodology

D) Extreme programming

45) What is the success rate for a project using the waterfall methodology?

A) 1 in 10

B) 2 in 10

C) 4 in 10

D) 8 in 10

46) Which of the following is a fundamental of the RAD methodology?

A) Focus initially on creating a prototype that looks and acts like the desired system.

B) Actively involve system users in the analysis, design, and development phases.

C) Accelerate collecting the business requirements through an interactive and iterative construction approach.

D) All of the choices are correct.

47) Which agile methodology provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates?

A) scrum

B) XP

C) RAD

D) RUP

48) Which of the following is not one of the four gates in the RUP methodology?

A) Inception

B) Collaboration

C) Construction

D) Transition

49) Which gate in the RUP methodology expands on the agreed-upon details of the system, including the ability to provide an architecture to support and build it?

A) Inception

B) Elaboration

C) Construction

D) Transition

50) Which gate in the RUP methodology includes building and developing the project?

A) Inception

B) Elaboration

C) Construction

D) Transition

51) Which agile methodology is owned by IBM?

A) scrum

B) XP

C) RAD

D) RUP

52) Which agile methodology uses small teams to produce small pieces of deliverable software using sprints, or 30-day intervals, to achieve an appointed goal?

A) scrum

B) XP

C) RUP

D) RAD

53) Which agile methodology ends each day or begins with a stand-up meeting to monitor and control the development effort?

A) scrum

B) XP

C) RUP

D) RAD

54) How many days is a typical sprint in the scrum methodology?

A) 2 days

B) 10 days

C) 30 days

D) 90 days

55) Which gate in the RUP methodology ensures that all stakeholders have a shared understanding of the proposed system and what it will do?

A) Gate one

B) Gate two

C) Gate three

D) Gate four

56) Which gate in the RUP methodology expands on the agreed-upon details of the system, including the ability to provide an architecture to support and build it?

A) Gate one

B) Gate two

C) Gate three

D) Gate four

57) Which gate in the RUP methodology includes building and developing the product?

A) Gate one

B) Gate two

C) Gate three

D) Gate four

58) Which gate in the RUP methodology answers questions addressing ownership of the system and training of key personnel?

A) Gate one

B) Gate two

C) Gate three

D) Gate four

59) Which gate in the RUP methodology is inception?

A) Gate one

B) Gate two

C) Gate three

D) Gate four

60) Which gate in the RUP methodology is elaboration?

A) Gate one

B) Gate two

C) Gate three

D) Gate four

61) Which gate in the RUP methodology is transition?

A) Gate one

B) Gate two

C) Gate three

D) Gate four

62) Which gate in the RUP methodology is construction?

A) Gate one

B) Gate two

C) Gate three

D) Gate four

63) What is a service-oriented architecture?

A) A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.

B) A business task.

C) The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

D) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

64) What is a service?

A) A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.

B) A business task.

C) The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

D) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

65) What is loose coupling?

A) A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.

B) A business task.

C) The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

D) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

66) What is interoperability?

A) A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.

B) A business task.

C) The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

D) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

67) What is a business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services?