Response: See Economic Feasibility
Difficulty: medium
TJ has prepared a spreadsheet where the total benefits are $182,000; the total cumulative costs are $120,000. The ROI would be:
$62,000
About 34%
About 51.7%
About 65.3%
Less than 20%
Ans: c
Response: See Economic Feasibility
Difficulty: hard
Which of the following project roles would probably make a presentation about the objectives of a proposed project and its benefits to executives who will benefit directly from the project?
Requirements analyst
Systems analyst
Project manager
Champion
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Ans: d
Response: See Organizational Feasibility
Difficulty: medium
Which is an activity the users probably will NOT do on a project?
Make decisions that influence the project
Budget funds for the project
Perform hands-on activities for the project
Be assigned specific tasks to perform (with clear deadlines)
Have some official roles on the project team
Ans: b
Response: See Organizational Feasibility
Difficulty: hard
The type of skill that is common to systems analysts to deal fairly and honestly with other project team members is:
Technical
Business
Analytical
Interpersonal
Ethical
Ans: e
Response: See The Systems Analyst
Difficulty: easy
The type of skill that is common to systems analysts to understand how IT can be applied to business situations and to ensure that the IT delivers real business value is:
Technical
Business
Analytical
Interpersonal
Ethical
Ans: b
Response: See The Systems Analyst
Difficulty: easy
Rocky is dealing one-on-one with users and business managers (including some that have little experience with technology). He is demonstrating what system analyst skill?
Technical
Business
Analytical
Interpersonal
Ethical
Ans: d
Response: See The Systems Analyst
Difficulty: easy
Becky is a systems analyst for Laswell Consulting. She is attending a three-day intensive workshop on developing applications in php. What systems analyst skill is she working on?
Technical
Business
Analytical
Interpersonal
Ethical
Ans: a
Response: See The Systems Analyst
Difficulty: easy
Jack is going over financial numbers for a proposed project. Which of the following system analyst skills is he exhibiting currently?
Technical
Business
Analytical
Interpersonal
Management
Ans: c
Response: See The Systems Analyst
Difficulty: easy
Amy is planning on talking with a clerk and a manager in the accounts payable area, a manager in the procurement department, and two vendors. She is probably doing:
Observation
Interviews
JAD
Documentation analysis
Organizational Feasibility
Ans: b
Response: See Analysis
Difficulty: easy
Kallie is creating use cases, data flow diagrams, and entity relationship diagrams. In what phase of the SDLC would she do this?
Planning
Analysis
Design
Construction
Implementation
Ans: c
Response: See Figure 1-3: Systems Development Life Cycle Phases
Difficulty: medium
Chapter 1 Questions – True / False
The primary goal of a system is to create value for the organization.
Ans: True
Response: See Introduction
Difficulty: easy
Systems analysis and design projects are highly effective, with less than 3% of all projects cancelled or abandoned.
Ans: False
Response: See Introduction
Difficulty: easy
Systems that are cancelled or abandoned are frequently due to a lack of clarity about how the system should support an organization’s goals and improve processes..
Ans: True
Response: See Introduction
Difficulty: easy
The key person in the SDLC is the systems analyst who analyzed the business situation, identifies opportunities for improvements and design an information system to implement the improvements.