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1
Which of the following is not an example of a business process?
A)designing a new product
B)hiring an employee
C)purchasing services
D)testing software
2
Which of the following is not a principle that should guide business process reengineering?
A)capture data at each source
B)fully redocument legacy processes
C)organize around outcomes
D)put decision point where work is performed
3
Business process reengineering has no start or end—it is an evolutionary process.
A)True
B)False
4
Business process reengineering is just another silver bullet fad with no real benefits to anyone.
A)True
B)False
5
How much of software maintenance work involves fixing errors?
A)20 percent
B)40 percent
C)60 percent
D)80 percent
6
Which of the following activities is not part of the software reengineering process model?
A)forward engineering
B)inventory analysis
C)prototyping
D)reverse engineering
7
The software reengineering process model includes restructuring activities for which of the following work items?
A)code
B)documentation
C)data
D)all of the above
8
Which of the following is not an issue to consider when reverse engineering?
A)abstraction level
B)completeness
C)connectivity
D)directionality
9
Reverse engineering of data focuses on
A)database structures
B)internal data structures
C)both a and b
D)none of the above
10
The first reverse engineering activity involves seeking to understand
A)data
B)processing
C)user interfaces
D)none of the above
11
Reverse engineering should preceed the reengineering of any user interface.
A)True
B)False
12
Which of these benefits can be achieved when software is restructured?
A)higher quality programs
B)reduced maintenance effort
C)software easier to test
D)all of the above
13
Code restructuring is the most important activity performed as part of software reengineering.
A)True
B)False
14
Which of these is not an example of data redesign?
A)data analysis
B)data name rationalization
C)data record standardization
D)none of the above
15
Forward engineering is not necessary if an existing software product is producing the correct output.
A)True
B)False
16
Reengineering client/server systems begins with a thorough analysis of the business environment that encompasses the existing computing system.
A)True
B)False
17
The only time reengineering enters into work with a legacy system is when its components will be implemented as objects.
A)True
B)False
18
Which of these activities would not be part of a process model for reengineering a user interface?
A)correct ergonomic failings of the interface
B)design or expert users only
C)remodel the interface behavior
D)understanding the original interface
19
The cost benefits derived from reengineering are realized largely due to decreased maintenance and support costs for the new software product.
A)True
B)False





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