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Management Information Systems: Solving Business Problems with Information Technology, 3/e

Gerald V. Post, University of the Pacific
David L. Anderson, DePaul U/McGowan Center

Systems Development

Chapter 12 Multiple Choice


1	Over time, two major innovations made programming easier:
		A)	Higher level languages and common algorithms.
		B)	Assembly languages and common algorithms.
		C)	COBOL and Pascal.
		D)	Better operating systems and more memory.


2	Increasingly, tasks currently performed by purchased components will be:
		A)	Taken over by outsourcing.
		B)	Included in prewritten packages.
		C)	Offered as services over the Internet.
		D)	Free with the purchase of the hardware.


3	If you have a radically different application and must write your own program, you should:
		A)	Consider changing the way your company works, instead.
		B)	Hire a staff of programmers and plan to keep them on hand forever.
		C)	Look to the Internet for solutions.
		D)	Consider packaging it and selling it to other firms to reduce your costs-if you can find them.


4	A key role of any IT project manager is to:
		A)	Know all the programming languages involved in order to check the codes.
		B)	Find people who can work together compatibly.
		C)	Duplicate important sections as a check one on the other
		D)	Avoid adding unnecessary features, no matter how tempting.


5	The objective of systems design is to:
		A)	Put the system into operation.
		B)	Identify the problems and determine how a computer system can solve them.
		C)	Describe the new system as a collection of modules or subsystems.
		D)	Create complete technical documentation for the new system.


6	Pilot conversion entails:
		A)	Changing to the new system one piece at a time.
		B)	Changing everyone in only one store or unit to the new system.
		C)	Running both systems side-by-side for a given period.
		D)	Choosing a day and going straight to the new system.


7	The major advantage of prototyping is that:
		A)	It uses off-the-shelf components.
		B)	Users get a working system much sooner than with SDLC.
		C)	It is easy to determine user needs.
		D)	Changes are seldom needed.

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