Quiz 5: Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects
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Q 1Q 1
Project identification and selection is also known as ________.
A)A preproject step
B)The Project ID
C)The first step
D)Project selection
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Q 2Q 2
Which of the following is NOT a question asked to determine if project initiation and planning has ended and analysis has begun?
A)What kind of effort should be expended on PIP?
B)Who is going to pay for PIP?
C)Who is responsible for performing PIP?
D)Why is PIP so challenging?
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Q 3Q 3
Who is typically responsible for performing the PIP process?
A)Managers
B)Users
C)Systems analyst
D)The business unit
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Q 4Q 4
Why is PIP challenging?
A)Because it is expensive
B)Because only systems analysts participate in the process
C)Because it is a closed-ended process
D)Because it turns a vague system request into a project description
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Q 5Q 5
________ is the process of defining clear activities necessary to complete activities in a single project.
A)Project planning
B)Project initiation
C)Baseline
D)Business case
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Q 7Q 7
Which of the following is NOT a part of project initiation?
A)Create the project initiation team
B)Establish management procedures
C)Create a project budget
D)Develop the project charter
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Q 8Q 8
What is the term that describes the best estimate of a project's scope,benefits,cost,and resources?
A)Management procedure
B)Project charter
C)Resource plan
D)Baseline project plan
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Q 9Q 9
All of the following are part of project planning except ________.
A)Organizing the team
B)Creating a resource plan
C)Identifying risk
D)Developing the project scope
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Q 10Q 10
What of the following is NOT a purpose for a baseline project plan?
A)Resources are more quantifiable
B)Eliminate risks
C)Decide if a project should be rejected
D)A depository for information collected during initiation
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Q 11Q 11
Which document outlines all work required to complete the project?
A)Baseline project plan
B)Business plan
C)Project scope document
D)Feasibility document
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Q 12Q 12
The more complex organizational settings are for projects,the less time it takes for analysis because the company has more resources.
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Q 13Q 13
When projects are across departments with different objectives,it may be difficult to get parties to agree on the direction of the project.
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Q 23Q 23
During schedule feasibility it is a good practice to not have system testing during holiday periods.
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Q 24Q 24
What are the questions that should be considered when making decisions on the division between PIP and analysis? Explain each question.
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Q 25Q 25
What occurs during the project initiation and planning phase of the development process? Include an example of an activity in each step.
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Q 26Q 26
Define Project Scope Statement (PSS)and Baseline Project Plan (BPP)? Compare and contrast the two.
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Q 29Q 29
A Project Scope Statement can be used to ________.
A)Detail project estimates
B)Outline a schedule
C)Prepare the project for the analysis phase
D)Serve as a contract
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Q 30Q 30
What makes all projects feasible?
A)Unlimited resource and infinite time
B)Limited scope
C)A great budget
D)A highly skilled project team
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Q 31Q 31
All of the following are categories of feasibility except ________.
A)Technical
B)Scope
C)Scheduling
D)Political
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Q 32Q 32
Which feasibility category deals with identifying financial benefits associated with the project?
A)Political
B)Legal
C)Economic
D)Technical
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Q 33Q 33
A(n)________ comes from an information system that can be measured monetarily.
A)Project benefit
B)Economic feasibility
C)Project plan
D)Tangible benefit
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Q 34Q 34
All of the following are tangible benefits except ________.
A)Decreased flexibility
B)Cost reduction
C)Increased speed of activity
D)Improvement of management planning
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Q 35Q 35
Which of the following is an example of a tangible benefit?
A)Error reduction in data entry
B)Improvement of employee morale
C)Faster decision making
D)Positive impacts on society
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Q 36Q 36
Which of the following is an example of an intangible cost?
A)Hardware costs
B)Labor costs
C)Customer goodwill
D)Employee training
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Q 37Q 37
Which of the following is an example of a procurement IS cost?
A)System maintenance
B)User training
C)Personal recruiting
D)Organizational disruptions
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Q 38Q 38
Which of the following is NOT a guideline for better cost estimation?
A)Have clear guidelines for creating estimates
B)Use experienced developers
C)Update estimates at the end of the project
D)Use historical data
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Q 39Q 39
A new hardware purchase is classified as a(n)________.
A)Tangible benefit
B)One-time cost
C)Fixed cost
D)IS fee
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Q 40Q 40
Which of the following is NOT an example of a recurring cost?
A)Software maintenance
B)Data storage expenses
C)System conversion
D)Hardware leases
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Q 41Q 41
Which term below means that money available today is worth more than the same amount tomorrow?
A)Cost benefit
B)Discount rate
C)Variable costs
D)Time value of money
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Q 42Q 42
________ is/are the rate at which money can be borrowed.
A)Cost of capital
B)Present value
C)Fixed costs
D)Time value of money
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Q 43Q 43
Which option identifies the point at which benefits equal costs?
A)Net present value
B)Break-even analysis
C)Time value of money
D)Present value
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Q 44Q 44
Which of the following is NOT an example of an economic cost-benefit analysis technique?
A)Net present value
B)Time value of money
C)Return on investment
D)Break-even analysis
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Q 45Q 45
Which of the options below means the organization has the ability to build the requested system?
A)Economic feasibility
B)Return on investment
C)Technical Feasibility
D)Break-even point
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Q 46Q 46
Which of the following is NOT a consideration during the assessing technical feasibility stage?
A)System size
B)System complexity
C)System target hardware
D)System cost
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Q 47Q 47
________ need to be managed in order to be minimized.
A)Risks
B)ROIs
C)Employees
D)Estimates
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Q 48Q 48
Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of not managing risks?
A)Unqualified project management
B)Inaccurate duration times
C)Failure to achieve appropriate system performance levels
D)Inaccurate cost estimates.
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Q 49Q 49
Failure to integrate the new system with the old system is an example of ________.
A)A poor break even analysis
B)Failure to create an adequate project scope statement
C)Failure to recognize tangible benefits
D)Failure to assess and manage risks
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Q 50Q 50
Which of the following is NOT a way to manage project risks?
A)Changing the budget
B)Changing the project plan
C)Carefully assigning project team members
D)Set up monitoring methods
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Q 51Q 51
Which of the following is NOT an example of a project risk assessment factor?
A)Project duration time
B)Customer's commitment to system
C)Familiarity with other systems
D)Organizational personnel changes resulting from system
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Q 52Q 52
Which of the following is a less risky approach to the technical parts of a project?
A)User involvement
B)Using a matrix
C)Using standard technology
D)Having a well-equipped IT staff
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Q 53Q 53
Each organization has to decide its acceptable project mix of ________.
A)Costs
B)Personnel
C)Requirements
D)Risks
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Q 54Q 54
Which type of project should companies not have too many of?
A)High risk
B)High cost
C)Huge staff
D)Unknown technical environment
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Q 55Q 55
The following is NOT an example of a type of feasibility study.
A)Operational feasibility
B)Technical feasibility
C)Economic feasibility
D)Resource feasibility
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Q 56Q 56
Which feasibility is concerned with the project attaining its desired objectives?
A)Technical feasibility
B)Operational feasibility
C)Schedule feasibility
D)Legal feasibility
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Q 57Q 57
Which type of feasibility deals with project duration?
A)Political feasibility
B)Contract feasibility
C)Time feasibility
D)Schedule feasibility
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Q 58Q 58
Which of the following is NOT a factor in determining schedule feasibility?
A)A 45-hour work week
B)Government imposed deadline
C)Business cycles
D)Vacation
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Q 61Q 61
Assume a proposed system has a useful life of 5 years,one-time costs of $250,000,recurring costs of $80,000 per year,and tangible benefits of $175,000 per year.If the cost of capital is 12%,what is the overall NPV? Overall ROI? Break-even point?
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Q 62Q 62
Define technical feasibility.What are the assessments associated with this feasibility study?
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Q 63Q 63
List the factors associated with technical risks.Describe the rules involved in assessing a technical risk assessment.
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Q 66Q 66
Which of the following is NOT a factor in determining legal and contractual feasibility?
A)Labor laws
B)Financial budgets
C)Copyright infringements
D)Foreign trade regulations
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Q 67Q 67
A common legal and contractual development in new application development is ________.
A)Understanding how stakeholders feel about the system
B)Determining which IS to develop
C)Expanding software licenses
D)The political ramifications of a new system
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Q 68Q 68
All of the following are included in the baseline project report except ________.
A)Introduction
B)System description
C)Feasibility assessment
D)Conclusion
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Q 69Q 69
Which part of the baseline project report contains an outline of the recommended course of action?
A)Introduction
B)Feasibility assessment
C)Management issues
D)System description
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Q 70Q 70
The ________ outlines possible alternative solutions.
A)Design strategies
B)System description
C)Project scope
D)Introduction
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Q 71Q 71
Which of the following is NOT an example of a system description?
A)Web-based online system
B)Management issues
C)LAN with decentralized databases
D)Mainframe with central databases
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Q 72Q 72
At what point in the project should you identify the alternative solutions?
A)The introduction
B)During the project initiation phase
C)In the system description document
D)During baseline planning
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Q 73Q 73
Which of the following is NOT included in the feasibility assessment?
A)Project costs
B)Technical difficulties
C)Project benefits
D)System alternatives
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Q 74Q 74
Where do you identify the types of people needed for a project?
A)Team configuration and management part of the management issues plan
B)In the communications part of the management issues plan
C)Project standards and procedures of the management issues plan
D)In the work breakdown structure of the management issues plan
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Q 75Q 75
The baseline project plan has all of the primary objectives except ________.
A)Helps provide the budget
B)Helps provide a clear idea of the scope
C)Helps provide an understanding of the benefits
D)Defines the duration of the project
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Q 76Q 76
Who must review the baseline project plan before it moves to the next phase in the SDLC?
A)The Customers
B)The CEO
C)The IS Manager
D)The uses,managers,and development group
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Q 77Q 77
________ are peer group reviews of products created via the systems development process.
A)Staff meetings
B)Walk-throughs
C)Steering committee meetings
D)Project approval bodies
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Q 78Q 78
Which of the following is NOT a role in a walk-through meeting?
A)Secretary
B)Treasurer
C)User
D)Presenter
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Q 79Q 79
Which role in the walkthrough normally has done all or some of the work presented?
A)Coordinator
B)User
C)Presenter
D)Standards bearer
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Q 80Q 80
Which of the following is NOT an outcome after a presenter has participated in a walk-through of the product?
A)Approval of the work product
B)Approval of the work product pending changes
C)Approval of the work product pending major revisions
D)Disapproval and removal of the work product
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Q 81Q 81
Which of the following types of documents do NOT make use of a walk-through?
A)System specifications
B)Code segments
C)Test procedures
D)Project budget
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Q 82Q 82
Which of the following is a guideline for presentation design in making an effective presentation?
A)Keep it simple
B)Practice
C)Have a backup plan
D)Know your audience
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Q 83Q 83
The introduction portion of the baseline project report is often the first section to be written.
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Q 84Q 84
Detailed task and activities estimates are completed during the project initiation and planning phase.
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Q 85Q 85
The baseline business plan is a type of project and contains steps for overall systems development.
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Q 86Q 86
Ensuring the customer and development group have a common understanding of the project is a primary objective of the BPP.
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Q 87Q 87
Define legal and contractual feasibility.Describe activities that may be involved in this feasibility study.
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Q 90Q 90
List and describe the parts of the feasibility assessment portion of a baseline project report.
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Q 91Q 91
List and describe the sections of the management issues portion of a baseline project report.
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Q 92Q 92
Briefly define the introduction and system description portions of a baseline project report.
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Q 98Q 98
What are the guidelines for making an effective presentation? Be sure to include the steps in the process.Elaborate on each step.
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