IM

Question 1

(ISA) Data

Answer 1

EDM

Question 2

(ISA) Processes

Answer 2

• Data flow
• Diagrams
• Process Decomposition

Question 3

(ISA) Data Network

Answer 3

Topology Diagrams

Question 4

(ISA) People

Answer 4

People in management that use management tools such as Gantt charts

Question 5

(ISA) Event and points in time

Answer 5

Where processes are performed

Question 6

(ISA) Reasons for event and rules

Answer 6

Decision tables

Question 7

Blueprint of how an organization wants to structure its information systems

Answer 7

Information Systems Architecture (ISA)

Question 8

A methodology that creates and maintains information systems

Answer 8

Information Engineering

Question 9

An IS planning methodology to gain a broad understanding of the IS needed by the organization

Answer 9

Top-down planning

Question 10

What are the four steps to Top-down planning?

Answer 10

1. Planning
2. Analysis
3. Design
4. Implementation

Question 11

What is the purpose of Information Systems Planning (ISP)?

Answer 11

To align IT with an org’s business strategies

Question 12

What are the three steps to ISP?

Answer 12

1. Identify strategic planning factors (SPF)
2. Identify corporate planning objects (CPO)
3. Develop an EDM

Question 13

(ISP) What are the strategic planning factors?

Answer 13

1. Org’s goals - what you want to accomplish
2. Critical success factors - what must work for us to survive
3. Problem areas - weaknesses

Question 14

(ISP) What are the corporate planning objects?

Answer 14

1. Org. units
2. Org locations
3. Business Functions - groups of business processes
4. Entity types - things we try to model for the database
5. IS - application programs

Question 15

A process that breaks a system description into fine details

Answer 15

Functional decomposition

Question 16

What is the full form of SDLC?

Answer 16

System Development Life Cycle

Question 17

It is a detailed, well-planned development process

Answer 17

SDLC

Question 18

It is time-consuming but comprehensive; long development cycle

Answer 18

SDLC

Question 19

What is the full form of RAD?

Answer 19

Rapid Application Development

Question 20

You repeat implementation and maintenance activities with new prototype versions

Answer 20

Prototyping

Question 21

What are the two approaches to Database and IS development?

Answer 21

1. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
2. Prototyping

Question 22

What approach is RAD under?

Answer 22

Prototyping

Question 23

What are the parts of SDLC?

Answer 23

1. Planning
2. Analysis
3. Logical Design
4. Physical Design
5. Implementation
6. Maintenance

Question 24

What is included in the Prototyping Database Methodology?

Answer 24

1. Identify the problem
2. Develop an initial prototype
3. Implement and use the prototype
4. Revise and enhance the prototype
5. Convert to an operational system

Question 25

Software tools that provide automated support for system dev.

Answer 25

Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE)

Question 26

What are the three database features?

Answer 26

1. Data modeling - drawing entity-relationship diagrams 2. Code generation - SQL code for table creation 3. Repositories - knowledge base of enterprise information

Question 27

A planned undertaking of related activities to reach an objective that has a beginning and an end

Answer 27

Project

Question 28

Review of systems development project after each development phase with re-justification after each phase

Answer 28

Incremental Commitment

Question 29

Organized collection of logically related data accessed electronically from a computer system

Answer 29

Database