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Chapter 2: Investigating System Requirements
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Systems analysis involves the creation of logical models.
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The reason an analyst uses many different models is that each relates to a different aspect of the system.
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Sometimes a narrative description is the best form to use for recording information.
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A key reason that modeling is important in system development is the complexity of describing information systems.
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Before gathering detailed information, an analyst identifies every type of stakeholder.
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In the RMO CSMS project, customers are not considered stakeholders because it is not feasible to interview them or use them in the project activities.
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Core Process 3 involves defining in great detail what the information system needs to accomplish in order to provide the organization with the desired benefits.
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Beginning analysts often underestimate how much there is to learn about the work the users perform.
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A fact finding user interview can usually be completed in one comprehensive session.
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If the analysts understand the major business processes, it is not usually necessary to create a comprehensive list of all business processes.
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The first and most important step in preparing for an interview is to determine who should be involved.
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Asking about error conditions usually is done in later interviews after the analyst understands and documents the basic processing requirements.
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A good way to remember the details of an interview is to use a tape recorder.
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Reviewing existing documentation is a good idea for analysts because it is a dependable source of accurate policies and procedures.
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When observing business processes, it is not necessary to observe all the processes at the same level of detail.
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It is a good idea to observe user processes so that the analyst will know exactly how to build the functions into the new system.
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The term "I'll know it when I see it" applies to one valid way to get requirements definition.
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A decision point within an activity diagram may be shown with an activity symbol.
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A synchronization bar in an activity diagram allows multiple agents or actors to participate in a workflow in separate rows.
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FURPS and FURPS+ are synonymous.
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The term technology architecture refers to
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Application architecture is used to refer to
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Which of the following items is NOT a part of the application architecture?
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Which of the following describes what the system is required to do?
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_____ requirements are based on the procedures and rules that the organization uses to run its business.
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_____ requirements are characteristics of the system other than the business procedures it must support.
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The S in the FURPS acronym stands for
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The P in the FURPS acronym stands for
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_____ requirements are most often documented in graphical and textual models.
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Diagrams and schematic representations of some aspect of a system are examples of a _____ model.
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A representation of some aspect of the system being built is a
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A series of formulas that describe technical aspects of a system is a(n) _____ model.
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What does the Acronym UML stand for?
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The term _____ refers to all the people who have an interest in the successful implementation of the system.
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Persons who regularly interact with the system as part of their jobs are called
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What type of stakeholders are those that do not use the system on day to day tasks, but use information, such as reports, from the system.
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What do we call the person or group who provides funding for the development of the new system?
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The group that provides direction for the configuration of the new system in the existing computing environment are called
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Questionnaires can be useful in information gathering when users
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Questions that have a simple, definitive answer are called _____ questions.
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Which of the following is normally the most time-consuming and resource-expensive operation?
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Questionnaires can be used to ask questions that
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During a fact-finding interview, an important guideline is
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Which of the following statements is correct about questionnaires?
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The most important step in preparing for an interview is to
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Asking many detailed, probing questions during an initial interview usually
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_____ is an important part of the follow-up after an interview.
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Every successful interview requires
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As part of the interview process, any unresolved issues should be
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One of the dangers in researching vendor solutions is that users and analysts
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The term "I'll know it when I see it" refers to what method of requirements definition.
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One way to show multiple, independent alternative paths within an activity diagram is with a
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Workflows can be documented using
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Looping in an activity diagram is best represented using what?
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One important reason for prioritizing requirements is to
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The "+" in FURPS+ includes which of the following types of requirements? (choose two)
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Which are the major business themes that guide analysts in fact finding activities? (choose 3)
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What are the two primary benefits of reviewing the documentation of existing inputs, outputs, and procedures. (choose 2)
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Two benefits of researching vendor solutions include _____ and _____ (Choose two)
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Which two of the following are activities of Core Process 3? (choose two)
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There are many techniques for information gathering, such as researching vendors.
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A description of the integrated information systems needed by the organization to carry out its business functions is called _____.
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A description of the hardware, software, and communications networks required to implement planned information systems is called _____.
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Rocky Mountain Outfitters would like to further distribute business applications across multiple locations and computer systems, reserving the data center for Web server, database, and telecommunications functions. This is an example of _____.