Question: Which of the following methodologies is the historic standard, but is used less today because it takes the longest to complete all the SDLC steps?
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Answer: Waterfall
Question: Which would generally NOT be taken into consideration for project portfolio management in an organization?
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Answer: The number of high risk projects
Question: Danielle has asked some closed ended questions to start an interview, then some open ended questions. Now she wants to really wants to get a greater depth of information about the process. She would probably use _______ questions.
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Answer: Probing
Question: One of the major differences between a JAD session and an interview is:
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Answer: All JAD sessions are structured and must be carefully planned
Question: Rafael, Fraud Unit Manager, has just received an interview report from Stefano, a systems analyst. Rafael was interviewed by Stefano, and was asked to make corrections and clarifications to the interview report. In what interview phase would this occur?
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Answer: Post-interview follow-up
Question: The authors suggest that an analyst is ‘very much like a __________’ and business users are like elusive suspects.
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Answer: Detective
Question: The line between analysis and design is sometimes very blurry. One reason is that _______.
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Answer: the deliverables are really the first step in the design of the new system
Question: What information-gathering strategy enables the analyst to see the reality of the situation rather than listen to others describe it?
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Answer: Observation
Question: When gathering requirements, the most commonly used technique is:
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Answer: Interviews
Question: Which is generally NOT true of non-functional requirements?
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Answer: Systems may need to have actual expenses from global operations
Question: Which is NOT a requirements analysis strategy?
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Answer: Understanding of screen design, layout and navigation
Question: Which of the following is true about a JAD facilitator?
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Answer: They set the meeting agenda
Question: Omar is an analyst building a use case. Which of the following project roles might be most important in terms of getting information about building the use case?
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Answer: Users
Question: Ralph wants to illustrate how a system interacts with the environment. The best solution for him would be to use a _________.
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Answer: Use case
Question: Some organizations may choose to include additional sections on their use case forms, these may include:
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Answer: All of the above
Question: Moderate changes to existing processes falls under the ______ analysis.
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Answer: Business Process Improvement (BPI)
Question: Rocky is dealing one-on-one with users and business managers (including some that have little experience with technology). He is demonstrating what system analyst skill?
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Answer: Interpersonal