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When choosing between possible solutions to a business problem, the best solution is the one with the fewest risks and the most benefits.
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TRUE
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Analysts must upgrade their knowledge and skills continually
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TRUE
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Technology alone increases productivity and profits.
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FALSE
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The first activity in the project planning phase is to develop the project schedule.
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FALSE
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The support phase is the shortest and least expensive phase of the system development life cycle (SDLC).
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FALSE
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During the design phase, analysts begin to define a computer system solution.
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TRUE
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A predictive SDLC has a high technical risk.
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FALSE
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The UP is an example of an SDLC that is in the middle of the predictive versus adaptive scale.
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TRUE
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A project management software application is an example of a tool
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TRUE
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The project implementation phase is usually staffed with only two or three highly experienced systems analysts, one of who serves as the project manager.
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FALSE
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Join application design (JAD) is a technique used to expedite the investigation of system requirements.
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TRUE
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The objective of a structured walkthrough is to fix errors in a system.
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FALSE
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System analysis involves the creation of detailed logical models.
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TRUE
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Information users are those that use the system to perform the day-to-day operation of an organization.
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FALSE
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An analyst can best describe the requirements for an information system using a collection of models.
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TRUE
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An actor is always inside the automation boundary of the system.
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FALSE
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An intermediate use case description also includes the definitions of preconditions and postconditions.
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FALSE
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The object-oriented approach to system development views a system as a collection of processes, some performed by people and some performed by the computer.
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FALSE
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System boundaries are not shown clearly on context diagrams.
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FALSE
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An actor in a use case analysis is the person who is actually interacting with the computer system.
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TRUE
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The term ____ refers to a business professional who uses analysis and design techniques to solve business problems using information technology.
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systems analyst
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The most important role of a systems analyst in a business is ____.
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problem solving
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A system that is part of a larger system is called a ____.
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subsystem
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A(n) includes hardware, software, inputs, outputs, data, people and procedures.
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information system
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Changes in software development technology, and business practices have created many new career opportunities for analysts, including ___.
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all of the above
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A technique that seeks to alter the nature of the work done in a business function, with the objective of radically improving performance is called ____.
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business process reengineering
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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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application architecture plan
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Which of the following is an example of a technique used to complete specific system development activities?
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project planning
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The term ___ means the process of understanding and specifying in detail what the information system should accomplish.
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systems analysis
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A knowledge management system ___.
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supports the storage of and access to documents within an organization
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A system that is subject to many external laws and regulations is a(n) ____.
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human resource management system
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A business intelligence system supports ____.
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strategic planning and executive decision making
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An example of a project phase in a predictive project is ____.
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planning the project
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The term ____ means that work acitivities are done once, then again, and yet again.
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iteration
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A(n) ____ is a representation of an important aspect of the real world.
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model
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The term ____ refers to an approach that completes parts of a system in one or more iterations and puts them into operation for users.
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incremental development
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A(n) ____ provides guidelines to follow for completing every acitivity in systems development, including specific models, tools, and techniques.
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system development methodology
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____ consists of writing statements in a programming language to define what each type of object does.
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OOP
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A determination of economic feasibility of the project always requires a thorough ___.
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cost/benefit analysis
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A(n) is a bar chart that represents the tasks and activities of the project schedule.
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Gantt chart
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The ____ is a sequence of tasks that cannot be delayed without causing the project to be completed late.
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critical path
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Which of following principles of project management identifies all stakeholders?
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Project Communication Management
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Which of the following is also referred to as the breakeven point?
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Payback period
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Which of the following would you consider to be the primary resource required for a successful project?
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Project management team
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Which of the following is also called a steering committee?
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Oversight committee
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A ____ describes the purpose of the new system, the potential start and completion dates, and the key stakeholders and sponsors of the new system.
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project charter
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____ are normally described in terms of the influences that can change the financial statements, either by decreasing costs or increasing revenues.
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Business benefits
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The ____ is a widely accepted foundation of information that every project manager should know.
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PMBOK
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The ____ technique for identifying the tasks of the WBS consists of finding a similar project that is finished and copying its tasks.
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analogy-based
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A(n) ____ chart is a chart for scheduling a project based on individual tasks or activities and their dependencies.
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PERT/CPM
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The ____ is the point at which the increased cash flow exactly pays off the costs of development and operation.
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breakeven point
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The present value of $200,000 development costs in year 0 assuming a 10% discount rate is ____.
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$200,000
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When someone has a phobia of computers which may cause problems in the deployment of a new information system, this should be determined during ____ .
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Cultural feasibility analysis
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A ____ is a precise point on the project schedule that indicates a specific completion point.
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milestone
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A project manager has purchased some training classes for JAVA programming for new members of his team. This would be considered to be part of wich PM management area?
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Human Resource Management
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Which of the following describes the activites that the system must perform - that is, the business uses to which the system will be applied?
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Function requirements
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Questionnaires can be useful in in information gathering when users ____ .
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are widely distributed geographically.
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Questions that have a simple, definitive answer are called ____ questions.
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close-ended.
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Which of the following is normally the most time-consuming and resource-expensive operation?
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Interviewing stakeholders
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The length of an interview sessions generally should be ____ .
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limited to about an hour and a half.
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A prototype has which of the following characteristics?
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Is operative and executable, is focused on a specific objective, is quickly built.
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The objective of a structures walkthrough is to ____.
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find errors and problems
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____ requirements are based on the procedures and rules that the organization uses to run its business.
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Functional
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A(n) ____ is an initial working model of a larger, more complex entity.
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prototype
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The first item to be reviewed during a structured walkthrough is the documentation that was developed as part of the ____ phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC).
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analysis
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The modern structured analysis technique uses data flow diagrams (DFDs) and ____.
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entity-relationship diagrams (ERDs)
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____ requirements are sometimes considered a subset of performance requirements.
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Reliability
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Every successful interview requires
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preparation
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____ requirements describe operational characteristics related to the environment.
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Technical
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____ requirements describe operational characteristics related to users.
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Usability
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____ requirements are most often documented in graphical and textual models.
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Functional
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Diagrams and schematic representation of some aspect of a system are examples of a ____ model.
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graphical
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A table that lists specific occurrences in rows and key pieces of information about each occurrence in columns is called a(n) ____ table.
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event
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An external agent or actor that supplies data to the system is called a(n) ____.
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source
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A synonym for cardinality (used with UML class diagrams) is ____.
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multiplicity
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The term ____ is used to describe the relationship among three different types of things.
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ternary relationship
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In the traditional approach to system development, the system stores information about ____ .
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data entities
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A data entity that represents a many-to-many relationship between two other data entities is called a(n) ____.
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associative
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A concept that allows subclasses to share the characteristics of their superclasses is called ____.
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inheritance
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____ is an analysis technique that focuses on identifying the events to which a system must respond and then determining how the system must respond.
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Event decomposition
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The domain model class diagram is used to ____.
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show the things involved in the user's work that are important to the system.
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A sequence of activities within a use case that represents a unique path is called a ____ .
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scenario
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A precondition is a set of statements that must be true ____ .
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before a use case begins
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Which of the following models is NOT considered an object-oriented model?
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Context diagram
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Which of the following relationships would NOT be an appropriate way to describe a relationship between an employee and his/her manager?
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Composition relationship
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How many different symbols can be used in a data flow diagram (DFD)?
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5
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The term diagram 0 is another name for a(n) ____ ?
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event-partitioned system model
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Which of the following is a commonly used method of describing a process on a data flow diagram (DFD)?
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Structured English
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A(n) ____ is a tabular representation of processing logic containing decision variables, decision variable values, and actions or formulas.
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decision table
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Which of the following refers to a modeling technique that breaks the system into a hierarchial set of increasingly more detailed models?
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Level of abstraction
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Which of the following is a diagram or map that identifies all of the processing locations of a system?
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Location diagram
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Which of the following refers to a technique that breaks the system into hierarchical set of increasingly more detailed models?
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Levels of abstraction
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A(n) ____ is a data flow diagram (DFD) that summarizes all processing activity within the system in a single process symbol.
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context diagram
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____ are drawn after the event table and context diagram are complete.
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DFD fragments
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In small development projects, a(n) ____ may be a small loose-leaf notebook or word processing file.
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data dictionary
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An analyst can avoid information overload by adhering to the rule of ____ .
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interface minimization
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Which of the following symbols on a data flow diagram (DFD) represents the communication between an external agent and a process as the process is executing?
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Real-time link
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A ____ represents a file or part of a database that stores information about a data entity.
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data store
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The basic objective of requirements definition is ____ .
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understanding
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The objective of ____ analysis is to identify and define all of the business processes that the system must support.
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use case
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Which of the following documents information about classes that are part of the problem domain of the user?
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State machine diagram
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On a systems sequence diagram, ____ indicates a true/false condition.
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[ ]
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The term ____ is used to describe the communication between objects within a use case.
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message
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A use case diagram can be derived from an ____ .
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event table
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The "includes" relationship represents the idea of ____ .
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one use case being used by another.
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Which of the following has as its mission promotion of the theory and practice of object technology in the development of distributed computing systems?
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Object Management Group (OMG)
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Which of the following refers to the business processes that a new system must respond to?
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Events
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Which of the following refers to the problem domain objects that are involved in the business process?
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Things
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Which of the following represents a requirements model for the traditional approach to systems development?
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Process descriptions
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Which of the following represents a requirements diagram for the object-oriented approach to systems development?
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State machine diagram
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It is common to define a single use case to support multiple business events if ____ .
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essentially the same information is being updated.
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Which of the following describes the inputs and outputs that occur within a use case?
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System sequence diagrams (SSDs)
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A(n) ____ diagram identifies status conditions and specifies the processes allowed.
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state machine
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A(n) ____ provides an overview of all the use cases for a system.
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use case diagram
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Use cases can be organized by ____ .
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All of the above.
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In a SSD, ____ between the lifelines represent the messages that are sent or received by the actor or the system.
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lines with arrows
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To document ____ , draw a composite state with the lower portion divided into multiple compartments for each concurrent path of behavior.
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concurrent behavior of a single object
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Which of the following is NOT an element in a transition label?
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origin state
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Which of the following is NOT a step in the development of a state machine diagram?
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Expand the name of each state to identify concurrent activites
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An actor is a valid part of which model
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System sequence diagram
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