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Systems Analysis and Design 9th edition Kenneth E. Kendall, Julie E. Kendall - Solutions
Print a detailed report for all elements. Include only the physical information and the values and meanings. Why would this report be useful to the analyst?
Use the Jump button to move to the Software Record Structure. Delete the following elements: ACTIVE SOFTWARE CODE INSTALLATION COMPUTER SOFTWARE EXPERT
Modify the SOFTWARE CHANGES record, supplying changes to the SOFTWARE MASTER record. The modifications are as follows:a. Add a [pk], for primary key, in front of the SOFTWARE INVENTORY NUMBER.b. Add the following elements: COMPUTER BRAND, COMPUTER MODEL, MEMORY REQUIRED, MONITOR REQUIRED, PRINTER
Modify the COMPUTER ADD TRANSACTION record, which contains new computer records to be placed on the COMPUTER MASTER data store. a. Insert the BRAND NAME and MODEL above the SERIAL NUMBER. b. Place the CAMPUS LOCATION and ROOM LOCATION after the SERIAL NUMBER.
Modify the INSTALLED SOFTWARE TRANSACTION, which is used to update the SOFTWARE MASTER and to produce the SOFTWARE INSTALLATION LISTING. Delete the TITLE and VERSION NUMBER, because they may be obtained from the SOFTWARE MASTER and are redundant keying. Add the HARDWARE INVENTORY NUMBER, specifying
Modify the INSTALLED SOFTWARE data store. Add the composition record INSTALLED SOFTWARE TRANSACTION. The index elements are SOFTWARE INVENTORY NUMBER and HARDWARE INVENTORY NUMBER
Define the data store SOFTWARE LOG FILE. This file is used to store information on the new software records, plus the date, time, and user ID of the person entering the record. Index elements are SOFTWARE INVENTORY NUMBER, TITLE,VERSION (a concatenated key), and SOFTWARE CATEGORY.
Use Visible Analyst or the Repository Web page to view the Process repository entry for UPDATE PENDING COMPUTER ORDER.
Modify and print the ACCUMULATIVE HARDWARE SUBTOTALS Process entry. Add the Process Description, "Accumulate the hardware subtotals. These include the number of machines for each hardware brand."
Modify and print the CONFIRM COMPUTER DELETION Process entry. Add the following Process Description: Use the COMPUTER RECORD to format the Deletion Confirmation screen (refer to the Delete Computer Prototype screen). Prompt the user to click the OK button to confirm the deletion; otherwise, click
Create Process specifications for process 6.6, VALIDATE COMPUTER CHANGES. The Process Description for the process is as follows: Validate the changes to the COMPUTER MASTER. Include a note to use the edit criteria established for each element. Provide the following additional editing criteria:
Create process specifications for process 1.4, CREATE SOFTWARE LOG FILE. Use the data flow diagram examples to determine inputs and outputs. Process details are as follows: Format the SOFTWARE LOG RECORD from the following information: The confirmed NEW SOFTWARE RECORD elements. The following
Produce process specifications for process 3.1.7, FIND MATCHING HARDWARE RECORD. This process is part of a program producing a report showing all computers on which each software package is located. Use Visible Analyst to view data flow diagram 9.7. Use structured English to depict the following
Create the FIND SOFTWARE LOCATION decision table, representing the logic for an inquiry program for displaying all locations for a given SOFTWARE TITLE and VERSION. The conditions have been created and optimized, resulting in five rules, illustrated in Figure E9.3. Enter the actions that need to be
Create a decision table for a batch update of the COMPUTER MASTER file. There are three types of updates: Add, Delete, and Change. The COMPUTER MASTER record must be read. If the transaction is an Add and the master is not found, format and write the new COMPUTER MASTER record. Print a valid
Create and print the COMPUTER state chart diagram. There are two columns of states. In the left column, include the following states from the top to the bottom: NEW COMPUTER, CLEANING COMPUTER, and RECYCLED COMPUTER. In the right column, include the following states from the top to the bottom:
Modify and print the COMPUTER class diagram. Each computer may have one or more operating systems installed. Move the Operating System class to the right of its current location and add a new class called Computer Operating System below the Computer class. Change the connecting line from Computer
Use either Visio or Visible Analyst to view the COMPUTER SYSTEM class diagram.
Modify and print the REGISTER FOR TRAINING activity diagram. The prototype for this Web page is illustrated in Figure E12.4. Add the following state symbols and event connections:a. The CREATE XML EMPLOYEE DATA state in the WEB SERVER swimlane, below the GET EMPLOYEE INFORMATION state. Connect it
Create and print the TRAINING CALENDAR activity diagram. The prototype for this Web page is illustrated in Figure E11.4. Add a starting circle at the top left of the diagram and add the following swimlanes, state symbols and event connections:a. Add a swimlane on the left labeled CLIENT WEB PAGE
Modify and print the REGISTER FOR TRAINING sequence diagram. Add two new entity classes to the right side of the diagram and extend the lifeline down to the bottom of the diagram. The classes are Employee and Class. Add the following messages from the REGISTER FOR CLASS CONTROLLER, and add the
Create and print the TRAINING CALENDAR sequence diagram. Add the Faculty actor in the upper left corner of the diagram and then the following classes from left to right along the top of the diagram:a. Display Training Classes interface classb. Display Training Classes control classc. Class entity
Modify and print the Training statechart diagram. Add two states after the CANCELED TRAINING CLASS on the left side of the diagram. They are ACTIVE TRAINING CLASS and below it, COMPLETED TRAINING CLASS. Add a class below SCHEDULED TRAINING CLASS called ENROLLED TRAINING CLASS. Add the following
List the five factors analysts should consider when including Web 2.0 technologies in organizational web pages.
List 7 of the 14 app development steps that deal with design.
Why is it important to design an app for different orientations (portrait and landscape)?
List the six basic options for pricing an app you develop.
Draw a diagram that compares the flow of app development through the 14 steps with the seven phases of the SDLC.
Write two paragraphs that compare and contrast the process of app development and the SDLC as you diagrammed it in Problem 18.
Design an airline flight reminder screen for tablet using landscape orientation.
Design a website, either on paper or using software with which you are familiar, for Dizzyland. Although you may sketch documents or graphics for hyperlinks on paper, create a prototype home page for Maverick, indicating hyperlinks where appropriate. Obtain feedback from other groups in your class
Without looking at your phone or tablet, design three sample pages for the following apps. You do not need to use a mock-up app for this assignment. Just draw them on paper. (Note that each group may be assigned a different app to do). a. A grocery list helper b. A hotel and room finder c. An app
Explore the Joomla! website at www.joomla.org. How could this open source application be helpful in implementing your designs from Problem 4 above? Summarize your findings in a paragraph. Use the Web to find another CMS and use a paragraph to compare it to Joomla! Be sure to address cost, ease of
Design the COMPUTER PROBLEM REPORT. This report shows all computers that have a large number of repairs or a large repair cost. Refer to the repository description for the data flow for the elements or modify the Access report.
Design or modify the INSTALLATION REPORT. Refer to the repository entry for the data flow for the elements. This report shows which computers have been recently received and are available for installation.
Design or modify the PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE REPORT. Refer to the repository entry for the data flow for the elements. This report shows which computers need to have preventive maintenance performed on them.
Design the SOFTWARE CROSS REFERENCE REPORT. Refer to the repository description for the data flow for the elements or modify the Access report. This report shows the computer in which each software package is installed. The TITLE, VERSION, OPERATING SYSTEM MEANING, and PUBLISHER are group printed.
Design or modify the OUTSTANDING COMPUTER PURCHASE ORDERS REPORT. Refer to the repository entry for the data flow for the elements. This report would be produced for all PURCHASE ORDER records that have a purchase order code of M101, representing computers, with the additional condition that the
Design the SOFTWARE INVESTMENT REPORT. Refer to the repository description for the data flow for the elements or modify the Access report.
Design the HARDWARE INVENTORY LISTING Web page, showing the computers available in each room at each campus. The CAMPUS is selected from a drop-down list displaying the CAMPUS DESCRIPTION. When the user selects a campus name from the drop-down list, the Web page uses Ajax techniques to fill the
Design the SOFTWARE CROSS REFERENCE Web page. Refer to the repository description for the SOFTWARE CROSS REFERENCE REPORT data flow for the elements on the Web page. This Web page shows the computers that each software package is installed. Include a drop-down list of software that allows the user
Chip, Dot, and Mike participated in several brainstorming sessions resulting in the outlining of several reports. Design (or modify using Access) the HARDWARE MASTER REPORT. This report is large, and you will have to be careful to include all the data in the report area. You may want to have
After meeting with Cher Ware and Hy Perteks to discuss reporting needs, Anna has identified the fields for the partially completed NEW SOFTWARE INSTALLED REPORT. Design (or modify) the report to include the elements found in the data flow repository entry. Is the report a summary or detailed
Both Dot and Mike need to know when new computers have been received. Create the NEW COMPUTER RECEIVED REPORT. The COMPUTER RECEIVED REPORT data flow contains the necessary elements.
Design the SOFTWARE MASTER REPORT containing pertinent information that helps Cher and Hy to locate the various copies of any software package easily. The elements necessary to produce the report are located on the SOFTWARE MASTER REPORT data flow. The TITLE,VERSION, OPERATING SYSTEM NAME,
Design the HARDWARE INVENTORY LISTING, showing the software available in each room at each campus. The CAMPUS field should be the CAMPUS DESCRIPTION, not the code representing the campus.
Design the INSTALLED COMPUTER REPORT, showing personal computers that have been installed in each room. Use the CAMPUS DESCRIPTION and group print by CAMPUS DESCRIPTION and ROOM LOCATION. The INSTALLED BOARDS is a repeating group, with up to five entries per computer.
Design the SOFTWARE BY MACHINE screen report. Refer to the data flow repository entry for elements.
Design a system of onscreen display icons with readily recognizable shapes that allows account executives in brokerage houses to determine at a glance what actions (if any) need to be taken on a client's account. a. Design and draw icons that correspond to the following: i. Transaction completed
Cher Ware has remarked several times that a good form would make the task of adding new software much easier. It would also provide permanent paper documentation for software additions. Design a form to add software to the SOFTWARE MASTER. Open Data Flow Diagram 0 in Visio or Visible Analyst. View
Hy Perteks is concerned that old courses for obsolete versions of software are cluttering the drives. Create and print the DELETE SOFTWARE COURSE display. Entry fields are the SOFTWARE TITLE, OPERATING SYSTEM, and VERSION NUMBER. The program displays a line for each course taught for the software
Design the UPDATE MAINTENANCE INFORMATION display screen. It contains entry fields that allow Mike Crowe to change maintenance information as computers are repaired or as routine maintenance is performed on them. The Visible Analyst data structure is UPDATE MAINTENANCE INFORMATION.
Design the ADD SOFTWARE RECORD display screen, either on paper or by modifying the Access screen. Use the fields created in Exercise E-1. The Repository Web page or Visible Analyst data structure name is NEW SOFTWARE RECORD.
Hy Perteks would like a form to fill in as he learns about new software experts. Use the repository data structure called ADD SOFTWARE EXPERT to determine the fields required for the form.
Create the ADD SOFTWARE EXPERT display on paper, using a word processor, or by modifying the Access form. Test the ADD SOFTWARE EXPERT display, using the drop-down lists and observing the status bar on the bottom of the screen.
Design or modify the Access form for the DELETE SOFTWARE EXPERT display. Which fields are drop-down lists? Use the repository data structure called DELETE SOFTWARE EXPERT.
Design or modify the Access form for the DELETE COMPUTER RECORD display. The repository data structure is called DELETE COMPUTER RECORD.
Cher Ware and Anna spent the better part of a morning working out the details on the software portion of the system. Plagued by the problem of providing consistent software upgrades for all machines, Cher would like an easy method of upgrading. A few older versions of software may also be retained
Explain why the UPGRADE SOFTWARE display screen would display machines rather than have Cher enter the machine IDs. In a paragraph, discuss why the display shows records in a CAMPUS/ROOM sequence.
Design the CHANGE SOFTWARE display screen. This allows Cher Ware to modify data that have been entered incorrectly, as well as information that routinely changes, such as SOFTWARE EXPERT and NUMBER OF COPIES. The SOFTWARE INVENTORY NUMBER is the primary key and may not be changed. The other
What are the sources of big data for text analytics?
Add the VENDOR entity to the diagram. The vendor warrants the computers, and the relationship between VENDOR and COMPUTER is that one VENDOR can warrant many COMPUTER(s). Add primary keys. Microsoft Visio will automatically create foreign keys. In Visible Analyst, select Key Synchronization from
Add the MAINTENANCE entity to the diagram. Maintenance repairs are performed on computers, and the relationship between MAINTENANCE and COMPUTER(s) is such that one COMPUTER may have many MAINTENANCE records. Use the repository to define MAINTENANCE ORDER NUMBER. Set this attribute as the primary
Describe the SOFTWARE CATEGORY entity in the repository. Include the elements found on the entity-relationship diagram below SOFTWARE CATEGORY in the Composition area.
Each computer may have more than one operating system, and each operating system may be installed on more than one computer. Add an associative entity called COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM between COMPUTER and OPERATING SYSTEM. Include the primary and foreign keys in the repository in either Microsoft
Explain in a paragraph the relationship between a foreign key and a primary key, and why it is necessary to have them on separate entities when there is a relationship between the entities.
Define the term "graphical user interface." What is the key difficulty they present for programmers?
Every so often, Hy Perteks receives a request for help concerning a given software package. Staff members and students need to perform advanced options or transfer data to and from different packages, and they are having difficulties. Hy would like to enter the software TITLE and VERSION NUMBER.
Hy receives a number of requests for training classes. He would like to plan training and place the upcoming classes on the intranet so that faculty would have an adequate amount of lead time to schedule a class. Design the SOFTWARE TRAINING CLASSES inquiry. The details may be found in the Visible
In a paragraph, explain why a data entry display should emphasize accuracy, whereas an inquiry display emphasizes how fast results may be displayed.
Modify and print the hierarchy chart representing the Update Hardware menu. The file name in Visio is Update Hardware. Add rectangles to represent the following menu options: Change Computer Delete Computer Record Update Installed Computer
Use the Program Structure diagram of Visio or the Functional Decomposition feature of Visible Analyst to draw a hierarchy chart representing the options found on the Update Software menu. Start with the top rectangle representing the Update Software menu. Add Software Package Change Software
Discuss in a paragraph why the users would need to move to another page (by pressing the Next Record button) to display the correct record for the SOFTWARE LOCATION inquiry.
Design the SOFTWARE DETAILS inquiry display. The entry field is SOFTWARE INVENTORY NUMBER, and all software information, with the exception of EXPERT and MACHINES INSTALLED ON, should be displayed. Refer to the Visible Analyst (or Repository Web page) SOFTWARE DETAILS data flow repository entry.
When scheduling classrooms for student use, Cher Ware needs to know all the software packages in a given room. She would like to enter the CAMPUS LOCATION and the ROOM on an inquiry display. The fields would be TITLE, VERSION, SITE LICENSE, and NUMBER OF COPIES. Design the SOFTWARE BY ROOM inquiry,
List two ways developers can include QR codes into their designs.
Modify and print the following elements with edit criteria in the Notes (or Values and Meanings for specific codes) area. These may be found in the Repository Web page or in the Visible Analyst repository.Elementa. SOFTWARE CATEGORYb. COURSE TRAINING LEVEL CODEc. OPERATING SYSTEMEdit CriteriaTable
Modify and print the following elements with edit criteria placed in the Notes area:a. Element: SOFTWARE INVENTORY NUMBERA modulus-11 check digit must be verified when entering the number. The ADD SOFTWARE program creates the check digit. The ADD SOFTWARE program should also check the SOFTWARE
After speaking with Dot Matricks and Mike Crowe, it has become apparent that the campus codes must be sortable for installing hardware and software, as well as for creating inventory sheets. Use Microsoft Access to modify and print the CAMPUS LOCATION CODES table. The first digit represents the
What is the client/server model?
What are the benefits of implementing systems and software using cloud computing?
Explain why ERP served with a cloud platform might be more affordable to small and medium businesses than traditional ERP installations.
Use a paragraph to speculate on why the star network configuration was used. Does it matter that users are in several different rooms?
Describe procedures that should be designed to create automatic backup files. In a paragraph, be sure to consider the pros and cons of these procedures.
List security measures that should be taken to prevent unauthorized persons from using the computer system.
Outline a disaster recovery plan for the new computer system you have created for CPU. In particular focus on the teams that will be responsible for managing a crisis.
Explain in a paragraph why a phased conversion would be used to install the computer system.
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