Multiply Choice
1. Which of the following is the correct sequence of activities in the systems development life cycle?
a. Design, analysis, implementation, and operation.
b. Design, implementation, analysis, and operation.
c. Analysis, design, implementation, and operation.
d. Programming, analysis, implementation, and operation.

2. Which of the following is NOT an output attribute?
a. relevance
b. exception orientation
c. zones
d. accuracy

3. Which of the following is NOT a principal feature of a PERT chart?
a. starting and ending dates
b. events
c. paths
d. activities

4. Internal auditors would most appropriately per form which of the following activities during a review of systems development activity?
a. Serve on the MIS steering committee that determines what new systems are to be developed.
b. Review the methodology used to monitor and control the system development function.
c. Recommend specific automated procedures to be incorporated into new systems that will provide reasonable assurance that all data submitted to an application are converted to machine-readable form.
d. Recommend specific operational procedures that will ensure that all data submitted for processing are converted to machine-readable form.

5. Which of the following is the least risky strategy for converting from a manual to a computerized system?
a. file conversion
b. parallel conversion
c. pilot conversion
d. big bang conversion
e. direct conversion

6. At which point are errors are most costly to correct?
a. programming
b. conceptual design
c. analysis
d. detailed design
e. implementation

7. User acceptance testing is more important in an object-oriented development process than in a traditional environment because of the implications of the
a. absence of traditional design documents.
b. lack of a tracking system for changes.
c. potential for continuous monitoring.
d. inheritance of properties in hierarchies.


8. Which of the following sets of application characteristics of an accounting application might influence the selection of data entry devices and media for a computerized accounting system?
a. Timing of feedback needs relative to input, need for documentation of an activity, and the necessity for reliability and accuracy.
b. Cost considerations, volume of input, complexity of activity, and liquidity of assets involved.
c. Need for documentation, necessity for accuracy and reliability, volume of output, and cost considerations.
d. Relevancy of data, volume of input, cost considerations, volume of output, and timing of feedback needs relative to input.
e. Type of file used, reliability of manufacturer’s service, volume of output, and cost considerations.

9. What is the name given to the systems development approach used to quickly produce a model of user interfaces, user interactions with the system, and process logic?
a. neural networking
b. prototyping
c. reengineering
d. application generation

10. The PERT is combined with cost data to produce a PERT cost analysis to
a. calculate the total project cost inclusive of the additional slack time.
b. evaluate and optimize trade-offs between time of an event’s completion and its cost to complete.
c. implement computer-integrated manufacturing concepts.
d. avoid the problem of time variance analysis.
e. calculate expected activity times.

11. Which of the following is NOT part of the systems implementation process?
a. converting databases
b. documentation
c. systems design
d. testing and correction

12. What is the critical path in the PERT method for network analysis?
a. shortest path through the network
b. longest path through the network
c. path with the most slack
d. path with the most variability in estimated times
e. least-cost path