Nova Southeastern University MMIS 660 -Systems Analysis and Design Practice Questions [Multiple Choice] – Chapter 10 1)Program Design a)            Is left to programming / development staff (not systems analysts) b)            Is done in the implementation phase of the SDLC c)            Is done with CASE tools that automate the various process models, data models and user interface design into Visual Basic code d)            Is done by analysts and then the design is passed on to programmers to code e)            Consists of icons, metaphors and structures 2

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MMIS 660 -Systems Analysis and Design

Practice Questions [Multiple Choice] – Chapter 10

1)Program Design

a)            Is left to programming / development staff (not systems analysts)

b)            Is done in the implementation phase of the SDLC

c)            Is done with CASE tools that automate the various process models, data models and user interface design into Visual Basic code

d)            Is done by analysts and then the design is passed on to programmers to code

e)            Consists of icons, metaphors and structures

2.            As analysts move from logical design to physical design, one of the actions they will do is:

a)            Create physical use cases, with real triggers and processes

b)            Create physical DFDs

c)            Create actual programs

d)            Develop HIPO charts

e)            Develop Gantt diagrams

3.            The second step in creating a Physical Data Flow Diagram is

a)            Update the metadata in the CASE repository

b)            Draw a human-machine boundary

c)            Add implementation references

d)            Add system-related data stores, data flows and processes

e)            Update the data elements in the data flows

4.            The third step in creating a Physical Data Flow Diagram is

a)            Update the metadata in the CASE repository

b)            Draw a human-machine boundary

c)            Add implementation references

d)            Add system-related data stores, data flows and processes

e)            Update the data elements in the data flows

5.            The fourth step in creating a Physical Data Flow Diagram is

a)            Update the metadata in the CASE repository

b)            Draw a human-machine boundary

c)            Add implementation references

d)            Add system-related data stores, data flows and processes

e)            Update the data elements in the data flows

6.            The Human-Machine Boundary

a)            Is the keyboard and screen

b)            Builds on research in ergonometry

c)            Is a line drawn on the physical DFD to separate human action from automated processes

d)            Is a part of developing the HCI interface

e)            Separates where manual processes are separated by human completed processes

7.            In most automated cases, data stores from logical DFDs will be converted to:

a)            Binary tables

b)            CD Rom disks

c)            Paper files

d)            Into database files / tables

e)            Encrypted hexadecimal values

8.            Every part of a system that is not automated will:

a)            Be ignored in the implementation of the system

b)            Be drawn as only logical DFDs not physical DFDs

c)            Be outside the human-machine boundary

d)            Go back through the analysis phase to become automated

e)            Will be drawn as diamond shapes on the structure charts

9.            Processes from logical DFDs might show up on a physical data flow diagram as:

a)            Tables in a database

b)            External entities

c)            Outside the human-machine boundary

d)            Audit log files

e)            HTML screens or Visual Basic forms

10.          When changing a logical DFD into a physical DFD, it might be necessary to

                .

a)            Add system-related data stores, data flows and processes

b)            Normalize the logical DFD into 3NF

c)            Create the user-interface with smaller fonts

d)            Change the system architecture to three-tiered architecture

e)            Delete extraneous data stores and delete extraneous data flows

11.          Pseudocode is:

a)            The same as structured English

b)            A technique similar to structured English

c)            A subset of the Java programming language

d)            A coding environment sponsored by Oracle

e)            The term for designing language prototyping screens with Visual Basic or HTML

12.          Which is NOT true of structure charts?

a)            They show sequence

b)            They show the user interface

c)            They show couples

d)            They show selection

e)            They emphasize structure and reusability

13.          As a structure chart is constructed, it is generally best to build modules with:

a)            High cohesion

b)            Highly coupled

c)            High fan-out

d)            Have the word “and” in the module title

e)            A high level of coincidental cohesion

14.          For a program module on a structure chart, fan-in:

a)            Describes the number of control modules that communicate with a subordinate

b)            Describes how well the lines of code within each structure chart module relate to each other.

c)            Describes how closely modules are interrelated

d)            Describes the use of empirical data linked lists

e)            An attribute that can be described in pseudocode

15.          A higher-level component that contains the logic for performing other modules and the components that it calls and controls is called a          .

a)            control module

b)            structure chart

c)            subordinate module

d)            super-ordinate

e)            top-down module chart

16.          There are two symbols that describe special types of control in a structure chart. They are a curved arrow and a diamond. These symbols represent            and

                .

a)            connector, conditional line

b)            control, subordinate

c)            library module, conditional line

d)            loop, conditional line

e)            loop, connector

17.          In a structure chart, the purpose of a control couple is to:

a)            Pass parameters from a subordinate module to the control module

b)            Pass parameters from the control modules to a subordinate module

c)            Pass data from a subordinate module to the control module

d)            Pass data from the control module to a subordinate module

e)            Chaperone the dance for programmers on the project

18.          In a structure chart, a transaction structure          .

a)            contains a control module that calls several subordinate modules in sequence, after which something “happens”

b)            contains a control module that calls subordinate modules, each handling a particular transaction

c)            contains a transactional loop

d)            is a subordinate module that handles a particular transaction

e)            is subordinate to subordinal modules

19.          In a structure chart, the element that is drawn as an empty circle with an attached arrow is known as a(n)                .

a)            conditional line

b)            connector

c)            control couple

d)            data couple

e)            module

20.          In a structure chart, the element that communicates that a message or a system flag is being passed from one module to another is known as a(n)               .

a)            conditional line

b)            connector

c)            control couple

d)            data couple

e)            loop