Chattahoochee Technical College

CIST 1001

DISCOVERING COMPUTERS: TECHNOLOGY IN A WORLD OF COMPUTERS, MOBILE DEVICES, AND THE INTERNET

CHAPTER TWELVE: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

STUDY GUIDE

1)Identify the five phases in the SDLC. Name three guidelines for system development.

2. Identify who participates in system development. Describe the skill set of a systems analyst.

3. Explain positive and negative issues surrounding telecommuting.

4. Define the term, project management. List elements the project leader must identify.

5. Define these terms: project management software, project plan, and deliverable.

6. Describe how Gantt and PERT charts are used.

7. Define the terms, scope creep and change management.

8. Identify tests used to evaluate feasibility of a project.

9. Explain the importance of documentation.

10. Describe ways that team members collaborate.

11. Identify data and information gathering techniques. A(n)                      session also is called a focus group.

12. [EB] Identify the contributions of the Wikimedia Foundation and Jimmy Wales.

13. List components of information literacy.

14. Describe circumstances that can initiate system development.

15. Explain issues surrounding the effect of digital communications on relationships.

16. List the four activities of the planning phase. Explain how projects are prioritized.

17. Name the activities of the analysis phase. Identify questions to ask a user who submits a project request.

18. List the three activities of the detailed analysis phase. Detailed analysis sometimes is called        design.

19. Describe how a steering committee may decide on a system proposal.

20. Explain security issues surrounding outsourcing.

21. List the two activities of the design phase.

22. Describe how a systems analyst obtains hardware or software.

23. Differentiate among an RFQ, RFP, and RFI. Describe the roles of VARs and IT consultants when soliciting vendor proposals.

24. Explain what occurs when vendor proposals are tested and evaluated. A(n)                       test measures the performance of hardware or software.

25. Identify circumstances that might influence the decision to accept a vendor proposal.

26. Explain the activities that occur during the detailed design phase and the people involved in the review.

27. Describe how systems analysts build relationships with users.

28. Define the terms, prototype and CASE software.

29. List the four activities of the implementation phase.

30. Define the term, program development life cycle. [EB] Identify considerations for program logic.

31. Explain issues surrounding the use of back doors in software development.

32. Define the term, sandbox.

33. List tests a systems analyst and users might perform.

34. Describe the activities that occur during the training phase.

35. Differentiate among the following conversion strategies: direct, parallel, phased, and pilot.

36. List the three activities of the support and security phase.

37. Explain the role of a CSO. Describe the components of a technology security plan.

38. Define the following terms: programming language, application development tool, and syntax.

39. Differentiate between low- and high-level programming languages.

40. Differentiate among machine, assembly, and procedural languages.

41. Explain issues surrounding colleges that teach students how to hack.

42. List guidelines to determine whether a program or app is safe to use.

43. Define the terms, compiler and interpreter.
44. List benefits of OOP languages. Name three types of OOP languages.

45. List guidelines to determine which programming language or development tool to use. Explain the RAD method.

46. Describe the following: 4GLs, classic programming languages, application generators, and macros. Explain how to protect yourself from macro viruses.