Question:Changing over from the old information system to a new one by
turning off the old system as the new one is turned on best describes
A
Phased
installation
B
Single location
installation
C
Parallel
installation
D
Direct installation
E
Rotation
installation
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Question:On a data-flow diagram, a diamond represents a process.
A
True
B
False
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Question:When designing the navigation procedures within your system,
the primary concerns are
A
The design of
between-field navigation and the ability to provide feedback
B
Grouping data
fields into logical categories and assigning group labels
C
Flexibility and
consistency
D
Formatting and
meaningful labels
E
Spacing and color differences
4
Question:Functional decomposition is a repetitive process of breaking
the description or perspective of a system down into finer and finer detail.
A
True
B
False
5
Question:A ternary relationship is the equivalent of three binary
relationships.
A
True
B
False
6
Question:In a file-oriented information system, a security file ____.
A
Stores relatively
permanent data about an entity
B
Is created and
saved for backup and recovery purposes
C
Stores records
that contain day-to-day business and operational data
D
Is a temporary
file created by an information system for a single task
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Question:Which of the following types of maintenance accounts for as
much as 70 percent of all maintenance activity?
A
Preventive
maintenance
B
Corrective
maintenance
C
Adaptive
maintenance
D
Perfective
maintenance
E
Internal
maintenance
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Question:In a typical file processing environment, ____ problems can
occur if updates are not applied in every file.
A
Rigid data
structure
B
Data integrity
C
Referential
integrity
D
Data redundancy
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Question:The ease with which software can be understood, corrected,
adapted, and enhanced best describes
A
Maintenance
B
Maintainability
C
Adaptability
D
Comfort level
E
Installation
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Question:Which of the following influences most of the costs associated
with maintaining a system?
A
Maintenance
personnel
B
Documentation
quality
C
Number of latent
defects
D
Number of
customers
E
Tools
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Question:____ describe what objects need to know about each other, how
objects respond to changes in other objects, and the effects of membership in
classes, superclasses, and subclasses.
A
Aggregates
B
Relationships
C
Clusters
D
Linkages
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Question:The dependence of nonprimary key attributes on other
nonprimary key attributes best describes a
A
Relationship
dependency
B
Transitive
dependency
C
Weak attribute
D
Weak entity
E
Weak relationship
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Question:A primary key should be null.
A
True
B
False
14
Question:A relationship between object classes best defines
A
Encapsulation
B
Scope
C
Association
D
Composition
E
Integration
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Question:Data-flow diagramming is one of several structured analysis
techniques used to increase software development productivity.
A
True
B
False
16
Question:Referential integrity specifies that the value of an attribute
of one relation depends on the existence of the same attribute in another
relation.
A
True
B
False
17
Question:Which of the following functional capabilities are required
for providing smooth and easy navigation within a form?
A
Cursor-control
capabilities
B
Editing
capabilities
C
Exit capabilities
D
Help capabilities
E
All of the above
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Question:During an inspection test, exactly what the code does is
investigated.
A
True
B
False
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Question:A relationship between the instances of one entity type is a
A
Unary relationship
B
Binary
relationship
C
Ternary relationship
D
Singular
occurrence
E
Partnership
occurrence
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Question:When two relations, A and B, have a many-to-many relationship,
we create a separate relation, C, to represent this.
A
True
B
False
21
Question:A relation is said to be in second normal form if the primary
key consists of only one attribute.
A
True
B
False
22
Question:Where possible, text should appear in all uppercase on forms.
A
True
B
False
23
Question:Which of the following encompasses an object’s properties and
the values those properties have?
A
Behavior
B
Class
C
State
D
Encapsulation
E
Incorporation
24
Question:Which of the following represents how an object acts and
reacts?
A
Behavior
B
Class
C
State
D
Encapsulation
E
Environment
25
Question:Which of the following provides an external interface to a
class?
A
Constructor
B
Operation
C
View
D
Association
E
Source
26
Question:During beta testing, users test a completed information system
using real data in the real user environment.
A
True
B
False
27
Question:Which of the following is a true statement?
A
The goal of
conceptual data modeling is to capture as much of the meaning of data as is
possible
B
The efficiencies
gained by maintaining systems at the rule rather than code level
drastically reduce cost
C
If a thorough
repository of data descriptions is kept, the system can be regenerated as
the business rules change
D
The more details
about data that we can model, the better the system we can design and build
E
All of the above
are true statements
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Question:Changes made to a system to fix or enhance its functionality
best defines
A
Maintenance
B
Support
C
Repair
D
Installation
E
Coding
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Question:When each nonprimary key attribute is identified by the whole
key, the relation is said to be in at least
A
Second normal form
B
Third normal form
C
Fourth normal form
D
Fifth normal form
E
A relational form
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Question:The most complete acceptance testing will include
A
Alpha testing,
beta testing, and a walkthrough
B
Beta testing, stub
testing, and unit testing
C
Desk checking, a
system audit, and integration testing
D
A system audit,
system testing, and integration testing
E
Alpha testing,
beta testing, and a system audit
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Question:During physical design, you consider
A
The definitions of
each attribute
B
The descriptions
of where and when data are entered, retrieved, deleted, and updated
C
The expectations
for response time and data integrity
D
The descriptions
of the file and database technologies to be used
E
All of the above
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Question:A context diagram shows the scope of the organizational
system, system boundaries, external entities that interact with the system,
and the major information flows between entities and the system.
A
True
B
False
33
Question:An object is an entity that has a well-defined role in the
application domain, and has state, behavior, and identity.
A
True
B
False
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Question:An association between the instances of one or more entity
types that is of interest to the organization best defines
A
Occurrence
B
Relationship
C
Natural connection
D
Cardinality
E
Entity link
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Question:Highlighting methods should be consistently selected and used
based upon the level of importance of the emphasized information.
A
True
B
False
36
Question:Use cases show the static structure of data and the operations
that act on data.
A
True
B
False
37
Question:____ is the transfer of information systems development,
operation, or maintenance to an outside firm that provides these services,
for a fee, on a temporary or long-term basis.
A
Outsourcing
B
Commission
C
Subscription
D
External provision
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Question:A(n) ____ is a user interface that allows users to interact
with graphical objects and pointing devices.
A
HCI
B
PCI
C
UI
D
GUI
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Question:An identifier is a candidate key that has been selected as the
unique, identifying characteristic for an entity type.
A
True
B
False
40
Question:Transitive attributes are attributes that determine other
attributes.
A
True
B
False
41
Question:Combining all normalized user views into one consolidated
logical database model refers to
A
Normalization
B
Requirements
structuring
C
File integration
D
View integration
E
Logic modeling
42
Question:A functional dependency between two (or more) nonkey
attributes in a relation defines a
A
Weak dependency
B
Partial dependency
C
Simple dependency
D
Transitive
dependency
E
Recursive
dependency
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Question:The purpose of acceptance testing is to
A
Determine if new
requirements must be added to the newly completed system
B
Determine if the
system meets user requirements
C
Determine if the
system meets its objectives
D
Test a completed information
system using simulated data
E
Test a completed
information system using real data
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Question:A candidate key that has been selected as the unique,
identifying characteristic for an entity type is called a(n)
A
Attribute
B
Identifier
C
Secondary key
D
Gerund
E
Index
45
Question:On a use-case diagram, a linking relationship arises when one
use case references another use case.
A
True
B
False
46
Question:An arrow on a data-flow diagram represents a(n)
A
Data store
B
Data flow
C
Process
D
Source
E
Action sequence
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Question:Which of the following is not a rule for structuring data
entry fields?
A
Never require data
that is already online or that can be computed
B
Always provide
default values when appropriate
C
Data entries
should not be justified
D
Always place a
caption adjacent to fields
E
Provide
context-sensitive help when appropriate
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Question:One problem in a file processing environment is ____, which
means that data common to two or more information systems is stored in
several places.
A
Rigid data
structure
B
Data integrity
C
Referential
integrity
D
Data redundancy
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