ITE2513-Chapter 3.1

1. What is the main goal of the SDLC?

• A) To reduce costs of development

• B) To align business objectives with an appropriate system solution

• C) To improve employee engagement

• D) To increase hosting options

2. What is included in the System Analysis/Planning step of the SDLC?

• A) Information policy creation

• B) Identifying business objectives, system functionality, and information requirements

• C) Deciding between in-house or outsourced hosting

• D) Conducting unit and system testing

3. What are the two components of system design?

• A) Development and Implementation

• B) System Testing and Acceptance Testing

• C) Logical Design and Physical Design

• D) Software and Hardware Maintenance

4. Which of the following is a key consideration when deciding to build a system in-house?

• A) Budget for hardware only

• B) Diverse skill sets and software tools required

• C) Availability of AI technologies

• D) Hosting solutions provided by the vendor

5. What is the most common approach businesses take for hosting their websites?

• A) Self-hosting using internal servers

• B) Outsourcing to a hosting company

• C) Using peer-to-peer hosting networks

• D) Deploying AI-driven hosting solutions

6. Which type of testing ensures that individual program modules work as intended?

• A) Unit Testing

• B) System Testing

• C) Acceptance Testing

• D) Integration Testing

7. What is benchmarking in the context of e-commerce system maintenance?

• A) Comparing site performance against industry competitors

• B) Testing individual components of the system

• C) Creating a logical design for the website

• D) Analyzing customer purchase patterns

8. Which of the following is an example of two-tier architecture?

• A) Web server linked to a middle layer of application servers

• B) Web server responding to requests and a database server providing backend data

• C) Application servers handling customer interactions and backend systems

• D) E-commerce site using AI for data analysis

9. What is a core function of merchant server software?

• A) Employee training

• B) Content design and development

• C) Providing an online catalog and shopping cart

• D) Implementing a privacy policy

10. What is the purpose of AI-powered recommendation systems in e-commerce?

• A) To enhance system testing efficiency

• B) To suggest products based on customer data and preferences

• C) To identify vulnerabilities in the hosting platform

• D) To optimize pricing for competitors