SDLC and Programming Concepts Quiz

The systems development life cycle (SDLC) is the overall process for developing information systems, from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance.

• True

• False

Fourth-generation languages (4GL) are programming languages that look similar to human languages. For example, a typical 4GL command might state, 'FIND ALL RECORDS WHERE NAME IS SMITH.'

• True

• False

What are the specific business requests the system must meet to be successful?

• Sign-off

• Conversion

• COBIT

• Business requirements

What determines whether the system satisfies the user and business requirements?

• Alpha testing

• Development testing

• Integration testing

• User acceptance testing

Which of the following is an issue related to the waterfall methodology?

• Flaws in accurately defining and articulating the business problem

• Managing costs, resources, and time constraints

• Assumes users can specify all business requirements in advance

• All of the choices are correct

Which programming language looks similar to human languages?

• Third-generation machine language

• Second-generation machine language

• Fourth-generation machine language

• First-generation machine language

Which high-level programming language uses C++ and Java?

• First-generation machine language

• Second-generation machine language

• Fourth-generation machine language

• Third-generation machine language

What illustrates the movement of information between external entities and the processes and data stores within the system?

• Systems development life cycle

• Computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools

• Process modeling

• Data flow diagram

What is a project plan?

• Illustration of the movement of information between external entities and the processes and data stores within the system.

• Software suites that automate systems analysis, design, and development.

• A formal, approved document that manages and controls the entire project.

• Graphic representation of the processes that capture, manipulate, store, and distribute information between a system and its environment.

What is the implementation phase in the SDLC?

• Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals.

• Involves analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system.

• Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system.

• Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system.