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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Which of the following best defines Information Technology (IT)?
A) Only the software products used by a company.
B) The combination of hardware and software products and services used to manage, access, communicate, and share information.
C) The physical layer (hardware) only.
D) The processes and people within a company only.
nformation systems have five key components: hardware, software, data, processes, and...
(a)
What does the acronym ERP stand for?
A) Electronic Reporting Program
B) Enterprise Resource Planning
C) Employee Records Processing
D) Economic Resource Planning
Which system development method is described as combining data and processes into things called objects?
A) Structured Analysis
B) Agile Methods
C) Object-Oriented Analysis
D) Waterfall Model
A key responsibility of a Systems Analyst is to:
A) Only manage the company's hardware.
B) Plan, develop, and maintain information systems.
C) Only perform a feasibility study.
D) Only create program code.
What is a Business Case? The term business case refers to the:
A) Total financial budget for a project.
B) Justification or reasons for a proposal.
C) Final report given to the Systems Review Committee.
D) Technical specifications for the new system.
A mission-critical system is one that is vital to a company's operations.
TRUE
FALSE
A system project is typically initiated solely to reduce costs and has no other major goals.
TRUE
FALSE
Which group is typically responsible for evaluating systems requests and setting priorities in a large company?
A) The User Support Department
B) The Project Manager
C) The Systems Review Committee
D) The CEO only
What is the final task and end product of the preliminary investigation?
A) Completing the full system design.
B) Preparing a report to management with findings and recommendations.
C) Writing the program code.
D) Conducting a user survey.
Which set of activities best describes the core responsibilities of a Project Manager?
A) Only writing the final system code and training the users.
B) Planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling, and reporting on the system's development.
C) Only performing the preliminary investigation and feasibility study
D) Managing the company's financial budget for all departments.
A successful information system project must satisfy three main criteria: it must be completed on time, stay within budget, and deliver a (a) that meets user requirements.
In project scheduling, a predecessor task is a task that must be completed before another specified task can start.
TRUE
FALSE
When estimating the time required for a task, which of the following estimations should be considered to account for both optimism and pessimism?
A) Only the best-case scenario.
B) Only the most likely scenario.
C) Best-case, most likely, and worst-case scenarios.
D) The historical data from the previous five projects.
A successful project must be completed on time, within budget, and deliver a quality product that satisfies users and meets requirements. Which of these is generally considered the most critical factor when problems occur?
A) Delivering the system on time.
B) The Project Manager's ability to handle the situation.
C) Completing all scheduled tasks, regardless of cost.
D) Trimming all non-critical requirements.
Project management is the process of planning, scheduling, _______ _______, and reporting upon the development of an information system.
(a)
The Project Manager is responsible for all of the following activities EXCEPT:
A) Project planning.
B) Project monitoring and controlling.
C) Creating the final program code.
D) Project reporting.
Project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting all take place within a larger project development framework.
TRUE
FALSE
What is the primary function of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
A) To perform quality assurance tests on the final product.
B) To graphically display project status for upper management.
C) To break the project down into smaller, manageable tasks or activities.
D) To only calculate the critical path.
The table used to identify tasks in a WBS typically includes columns for Task No., Description, Duration, and (a)
The PERT/CPM method is referred to as a bottom-up technique because it starts with project tasks and their durations to calculate the overall project time.
TRUE
FALSE
Which statement correctly compares PERT and Gantt charts?
A) They are mutually exclusive, and a project manager should never use both.
B) Project managers often use both methods, as they are not mutually exclusive.
C) Gantt charts are better for monitoring and controlling the work.
D) PERT charts only show task dependencies, not time.
All of the following are factors that affect task duration EXCEPT
A) Project size and scope.
B) Experience with similar projects.
C) The color scheme of the final user interface.
D) Human resource issues (e.g., training and experience).
What does the Critical Path represent?
A) The shortest path through the project.
B) The path with the most slack time.
C) The path that requires the most resources.
D) The longest path through the project, which determines the project's earliest completion date.
Project managers often spend most of their time tracking the tasks along the critical path because delays here immediately impact the overall project completion date.
TRUE
FALSE
