1. Which process is used to develop risk profiles for a firm's information system projects and assets?

2. In a parallel conversion strategy, the new system:

3. Management can control the development of end-user applications in part by:

4. A business document indicating the direction of systems development, the rationale, the current systems, new developments to consider, the management strategy, the implementation plan, and the budget is called a(n):

5. An entire information system is broken down into its main subsystems by using:

6. ________ refers to the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to achieve specific targets within specified budget and time constraints.

7. To show each level of a system's design, its relationship to other levels, and its place in the overall design structure, structured methodologies use:

8. What was the primary problem facing the Girl Scouts regarding their supply chain problems?

9. If an organization's requirements conflict with the software package chosen and the package cannot be customized, the organization will have to:

10. Compared to the use of proprietary components, Web services promise to be less expensive and less difficult to implement because of:

11. Developing an information system has been compared to the problem-solving process. Which one of the following problem-solving steps is not a part of systems analysis?

12. ________ provides software tools to automate development methodologies and reduce the amount of repetitive work in systems development.

13. You are an IT project manager for an advertising firm. The firm wishes to create an online survey tool that will be used to survey focus group reactions to products in development. The most important consideration for the firm is being able to offer the tool as soon as possible as a new corporate service. However, you know that many of the senior managers that are business owners of this project have difficulty in understanding technical or software development issues, and are likely to change their requirements during the course of development. What development method would be most successful for this project?

14. The primary tool for representing a system's component processes and the flow of data between them is the:

15. As a technical project manager you have decided to propose implementing a prototyping methodology for a small Web-based design project. What is the order of steps you will follow in this project?

16. ________ are tangible benefits of information systems.

17. Which of the following is not part of the implementation process?

18. The entire system-building effort is driven by:

19. You have been hired by a pharmaceutical company to evaluate its portfolio of systems and IT projects. Which types of projects would be best avoided?

20. In a direct cutover conversion strategy, the new system:

21. Transferring transaction data from a legacy system to the new system would be defined by which system design specification category?

22. System design specifications that address database issues will include specifications for:

23. In an object-oriented development framework for a university, how would the classes Degree, Mathematics, and Physics be related?

24. ________ are intangible benefits of information systems.

25. The process of creating workable information systems in a very short period of time is called: