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BIS 261 DeVry Final Exam

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30. (TCO 8) Quality assurance (QA) activities during analysis concentrate on ____.<br />

31. (TCO 8) If a system was analyzed and designed with object-oriented techniques, developers prepare test cases<br />

for each ____.<br />

32. (TCO 8) Reynolds Realty has experienced problems with bugs in their production systems, so they are<br />

reorganizing their software testing process. In this reorganization, primary responsibility for performing acceptance<br />

testing should be assigned to:<br />

33. (TCO 8) Your employer, Stephenson Services, requires a formal inspection of all official documents at the end of<br />

each phase of a project, before moving on to the next phase. At the end of the analysis phase, you have been asked<br />

to serve as a critic for the inspection of the use case diagram and use case descriptions. During the inspection, you<br />

should:<br />

34. (TCO 3) HRSoft, LLC develops and sells custom human resources management (HRM) solutions for mid-sized<br />

businesses. The company has been using a structured systems development approach, but is considering switching<br />

to agile methods. You have been asked to discuss the suitability of this change. HRSoft’s systems use reliable, proven<br />

technology. Customers often have trouble defining their needs in advance, so there are often changes to requirements<br />

while a project is underway. The HR field is heavily regulated, and systems must be certified to comply with state and<br />

federal labor laws, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules, and other regulations. HRSoft is a<br />

small company with an entrepreneurial culture that operates in a moderately competitive industry. Discuss the<br />

advantages and disadvantages of agile software development methods for HRSoft. Describe three advantages and<br />

three disadvantages, writing at least one complete sentence about each advantage and each disadvantage. Your<br />

answer should be at least one paragraph of at least six complete sentences.<br />

35. (TCO 4) Two competing companies, Alphaware and Betaware, are each planning to develop a new information<br />

system. Alphaware has a strong, experienced project management team in place, but is planning to use a complex<br />

technology that has never before been applied to this type of system. Betaware has a young, inexperienced project<br />

management team, but they will be working with a well-understand technology that the company has used successfully<br />

for similar systems in the past. Which company has the higher chance of success, and why? Write a paragraph of at<br />

least four complete sentences, explaining your answer in terms of research on project success and failure factors.<br />

36. (TCO 5) You are a business analyst at a company that sells office supplies on the Web, working on a project to<br />

develop a new order-tracking system for the website. You are planning to hold a Joint Application Design (JAD) session<br />

to gather information for the analysis phase of the project. Describe a plan for the JAD session, including who should<br />

attend, where it should be held, what equipment and tools should be available, and how the session should be<br />

conducted. Your answer should be one or more paragraphs containing at least six complete sentences.<br />

37. (TCO 1) You are facilitating a meeting to decide on requirements for a new supply chain management system.<br />

During a discussion of how to qualify new vendors, Gina from the engineering department says, “That reminds me of<br />

the time that I needed a special chair for my bad back, and I couldn’t get it because the vendor wasn’t on the approved<br />

list! Here’s what happened . . . ” Several other participants roll their eyes, and two people pull out cell phones to check<br />

their messages. Describe how you will deal with this as the facilitator, including what you will do the first time that it<br />

happens, and how your response will change if Gina persists in returning to her story. Describe at least three different<br />

levels of interventions that you will use, with two complete sentences about each level of intervention. Your response<br />

should be one or more paragraphs containing at least six complete sentences.<br />

38. (TCO 2) You are leading a 12-member team to develop requirements for a new inventory control system for an<br />

international company. The team includes representatives from several countries in which the company’s<br />

manufacturing and distribution facilities are located. Describe three challenges that you expect to arise because the<br />

team is geographically distributed rather than co-located, and the measures that you plan to take to overcome these<br />

challenges. For each challenge, write at least one sentence describing the challenge, and at least one sentence stating<br />

how you plan to overcome it. Your answer should be one or more paragraphs containing at least six complete<br />

sentences.<br />

39. (TCO 6) Here is a class diagram for a computer store inventory system:<br />

Describe the problem domain class model represented by this diagram. In your description, identify the name of each<br />

class; the attributes of each class; and the relationship type and multiplicities of each association between classes.<br />

Your answer should be one or more paragraphs containing at least six complete sentences.<br />

40. (TCO 7) You are drafting a test plan for a new online stock-trading system for a major brokerage house. Trades<br />

are time-sensitive, so it is extremely important for the system to process transactions rapidly even when trading volume

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