LO1 Explain the five phases of the systems development life cycle.

4. Which group of individuals listed below can be the most effective in generating
employee support and encouraging the development and acceptance of an AIS
project?
A) management C) the project development team
B) the information system steering committee D) the system analysts and
programmers

5. Which of the following activities is performed during the systems development life
cycle?
A) assessing the ongoing feasibility of the project
B) managing the behavioral reactions to change
C) planning
D) All of the above activities are performed during the life cycle

6. Which of the following parts of a feasibility study is generally considered the most
important and is frequently re-analyzed?

7. The aspect that asks the question, "Can people use the system and will they use it?"
is called
A) economic feasibility B) operational feasibility
C) scheduling feasibility D) technical feasibility
8. Accountants can contribute to feasibility study analysis by evaluating cost savings
and other benefits versus operating costs and other cash outflows. This is better known
as
A) the "best guess" model of benefit analysis. B) the "value added" benefit model.
C) the capital budgeting model. D) the estimated benefits model.

9. The purpose of systems analysis is to

A) identify the problem to be solved by the new (or redesigned) system and the causes
of the problem in the current system.
B) determine design specifications for the new (or redesigned) system.
C) communicate information needs to consider during business process reengineering.
D) discover any violations of policies established by the information systems steering
committee.

10. During ________ of systems analysis, an examination made of each development activity
to define the problem to be solved?
A) information needs and systems requirements B) the feasibility study
C) the initial investigation D) the systems survey
11. When is a proposal to conduct a systems analysis prepared?
A) after a written request for systems development is prepared
B) after the development team completes the survey of the existing AIS
C) after the initial investigation of the project is approved
D) before the initial investigation

12. In which systems analysis step do analysts conduct an extensive study of the
present system to gain a thorough understanding of how it works?
A) feasibility study B) information needs and requirements
C) systems analysis report D) systems survey

13. Which data gathering method is most helpful to deal with the question: "Why?"

interview

14. Which method of data gathering is most likely to result in information that
represents the personal biases and opinions of the person giving the information?

interview

15. When the information is brief and well defined, which is the best data-gathering
approach to use?

Questionares

16. Which is the best data-gathering approach to use when information must be
obtained from many different people?

Questionares

7. The ________ method of gathering information helps to determine how a system

actually works.

observation

18. The ________ method of gathering information helps to determine how a system
should work.

observation

A) interview B) observation C) questionnaire D) system documentation

19. When would a company go through a systems development life cycle?
A) only when major changes are needed
B) only when minor changes are needed
C) anytime changes are needed
D) Usually a company only goes through one complete systems development life
cycle, after which the only phase that is repeated is the operations and maintenance
phase.