Tirane, January 18, 2018

Head of the Department

Prof.as.dr Nevila Baçi

Exam Time = 90 minutes

Total exam points 100 = 25 multiple choice questions=50 points, 20 true/false questions = 20 points, 1 problem: 30
points

Questions Multiple Choice[2 point each]

1) Which of these systems processes large amounts of data for routine transactions?
A) transaction processing systems
B) decision support systems
C) expert systems
D) management information systems

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2) Which of these is the most personalized?
A) transaction processing systems

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B) decision support systems
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D) management information systems
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3) In which phase of the SDLC are data flow diagrams constructed?

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A) Determining Human Information Requirements

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B) Analyzing System Needs

C) Designing the System
D) Testing and Maintaining the System
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4) Which of the following is not one of the fundamental components of the agile approach?
A) Pressure.
B) Values.
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C) Principles.
D) Core practices.
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5) Which of these is most closely associated with system control?

A) boundary
B) environment
C) feedback
D) interface

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 6) Which of the following symbols is not used on the context level data flow diagram?
A) rectangle with rounded corners
B) triangle
C) arrow
D) shaded corner square

7) The management group that has a high need for historical data along with information that
allows prediction of future events is:
A) operations management.
B) middle management.
C) strategic management.
D) virtual management.

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8) An entity that describes attributes, such as repeating groups is called:

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A) a fundamental entity.

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B) an associative entity.
C) an attributive entity.

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D) an external entity.
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9) Which of following is not a specific criteria for project selection?
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A) appropriate timing of project commitment

B) practical in terms of resources for the analyst and organization
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C) backing from programmers

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D) worthwhile project compared with other ways the organization could invest resources
E) possibility of improving attainment of organizational goals
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10) Which of the following is not a way in which systems projects are considered to be feasible?
A) operationally
B) technically
C) economically
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D) physically
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11) Which of these is most valuable in estimating project time?

A) experience
B) historical records
C) industry standards
D) mathematical programming

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 12) The longest path through a PERT diagram is called:
A) slack time.
B) the precedent activity path.
C) maximum path time.
D) the critical path.

13) Which of these steps in interview preparation is most helpful in allowing the interviewer to
build a vocabulary common to the interviewee?
A) deciding on question types and structure
B) deciding whom to interview
C) establishing interview objectives
D) preparing the interviewee
E) reading background material

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14) Which kind of question is easiest to analyze?

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A) closed
B) open

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C) probe
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D) tactical
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15) JAD sessions:

A) are used when several interviews, with several users, contain only closed, detailed questions.
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B) are used when the users do not get along with one another.
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C) are used to perform interviews with management and primary clients outside the corporation.
D) are used to reduce the time and the cost of doing many one-to-one interviews
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16) Which is not a guideline in determining whether use of questionnaires is appropriate?

A) The people you need to question are widely dispersed.
B) There are only a few people involved in the systems project.
C) You are doing an exploratory study to gauge overall opinion.
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D) You desire to do problem sensing to identify problems with the current system.
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17) Which is not one of four steps that a systems analyst must follow to design a good sample?
A) Determine the data to be collected or described.
B) Determine the population to be sampled.
C) Choose the type of population.
D) Describe the sample size.

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 18) Which is the most common information flow in an organization?
A) upward and horizontally
B) downward and horizontally
C) upward and vertically
D) downward and vertically

19) Which of these is not an organizational element of interest with the STROBE technique?
A) decision maker's body language
B) decision maker's placement within an office
C) decision maker's clothing
D) office lighting and color
E) office location

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20) If a decision maker has trade journals and newspaper clipping about other companies, they

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A) external information.
B) internal information.

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C) detailed corporate information.
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D) summarized corporate information.
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21) Which prototype includes only some, but not all, of the components of the final system?
A) first of a series prototype
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B) selected features prototype

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C) nonworking scale model

D) patched-up prototype
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22) Which of these is a potential disadvantage of prototyping?

A) ineffective for helping users articulate requirements
B) shapes systems before problem is thoroughly understood
C) more expensive than the traditional SDLC
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D) slower development than the traditional SDLC

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23) Which of the following is a disadvantage of RAD?

A) The application has a quick learning curve for programmers, which may not attract people
interested in the project.
B) The cost of the project is several times the cost of using the systems development life cycle.
C) The project may not have any documentation.
D) The users may not like the final product since they have not been involved beyond the
requirements phase.

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 24) Which of the following is a lesson learned from the agile approach?
A) A 40-hour work week.
B) Outsource all complex modules.
C) Stick to the plan, even if it is behind schedule.
D) Programmers should be assigned individual programs based upon their ability.

25) Which graphically characterize(s) processes and data flows through a business system?
A) data dictionary
B) data flow diagrams
C) structured analysis
D) design

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True/False [1 point each]

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1) A management information system departs from the traditional transaction processing system
in that it emphasizes the support of decision making in all its phases.

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Answer: FALSE
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2) Knowledge work systems use common software tools to manipulate but not create new
information.
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Answer: FALSE
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3) Object oriented techniques are used when systems must change rapidly in response to
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dynamic business environments.

Answer: TRUE
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4) ERP is a method for developing Web sites for a single user group.
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Answer: FALSE

5) A context level data flow diagram includes many detailed processes representing the computer
programs within the system.
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Answer: FALSE
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6) Strategic managers work in a highly uncertain decision making environment.

Answer: TRUE

7) Prospective projects should be examined from a systems perspective in order to consider the
impact of the proposed change on the entire organization.
Answer: TRUE

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 8) Reducing errors of data input is NOT a legitimate object of systems projects.
Answer: FALSE

9) A feasibility study is used to gather broad data for the members of management that in turn
enables them to make a decision on whether to proceed with a systems study.

Answer: TRUE

10) Using questionnaires is useful for doing exploratory studies to gauge overall opinion.
Answer: TRUE

11) The halo effect is when an impression formed in one question carries into the next question.

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12) The longer you wait to write up your interview, the more suspect the quality of the data

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becomes.
Answer: TRUE
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13) Stratification is the process of identifying subpopulations (or strata) and then selecting
objects or people for sampling within these subpopulations.
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Answer: TRUE
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14) One way of analyzing qualitative documents is to notice the graphics, animation, and
hyperlinks displayed on Web pages.
Answer: TRUE
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15) Prototypes that are full-scaled and installed at one location with the intention of later
implementation at other locations are referred to as "selected features prototypes."
Answer: FALSE
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16) RAD can be thought of as a specific implementation of prototyping.

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Answer: TRUE

17) In agile development, onsite customers write stories and communicate to team members.
Answer: TRUE

18) A risk to the adoption of agile methodologies for organizations is the cost involved in
education and training of systems analysts and programmers in the new approach.
Answer: TRUE

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 19) A logical data flow diagram shows how the business operates.
Answer: TRUE

20) A physical data flow diagram shows how the system will be constructed.
Answer: TRUE

Open Questions [30 points each]

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 - Cfare tipi diagrame eshte kjo? Pse?(3 pike)

- Pershkruani elementet e kesaj Diagrame (3 pike)

- Kush jane entitetet ne kete Sistem? (3 pike)

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- Kush jane proceset? (3 pike)

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- Ku ruhen te dhenat? (3 pike)
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- Si shkembehen informacionet? (3 pike)

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- Ndertoni shkurt pershkrim te sistemit perkates. (9 pike)

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- A eshte kjo nje diagrame logjike apo fizike (pse?) (3 pike)

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