Question 1

What is a service-oriented architecture?

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A)  A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.
B)  A business task.
C)  The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.
D)  The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Extreme programming (XP) methodology, like other agile methods, breaks a project into four phases, and developers cannot continue to the next phase until the previous phase is complete.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Explain the business benefits associated with successful software development.

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Question 4

Which of the following is an issue related to the waterfall methodology?

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A)  flaws in accurately defining and articulating the business problem
B)  managing costs, resources, and time constraints
C)  assumes users can specify all business requirements in advance
D)  All of these are correct.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 5

Which reports present data that is distributed inside the organization and is intended for employees within an organization?

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A)  internal reports
B)  detailed internal reports
C)  summary internal reports
D)  exception reportsE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Nearshore outsourcing occurs when contracting an outsourcing arrangement with a company in a nearby country.Often this country will share a border with the native country.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What do SMART criteria for successful objective creation include?

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A)  specific, metrics, agreed upon, real, time valued
B)  specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic, time framed
C)  specific, measurable, accurate, real, time valued
D)  specific, metrics, agreed upon, realistic, time framedE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

A joint application development session is where employees meet, sometimes for several days, to define or review the business requirements for the system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What are project assumptions?

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A)  specific factors that can limit options
B)  factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration
C)  quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success
D)  a document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activitiesE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Pilot implementation assigns a small group of people to use the new system until it is verified that it works correctly; then the remaining users migrate to the new system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In-sourcing is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The executive sponsor is the person or group who provides the financial resources for the project.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following represents the phases in the SDLC?

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A)  plan, analysis, design, test, maintain, develop, implement
B)  analysis, plan, design, test, develop, maintain, implement
C)  plan, analysis, design, develop, test, implement, maintain
D)  analysis, plan, develop, design, test, implement, maintainE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

What are software suites that automate systems analysis, design, and development?

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A)  data flow diagram
B)  computer-aided software engineering (CAS
E)   tools
C)  systems development life cycle
D)  process modelingE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

A project objective is any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

SOA ensures that MIS systems can adapt quickly, easily, and economically to support rapidly changing business needs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component?

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A)  service-oriented architecture
B)  service
C)  loose coupling
D)  interoperabilityE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

What is the outsourcing option that includes the closest location and direct customer control?

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A)  onshore outsourcing
B)  nearshore outsourcing
C)  offshore outsourcing
D)  None of these are correct.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 19

Waterfall development consists of a series of tiny projects.It has become the foundation of multiple agile methodologies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Gate two is elaboration, and this phase expands on the agreed-upon details of the system, including the ability to provide an architecture to support and build it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Systems Development and Project Management: Corporateresponsibility

What is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component?

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What are software suites that automate systems analysis, design, and development?

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Waterfall development consists of a series of tiny projects.It has become the foundation of multiple agile methodologies.

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Which of the following is an issue related to the waterfall methodology?

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Nearshore outsourcing occurs when contracting an outsourcing arrangement with a company in a nearby country.Often this country will share a border with the native country.

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The executive sponsor is the person or group who provides the financial resources for the project.

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Which of the following represents the phases in the SDLC?

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Extreme programming (XP) methodology, like other agile methods, breaks a project into four phases, and developers cannot continue to the next phase until the previous phase is complete.

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Explain the business benefits associated with successful software development.

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SOA ensures that MIS systems can adapt quickly, easily, and economically to support rapidly changing business needs.

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Which reports present data that is distributed inside the organization and is intended for employees within an organization?

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Pilot implementation assigns a small group of people to use the new system until it is verified that it works correctly; then the remaining users migrate to the new system.

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What is the outsourcing option that includes the closest location and direct customer control?

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What are project assumptions?

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A project objective is any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.

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A joint application development session is where employees meet, sometimes for several days, to define or review the business requirements for the system.

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What do SMART criteria for successful objective creation include?

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What is a service-oriented architecture?

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In-sourcing is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house.

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Gate two is elaboration, and this phase expands on the agreed-upon details of the system, including the ability to provide an architecture to support and build it.

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